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 Projector 

8950P

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8951P

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8952P

 

 User's Manual (detailed) – Operating Guide 

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Summary of Contents for 8952P

Page 1: ...e described below About this manual About this manual WARNING CAUTION This entry warns of a risk of serious personal injury or even death This entry warns of a risk of personal injury or physical dama...

Page 2: ...y P Picture by Picture 27 Using the menu function 28 EASY MENU 29 ASPECT AUTO KEYSTONE KEYSTONE KEYSTONE PICTURE MODE ECO MODE MIRROR RESET FILTER TIME LANGUAGE ADVANCED MENU EXIT PICTURE menu 31 BRIG...

Page 3: ...JLinkTM is a unified standard for operating and controlling data projectors PJLinkTM enables central control of projectors manufactured by different vendors and projectors can be operated by a control...

Page 4: ...Do not touch the lens surface directly Keep the dust protector of the projector and use it while no lens unit is attached to the projector NOTICE This product is supplied without a lens unit so that...

Page 5: ...ile the lamp is on since the strong light is not good for your eyes Do not grab the front cover or front ring to hold the projector since you can drop the projector Do not handle the elevator feet wit...

Page 6: ...TE CONTROL OUT REMOTE CONTROL OUT port 9 S VIDEO S VIDEO port 10 VIDEO 1 VIDEO 1 port 11 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 2 port 12 COMPUTER IN1 COMPUTER IN1 port 13 COMPUTER IN2 COMPUTER IN2 port 14 BNC G Y B Cb BNC G...

Page 7: ...tton 49 22 P by P P by P button 27 23 MENU MENU button 28 24 ENTER ENTER button press the center point Cursor button press the point 28 25 RESET RESET button 28 26 Wired remote control port 18 27 Batt...

Page 8: ...ng place that is stable cool and airy Check your installation environment in accordance with the following Do not place the product in a place where radio interference may be caused Do not place the p...

Page 9: ...82 32 207 81 120 3 0 5 4 211 7 0 277 68 27 251 99 4 4 172 5 7 225 99 39 248 98 150 3 8 6 7 266 8 8 347 85 33 313 123 5 5 216 7 2 283 123 49 310 122 200 5 1 9 0 356 11 8 464 113 44 418 164 7 4 290 9 6...

Page 10: ...paper that can stick to the intake holes Do not use the projector on an unstable stand such as a cart Place the projector so that nothing enters to the inside of the projector Keep the projector away...

Page 11: ...to have a specific length or a ferrite core at the end to connect to the projector under the regulation of electro magnetic interference When a ferrite core is attached to the specified cable only at...

Page 12: ...e Connecting your devices continued Example of connecting with VCR or DVD players HDMI REMOTE CONTROL LAN DVI D CONTROL IN CONTROL OUT IN OUT S VIDEO VIDEO 1 COMPUTER IN1 COMPUTER IN2 MONITOR OUT BNC...

Page 13: ...BLA NK LAS ER FRE EZE LAS ER INDI CAT OR DIG ITA L STA NDB Y O N CO MP UTE R LEN S SHI FT KEY STO NE ID 3 ID 4 ID 2 ID 1 VID EO AUT O ASP ECT RES ET ME NU MAG NIF Y ON OFF 3 4 ENT ER FOC US POS ITIO...

Page 14: ...e resolution will go back to the original It might be recommended to use other CRT or LCD monitors to change the resolution In some cases this projector may not display a proper picture or display any...

Page 15: ...e for your power supply If the suitable power cord did not come with this product consult your dealer Do not use a damaged power cord If the power cord you need is damaged ask your dealer for a new po...

Page 16: ...batteries of the same type Do not use a new battery with a used battery Do not use a battery with damage such as scratches dents rust or leakage Make sure the plus and minus terminals are correctly a...

Page 17: ...ID 2 ID 2 ID 3 ID 3 and ID 4 ID 4 on the remote control can name the projector given the same ID number as the button by the item REMOTE ID of the SERVICE menu under the OPTION menu NOTE Avoid exposi...

Page 18: ...3 4 EN TE R FO CU S PO SIT ION Pby P ZO OM 1 2 MY BU TTO N MY SO UR CE SHU TTE R Laser pointer This remote control has a laser pointer in place of a finger or rod The laser beam works and the LASER I...

Page 19: ...tching the image 22 Turning on The following walks you through the steps to turn the projector on For other devices follow the manual of each When the item DIRECT ON of the OPTION menu is set to the O...

Page 20: ...y the manuals of devices NOTICE The following walks you through the steps to turn the projector off For other devices follow the manual of each Press the STANDBY ON STANDBY ON button on the projector...

Page 21: ...r will stop blinking and light for 3 seconds in steady green when the centering is complete When the lens is located in the center already pressing the DIGITAL DIGITAL button in the LENS SHIFT dialog...

Page 22: ...will check HDMI HDMI port first COMPONENT Y Cb Pb Cr Pr S VIDEO VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 HDMI DVI D 1 Press the MY SOURCE MY SOURCE button on the remote control The input signal will be changed into the signal...

Page 23: ...ault The automatic adjustment operation requires approx 10 seconds Also please note that it may not function correctly with some input When this function is performed for a video signal a certain extr...

Page 24: ...f this function will vary among inputs For some input this function may not work well When V INVERT or H V INVERT is selected to the MIRROR item in the SETUP menu if the projector screen is inclined o...

Page 25: ...tomatically exits from the MAGNIFY mode when the input signal is changed or when the display condition is changed In the MAGNIFY mode the keystone distortion condition may vary it will be restored whe...

Page 26: ...er blocks the projection light so that it can black out the screen Temporarily shutting the image The SHUTTER SHUTTER indicator on the projector blinks while the shutter is closed The projector will t...

Page 27: ...OMPUTER VIDEO VIDEO or DIGITAL DIGITAL button while in the PbyP mode the menu to select the input signal will be appeared Choose a signal using the cursor buttons If you want to change the signal in t...

Page 28: ...eration ex LANGUAGE H PHASE etc cannot be reset Even if you do not do anything the dialog will automatically disappear after about 30 seconds This projector has the following menus PICTURE IMAGE INPUT...

Page 29: ...distortion See the KEYSTONE item in SETUP menu 41 PICTURE MODE Using the buttons switches the picture mode The picture modes are combinations of GAMMA and COLOR TEMP settings Choose a suitable mode ac...

Page 30: ...n performs resetting FILTER TIME The usage time of the air filter is shown in the menu Performing this item resets the filter time which counts usage time of the air filter A dialog is displayed for c...

Page 31: ...want to change the brightness of particular tones Choose an item using the buttons and adjust the level using the buttons You can display a test pattern for checking the effect of your adjustment by...

Page 32: ...button the pattern changes as below No pattern Gray scale of 9 steps Ramp Gray scale of 15 steps When this function is performed lines or other distortion may appear COLOR Using the buttons adjusts th...

Page 33: ...D 3 LOAD 2 LOAD 1 SAVE 1 SAVE 2 SAVE 3 SAVE 4 Performing a SAVE function saves the current adjustment data into the memory linked in the number included in the function s name Remember that the curren...

Page 34: ...frame area of the picture In such a case please adjust small V POSITION Using the buttons adjusts the vertical position Down Up Over adjusting the vertical position may cause noise to appear on the s...

Page 35: ...is set to its maximum size prior to attempting to use this feature A dark picture may still be incorrectly adjusted Use a bright picture when adjusting For a video signal and s video signal The video...

Page 36: ...though the screen image may lose sharpness VIDEO NR Using the buttons switches the noise reduction mode HIGH MID LOW This function is performed only for the VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 or S VIDEO...

Page 37: ...video signal from the VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 port or the S VIDEO S VIDEO port The AUTO mode automatically selects the optimum mode The AUTO operation may not work well for some signals If th...

Page 38: ...o select the computer input signal type Selecting the AUTO mode allows you to input a sync on G signal or component signal from the port In the AUTO mode the picture may be distorted with certain inpu...

Page 39: ...be displayed 4 To set a custom resolution use the buttons to select the CUSTOM and the CUSTOM RESOLUTION BOX will be displayed Set the horizontal HORZ and vertical VERT resolutions using the buttons...

Page 40: ...downward this function may not work correctly When the zoom adjustment is set to the TELE telephoto focus this function may be excessive This function should be used when the zoom adjustment is set to...

Page 41: ...creen brightness are reduced MIRROR Using the buttons switches the mode for mirror status NORMAL H INVERT V INVERT H V INVERT If the Transition Detector is on and MIRROR status is changed Transition D...

Page 42: ...sts the menu position To quit the operation press the MENU MENU button on the remote control or keep no operation for about 10 seconds BLANK Using the buttons switches the mode for the blank screen Th...

Page 43: ...stered by the MyScreen item 44 ORIGINAL Screen preset as the standard screen OFF Plain black screen To avoid remaining as an afterimage the MyScreen or ORIGINAL screen will change to the BLANK screen...

Page 44: ...ress the ENTER ENTER or VIDEO VIDEO button on the remote control To restore the screen and return to the previous dialog press the RESET RESET or COMPUTER COMPUTER button on the remote control Registr...

Page 45: ...ME menu will be displayed 2 Use the buttons on the SOURCE NAME menu to select the port to be named and press the button Right side of the menu is blank until a name is specified The SOURCE NAME dialog...

Page 46: ...AY Select Closed Caption DISPLAY setting from following options using buttons OFF ON OFF Closed Caption is off ON Closed Caption is on The caption is not displayed when the OSD menu is active The Clos...

Page 47: ...CH Using the buttons turns on off the automatic signal search function ON OFF When the ON is selected detecting no signal automatically cycles through input ports in the following order The search is...

Page 48: ...ansmitted to the CONTROL CONTROL port during the corresponding time projector will not be turned off Please refer to the section Turning off 20 SHUTTER TIMER Using the buttons adjusts the time with sh...

Page 49: ...nt changes every time the MY BUTTON MY BUTTON is pushed When no data is saved in memory the dialog No saved data appears When the current adjustment is not saved to memory the dialog as shown in the r...

Page 50: ...ed element using the buttons to disappear ghost FILTER MESSAGE Use the button to set the timer for notifying by the message when to replace the filter unit 2000h 5000h 10000h OFF After choosing an ite...

Page 51: ...S FOCUS LENS SHIFT LENS SHIFT LENS MEMORY MY BUTTON MY BUTTON are locked ON OFF KEY LOCK Using the buttons turns on off the lens lock feature When ON is selected the buttons on the projector except th...

Page 52: ...of the button makes the menu back to the previous one without changing the setup Each submenu can be operated as described above COMMUNICATION TYPE In this menu you can select the communication type f...

Page 53: ...ps PARITY NONE ODD EVEN TRANSMISSION METHOD This menu is available only when the NETWORK BRIDGE is selected for the COMMUNICATION TYPE Select the transmission method for communication by the NETWORK B...

Page 54: ...projector can send out data from the computer continuously 1s 2s 3s Select the time period to keep the projector waiting for response from the device that the projector sends data to While waiting th...

Page 55: ...FRAME LOCK message on the dialog means the frame lock function is working The SCART RGB message means the Component port is working as a SCART RGB input port Please refer to the COMPONENT item in INPU...

Page 56: ...ails of NETWORK operation NETWORK menu NETWORK menu If you are not utilizing SNTP Date Time Settings of the User s Manual Network Guide then you must set the DATE AND TIME during the initial installat...

Page 57: ...omputer network that serves as an access point to another network address This function can only be used when DHCP is set to OFF DNS SERVER Use the buttons to input the DNS server address The DNS serv...

Page 58: ...h the ENTER ENTER or VIDEO VIDEO button 1 character or all characters will be erased The PROJECTOR NAME can be input up to 64 characters 3 To change an already inserted character press the button to m...

Page 59: ...TER ENTER button to display the image The item without image stored cannot be selected The image names are each displayed in 16 characters or less To switch the image displayed Use the buttons To retu...

Page 60: ...e may become incorrect even though accurate date and time are input Replace the battery suitably 70 IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK and DEFAULT GATEWAY indicate 0 0 0 0 when DHCP is ON and the projector has no...

Page 61: ...PASSWORD CHANGE Move the cursor to the right side of the ENTER PASSWORD box and press the button to display the SECURITY menu It is strongly recommended the factory default password to be changed as s...

Page 62: ...DEO VIDEO button on the projector will return to MyScreen PASSWORD on off menu When a password is set for MyScreen The MyScreen registration function and menu will be unavailable The MyScreen Lock men...

Page 63: ...gain If an incorrect PIN Code is input 3 times the projector will turn off Afterwards the projector will turn off every time an incorrect PIN code is input The projector will also turn off if there is...

Page 64: ...SWORD AGAIN box enter the same password again 1 5 Move the cursor to the right side of the PASSWORD AGAIN box and press the button to display the NOTE PASSWORD box for about 20 seconds please make not...

Page 65: ...PASSWORD AGAIN box and press button to display the NOTE PASSWORD box for about 20 seconds then please make note of the password during this time Pressing the ENTER ENTER button on the remote control...

Page 66: ...r VIDEO VIDEO button to select and enter characters The RESET RESET button can be used to erase 1 character at a time Also if you move the cursor to DELETE or ALL CLEAR on screen and push the ENTER EN...

Page 67: ...ENU select the ADVANCED MENU using the cursor buttons then press the cursor button To display the LAMP TIME dialog select the LAMP TIME using the cursor buttons in the right column then press the curs...

Page 68: ...ll and make sure not to breathe the gas that comes out of the projector vents or get it in your eyes or mouth Before replacing the lamp turn the projector off and unplug the power cord then wait at le...

Page 69: ...You can utilize the message function which is set up by the item FILTER TIME of the OPTION menu to notify you when to replace the lamp NOTE Before checking or replacing the filter unit turn off unplug...

Page 70: ...replace if needed For replacement prepare a new battery of the following type You can buy it at the store or order it from your dealer HITACHI MAXELL part number CR2032 or CR2032H Others For the lens...

Page 71: ...k Are there any obstacles to ventilation around the projector Does the temperature around the projector exceed the limit specified 77 When this message is displayed without the obstacles mentioned abo...

Page 72: ...ellow The SHUTTER is closed Please refer to the description 26 Blinking In Red discre tionary discre tionary Turned off Turned off The projector is cooling down A certain error has been detected Pleas...

Page 73: ...ollowing check Are there any obstacles to ventilation around the projector Does the temperature around the projector exceed the limit specified 77 When this message is displayed without the obstacles...

Page 74: ...ow the projector to cool down at least 2 minutes then turn the power on again 19 20 Either there is no lamp and or lamp cover or either of these has not been properly fixed Please turn the power off a...

Page 75: ...ay monitor 14 The BLANK screen is displayed Press the BLANK BLANK button on the remote control 26 The shutter is closed Press the SHUTTER SHUTTER button 26 No pictures or disturbed pictures are displa...

Page 76: ...Change the COLOR SPACE setting to AUTO RGB SMPTE240 REC709 or REC601 36 Pictures appear dark The brightness and or contrast are adjusted to an extremely low level Adjust BRIGHTNESS and or CONTRAST set...

Page 77: ...HDMI HDMI jack x 1 DVI D DVI D DVI D jack x 1 LAN LAN RJ45 jack x 1 MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT D sub 15 pin mini jack x 1 CONTROL IN CONTROL IN D sub 9 pin pulg x 1 CONTROL OUT CONTROL OUT D sub 9 pin pu...

Page 78: ...78 Specifications Specifications continued unit mm I O 476 469 272...

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