Dell M409WX User manual

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Dell™ M409WX Projector

User’s Guide

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Notes, Notices, and Cautions

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you

make better use of your projector.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to

hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property

damage, personal injury, or death.

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Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either

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Model M409WX

May 2008 Rev. A01

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Contents 3

Contents

1 About Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Connecting Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Connecting a DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connecting a DVD Player using an S-video Cable . . 9

Connecting a DVD Player using a

Composite Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting a DVD Player using a

Component Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting a DVD Player using an HDMI Cable . . 12

3 Using Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Turning Your Projector On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Turning Your Projector Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Adjusting the Projected Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Raising the Projector Height . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Lowering the Projector Height . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Adjusting the Projector Zoom and Focus . . . . . . . . 15

Adjusting Projection Image Size . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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4Contents

Using the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using the On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Input Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Auto-Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

PICTURE (in PC Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

PICTURE (in Video Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

DISPLAY (in PC Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

DISPLAY (in Video Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

LAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

OTHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4 Troubleshooting Your Projector . . . . . . . 31

Guiding Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Changing the Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

5 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

6 Appendix: Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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About Your Projector 5

About Your Projector

Before connecting your projector ensure that all the necessary components are

available. Your projector ships with the components shown below. Contact Dell

(see

Contacting Dell on page 40

) if any of the components are missing.

Your Dell™ M409WX projector ships with the following components:

Package Contents

Power cable 1.8m VGA cable (VGA to VGA)

AAA Batteries (2) Remote control

CD User’s Guide& Documentation Carrying case

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6About Your Projector

About Your Projector

CAUTION: Safety Instructions

Do not use the projector near appliances that generate a lot of heat.

Do not use the projector in areas where there is an excessive amount of dust. The

dust may cause the system to fail and projector will automatically shutdown.

Ensure that the projector is mounted in a well-ventilated area.

Do not block the ventilation slots and openings on the projector.

Ensure the projector operates between ambient temperatures (5ºC to 35ºC).

NOTE: For more information, see the safety information that shipped with your

projector.

1Control panel

2Zoom tab

3Focus ring

4Lens

5Elevator button

6IR receiver

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Connecting Your Projector 7

Connecting Your Projector

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the

Safety Instructions as described on page 6.

1USB remote connector

2VGA input connector

3HDMI input connector

4S-video input connector

5Video input connector

6Audio output connector

7Audio input connector

8Security cable slot

9Power cable connector

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M409WX

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8Connecting Your Projector

Connecting a Computer

NOTE: The USB cable is not provided by Dell.

1Power cable

2VGA to VGA cable

3USB to USB cable

MOLEX

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Connecting Your Projector 9

Connecting a DVD Player

Connecting a DVD Player using an S-video Cable

NOTE: The S-Video cable is not provided by Dell.

1Power cable

2S-video cable

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10 Connecting Your Projector

Connecting a DVD Player using a Composite Cable

NOTE: The Composite video cable is not provided by Dell.

1Power cable

2Composite video cable

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