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MP724/MP727/MP735
Digital Projector
User Manual
Welcome
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English Table of contents Operating in a high altitude environment46 Important safety Creating your own startup screen ...... 46 instructions .......................3 Adjusting the sound........................... 47 Introduction......................7 Personalizing the projector menu display................................................ 48 Projector features ................................. 7 Shutting down the projector .............. 48 Shipping contents................................. 8
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English 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
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English 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 8. Do not operate lamps beyond the rated lamp life. Excessive operation projector. There are dangerous high voltages inside which ma
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English Safety Instructions (Continued) 13. Do not place this projector in any of 14. Do not block the ventilation holes. the following environments. - Do not place this projector on a blanket, bedding or any other soft surface. - Space that is poorly ventilated or confined. Allow at least 50 cm clearance - Do not cover this projector with a cloth or from walls and free flow of air around the any other item. projector. - Do not place inflammables near the - Locations where temperatures
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English 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, experience using your BenQ projector, doing so may result in accidents and so we need to bring this safety matter possible injury. to your attention to prevent possible damage to person and property. If you intend to mount your projector on the ceiling, we strongly recommend
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English 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 p
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English Shipping contents 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. Standard For Japan Remote Model Only Projector Remote control with battery (UK) (US) (KOREA) (CHINA) (AU) (JAPAN) (EU) Power cord VGA cable Quick start guide User manual CD Warranty card* Optional accessorie
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English Projector exterior view 1. Vent (heated air exhaust) Front/upper side 2. Lamp cover 3. Quick-release button 1 5 4. Projection lens 5. External control panel (See "Projector" on page 10 for details.) 6. Vent (cool air intake) 7. Focus ring and Zoom ring 8. Front IR remote sensor 6 2 3 7 4 8 7 9. AC power cord inlet 10. USB input socket Rear/lower side 11. D-SUB output socket 12. D-SUB/COMP.IN input socket 9 10 18 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13. DVI input socket 14. HDMI input socket 15. S-VIDE
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English Controls and functions Projector 6. MODE/ENTER Selects an available picture setup mode. 9 See "Selecting a picture mode" on page 39 for details. 1 Enacts the selected On-Screen Display 2 (OSD) menu item. See "Using the 3 10 menus" on page 29 for details. 4 7. Left/ 5 11 Starts the FAQ function. See "Utilizing 6 FAQ function" on page 45 for details. 12 7 8. BLANK 13 8 Used to hide the screen picture. See "Hiding the image" on page 44 for details. 10 9. FOCUS/ZOOM Ring Used to adjust
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English Remote control 15 15 1 16 16 2 2 17 17 18 18 3 3 4 19 4 19 5 5 20 20 6 6 7 7 8 21 8 21 22 22 9 9 10 23 10 23 11 24 11 24 12 12 25 25 13 13 26 26 14 14 27 27 28 28 Standard remote For Japan model only 1. Laser (Standard Remote only) 6. PAGE UP Use as on-screen pointer. Page up arrow when connected through DO NOT POINT IN EYES. USB to a PC. See "Remote paging operations" on page 44 for details. 2. POWER 7. Up cursor Toggles the projector between standby Navigates and changes settings in
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English 11. STATUS 19. Right Opens the OSD STATUS menu (the menu Right arrow when connected through only opens when an input device is USB to a PC. detected). 20. PAGE DOWN 12. MENU Page down arrow when connected Turns on the On-Screen Display (OSD) through USB to a PC. See "Remote menu. Goes back to previous OSD menu, paging operations" on page 44 for details. exits and saves menu settings. 21. Right cursor See "Using the menus" on page 29 for Navigates and changes settings in the details
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English Approx. ±15° Remote control effective range Infra-Red (IR) remote control sensor is located on the front of the projector. The remote control must be held at an angle within 30 degrees perpendicular to the projector's IR remote control sensor to function correctly. The distance between the remote control and the sensor should not exceed 7 meters (~ 23 feet). Make sure that there are no obstacles between the remote control and the IR sensor on the projector that might obstruct the
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English Positioning your projector Choosing a location 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. Your projector is designed to be installed in one of four possible installation locations: 1. Front Table Select this location with the projector placed o
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English Obtaining a preferred projected image size The distance from the projector lens to the screen, the zoom setting (if available), and the video format each factors in the projected image size. 4:3 is the native aspect ratio of MP724 and MP727. 16:10 is the native aspect ratio of MP735. To be able to project a complete 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio image on MP724 or MP727, the projector can resize and scale a widescreen image to the projector's native aspect width. This will result in
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English 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". 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 in mm
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English MP724/727 projection dimensions Refer to "Dimensions" on page 66 for the center of lens dimensions of this projector before calculating the appropriate position. Maximum zoom Minimum zoom Screen Center of lens Vertical offset Projection distance MP724 Recommended projection dis- 4:3 screen tance from screen in mm Verti- cal diagonal Width Height Min Max offset length length Average in mm (with max. (with min. Feet Inches mm mm mm zoom) zoom) 4 48 1219 975 732 1853 1999 2146 102 59
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English MP727 Recommended projection dis- 4:3 screen tance from screen in mm Verti- cal diagonal Width Height Min Max offset length length Average in mm (with max. (with min. Feet Inches mm mm mm zoom) zoom) 4 48 1219 975 732 1756 1902 2049 90 59 1499 1199 899 2158 2338 2518 111 5 60 1524 1219 914 2195 2377 2560 112 6 72 1829 1463 1097 2633 2853 3072 135 79 2007 1605 1204 2890 3130 3371 149 7 84 2134 1707 1280 3072 3328 3584 158 8 96 2438 1951 1463 3511 3804 4097 181 98 2489 1991 1494 3584 3
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English MP735 projection dimensions Refer to "Dimensions" on page 66 for the center of lens dimensions of this projector before calculating the appropriate position. Maximum zoom Minimum zoom Screen Center of lens Vertical offset Projection distance Recommended projection dis- 16:10 screen Verti- tance from screen in mm cal diagonal Width Height Min Max offset length length Average in mm Feet Inches mm mm mm (with max. (with min. zoom) zoom) 4 48 1219 1034 646 1582 1701 1820 74 59 1499 127
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English 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 input s
