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MP771 Digital Projector
User Manual
Welcome
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Table of contents Operating in a high altitude Important safety environment.........................................43 instructions .........................3 Creating your own startup screen .......43 Adjusting the sound.............................44 Introduction........................7 Personalizing the projector menu Projector features .................................. 7 display...................................................44 Shipping contents.................................. 8 Sh
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Important safety instructions Your 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. 5. In
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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) 13. Do not place this projector in any of the 14. Do not block the ventilation holes. - Do not place this projector on a blanket, following environments. bedding or any other soft surface. - Space that is poorly ventilated or confined. - Do not cover this projector with a cloth or Allow at least 50 cm clearance from walls any other item. and free flow of air around the projector. - Do not place inflammables near the - Locations where temperatures
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Safety Instructions (Continued) 17. Do not step on the projector or place Ceiling mounting the projector any objects upon it. Besides probable We want you to have a pleasant physical damage to the projector, doing experience using your BenQ projector, so may result in accidents and possible so we need to bring this safety matter to injury. your attention to prevent possible damage to person and property. If you intend to mount your projector on the ceiling, we strongly recommend that y
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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. • Wall color correction allowing projection on surfaces of several predefined colors • Quick auto search speeding up the signal detecting process • Selectable password protected function • Up to 11 sets of picture modes providing multiple choices for different projection purposes
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PUSH Shipping contents The projector is shipped with the cables required for connection to a PC or 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. *The warranty card and safety manual are only supplied in some specific regions. Please consult your dealer for det
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PUSH Projector exterior view 1. Lamp cover Front/upper side 5 2. Vent (heated air exhaust) 3. Projection lens 4. Quick-release button 1 5. External control panel (See "Projector" on page 10 for details.) 6 6. Focus ring 2 7. Vent (cool air intake) 7 8. Front IR remote sensor 3 9. AC power cord inlet 8 4 10. Kensington anti-theft lock slot 11. Rear adjuster foot 12. Ceiling mounting holes Rear/lower side 13. Rear IR remote sensor 14. Video input socket 14 15 16 17 18 13 19 20 21 22 15. S-Video
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Controls and functions Projector 6. Left/ 1 Starts the FAQ function. See "Utilizing FAQ function" on page 42 for details. 7. BLANK 8 Used to hide the screen image. See "Hiding 2 the image" on page 41 for details. 3 8. LAMP indicator light Indicates the status of the lamp. Lights up 4 or flashes when the lamp has developed a 9 problem. See "Indicators" on page 59 for 5 10 details. 11 6 9. Keystone/Arrow buttons ( / Up, / 7 12 Down) 13 Manually corrects distorted images resulting from an ang
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Remote control 4. Keystone/Arrow buttons ( / Up, / 13 Down) 1 14 Manually corrects distorted images 15 2 resulting from an angled projection. See 3 16 "Correcting keystone" on page 33 for 4 details. 5. MENU/EXIT 17 5 Turns on the On-Screen Display (OSD) 6 18 menu. Goes back to previous OSD menu, exits and saves menu settings. See "Using 19 7 the menus" on page 27 for details. 4 8 6. Left/ 20 9 Starts the FAQ function. See "Utilizing 21 FAQ function" on page 42 for details. 7. BLANK 10 Use
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13. Indicator light 22. D. ZOOM (+, -) Flashes or lights red when any key on the Magnifies or reduces the projected image remote control is pressed. size. See "Magnifying and searching for 14. MODE details on the projected picture" on page 33 for details. Depending upon which input signal is selected, selects an available picture mode. Operating the LASER pointer See "Selecting a picture mode" on page 35 The LASER Pointer is a for details. presentation aid for 15. FREEZE professionals.
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PUSH pprox. 15° A 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 perpendicular to the projector's IR remote control sensors to function correctly. The distance between the remote control and the sensors should not exceed 8 meters (~ 26 feet). Make sure that there are no obstacles between the remote control and the IR sensors on the projector that might o
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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. 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 projector suspended upside-down from the ceiling in front of the screen. Purchase the BenQ Projector Ceiling Mounting Kit
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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. 4:3 is the native aspect ratio of this projector. 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 proportionally smaller height equivalent to 75% of the projector's native aspect he
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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 "Recommended projection distance from screen in mm". This is the projection distance. 3. On that same row, look across to the right column
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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 5 60 1524 811 91 6 72 1829 973 110 2000 1064 120 7 84 2134 1135 128 8 96 2438 1297 146 2500 1330 150 9 108 2743 1459 165 3000 1596 180 10 120 3048 1622 183 3500 1862 210 12 144 3658 1946 219 4000 2128 240 15 180 4572 2432 274 5000 2660 300 18 216 5486 2919 329 6000 3192 360 25 300 7620 4054 457 There is 3% tolerance among
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Connection When connecting a signal source to the projector, be sure to: 1. Turn all equipment off before making any connections. 2. Use the correct signal cables for each source. 3. Ensure the cables are firmly inserted. In the connections shown below, some cables may not be included with the projector (see "Shipping contents" on page 8). They are commercially available from electronics stores. Connecting a computer or monitor Connecting a computer The projector provides a VGA and DVI input s
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The final connection path should be like that shown in the following diagram: notebook or desktop computer i. VGA cable ii. VGA to DVI-A cable iv or i ii iii iii.Audio cable iv. USB cable Many notebooks do not turn on their external video ports when connected to a projector. Usually a key combo like FN + F3 or CRT/LCD key turns the external display on/off. Locate a function key labeled CRT/LCD or a function key with a monitor symbol on the notebook. Press FN and the labeled function key simu
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Connecting a monitor If you want to view your presentation close-up on a monitor as well as on the screen, you can connect the D-SUB OUT signal output socket on the projector to an external monitor with a VGA or VGA to DVI-A cable by following the instructions below. To connect the projector to a monitor (either through a VGA cable or VGA to DVI-A cable): • With a VGA cable: • With a VGA to DVI-A cable: Note: Your monitor must be equipped with a DVI input socket. 1. Connect the projector to
