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MP511+ Digital Projector
Mainstream Series
User Manual
Welcome
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Table of contents Important safety instructions .................................... 5 Introduction ............................................................... 9 Projector features .................................................................9 Shipping contents ...............................................................10 Standard accessories ..................................................................................... 10 Optional accessories .................................
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Correcting keystone...................................................................................... 29 Magnifying and searching for details on the projected picture .................................................... 29 Selecting the aspect ratio ................................................... 30 Optimizing the image......................................................... 31 Selecting a picture mode ............................................................................. 31 Usi
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Projector specifications ......................................................57 Timing chart........................................................................58 Warranty and Copyright information .................... 59 Regulation statements.............................................. 60 4 Table of contents
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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) 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 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) 16. Do not step on the projector or place Ceiling mounting the projector any objects upon it. Besides probable physical damage to the projector, doing We want you to have a pleasant so may result in accidents and possible experience using your BenQ projector, injury. so we need to bring this safety matter to 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 • Compact and portable unit • One-key auto-adjustment to display the best picture quality • Di
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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. Projector Remote control with batteries Quick start guide User manual CD User manual Warranty Card* Safety manual* Power
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Projector exterior view Front/upper side 1. External control panel 1 6 (See "Projector" on page 12 for 2 details.) 2. Vent (heated air exhaust) 7 3. Projection lens 3 4. Quick-release button 8 5. Lens cap 4 6. Focus ring 9 7. Kensington anti-theft lock slot 8. Vent (cool air intake) 5 9. Front IR remote sensor Rear side See "Connection" on page 20 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 socke
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Controls and functions Projector 1 2 8 3 9 4 10 5 11 6 12 7 8 1. Focus ring 6. MENU/Exit Adjusts the focus of the projected image. Turns on the On-Screen Display (OSD) See "Fine-tuning the image size and menu. clarity" on page 28 for details. Goes back to previous OSD menu, exits 2. Temperature warning light and saves menu settings. Lights up red if the projector's See "Using the menus" on page 42 for temperature becomes too high. See details. "Indicators" on page 54 for details. 7. MODE/En
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10. AUTO Automatically determines the best picture timings for the displayed image. See "Auto-adjusting the image" on page 28 for details. 11. Right/Panel Key Lock Activates panel key lock. See "Locking control keys" on page 36 for details. When the On-Screen Display (OSD) menu is activated, the #5, #8 and #11 buttons are used as directional arrows to select the desired menu items and to make adjustments. See "Using the menus" on page 42 for details. 12. SOURCE Sequentially selects the
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Remote control See "Using the menus" on page 42 for details. 7. Keystone/Arrow buttons ( / Up, / 6 1 Down) 7 Manually corrects distorted images 2 8 resulting from an angled projection. See "Correcting keystone" on page 29 for 3 9 details. 10 8. AUTO 4 11 Automatically determines the best picture 7 timings for the displayed image. See "Auto-adjusting the image" on page 28 for 12 details. 5 13 9. Right/ Activates panel key lock. See "Locking control keys" on page 36 for details. When the O
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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 perpendicular to the projector's IR remote control sensors to function correctly. The distance between the remote control and the sensors should be from 1 to 8 meters. 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.
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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 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 image, the projector can resize and scale a widescreen image to the projector's native aspect width. This will result in a proportionally smaller
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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 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 2500 3937 150 9 108 2743 4320 165 3000 4724 180 10 120 3048 4800 183 3500 5512 209 12 144 3658 5760 219 4000 6299 239 15 180 4572 7200 274 5000 7874 299 16
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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 10). They are commercially available from electronics stores. Connecting a computer The projector provides a VGA input socket that allows you to connect it to a
