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CP220 Digital Projector
Commuter 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 .................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................... 5 Projector features ................................................................. 5 Shipping contents................................................................. 6 Standard accessories ...................................................................................... 6 Optional accessories ...............................
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Closing the password function .................................................................... 23 Switching input signal ........................................................23 Adjusting the projected image............................................24 Adjusting the projection angle .................................................................... 24 Auto-adjusting the image ............................................................................ 24 Fine-tuning the image size and c
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Timing chart ....................................................................... 46 Supported timing for PC input ................................................................... 46 Supported timing for Component-YPbPr input ....................................... 46 Supported timing for Video and S-Video inputs ....................................... 46 Dimensions ........................................................................ 47 Warranty.........................................
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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 user’s manual before 4. Always open the lens shutter or you operate your projector. Save this remove the lens cap when the user’s manual for future reference.
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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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Safety Instructions (Continued) 12. Do not place this projector in any of the 13. Do not block the ventilation holes. - Do not place the projector on a blanket, following environments. 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: • Selectable password protected function • Off and Go function allowing presenters to unplug the projector right after the projector is turned off • Compact and lightweight design • High quality manual zoom lens • One-key auto-adjustment to display the best picture quality • Auto
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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. User’s User’s manual Projector Soft carry case manual CD Pull the tab before using the remote control. Quick start R
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Projector exterior view Front / upper side 1. External control panel 1 (See "Projector" on page 8 for detailed information.) 5 2. Sliding lens cover 6 3. Front adjuster button 2 7 4. Projection lens 3 5. Focus ring and Zoom ring 4 6. Vent (cool air intake) 7. Front IR remote sensor Rear side Refer to "Connection" on page 15 for more information on making connections to various equipment. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 8 8. Rear adjuster foot 13. RGB (PC) / Component video (YPbPr/ 9. AC power cord in
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Controls and functions Projector 7. BLANK (See "Hiding the image" on page 29 for details.) Used to hide the screen image. You 1 can press any key on the control 2 panel to bring the image back. 8. MODE (See "Application Mode" on page 33 for details.) Depending upon which input signal 3 4 9 is selected, there are several picture 10 setup options available. 5 11 9. Lamp indicator light (See 6 6 "Indicators" on page 42 for details.) 12 7 Indicates the status of the lamp. 8 13 Lights up or f
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Remote control 6. KEYSTONE (See page "Correcting keystone" on page 25 for details.) 1 Manually corrects distorted images 7 resulting from an angled projection. 2 7. PAGE UP and DOWN (See "Remote paging operations" on page 29 for details.) 3 8 You can operate your display 4 software program (on a connected 9 PC) which responds to page up/ 5 down commands (like Microsoft 10 3 PowerPoint) by pressing these buttons. 11 8. AUTO (See "Auto-adjusting the 6 image" on page 24 for details.) Aut
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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. The remote control must be held at an angle within 30 degrees of 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 the projector that might obstruct the infra-red beam. • Op
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Positioning your projector Choosing a location Your projector is designed to be installed in one of two possible installation locations: 1. Floor in front of screen 2. Floor at rear of screen Your room layout or personal preference will dictate which installation location you select. Take into consideration the size and position of your screen, the location of a suitable power outlet, as well as the location and distance between the projector and the rest of your equipment. 1. Floor front Se
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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
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Maximum zoom Minimum zoom Screen Center of lens Offset Projection distance 4:3 Screen Diagonal Distance from Screen in mm Vertical Offset in mm Feet Inches mm Min length Average Max length (with max. (with min. zoom) zoom) 4 48 1219 1893 2007 2121 25 1500 2330 2469 2609 31 5 60 1524 2367 2509 2651 31 6 72 1829 2840 3011 3181 38 2000 3106 3292 3479 41 7 84 2134 3314 3512 3711 44 8 96 2438 3787 4014 4241 50 2500 3883 4116 4349 51 9 108 2743 4260 4516 4772 56 3000 4659 4939 5218 62 10 120 3048 47
