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OWNER’S MANUAL

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Page 1: ...ntenance Others Network and USB memory TDP TW420 DATA PROJECTOR OWNER S MANUAL In the spaces provided below record the Model and Serial No located at the bottom of your projector Model No Serial No Retain this information for future reference ...

Page 2: ...is device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential ins...

Page 3: ... the product on a bed sofa rug or other similar surface Do not place it in a built in installation such as a bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is provided 5 Heat The product should be situated away from heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other products including amplifiers that produce heat 6 Water and Moisture Do not use this product near water for example near a bat...

Page 4: ...ct on an unstable cart stand tripod bracket or table The product may fall causing serious injury to a child or adult and serious damage to the product A product and cart combination should be moved with care Quick stops excessive force and uneven surfaces may cause the product and cart combination to overturn S 1 5A 19 Damage Requiring Service Unplug this product from the wall outlet and take the ...

Page 5: ... North American 40 V 15 A Switzerland 40 V 6 A Line voltage EURO UK 0 40 V 0 40 V 00 40 V 00 40 V 00 40 V Plug configuration Plug type Line voltage Use a 5 A fuse which is approved by ASTA or BSI to BSI 6 Always replace the fuse cover after changing the fuse IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS Moisture Condensation Never operate this unit immediately after moving it from a cold location to a warm location When ...

Page 6: ...roduct may not be treated as household waste By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product For more detailed information about recycling of this product please contact your local city office your household waste disposal serv...

Page 7: ...ng Information Status display 43 Network and USB memory Before connecting via network 44 Communication mode 45 How to use the USB terminal 46 Using the menus 2 48 Setup using the Setting display 2 48 Setting up the Network Projector Network Utility 49 Computer settings 54 The control setting menu 55 Setting slideshow options 56 Checking the projector status 58 Status display 58 Using the Network P...

Page 8: ...nual Run the CD ROM and double click on Start pdf Acrobat Reader launches and a screen appears asking you that Select your model then click on the model name that you are using After you select Owner s manual on the next screen click on the desired language The Owner s Manual cover and list of bookmarks appear Click on a bookmark title to view that section of the manual Click on p to view a refere...

Page 9: ...justs keystone distortion p 29 4 ON STANDBY button Turns the power on off standby p 24 5 AUTO SET button Performs auto adjustment of input signals from computer p 29 6 ZOOM button Adjusts the screen size 7 INPUT button Selects input p 26 8 NETWORK button Switches to network input mode p 48 Name Main Function 9 RETURN button Goes back one screen 10 Selection button Menu selections and adjustments v...

Page 10: ...perly Two batteries LR03 SIZE AAA are used 3 Replace the battery cover Operating the remote control Point toward the projector s infrared remote sensor and press any button on the remote control Operating the projector from the front Approx 15 Approx 5m When operating the remote control from behind the projector infrared signal is reflected on the projecting surface and may travel a shorter distan...

Page 11: ...de in the Default setting 2 menu p 42 in accordance with your needs Floor mounted front projection Floor mounted rear projection Ceiling mounted front projection Ceiling mounted rear projection WARNING Always obey the instructions listed in IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS when placing the unit Attempting to clean and replace the lamp in a high location by yourself may cause you to fall resulting in ...

Page 12: ...Notes The AUDIO L R terminal doubles for devices connected to S VIDEO terminal and VIDEO terminal When an AUDIO OUT terminal is connected sound is not output from the projector speaker Output volume of AUDIO OUT terminal can be adjusted by the VOL button To Y CB CR outputGreen Y Blue CB Red CR Audio cable not supplied Audio amplifier etc Conversion adapter HDMI DVI not supplied To HDMI output Audi...

Page 13: ...f the projector do not work p 43 When Password is On enter password then the start up screen is displayed after the Password entry screen disappears p 33 Do not touch the lens directly with your hand If fingerprints or stains are left on the projection lens surface they may interfere with the projector s ability to project images on the screen Turning the power off 1 Press the ON STANDBY button Wh...

Page 14: ...nual assumes that English has been selected 3 Activate the connected device Turn on and start the connected device such as a computer 4 Press the INPUT button An image of the connected equipment is projected Each time you press the INPUT button it switches to the input of the connected equipment that is outputting video signals Notes When Auto input search is set to Off in the Default setting 1 me...

Page 15: ... to the optimum state It sets up sampling phase frequency and screen position for each type of the input signal by using simple operations Press the remote control s AUTO SET button The icon will appear during processing Notes The image may not be projected or auto adjustment setting may not be performed correctly for input signals other than those supported by the projector p 97 p 98 If auto sett...

Page 16: ...control Resizing image The projected image can be resized zoomed in out 1 Press the remote control s RESIZE button Each time you press the RESIZE button zoom ratio is up You can keep pressing 2 To zoom out press the remote control s RESIZE button Each time you press the RESIZE button zoom ratio is down You can keep pressing However the image cannot be smaller than the original size 3 To move the a...

Page 17: ...nfringe the copyright protected by the copyright laws Remote control Remote control Remote control Freezing the image Freeze The projected image can be frozen This function is to be used to pause a video during a presentation etc Press the remote control s FREEZE button The picture pauses The Freeze function is released by pressing the FREEZE button again Notes The icon will appear while freeze is...

Page 18: ...s 1 You can call up on screen menus and conduct a number of adjustments and settings using the MENU button p 16 on the control panel main unit side and remote control Setup using the Setting display The menu shown below is for operation instructions purposes and might differ from the actual display Toggle items with Select items with and press Fix selection with Display the Setting display menu 1 ...

Page 19: ...APAN mode No No No No Yes Yes No No DVI mode 4 Set the connecting device with PC connect to PC AV equipment connect to AV equipment DVD player Yes Yes No No No No No No 1 Tint can be displayed and adjusted only when the video signal is set to NTSC or NTSC4 43 2 Noise reduction may not work depending on signal type 3 NTSC mode can be displayed and adjusted only when the video signal is set to NTSC ...

Page 20: ...ger image than the screen size will be displayed over the screen The input image may appear vertically long with some frequencies of video signals Wide Displays an input image in the center of the screen with a 16 9 aspect ratio by enlarging it to fit the width of the screen The upper and lower portions of the image will be compressed Wide display is not available for Computer and Network input im...

Page 21: ...ogo and display style to the factory setting The logo set for the start up screen and background is reset Using the menus 1 Continued The Default setting menu This menu shows placement status and other settings Default setting 1 menu Item Description Keystone Screen shrinking at bottom Screen shrinking at top Auto keystone Always correct keystone distortion automatically On Off Blackboard mode Whe...

Page 22: ...d To release the key lock set the Key lock to Off using remote control Pressing the RETURN button on the projector for 10 seconds also sets the Key lock to Off When operating the main unit the 2 indicators of LAMP and TEMP light orange for 3 seconds and at the same time the projector beeps However when Network or USB memory input is selected the Key lock cannot be set to Off with the RETURN button...

Page 23: ... being played on a computer can also be sent to the projector 3 Displaying a video image saved on a computer via the projector Video files can be sent to the projector for image display As well the sound stored in the video file is sent to the projector 4 Displaying computer s screens via projectors using Multiscreen function This function allows users to send computer s multiple screens to differ...

Page 24: ...ction or data corruption USB memories This projector can read JPEG MPEG1 and MPEG2 PS files stored in a USB memory and display them on the screen This allows you to give presentations without a computer create an advertising screen board using the slideshow function and more The projector cannot reproduce animation effects such as those produced by Microsoft PowerPoint The USB terminal The USB ter...

Page 25: ...ireless LAN Easy Connect USB memory Yes No Enter LAN settings Mode Ad hoc Infrastructure SSID Specify a desired character string 1 to 32 characters Move left or right one character to Set a character DHCP Use Not use IP address Enter using the numeric keys of the remote control Move left or right one character to Set a character Subnet mask Enter using the numeric keys of the remote control Move l...

Page 26: ...ojector is set to Ad hoc in the factory Change the setting if you want to use the projector in Infrastructure mode SSID This is an ID code for connecting to specific individuals over a wireless LAN This may also be called Network group or Network name Please read the following carefully Note When you use Ad hoc communication mode if there is a similar SSID network group for example TDPJ1 TDPJ2 etc...

Page 27: ... for the Network key the stronger the encryption becomes and hence the harder it will be for a third party to decipher your communications However the setting of larger encryption may slow down communication speed Note 3 To set a higher security level specify a longer string of characters For higher security avoid using a word found in a dictionary and change the key sometimes Setting initializati...

Page 28: ...ion etc Select Control setting in step 2 in Projector settings p 48 The following content will be displayed Item Description Projector name Specify a desired character string 0 to 16 characters or Enter setting Select item Move left or right one character to Set a character Confirm OK Cancel Enter Email E mail setting Select item Status notification On Off SMTP server Enter a character string usin...

Page 29: ...l Image Auto demo On A slide show begins automatically when a USB memory is inserted and input switches to USB memory At this time the JPEG files in the root directory of the USB memory are used in the slide show If the input has already been switched to USB memory the slide show begins automatically when the USB memory is inserted To pause the slide show press the button Pressing this button agai...

Page 30: ...re displayed When inputting from network For wireless LAN MAC address Mode Channel SSID Encryption IP address Subnet mask Gateway are displayed For wired LAN Connection status MAC address IP address Subnet mask Gateway are displayed PJLink class is displayed Version The firmware version number of the network feature and the USB memory feature is displayed Using the Network Projector Setting up the...

Page 31: ...jector JPEG Conversion Tool Use to convert JPEG and other files into a format that can be displayed as a slide show using a USB memory How to install Run the CD ROM and double click on Start pdf Acrobat Reader launches and a screen appears asking you that Select your model then click on the model name that you are using After you select Application on the next screen click on Network Utility and J...

Page 32: ...en connected with one projector checkbox to control computer mouse pointer with Mouse control button PAGE button PAGE button L CLICK button and R CLICK button of the projector s remote control Note 1 This function is available when only one projector is connected to computer Note 2 When you use the Network Mouse Controller function do not connect the mouse remote control receiver to your computer ...

Page 33: ...screen 2 Click on the JPEG File icon The Network Utility window changes to JPEG File transmission mode 3 Click on the Browse button and select the file to send Clicking on the Browse button displays the Open dialog box Select the file to send then click on the Open button The selected file is added to the pull down list in the Network Utility s Transmission File field Using the Network Utility Con...

Page 34: ...way that drag and drop the file to send from the desktop or Windows Explorer into the Preview box is also available In this case as well the selected file is added to the pull down list Note You may not select a file by drag and drop with Windows Vista Using the Network Utility Continued 6 Select the projector to transmit to The IDs of projectors accessible for transmission will be listed If proje...

Page 35: ...k the Control computer mouse pointer using remote control Only when connected with one projector checkbox to control computer mouse pointer with Mouse control button PAGE button PAGE button L CLICK button and R CLICK button of the computer s remote control Note 1 This function is available when only one projector is connected to computer Note 2 When you use the Network Mouse Controller function do...

Page 36: ...ojecting data sent from your computer on a screen you can also display the other data such as a presenter script on your computer so that you can give a presentation without showing any data which you do not wish to let other participants see Example 2 Using only a single computer you can make an effective presentation by displaying different data stored in the computer via two projectors Example ...

Page 37: ... changes in the screen display settings of the window without launching Network Utility the settings you made will be erased and not be reflected even if you check Switch to the last screen settings when using next time checkbox Easy Connect utility This feature allows users to easily connect the projector to a computer over wireless networks without making Wireless LAN settings using Network Util...

Page 38: ...settings have been changed 8 The projector name or the projector ID MAC address of wired LAN will be displayed on the computer s screen 2 Modifying the computer settings using the projector settings Setting on the projector 1 Turn the projector power on 2 Switch the input to Network 3 Press the MENU button twice then select Easy Connect USB memory in Network Utility settings from the Setting displ...

Page 39: ...nch the Network Utility software application The Screen Image transmission mode window appears on the computer s screen 2 Click on the Remote Control button The Remote Control window appears As the Network Utility window is still displayed you can operate the projector via the Remote Control window while using the Network Utility s functions While it is possible to use this function merely to oper...

Page 40: ... The projector starts loading data from the USB memory and displays a thumbnail list on the screen 2 Searching for a target file Use the buttons to move the orange frame over the desired file or folder If there are multiple pages of thumbnails click the button on the bottom row to go to the next page and the button on the top row to go to the previous page To open a folder move the orange frame to...

Page 41: ...ted by the projector The JPEG files converted with this tool can be displayed by sending them using the wireless LAN p 64 or saving them on a USB memory Launching the JPEG Conversion Tool The window shown in the figure to the right appears on the computer screen Drag the Image Quality Settings slider to the left or right to set the image quality of the file after conversion Lower values create sma...

Page 42: ...haracters or less 6 In the Folder create dialog box click on the Selection button The Browse Folders dialog box appears 7 In the Browse Folders dialog box a Specify the location in which to save the folder and b Click on the OK button 8 In the Folder create dialog box a Click on the Create button A confirmation dialog box appears b Click on the OK button 1 4 9 a 1 4 9 a b a 6 8 a 6 8 a 5 5 7 a 7 b...

Page 43: ...ith your projector s resolution 1 1 4 a 4 a b c a 4 c 4 c 4 b 4 b Setting up the projector using a Web browser How to use the Projector Configuration Tool The Projector Configuration Tool uses the Web server features of the projector to set up the projector using the network When using the Projector Configuration Tool set up the Network connecting the projector and the computer 1 See Checking the ...

Page 44: ...Wireless LAN The items displayed on the screen can be set Entering individual items and press the Execute button to update their setting Wired LAN The items displayed on the screen can be set Entering individual items and press the Execute button to update their setting Control settings The items displayed on the screen can be set Entering individual items and press the Execute button to update th...

Page 45: ...for repair service In the event of lamp burst unplug the product from the wall outlet leave and completely ventilate the room Then thoroughly clean the area around the projector and discard any edible items placed in that area as they may be contaminated If the lamp bursts consult a doctor if glass dust or mercury gas gets into your eyes or is inhaled A lamp is consumable supplies If used for exte...

Page 46: ...r instructions on resetting the lamp time Notes and Precautions The Lamp time item in the Status display menu indicates the time of lamp use as a rough guide p 43 Please replace the lamp after 2000 hours of use with Lamp power in the Default setting 2 menu set to Standard and 3000 hours of use with Lamp power in the Default setting 2 menu set to Low p 42 There are cases that the lamp can not work ...

Page 47: ...fetime of the lamp has ended or the projector is malfunctioning Unplug the power cord and wait for a short while then turn the power back on If a lamp burns out replace it with a new one Power went out during use Internal overheating or the outside temperature is too high Place the projector so that the air intake and exhaust are not blocked Unplug the power cord and wait for a short while then tu...

Page 48: ... the sharpness or sampling phase adjustments off p 36 p 37 Image is dark Are the brightness or contrast adjustments off p 36 Is the lamp nearing the end of its service life p 43 Colors too light Bad shading Are the color tint R level G level or B level adjustments off p 36 Is the screen dirty Is the blackboard mode set properly p 41 Is the lamp nearing the end of its service life p 43 Control pane...

Page 49: ...d specifications are subject to change without notice This model may not be compatible with features and or specifications that may be added in the future Separately sold product Replacement Lamp Model TLPLW23 List of supported signals RGB signals This projector supports the following RGB signals Note however that depending on the computer model the screen may show flicker or streaking Please adju...

Page 50: ...PR input 1 Video signal R Color difference signal PR 2 Video signal G Luminance signal Y 3 Video signal B Color difference signal PB 4 GND 5 GND 6 GND R GND PR 7 GND G GND Y 8 GND B GND PB 9 N C 10 GND 11 GND 12 N C 13 Horizontal sync signal 14 Vertical sync signal 15 N C Do not connect anything Input Signal RGB input RGB signals 0 7 V p p 75 Ω Horizontal sync signal TTL level Pos neg polarity Ver...

Page 51: ...d 3 Byte ETX 03 h Only 1 command valid per communication 3 Data format For input commands only ASCII compliant all uppercase alphanumeric characters supported 4 Replies Acknowledge ACK 06 h CR 0 Dh Data Normally ended ACK 06 h ESC 1 Bh Aborted No acknowledge NAK 15 h If commands are to be sent consecutively wait for the response from the projector before sending the next command Main Commands Item...

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