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MP510 Digital Projector
Mainstream Series
User Manual
Welcome
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Table of contents Important safety instructions ................................... 4 Introduction .............................................................. 8 Projector features .................................................................8 Shipping contents .................................................................8 Projector exterior view..........................................................9 Controls and functions .......................................................10 P
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Timing chart ....................................................................... 49 Warranty and Copyright information ................... 50 Limited warranty ............................................................... 50 Copyright ........................................................................... 50 Disclaimer .......................................................................... 50 Regulation statements ............................................. 51 FCC statement .......
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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 operatio
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2. 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. • Wall color correction allowing projection on surfaces of several predefined colors • Selectable password protected function • Compact and portable unit • One-key auto-adjustment to display the best picture quality • Digital keystone correction to correct distorted pictures •
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Projector exterior view Front/upper side 1. External control panel 1 6 (See "Projector" on page 10 for 2 details.) 2. Vent (heated air exhaust) 7 3. Projection lens 3 8 4. Quick-release button 5. Lens cap 4 9 6. Focus ring 7. Kensington anti-theft lock slot 5 8. Vent (cool air intake) 9. Front IR remote sensor Rear side See "Connection" on page 17 for details. 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 10 10. Rear adjuster foot 15. RGB (PC)/Component video (YPbPr/ 11. AC power cord inlet YCbCr) signal input socket
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Controls and functions Projector 1 2 8 3 9 4 10 5 5 6 11 7 12 1. Focus ring (See "Fine-tuning the picture 7. MODE (See "Selecting a picture mode" clarity" on page 26 for details.) on page 27 for details.) Adjusts the focus of the projected picture. Sequentially selects a predefined picture setting available for each input. 2. Temperature warning light (See "Indicators" on page 45 for details.) 8. EXIT (See "Using the OSD menus" on Lights red if the projector’s temperature page 34 for details
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Remote control 5. Keystone (See page "Correcting keystone" on page 25 for details.) Manually corrects distorted pictures 1 6 resulting from an angled projection. 6. TIMER On/Show (See "Setting the 2 7 presentation timer" on page 29 for details.) Activates or displays an on-screen timer 3 based on your own timer setting. 8 3 7. TIMER SETUP (See "Setting the presentation timer" on page 29 for 9 4 details.) 3 10 Enters presentation timer setting directly. 8. AUTO (See "Auto-adjusting the pi
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3. Positioning your projector Choosing a location Your projector is designed to be installed in one of four possible installation locations: 1. Table in front of screen; 2. Ceiling in front of screen; 3. Table at rear of screen; 4. Ceiling at rear of screen. 1. Front Table 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. 2. Front Ceiling Select this location with the
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Obtaining a preferred projected picture size The distance from the projector lens to the screen, and the video format each factors in the projected picture size. The native resolution of the projector is 800 x 600 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 picture, the projector can resize and scale a widescreen picture to the projector's native aspect width. This will result in a proportionally smaller height eq
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horizontal distance from the center of the screen (projection distance), and the vertical offset height of the projector from the horizontal edge of the screen (offset). 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
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Projection dimensions Refer to "Dimensions" on page 48 for the center of lens dimensions of this projector before calculating the appropriate position. 4:3 Screen Diagonal Screen Center of lens Offset Projection distance 4:3 Screen Diagonal Recommended projection distance Vertical Offset in mm Feet Inches mm from screen in mm 2.5 30 762 1200 46 3 36 914 1440 55 1000 1575 60 4 48 1219 1920 73 1500 2362 88 5 60 1524 2400 91 6 72 1829 2880 110 2000 3149 120 7 84 2134 3360 128 8 96 2438 3840 146 25
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Connecting a Component Video source device Examine your Video source device to determine if it has a set of unused Component Video output sockets available: • If so, you can continue with this procedure. • If not, you will need to reassess which method you can use to connect to the device. To connect the projector to a Component Video source device: 1. Take the (optional accessory) Component Video to VGA (D-Sub) adaptor cable and connect the end with 3 RCA type connectors to the Component Vid
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Connecting an S-Video or a composite Video source device Examine your Video source device to determine if it has an unused S-Video or composite Video output socket available: • If so, you can continue with this procedure. • If not, you will need to reassess which method you can use to connect to the device. If you have already made a Component Video connection between the projector and the video source device, you need not connect to this device again using an S-Video or composite Video con
