Dukane 28A8800A manual

Liquid Cr ystal Pr ojector Model 28A8800 A OPERA TING GUIDE[...]

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1 Liquid Cr ystal Pr ojector Model Im a g eP r o 8800 A USER’S GUIDE Thank you for purchasing the Dukane liquid crystal projector . Please read this user ’ s manual thoroughly to ensure correct usage through understanding. After reading, store this instruction manual in a safe place for future reference. Outline This liquid crystal projector is[...]

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3 <Before Using> About the Symbols V arious symbols are used in this instruction manual and on the product itself to ensure correct usage, to prevent danger to the user and others, and to prevent property damage. The meanings of these symbols are described below . It is important that you read these descriptions thoroughly and fully understan[...]

4 ■ If a prob lem should occur . • If smoke or a strange odor arise, continued use could result in fire or electrical shock. In such case, immediately turn of f the power switch and then disconnect the power plug from the power outlet. After making sure that the smoke or odor has stopped, contact your dealer for repairs. Never attempt to make r[...]

■ Handle the power cor d with care . • Do not damage, cut, process or strongl y twist the power cord. Placing heavy objects on the power cord, heating or strongly pulling the power cord can result in damage as well as fire or electrical shock. • Pulling on the power cord • Placing heavy objects on the power cord • Damaging the cord • Pl[...]

6 ■ Do not sit or place heavy objects on this projector . • Do not sit on this projector . This could result in overturning, leading to damage or personal injury . Use special caution in households where children are present. • Do not place heavy objects on this projector . Placing heavy objects on this projector could result in loss of balan[...]

7 ■ A v oid excessively hot locations. Do not place this projector in direct sunlight or near a hot object such as a stove, etc., because the heat could have adverse influence on the cabinet and other parts. ■ Sound v olume . Set the volume at a suitable level to avoid bothering other people. It is also better to keep the volume level low and c[...]

8 Chec king the pac kage Contents Make sure all of the following items are included in the package. If anything is missing, please contact your dealer . • Use the remote control in front of the remote control photoreceptor at a distance of about 5 m or less and an angle of 30 degrees to the left or right of the center . Main unit ST ANDBY / ON b [...]

9 RGB IN 12 CONTROL RGB OUT S-VIDEO IN VIDEO IN AUDIO IN L MONO R USB AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN 12 Names and functions of eac h par t (contin ued) Main power switch Used to turn the power on and off. : OFF : ON VIDEO IN jack S-VIDEO IN jack Mini DIN 4-pin connector VIDEO IN jack RCA jack AUDIO L/R IN jack RCA jack AC IN jack Used to connect the accessory [...]

10 Names and functions of eac h par t (continued) Remote contr ol transmitter FOCUS button Used to adjust the focus of the image on the screen. (Refer to page 13.) ZOOM button Used to adjust the size of the image. (Refer to page 13.) FREEZE button Used to turn the freeze (still) image display on and off . A UT O button Used to ex ecute auto-adjust.[...]

11 Names and functions of eac h par t (contin ued) Loading the batteries Loading AA batteries into the remote control. The laser pointer of the remote control is used in place of a finger or r od. Never look directly into the laser beam outlet or point the laser beam at other people. The laser beam can cause vision prob lems. W arning A V OID EXPOS[...]

12 Installation T ypical LCD Projector and Screen Installation Using the adjuster s a. Distance from the LCD projector to the screen b. Distance from the lens center to the bottom of the screen (a,b : +/-10%). The projection distances shown in the diagram to the left are for full size (1024 x 768 dots.) The LCD projector should normally be used lev[...]

13 Basic operations T o pr oject 1 T urn on the main power s witch of the pr ojector [ I: ON]. • The Power indicator lights orange. 2 Press the ST ANDBY / ON b utton. • The Power indicator will blink green and then light green. • The green blinking indicates warmup. • After the power is turned on, the lamp will be cooled for approximately 1[...]

14 VIDEO STANDBY/ON RGB POSITION LASER MENU RESET MAGNIFY FREEZE OFF VOLUME P in P MUTE AUTO BLANK TIMER T urning off the po wer Plug & Pla y Basic operations (contin ued) 1 Press the ST ANDBY/ON button f or appro ximately 1 sec. • The Power indicator will blink orange, then the lamp will turn off. Approximately 1 sec. after that, the lamp wi[...]

15 VIDEO ST ANDBY/ON RGB POSITION LASER MENU RESET MAGNIFY FREEZE OFF VOLUME P in P MUTE AUT O BLANK TIMER Freeze function Basic operations (contin ued) 1 Press the FREEZE b utton. • The image being displayed will freeze. • The [ ] mark appears in the lo wer right corner of the screen when the Freeze function is on. 1 Press the FREEZE b utton. [...]

16 1 Press the MA GNIFY + b utton. • The center part of the image will be displayed magnif ied approximately two times. 2 Press the MA GNIFY + b utton. • When this button is pressed, the image will be displayed e ven lar ger . 3 Press the MA GNIFY – b utton. • When this button is pressed, the image will be displayed e ven smaller . 4 Press [...]

VIDEO ST ANDBY/ON RGB POSITION LASER MENU RESET MAGNIFY FREEZE OFF VOLUME P in P MUTE AUT O BLANK TIMER FOCUS ZOOM MENU 17 Adjustments and functions 1 Press the MENU ( ) buttons of the projector or the MENU b utton of the remote control. • The Menu screen will appear . (refer to page 18 - 21 for details.) 2 of the pr ojector or the b utton of the[...]

18 Adjustments and functions (contin ued) RGB signal input Video signal input V OLUME BRIGHT CONTRAST V POSIT H POSIT H PHASE H SIZE COLOR BAL R COLOR BAL B 100 100 800 SETUP INPUT OPT . IMAGE V OLUME BRIGHT CONTRAST SHARPNESS COLOR TINT COLOR BAL R COLOR BAL B SETUP INPUT OPT . IMAGE • The menu cannot be displayed while the initial screen (“No[...]

19 Adjustments and functions (contin ued) INPUT The INPUT menu is used to select RGB signal sync signal frequency of the monitor and the VIDEO signal. RGB VIDEO fH:38kHz fV:60Hz SETUP INPUT OPT. IMAGE RGB VIDEO AUTO NTSC PAL SECAM NTSC4.43 M-PAL N-PAL SETUP INPUT OPT. IMAGE Adjustment item RGB VIDEO Adjustment description Displays the following RGB[...]

20 Adjustments and functions (contin ued) Adjustment item KEYSTONE MIRROR BLANK START UP P in P Adjustment description Reduces keystone Reduces keystone distortion at the bottom distortion at the top Sets vertical or horizontal inversion of the projected image. H: horizontal inversion only V: vertical inversion only H&V: both horizontal and ver[...]

21 Adjustments and functions (contin ued) OPT Communication functions, etc., can be set from the OPT menu. Adjustment item COM. SPEED COM. BITS TIMER LANGUAGE AUTO OFF SYNC ON G Adjustment description Sets the communication speed (5 steps). Sets the bit configuration for the communication data. 7N1...7 data bits, No parity, 1 stop bit. 8N1...8 data[...]

22 Connection to the video signal terminals Connection to the RGB signal terminal 1. Input signals 2. Signal input jacks 1. Input signals 2. Signal input jacks S-VIDEO input (mini DIN 4-pin) Color signal Ground Ground Brightness signal The priority sequence of the video input jacks is as follows. (1) S-VIDEO input jack (2) RCA jack input jack When [...]

23 Connection to the RGB signal terminal (contin ued) • Some computers may have multiple display screen modes. Use of some of these modes will not be possible with this projector . • Be sure to check jack type, signal lev el, timing and resolution before connecting this projector to a computer . • Depending on the input signal, full-size disp[...]

24 Connection to the RGB signal terminal (contin ued) 4. Initial set signals The following signals are used for the initial settings. The signal timing of some computer models may be different. In such case, refer to pages 17 and 18 and adjust the V .POSIT and H.POSIT of the menu. DATA HSYNC a c bd DATA VSYNC a bd c Computer/Signal Horizontal signa[...]

25 Connecting the USB 1. Connect the projector and computer with a suitable commercially av ailable cable. 2. Press the INPUT button of the projector or the RGB 1/2 button of the remote control and select the input where the computer is to be connected. 3. Start the mouse function. 4. Refer to page 10, 26 concerning the remote control of mouse oper[...]

26 Connection to the contr ol signal terminal Use the mouse cable provided or a PS/2 mouse cable (for IBM and compatibles). Cables for ADB mouse (Apple), bus mouse (NEC) and serial mouse are available as options. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 CLK DATA RTS SEL0 GND 1 2 3 4 5 6 DATA +5V GND CLK 6 3 4 2 1 +5V 5 control jack D-sub 15-pin shrink j[...]

27 Connection to the contr ol signal terminal (continued) CONTROL signal jac k ADB (Mac) mouse 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DATA RTS GND 1 2 3 4 ADB +5V GND 3 4 2 1 +5V (POWER ON) Projector Computer Mouse jack Mini DIN 4-pin Mouse cable (ADB) (option) Serial mouse 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 GND TD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CD RD TD DTR GND [...]

28 Connection to the contr ol signal terminal (continued) 2. RS232C communication (1) T urn off the projector and computer power supplies and connect with the RS232C cable. (2) T urn on the computer power supply and, after the computer has started up, turn on the projector power supply . (3) Refer to page 20, 21 and set the communication speed and [...]

29 Connection to the contr ol signal terminal (continued) The command code configuration consists of a 2-byte command and the following data. • The first byte of a command indicates the command type with 3 bits on the MSB side and the data length with 4 bits on the LSB side. Projector - computer Computer - projector ‘0xH’ : Error code ‘2xH?[...]

30 Connection to the contr ol signal terminal (continued) Requesting projector status (1) Send the request code ‘20H’ + ‘ yyH’ from the computer to the projector . (2) The projector returns the response code ‘1xH’ + ‘yyH’ +data to the computer . Changing the projector settings (1) Send the setting code ‘3xH’ + ‘yyH’ +data fr[...]

31 RGB IN 12 CONTROL RGB OUT S-VIDEO IN VIDEO IN AUDIO IN L MONO R USB AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN 12 Example of system setup Cleaning the Air filter T urn power off to all devices before connecting. Refer to the instruction manual of each device before connecting. Caution AC input Video tape recorder with S jack Video tape recorder Speaker (with built-in a[...]

32 Cleaning the Air filter (continued) 3 Cleaning the air filter with a v acuum cleaner 4 Installing the air filter When the air filter becomes clogged with dust, etc., the projector power may turn off to prevent the internal heat level rising. Do not operate the projector with the air filter removed. Caution Lamp Messa g e tab le The indicator lam[...]

33 Messa ge table (continued) Indicators The POWER indicator , LAMP indicator and TEMP indicator light or blink in the following cases. POWER indicator Lights orange Flashes green Lights green Flashes orange Lights red Lights red Lights red Flashes red LAMP indicator Turns off Turns off Turns off Turns off Lights red Flashes red Turns off Flashes r[...]

34 Specifications Dimensional Diagram · ALL specifications are subject to change without notice. Unit: inches Product name Liquid cr ystal projector Model 28A8800 A Displa y method Three liquid crystal panels, three primar y color system. Liquid cr ystal P anel size 3.3 cm (1.3 type) panel Drive system TFT activ e matr ix Number of pix els 786,432[...]

LEGAL INFORMA TION FIVE-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY This Dukane LCD projector is warr anted to the or iginal purchaser for a period of fiv e (5) years from the original purchase date - in nor mal use and ser vice - against def ects in mater ial and workmanship . DUKANE CORPORA TION EXPRESSL Y DISCLAIMS ALL O THER W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITN[...]

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