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MP620c Digital Projector
Mainstream Series
User Manual
Welcome
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Copyright Copyright 2007 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 Projector exterior view ......................................................... 7 Controls and functions .......................................................
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Troubleshooting....................................................... 53 Specifications............................................................ 54 Projector specifications ......................................................54 Timing chart........................................................................55 Dimensions..........................................................................56 Warranty................................................................... 57 Limited warra
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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) 16. Do not step on the projector or place 18. This product is capable of displaying any objects upon it. Besides probable inverted images for ceiling mount physical damage to the projector, doing installation. so may result in accidents and possible Use only BenQ's Ceiling Mount Kit for injury. mounting the projector and ensure it is securely installed. 17. Do not place liquids near or on the projector. Liquids spilled into the 19. When the projector is u
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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 • Compact and portable unit • High quality manual zoom lens • 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 •
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Controls and functions Projector 13 14 6 12 8 7 1 5 9 10 2 4 3 11 1. Power (Refer to "Start up" on page 25 and "Shutting down the projector" on page 36 for more information.) Turns the projector on or off. 2. Blank/Q? (Refer to "Hiding the image" on page 32 and "Utilizing FAQ function" on page 36 for more information.) Used to hide the screen image. You can press any key on the control panel to bring the image back. To start FAQ function, press and hold for 3 seconds. 3. Mode (Refer to "Selec
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8. Power indicator light (Refer to "Indicators" on page 51 for more information.) Lights up or flashes when the projector is under operation. 9. 3 Left 10. Right 4(Refer to "Correcting keystone" on page 29 for more information.) When the on-screen menu is not activated, #9 and #10 function as Keystone -/+ hot keys. 11. 6Menu (Refer to "Using the menus" on page 38 for more information.) Turns on the on-screen display control menu. 12. 5Exit Exits and saves the menu settings. When the on-screen
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4. 3Left, Right 4 When the on-screen menu is activated, the 5Up, 6 Down, 3Left and Right 4buttons are used as directional arrows to select the desired menu items and to make adjustments. 5. Menu (Refer to "Using the menus" on page 38 for more information.) Displays or hides the On-Screen Display (OSD) menu system. 6. Keystone (Refer to page "Correcting keystone" on page 29 for more information.) Manually corrects distorted images resulting from an angled projection. 7. Timer On/Show (Refer to
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Approx. 15° 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 6 meters (~ 20 feet). Make sure that there are no obstacles between the remote control and the IR sensors on the projector that might obstruc
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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. 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 pr
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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 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 proportionally smalle
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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 1778 1867 1956 73 1500 2187 2297 2406 90 5 60 1524 2222 2333 2444 91 6 72 1829 2667 2800 2933 110 2000 2916 3062 3208 120 7 84 2134 3111 3267 3422 128 8 96 2438 3556 3733 3911 146 2500 3645 3828 4010 150 9 108 2743 4000 4200 4400 165 3000 4347 4593 4812 180 10 120