Ampro Corporation 5200 manuale d’uso

Limited Warran ty Warnings and Importan t Notes Unpacking / Packing Shipping Conta iner Contents Pro j ector Ove rview Front & Re ar Panel La y out Re mote Ins tal lat ion & O p er at i o n Ke y bo ard In s ta lla tio n & O p erat ion Local Cont rol Panel & Indicators Source Connect ions Basic O p e r at i on & M en u N a vi g a[...]

A 5200 User’s Man ual Limited Warranty AmPr o C orp or ati on w arran ts this pr od uc t to b e fr ee fr om d ef ects in mat er i al and w ork m ans hi p un d er nor m al op er ati on, s ub j ect t o the li m it ations provi d ed bel ow. Warra nty Period F or the fir s t twel ve (1 2) m ont hs aft er dat e of ins t all ati on, but li mi t ed to a[...]

1 5200 User’s Man ual Warnings and Important Notes Fi rst Bef ore operati ng thi s equi pm ent, please read t hi s m anual care f ull y and co m pl etely. Thi s m anual wi ll provide y ou wi t h the necess ary i nf orm ation of t he m any functi ons and f eat ures, and the neces sary i nstruc t i ons for operat i on of this equi pm ent . Note Dat[...]

Wa rnings an d Im porta nt Not es 2 5200 User’s Man ual Pow er Source In terruptio ns T he 5000 S er i es o f pr ojec t or operati on is bas ed on a com put er system , not unlik e y our desktop com put er . Sinc e c om put er sys tem s are ver y sensit iv e to vari ati ons in v oltage suppli ed by t he AC pow er source. Ov er-v oltage, under- v [...]

Wa rnings an d Im porta nt Not es 3 5200 User’s Man ual Gen eral Notes Do not at tem pt to servi c e the proj ector y our self by r em ov ing the cov er s. Doi ng so may expose you to danger ous v oltages or ot her haz ar ds. Ref er s erv i cing t o qualif i ed servi ce personnel. Rem ove the main power pl ug f rom the wall socket when the proj e[...]

4 5200 User’s Man ual Un-Packing and Pack ing Intro duc tion This section of the manual describes the directions f or inspecting t he AmPro 5000 Series standard shipping cont ainer, content s and describes steps t o follow when unpacking t he project or s hipping c ont ainer. A ddit ionally, r ef erence is pr ov ided f or repac k aging t he proje[...]

Un-p acking and Packin g 5 5200 User’s Man ual Un-P acking S t ep 1. Rem ov e the two (2) banding str aps f rom around t he shi ppi ng cont ainer. St ep 2. Rem ov e the top secti on carton (i t em 1) by sliding it up and ov er t he int erior secti ons. St ep 3. Rem ov e the Ply wood cov er (item 2) and t op foam insert (i t em 3). St ep 4. Rem ov[...]

Un-p acking and Packin g 6 5200 User’s Man ual Shi ppi ng Cont ainer Cont ents Ite m De s cription Qty . 1 Shi ppi ng Carton 1 2 Pl y wood Cov er 1 3 Foam Cov er 1 4 Acces sory Boxes 2 5 Lens 1* 6 Foam I nsert (Mai n) 1 7 Projector 1 8 Shi pping M ount 2 9 W ood Lag Bolts 4 10 Fl oating Pl atf orm 1 11 Skid w / Pallet 1 Ref Opti onal I tem s ** *[...]

7 5200 User’s Man ual Projector O verv iew Gen eral The AmPro 5200 DLP™ projector is the latest in large screen display technology. T he AmPro 5200 is called “ALICE™ - A dvanced L ight I maging with C om put er E nhancement ” which uses T exas Inst ruments’ Digit al Light P r oc es s or thr ee- c hip engine t hat pr ojec t s a bright 1,[...]

Proj ecto r Overvi ew 8 5200 User’s Man ual Fron t Pa nel Lay out All exter nal connecti ons and the PC Car d Cage are l oc ated at the f r ont of the pr ojec t or. The m ai n AC power recept acl e, the main A C toggl e/breaker switc her and all the diff erent vi deo inputs are readil y av ai l a bl e . Open t he front access panel t o gai n entr[...]

9 5200 User’s Man ual Remote Control Inst allation a nd Operati on Connect i ng the Receiver Receiv er The ex t ernal seri al r ec eiv er l et s you cont rol your mouse from up to 45 f eet away. To connect t he Mind Path external receiv er to your comput er foll ow these steps: Turn o ff yo ur p ro j ector . Pl ug t he free end of t he exter nal [...]

Remote Con t rol In st all at io n an d Operat io n 10 5200 User’s Man ual - Pow er On, 2 nd Functi on; T oggl e bet ween Sourc es - Standby; t oggle the pr ojec t ed image on/ off (Video Mut e) - Display M ain M enu, Ent er highli ght ed function - Cycle through c ont rol; Use to scroll “left ” thr ough c ont rols - Cycle through c ont rol s[...]

11 5200 User’s Man ual Ke y board Installation and O peration In st all in g t h e Batteri es T ur n t he keyboar d ov er onto it s f ace. By pr essing t he t wo latc h tabs sim ultaneousl y , pry open the batter y door wit h your fi ngers. I nsert 4 A A alk ali ne batteri es wit h t he positiv e (+) and negativ e (-) orient ati on as s ho wn ins[...]

Keybo ard I nstall ation and Op eration 12 5200 User’s Man ual Po si tion in g th e Receiver T he r ec eiv er is m ulti -posi ti onal. It can stand up or l ay f l at on either si de. If you are placing it on a tabl e or desktop. It is best to stand t he receiv er up to minimize any disrupt i on of the signal by t he table or desktop. W hen you ar[...]

Keybo ard I nstall ation and Op eration 13 5200 User’s Man ual Keybo ard Op eration T he I R re m ote Cont rol key str ok es can be sim ulat ed using t he IR Key boar d. T he foll owing i s a list of project or commands using the K ey boar d. NOTE : The IR Remot e Cont rol key equivalent is r epr es ent ed in parent hes is ( ) Keystrokes Descri p[...]

14 5200 User’s Man ual Local Control an d Indicators Contr ols Located at the r ear of the proj ector is the loc al c ont rol panel. The cont rols allow the user to perf orm the foll owing f unc ti ons. PW R (PO W ER): All ows the user t o power the pr oj ect or on and off. ME NU: Enters the O n- Screen- Di splay Mode. SEL (SELEC T): Us e the SEL[...]

15 5200 User’s Man ual Source Connectio ns Essent i al Cabl e Connect ions B ef ore applying A C power t o the 5000 Series pr ojec t or, both I R receiver s MUST BE CONNECT ED . T he I R receiv er connect i ons for t he k ey boar d and r em ot e control are locat ed on the PC card cage. T o ac c ess the PC car d c age and c onnec t ors, turn t he[...]

16 5200 User’s Man ual Basic Operat ion and Menu Nav igation Pow er Up The AmPro 5200 Series follows an init ial “power-up” sequence fr om the t ime the main AC is toggled “on” t o the time an im age is dis play ed. W ith the two receiv ers i nstall ed, pl ug the main power cord i nt o a recept acl e. T oggl e t he mai n ac sw i t ch “o[...]

Basic O p eration and Menu Navigat i on 17 5200 User’s Man ual Menu Nav igat ion a nd Co nventi ons Com mand B utto ns – Comma nd but t ons c aus e an ac ti on t o occ ur, suc h as s el ect in g a part ic ul ar f uncti on or pr es enti ng a supp l em entar y d i al og b ox Li st B ox – A llow s y ou to s ele ct a n it em fr om a l ist. S cr o[...]

18 5200 User’s Man ual A uto Search & Temp Channel Auto S earch W hen a new source i s int r oduc ed t o the proj ec t or, the pr ojec t or w i ll initi all y search through t he “ u ser ” channel listi ng for a m atch. If a m atch i s f ound, this channel is select ed and t he channel number is displ ay ed i n the “Chan n, Sel ect Chan[...]

19 5200 User’s Man ual Menu Sy stem As previ ousl y m enti oned, A LI CE operates on lay er s of c ommand but t on menus. The initi al co mm and butt ons (bel ow) all ows you t o ac c ess all of the user ty pe pr oj ector c ontrol s. Main Men u Picture All ows the user t o adjust im age quali t y functi ons such as, bright ness , and c ont rast, [...]

Menu Syst em 20 5200 User’s Man ual Pict u re Command - The us er i s pro v i ded wit h a new s et of comm and contr ol s. The num ber s of c ont rols are depended on the par t icul ar m ode, i. e. R G B v er sus Video. These contr ol s are used to adj ust t he image qualit y of t he pr ojec t ed image, with additi onal adv anc e contr ol s for b[...]

Menu Syst em 21 5200 User’s Man ual Advanced “ co ntinued” Odd/E ve n Cert ai n signal s may require you to set the O DD/EVEN para m eters. Once selected, you are presented wi t h an opti on box f or select i on. If your image appears j agged or t he fiel ds are off set or seem out of order, sw i t ch bet ween STA NDA RD or NON- STA NDA RD m [...]

Menu Syst em 22 5200 User’s Man ual Sou rce Command - Is used to select the desir ed i nput or display m ode. W ith all av ailabl e opti ons install ed, the user m ay s el ect bet ween tw o (2) RG B modes, two (2) Vi deo modes and the i nternal gr aphic s mode. RGB-1 T he RGB - 1 input incl udes separate connect ors f or RED, GREEN, BLUE v i deo [...]

Menu Syst em 23 5200 User’s Man ual Setup W izard The SETUP WIZA RD wil l gui de the first tim e user through a step-by- step setup of the v ari ous im age par am et ers or even if you are an ex peri enc e user, t he Setup Wiz ar d provi des a quick m ethod of setti ng up a new s ource. Main Screen and Fu nc t i o ns The Set up wizard screen pr o[...]

Menu Syst em 24 5200 User’s Man ual User’s Set u p T he User Setup comm and all ows random ac c ess the setup cont r ol s o f t he proj ector . The mor e ex peri enced operat or t ypically uses thi s func t i on. H Pos Center s the ac t iv e v i deo area w i t hi n maximum displ ay ar ea. Adj ust f or minimal im age loss f r om si de-t o- si de[...]

Menu Syst em 25 5200 User’s Man ual User’s Set u p “continued ” Sca ling Provi des the user with t he abili ty t o blank all four sides, Size or “zoo m” the i m age in t he hori z ont al, v ertic al or bot h directi ons, cent er the im age hori zontall y, vert ic all y or snap the im age to horizont al/v er ti cal centers. S ee S c alin[...]

Menu Syst em 26 5200 User’s Man ual User’s Set u p “continued ” Advanced “ co ntinued” View Data The View Data pr ov i des a comprehensiv e listi ng window of all of t he user channel s. Thi s listing i ncludes all t he statistic s that make- up a partic ul ar channel . T he Hi ghli ghted col um n denotes the cur r entl y selec t ed cha[...]

Menu Syst em 27 5200 User’s Man ual Menu- C han nels Us e the Channel s comm and t o access the channel m anagem ent syste m with the f ollowing f uncti ons. Select Hi ghli ght the desir ed c hannel , then pr ess Selec t to choose the channel for di spl ay . Save As Fir st highli ght the desi r ed c hannel , then pr ess Sa v e As to e v oke t he [...]

Menu Syst em 28 5200 User’s Man ual Menu Co mmand “contin u ed” Menu- Ut ility Se v eral projec t or set-up and confi gurati on comm ands are f ound under t he Utility command . Orie nt All ows the us er t o select the desired proj ecti on applic ati on f or the following m odes. Front -Fl oor , Front - Ceili ng, Rear -Fl oor and Rear-Ceil i [...]

Menu Syst em 29 5200 User’s Man ual Chan 1: Sel C hanne l Chan n: I ndic at es the select ed channel . W her e “n” is the channel number. NOTE : Chan 0 indic at es a temporar y channel* has been cr eat ed. Sel Channel : Press button t o activ ate a channel li st box . See below Use the scrol l bar on the right side to move up and down the li [...]

Menu Syst em 30 5200 User’s Man ual Menu O vervi ew[...]

31 5200 User’s Man ual Installation, Lens A djustments & Len s Data Tables Th row Dist an ce T he pr oj ector has a wide v ariety of l enses a v ail abl e, i ncl uding multi ple fix ed and zoom s. Ref er to Lens Data Tables. The t hr ow di stanc e i s calcul ated by usi ng t he lens m agnifi cati on factor tim es the desi r ed im age wi dt h.[...]

Insta llat ion , Le ns A djus tme nts a nd Le ns Da ta Table s 32 5200 User’s Man ual Op ti cal Adjustmen t s Lens S hift A djuster The lens shif t i s adjusted by turni ng the lens s hi f t knob locat ed at the front of t he proj ector . Adj ust t he lens shift until the image i s cent er ed wit hin your screen area. S ee B elow. Ref er t o the [...]

Insta llat ion , Le ns A djus tme nts a nd Le ns Da ta Table s 33 5200 User’s Man ual Fixe d Le ns D ata Ta ble Data presen ted in the follo wi ng tabl es are for referen ce use only! 1.0:1 L ens Specifi cation/Th row Distan ce ( Ref eren ce Only) Th row Dist an ce: 4.6 ft. (1. 4 m) - 30 ft. (9. 1 m) @ 4:3 Ratio Pixel Vertical Off set @ 1024 x 76[...]

Insta llat ion , Le ns A djus tme nts a nd Le ns Da ta Table s 34 5200 User’s Man ual Fixe d Le ns D ata Ta ble “co ntinue d” Data presen ted in the follo wi ng tabl es are for referen ce use only! 3.9:1 L ens Specifi cation/Th row Distan ce ( Ref eren ce Only) Th row Dist an ce: 19.0 ft. (5. 8 m) - 118.0 ft . (36. 0 m) @ 4:3 Rat io Pixel Ver[...]

Insta llat ion , Le ns A djus tme nts a nd Le ns Da ta Table s 35 5200 User’s Man ual Zoom Lens Da ta Table Data presen ted in the follo wi ng tabl es are for referen ce use only! 1.2- 2.3:1 L ens Sp ec ificati on/T hro w Distan c e (Re fer ence O nly) T hrow D ist an ce: 5. 9 ft . ( 1.8 m) - 7 0. 3 ft. (2 1.4 m) @ 4: 3 R atio Pix el V erti cal O[...]

Insta llat ion , Le ns A djus tme nts a nd Le ns Da ta Table s 36 5200 User’s Man ual Zoom Lens Da ta Table “c ontin ued” Data presen ted in the follo wi ng tabl es are for referen ce use only! 2.5- 4.0:1 L ens Sp ec ificati on/T hro w Distan c e (Re fer ence O nly) T hrow D ist an ce: 1 6.4 ft ( 5. 0 m) - 131. 0 ft. (4 0.0 m) @ 4: 3 R at io [...]

37 5200 User’s Man ual Projector Dimensio ns[...]

38 5200 User’s Man ual Ceiling Mount Information Ceil in g Mount ( 69728) P art s Li st Item Descripti on Qty Ite m Descrip tion Qty 1 T op Sli de Brac ket w /1- 1/2” Pi pe Coupler 1 * 5 5 / 1 6 - 1 8 x 5 / 8 ” H e x B o l t s 6 2 Ceili ng Mount Housing 1 6 5/ 16 I .D. Split Lock Washer 6 3 Mounti ng Plat es 2 7 5/ 16 I .D. Fl at W asher 6 4 [...]

Ceil in g Mount In fo rmat i on 39 5200 User’s Man ual Ceil in g Mount ( 69728) Di mensions Top Slid e Bracket Ce iling Mou nt H ousing HB-Hang ing Bracket[...]

40 5200 User’s Man ual RS-232C Inter face D ata An ext er nal P C or t hir d par t y controller m ay be used to cont r ol y our A LICE 5200. This s ect i on will describe how to c onnec t and contr ol the 5200 DLP projec t or using exter nal seri al communic ati on with charact ers and num eri c c ommands. Enab ling Com Ports As standard, Ser i a[...]

RS-232C I n terface Dat a 41 5200 User’s Man ual Character / Numeri c Comman ds Comm ands to the proj ector ar e two general t ypes. Charac t er comm ands and Nu m eric comm ands. Charac t er commands in fact consi st of two types. S om e of them put the proj ec t or int o a partic ular adj ustment mode. For example, sending a l etter B puts the [...]

RS-232C I n terface Dat a 42 5200 User’s Man ual COD E DESCRI P TI ON NOTE 101# Bit S equ enc e: Us e 10 1# n, wh er e n = 0 - 61 1 110# B o rd er R ed : Us e 1 10#n, wher e n = 0 - 25 5 111# B o rd er G r een: Us e 111# n, wh ere n = 0 - 255 112# B order Blu e: Us e 112# n, w h ere n = 0 -2 55 113# Bl a c k L evel R ed: Us e 1 13# n , wh er e n [...]

43 5200 User’s Man ual Connector Pin A ssignments Keybo ard Port Pin Assign ments Keybo ard Port Pin Numbers Pin Si gnal 1 Keyboard Dat a KBDAT A 2 No Connecti on N/C 3 Si gnal G round GND 4 Fused Suppl y V olt age F Vcc 5 Keyboard Cl ock KBCLK 6 No Connecti on N/C Keybo ard Port Your proj ect or comes standard wi t h a wirel ess keyboard. The c [...]

Connect o r Pin Assignmen ts 44 5200 User’s Manual LP T 2 P in A ssignm ents LP T 2 P in N umber s PIN SIGN A L 1 Strobe STB# 2 Pri nter Data Bit 0 PD0 3 Pri nter Data Bit 1 PD1 4 Pri nter Data Bit 2 PD2 5 Pri nter Data Bit 3 PD3 6 Pri nter Data Bit 4 PD4 7 Pri nter Data Bit 5 PD5 8 Pri nter Data Bit 6 PD6 9 Pri nter Data Bit 7 PD7 10 Acknowl edg[...]

Connect o r Pin Assignmen ts 45 5200 User’s Manual In t ern al Video Card “OUT” Pin Ass ignme nts In t ern al Video Card “OUT” Pin Nu mbers Pin Signal 1 Red Vi deo RED 2 Gr een Vi deo GREEN 3 Bl ue Video BLUE 4 Ground GND 5 DDC Retur n DCD RET 6 Gr ound Red GND RED 7 Gr ound G reen G ND G RN 8 Gr ound B l ue G ND BLU 9 Reserv ed RESV 10 G[...]

46 5200 User’s Man ual Specification s and Options 5200 Spec ification s Br ight ness 2000 (ANSI Lum ens) DMD Chip Resolut io n 1024 x 768 Con trast 250:1 A NS I Hori z on t al Scan Rate 15-64 kHz Verti cal Scan Rate 30-120 Hz Sou rce Compatibi l ity 1280 x 1024 Comput er F eatures Penti um Processor 233 MHz wit h MMX Hard Driv e 4 GB Memory 64 M[...]

Spec ificat ions an d Op tions 47 5200 User’s Man ual Option s Lens es Fix ed: 1.0: 1, 2. 3:1, 3.9: 1, 5. 5: 1 Zoom: 1.2-2.3: 1, 2.34-5. 5:1, 1. 5- 2. 5:1, 2.5-4. 0: 1 Switc her 8-channel , 250Mhz bandwidt h, t able or rack mount sw i tc her wit h separate or com posit e sync input s, audi o follow, RG sB, Video or S - Vi deo and 5' ( 152 cm[...]

48 5200 User’s Man ual Lamp Modul e Replace ment Procedure A replacem ent lamp module m ay be purchas ed ( P / N 69736) from your selling dealer an authorized AmPro Service Cent er or AmPro Corporation. Repl acement Proced ures T he lamp module is ac c es s ed on the rear of t he project or . It consist s of a 500W Xenon lamp mount ed in a heat s[...]

49 5200 User’s Man ual Lam p Mo dule Disp osal T he lam p ins ide t he lamp module is under gr eat pres s ur e. DO NOT incinerate. ! WARNI NG! Eye protect ion should be worn when wor k ing wit h the lamp to av oid injury f r om m etal part icles. If Desi r ed, pressure c an be r eli eved by any means of breaki ng the copper t ubul ar seal on the [...]

50 5200 User’s Man ual A LICE Help Guide 1 If y our ALI CE projector oper ati ng system is not worki ng as expected, and you are not sure of what t o do, start wi t h this guide. This gui de dir ects you t hr ough som e initial c hec k s and basic t roubl eshooti ng. Star t Symbol – Indic at es the begi nni ng of a help m ap. Off- P age- Connec[...]

ALI CE H e l p Gu id e 1 51 5200 User’s Man ual Flow Chart 1 B oot- U p Problem Did the system boot proper ly Press D ELET E to enter t he main B IOS screen Ar e t he settings correct? Correc t the s ettings Se e BIO S Configurati on Proce dure Is the problem resol ved? No No Turn the proje ctor "off " (togg le the main AC sw it ch &quo[...]

ALI CE H e l p Gu id e 1 52 5200 User’s Man ual Flow Chart 2 Did the system bo ot corr ec tl y YES Does Windows 95 Start properly Re-boot the system and enter the Windows 95 Saf e Mode of operation (press F8 at the St arting Windows 95 mes sage.) NO Did the syst e m re sta rt in Safe Mode See S afe Mode Operation No YES Did the MindPath and/or th[...]

ALI CE H e l p Gu id e 1 53 5200 User’s Man ual Flow Chart 3 D oe s th e IR Remote/Mous e work pro perly D oe s th e IR Keyb oard a nd Mous e work prop erly Are the ba tt er ies good. Re pl a ce t he batteri es NO D oe s th e IR Remote/Mous e work pro perly Are the ba tt er ies good. Is the Remo t e recei ver conn ected to the corr ect port No Tu[...]

ALI CE H e l p Gu id e 1 54 5200 User’s Man ual BIOS Conf igura tion Press < Del et e> to enter the main BIOS screen and c hec k t he following par am et ers IDD HDD AUTO DETE CTION S el ect t he setti ng that incl udes LBA mode P r ess <Ent er> three m or e tim es and answer NO to each prompt. STAND ARD CMOS SET UP B e sure prim ar y[...]

ALI CE H e l p Gu id e 1 55 5200 User’s Man ual Safe Mo de Op eration W indows® 95 w ill au to ma tica lly in it iat e Sa fe M ode if it detect s that the system start -up has f ailed, for ex am ple if t he Regi stry is corrupt ed, or an applicati on has requested Saf e Mode. Sporadi call y, W i ndows® 95 w ill s tart Sa fe M ode f or no appare[...]

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