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PB8253/PB8263 Digital Projector
Installation Series
User's Manual
Welcome
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Copyright Copyright 2006 by BenQ Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation. Disclaimer BenQ Corporation makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to
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Table of contents Important safety instructions .................................... 5 Introduction ............................................................... 9 Projector features ................................................................. 9 Shipping contents............................................................... 10 Projector exterior view ....................................................... 11 Controls and functions ...................................................... 13
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Temperature information ..................................................52 Indicators.............................................................................53 Troubleshooting....................................................... 55 Specifications............................................................ 57 Projector specifications ......................................................57 Dimensions..........................................................................58 Timing chart
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Important safety instructions Your BenQ projector is designed and tested to meet the latest standards for safety of information technology equipment. However, to ensure safe use of this product, it is important that you follow the instructions mentioned in this manual and marked on the product. Safety Instructions 1. Please read this manual before you 4. Always open the lens shutter or operate your projector. Save it for remove the lens cap when the future reference. projector lamp is on.
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Safety Instructions (Continued) 7. The lamp becomes extremely hot 10. Do not place this product on an during operation. Allow the unstable cart, stand, or table. The projector to cool for approximately product may fall, sustaining serious 45 minutes prior to removing the damage. lamp assembly for replacement. 11. Do not attempt to disassemble this projector. There are dangerous high 8. Do not operate lamps beyond the voltages inside which may cause rated lamp life. Excessive operation
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Safety Instructions (Continued) 12. Do not place this projector in any of the 13. Do not block the ventilation holes. following environments. - Do not place the projector on a blanket, bedding or any other soft surface. - Space that is poorly ventilated or confined. Allow at least 50 cm clearance from walls - Do not cover the projector with a cloth or and free flow of air around the projector. any other item. - Locations where temperatures may - Do not place inflammables near the
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Safety Instructions (Continued) 15. Do not store the projector on end 17. Do not place liquids near or on the vertically. Doing so may cause the projector. Liquids spilled into the projector to fall over, causing injury or projector may cause it to fail. If the resulting in damage. projector does become wet, disconnect it from the power supply's wall socket and call BenQ to have the projector serviced. 16. Do not step on the projector or place any objects upon it. Besides probable physic
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Introduction Projector features The projector integrates high-performance optical engine projection and a user-friendly design to deliver high reliability and ease of use. The projector offers the following features: • High quality manual zoom lens • Full-function remote control • One-key auto-adjustment to display the best picture quality • Digital keystone correction to correct distorted images • Adjustable color balance control for data/video display • Ultra-high brightness projection lamp
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Shipping contents The projector is shipped with the cables required for connection to a PC and to video equipment. Carefully unpack and verify that you have all of the items shown below. If any of these items are missing, please contact your place of purchase. Standard accessories The supplied accessories will be suitable for your region, and may differ from those illustrated. Projector Soft carry case Remote control with batteries User's manual Quick start guide User's manual CD
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Projector exterior view Front/upper side 1. External control panel See "Projector" on page 13 for details. 1 2. Vent (cool air intake) 9 2 3. Front IR remote sensor 3 10 4. Kensington anti-theft lock slot 5. AC power cord inlet 4 6. Main power switch 5 11 7. Front filter grill 6 8. Quick-release buttons 7 9. Focus ring and Zoom ring 8 10. Projection lens 11. Lens cap Rear/side view Refer to "Connection" on page 22 for more information on making connections to various equipment. 12 16 13 14 15
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Connector panel 21. RGB (PC)/Component video (YPbPr/ YCbCr) signal input socket 22. RGB signal output socket 23. Audio (Left/ Right)/Video input 21 25 sockets 24. S-Video input socket 25. DVI-I signal input socket 26 22 supports DVI-D video signal and DVI-A PC signal 26. RS 232 control port 27 23 For external control systems and 28 24 used by service personnel. 27. PC Audio input socket 28. USB socket 12 Introduction
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Controls and functions Projector I 7. Power Turns the projector on or off. See "Start up" on page 30 and "Shutting 1 down the projector" on page 40 for 2 details. 8. Source 3 Sequentially selects the input signal Analog RGB, DVI-A, DVI-D, 4 10 Analog YPbPr, S-Video, or 5 Composite Video. See "Switching 6 6 input signal" on page 31 for details. 7 11 9. Menu 8 12 Turns on the on-screen display 9 control menu. 1. Focus ring When the on-screen menu is Adjusts the focus of the projected imag
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Remote control 2. ASPECT 12 Selects an image aspect ratio to suit the input signal. See "Selecting a preset 13 1 mode" on page 35 for details. 2 14 3. SOURCE Sequentially selects the input signal 3 15 Analog RGB, DVI-A, DVI-D, Analog 4 YPbPr, S-Video, or Composite Video. See "Switching input signal" on page 31 5 for details. 4. UP, DOWN 16 6 When the On-Screen Display (OSD) is 7 activated, press UP to exit and save 6 the menu settings. 4 8 Press DOWN to open the OSD menu and move the
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9. PIP SIZE 16. VOLUME +/- Selects a suitable PIP size. See "PIP Increases or decreases the volume (Picture In Picture) operation" on level. page 39 for details. 17. LASER pointer 10. PAGE UP and DOWN Emits visible laser Operate your display software pointer light for program (on a connected PC) which presentation responds to page up/down commands purposes. (like Microsoft PowerPoint). The LASER Pointer is a presentation See "Remote paging operations" on aid for professionals. It emits visi
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Remote control effective range Infra-Red (IR) remote control sensors are located on the front and the back of the projector with an incline of 45 degrees. The remote control is recommended to be held at an angle within 30 degrees perpendicular to the projector's IR remote control sensors to function correctly. The distance between the remote control and the sensors should not exceed 6 meters (~ 20 feet). Make sure that there are no obstacles between the remote control and the IR sensors on t
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Positioning your projector Choosing a location Your projector is designed to be installed in one of four possible installation locations: 1. Floor in front of screen; 2. Ceiling in front of screen; 3. Floor at rear of screen; 4. Ceiling at rear of screen. I. Floor front Select this location with the projector placed near the floor in front of the screen. This is the most common way to position the projector for quick setup and portability. II. Ceiling front Select this location with the pr
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Safety instructions for ceiling mounting of the projector We want you to have a pleasant experience using your BenQ projector, so we need to bring this safety matter to your attention to prevent damage to person and property. If you intend to mount your projector on the ceiling, we strongly recommend that you use a proper fitting BenQ projector ceiling mount kit and that you ensure it is securely and safely installed. If you use a non-BenQ brand projector ceiling mount kit, there is a safety
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Obtaining a preferred projected image size The distance from the projector lens to the screen, the zoom setting, and the video format each factors in the projected image size. The maximum (native) resolution of the projector is 1024 x 768 pixels, which is a 4 to 3 aspect ratio (expressed as 4:3). To be able to project a complete 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio image, the projector can resize and scale a widescreen image to the projector's native aspect width. This will result in a proportiona
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How to determine the position of the projector for a given screen size 1. Select your screen size. 2. Refer to the table and find the closest match to your screen size in the left columns labelled '4:3 Screen Diagonal'. Using this value, look across this row to the right to find the corresponding average distance from screen value in the column labelled 'Average'. This is the projection distance. 3. On that same row, look across to the right column and make note of the vertical Offset value
