Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PJ501 ViewSonic
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PJ501/PJ551 User Guide Image Size 30” - 300” High Brightness Light Weight LCD Projector.
V i ew S on i c P J 5 01/PJ551 i Contents For Your Records .................. .............. .......... .............. .............. .............. ............. 1 Featur es ..... ....... .......... ....... ....... .......... ....... ......... ......
ii ViewSonic Troubl eshooting ...... ....... .......... ....... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... ....... ........ 21 OSD Messages .................. .............. .............. ......... .............. .............. .............. . 21 Indicator Me ssages .
1 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 Copyright © V ie wSonic Corporation, 2002. All rights reserved. Apple, Mac and ADB registered tr ademarks of Apple Computer , Inc. Microsoft, W indows, W indows NT , and the W indo ws logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 2 Features Pr oduct Features • SV GA (PJ501) • XGA (PJ551) • High pe rformance scalers for v iewing high r esolution computer images • Sho rt f ocal leng th • Whispe.
3 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 Pr ojector Components Pr ojector Components Di agram Fig ure 2: Proje ctor Comp on ents Slot f or Ke nsington Loc k Po w e r s w i t c h AC power Intak e v entilatio n Control.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 4 Remote Contr ol Components Remote Contr ol Components Diagram Figure 3: Remote Contr ol Components ST ANDBY/ON Button A UTO Button BLANK Button V OLU ME Butt on MUTE Butto n.
5 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 Inser ting the Batteries 1 Remov e the battery cov er by pulli ng then lifting the knob on the co ver . 2 Insert the batteries, cor responding to the (+) and (-) markings on the battery compa rtment. 3 Reat tach the batt ery cove r .
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 6 Installation Refer to the graphics and table on this page to determine the screen size and projection distance. The projection distances sh own in the table b el ow are for full size ( 1024 x 768 pixe l s ). a Distance fr om the projector to the scre en (+10%).
7 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 Cablin g Refer to the table below for connecting each terminal of the projector to a de vice. NO TE: • Before co nnect ing, r ead the instr uction manuals of the devices to be connected, and ma ke sure that the projecto r is compat ible wit h the device( s).
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 8 Example of System Setup Plug & Pla y This projec tor is VESA DDC 1/2B compatible. Plug& Pl ay is possible by connecting to a comp uter that is VESA DDC (Display Data Chan nel) compatible.
9 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 Operations P ower ON NO TE: Refer to “Example of System Setup” on page 8. 1 Make sure the power cord is connected correctly and lens cap has been remov ed. Set the P ower Switch to [I] ON . The unit is now in Standby mode and the PO WER indicator LED turns a steady orange.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 10 Basi c Operati on T able 3 belo w refers to buttons on the projector control panel and on th e remote control. It ems marked with (*) may be accessed from the proj ector control panel. T able 3: Basic Operatio n Item Descr iption INPUT SELECT (projecto r control p anel) Select Input Sig nal (*) : pres s the INPUT Button.
11 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 AU T O (remote c ontrol) A utomatic Adjustment ( for RGB input): Press the A UTO b utton. Horizontal P osition (H. POSITION), V er tical P osition, (V . POSITION), Clock Phase (H. PHASE), a nd Horizonta l Size (H. SIZE), are aut omatically adjusted .
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 12 MAIN Menu T o access the MAIN Menu, press the MENU bu t to n o n the remote control. Th is projector has 6 menus: MAIN, PICTURE-1, PICTURE- 2, INPUT , SCREEN and OPTION. T o select a menu use the / bu ttons, then press the b utton or th e ENTER butt on to select a menu ite m.
13 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 PICTUR E-1 Men u LANGU A GE Select Men u Lan guage: Press t he / b utton to select one of these l angauge o ptions: •E N G L I S H • FRANÇAIS •D E U T S C H • ESP A.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 14 PICTUR E-2 Men u The PICTURE-2 menu has 4 ite ms as sh o wn in Table 6. Please select the item you want to opera te with the / buttons and press the butt on or the ENTER b utton to start operating. Then you can operate acc ording to the following table.
15 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 INPUT Menu The INPUT menu has 4 items as sho wn in T able 7. Select the item you want to adjust with t he / butto ns and press the button or the ENTER button. Remember , the starting of the item A UTO performs its funct ion at the same time.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 16 SCREEN Menu The SCREEN menu has 2 i tems as sho wn in T able 8. Please select the item you want to opera te with the / buttons and press the butt on or the ENTER b utton to start operating. Then you can operate acc ording to the following table.
17 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 OPTION Menu The OPTION menu has 5 items as sh own in the Table 9. Ple as e sel ect the ite m you w ant to oper ate with the / b uttons and press the butt on or the ENTER b utton to start operating. Then you can operate acc ording to the follo wing table.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 18 Maintenance Lamp T o order a n e w lamp unit see page 2 6 f o r contact in f o r ma t ion and s ee Table 15 for part num b e rs.
19 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 Replacing the Lamp When the indicator sho ws that ther e is zero (0) hours of lamp life remaining, the unit will automatically shut of f within 10 minutes.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 20 Air -Filter Cleaning the Air Filter The air filter should be cleaned as described be lo w at intervals of approximately 100 hours. When the f ilter is used for approximately 100 hours, th e message "CLEAN THE AIR FILTER" appears when the projector is switched on.
21 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 T r oubleshooting OSD Messag es The messages as described below may appear on the screen at PO WER ON. T ake the appropriate measures when such messages appe ar . 1 This message is cleared automati cally af ter appro ximate ly three min utes, a nd appears e very time PO WER is s witched ON.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 22 NO TE : (about overheating ) When t he internal temp erature rise s too high , PO WER to t he unit s witches O FF as a s afe ty precauti on; the LED lam p indicator turns OFF . Set the PO WE R s witch to [0] and wait 2 0 minutes until the equipme nt has cooled suf ficiently bef ore cont inuing with oper ation.
23 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 Video is present b ut no audio The proje ctor is not corr ectly co nnecte d. Conne ct correctly . page 7 page 8 The v olume is set to minimu m. Press V OLUME button o n the remot e control or displa y the men u s creen and adjust th e v olume .
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 24 Specifications PJ501 T e c hnical Specifications T abl e 13: P J501 Sp ecifi cat ions Item Specification Liquid crystal Pa n e l S i ze panel Pix els 0.7 inch P-Si TFT x3 800 hori zontal x 600 ve rtic al, 8 bi t col or, 16.
25 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 PJ551 T e c hnical Specifications T a ble 14: PJ551 Specif ications Item Specification Liquid crystal P anel Size panel Pix els 0.7 inch P-Si TFT with microl ens 1024 horizon tal x 768 ve r tical, 8 bit col or , 16.7 Million co lors Lens Manua l Zoom F= 2.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 26 Customer Suppor t For technical support or product service, se e the table be lo w or c ontact your reselle r. NO TE: Y ou will need the product serial number . Country/Region W eb site T = T elephone F = F AX Email United States Canada viewsonic.
27 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 LIMITED WARRANTY VIEWSONIC PR OJECTOR What t he warranty covers: View Sonic ® warr ants its produc ts to be fr ee from def ects in ma terial and wo rkmanship d uring the wa rranty period.
Vie wSoni c PJ501/ PJ551 28 Appendix P ower Cor d Safety Guidelines Caution: Use a power ca ble that is properly grounded. Always use an AC power cord that meets your c ount r y’s sa fety standard. A C PLUG CORD PRECA UTIONS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR Y OUR SAFETY PLEAS E READ THE FOLL OW ING TEXT CAR EFULL Y .
29 ViewSonic PJ501/ PJ551 Compliance Information f o r U .S.A. This equipme nt has been te sted and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital d evice, pursuant to par t 15 of the FCC R ules. These li mits are d esigned t o provide reasonable protection against ha rmful interference in a residen tial instal lation.
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