Boxlight Xd-9m Users Guide

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Setting up the Projector
Turning Off the Projector
If you want to turn off the projector for a short period of time, 
press the 
standby button on the keypad or remote. This blanks the 
screen for fifteen minutes, but keeps the projector running. (You 
can change the amount of time the projector stays in standby 
mode; see “Standby Time” on page 24 for details.) After 15 min-
utes, the lamp goes out (the projector keeps running). To exit 
standby mode, press the 
standby button again. (It may take sev-
eral seconds for the projection lamp to reach full power and 
project the image again.)
NOTE: Lamp life will be extended
if you turn the lamp off, then wait
1 minute while the lamp cools
before unplugging the projector.
The Lamp LED will light green
when the lamp has cooled. See
page 16 for details on the Lamp
LED.
To completely power off the projector, unplug it. If you want to 
turn the lamp back on immediately, you must allow about a 
minute for the lamp to cool. The lamp won’t light if it’s too hot. 
						

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USING THE PROJECTOR
This section describes how to use and make adjustments to the 
projector. It also provides a reference to the keypad and remote 
buttons and the options available from the on-screen menus.
Basic Image Adjustment
1Make sure you have powered up your equipment in the right 
order (page 11).
2If the image doesn’t display completely, zoom the image 
(page 15), adjust the height of the projector (page 15) or center 
the image by adjusting its horizontal or vertical position 
(page 23). Be sure the projector is at a 90 degree angle to the 
screen.
3If the image is out of focus, rotate the focus lens (page 15).
4If the image appears to shimmer or if it has blurry vertical 
bars after you have adjusted the focus, turn Auto Image 
(page 21) off and then back on to reset the automatic sync and 
tracking. If that doesn’t clear up the image, turn Auto Image 
off and adjust the sync (page 22) and/or the tracking 
(page 22) manually.
5If the colors don’t look right, adjust the brightness (page 19).
Using the Remote Control
NOTE: To control the computer’s 
mouse from the projector’s remote 
or keypad, you must connect the 
mouse connector on the computer 
cable to the computer. See page 8 
for details.
The projector ships with a remote that has four function buttons, 
a disk mouse and two mouse buttons, one on the top of the 
remote and one on the bottom.
Point the remote control at the projection screen or at the front of 
the projector. The range for optimum operation is about 25 feet. If 
you point the remote at the projection screen, the distance to the 
screen and back to the projector must be less than or equal to 25 
feet. For best results, point the remote directly at the projector. 
						

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Using the Projector
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IGURE 9
Remote control
NOTE: If the remote is inactive
for several minutes, it “sleeps” to
conserve battery life. Press any
button except the disk mouse to
re-activate the remote.
Press anywhere on the edge of the disk mouse to move the cursor 
on the screen. You can move the cursor at any angle by pressing 
the corresponding edge of the disk. The mouse button on the top 
of the remote simulates your computer ’s right mouse button; the 
button on the bottom simulates your computer ’s left mouse but-
ton. See “Using the Keypad and Remote Buttons” starting on 
page 16 for a description of the four function buttons.
If you are creating presentations in Microsoft
® PowerPoint®, you 
can use the remote’s mouse buttons to navigate through your 
presentation while in Slide Show mode. To configure PowerPoint 
for this, choose Options from the Tools menu, click the View Tab, 
de-select the “Popup Menu on Right Mouse Click” option in the 
Slide Show section, then click OK. Then, when you’re in Power-
Point’s Slide Show mode, a left click advances to the next slide 
and a right click returns to the previous slide (other PowerPoint 
modes are not affected). 
disk mouse
right mouse button
left mouse button
(on underside of remote) 
						

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Adjusting the Projector
To focus the image, rotate the focus ring (Figure 10) until the 
image is clear. To zoom the image, rotate the zoom ring. This 
adjusts the image size without affecting focus.
FIGURE 10
Focus ring and zoom ring
The projector is equipped with a self-locking, quick-release eleva-
tor foot and button (Figure 11).
To raise the projector:
1Press and hold the elevator button (Figure 11).
2Raise the projector to the height you want, then release the 
button to lock the elevator foot into position. 
FIGURE 11
Adjusting the height of the projector
focus ring
zoom ring
elevator buttonelevator foot(under finger) 
						

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Using the Projector
Using the Keypad and Remote Buttons
While the menus are displayed, the volume, source, and standby 
buttons on the keypad act as menu navigation buttons. See 
“Using the On-Screen Menus” on page 18 for details.
FIGURE 12
Keypad and remote buttons
Lamp on/off (keypad only) 
Press the lamp on/off button to turn the lamp on or off. The Lamp 
LED indicates the state of the lamp. A green Lamp LED indicates 
that you can turn the lamp on, or the lamp is currently on. An 
orange LED indicates the software is initializing or the lamp is 
cooling. Do not press the 
lamp on/off button when the LED is 
orange.
Menu 
Press the menu button to open the on-screen menus. Press menu 
again to close the menus. When you close the menus, the projec-
tor saves any changes you made. For more information about the 
on-screen menus, see page 18.
Source (keypad only)   or Computer and Video (remote only)
When you have more than one source (computer and video) con-
nected to the projector, select between them by pressing the 
source button on the keypad or the computer or video button on 
the remote. 
lamp LED 
						

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Standby  
When you press standby, the display and audio turn off and a 
blank screen is displayed for 15 minutes. You can change the 
amount of time the projector stays in standby mode; see 
“Standby Time” on page 24 for details.
If you press standby again within 15 minutes, the projector 
returns to normal operations immediately.
If you press standby again after 15 minutes, there is about a 
60 second delay before the lamp turns back on.
If you don’t press standby again, the lamp turns off after 15 
minutes.
Volume (keypad only)     
To increase the volume, press volume + . To decrease the vol-
ume, press 
volume - .
Volume adjustments are saved for each source you have con-
nected. 
						

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Using the Projector
Using the On-Screen Menus
The projector
 has six drop-down menus that allow you to make 
image adjustments and change a variety of settings. Most of these 
adjustments aren’t available directly from the keypad. 
NOTE: Some menu items may be
grayed out at certain times. This
indicates the item is not applicable
to your setup (for example, video
standards do not apply to
computer sources) or the item is
not enabled until another selection
is made (for example, Manual
Tracking is not available until Auto
Image is turned off).
To open the on-screen menus, press the menu button on the 
keypad or remote. This changes the volume, source, and standby 
buttons on the keypad to menu navigation buttons. Press the 
corresponding buttons to move the cursor up, down, left, or 
right, or use the disk mouse on the remote. To select a menu, 
move the cursor left or right to highlight the menu you want. The 
drop-down menu appears.
FIGURE 13
Keypad navigation buttons and drop-down menu
To change a menu setting, use the up and down navigation but-
tons on the keypad or the disk mouse on the remote to move the 
cursor up and down to the item you want to change (the selected 
item is highlighted), then use the left and right navigation but-
tons to adjust a setting. Some submenus, such as Brightness, con-
sist of a slider bar you use to increase or decrease a value; some 
submenus, such as Standby Time, consist of options you scroll 
through to select the desired one. All changes are saved when 
you close the menus.
To access another menu, use the up and down navigation buttons 
or the disk mouse to move back to the top of the current menu, 
then use the left and right navigation buttons to move to another 
menu.
use these buttons to navigate through
the menus
Display Audio Image Controls Language Status>>
Brightness
Contrast
Tint
Color
Sharpness
Blank screen blue
Reset all 
						

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Display Menu 
 
FIGURE 14
Display menu
Brightness
Adjusting the brightness changes the intensity of the image.
Press the left navigation button to darken the image.
Press the right navigation button to lighten the image.
Contrast
The contrast controls the degree of difference between the lightest 
and darkest parts of the picture. Adjusting the contrast changes 
the amount of black and white in the image.
Press the left navigation button to decrease the contrast.
Press the right navigation button to increase the contrast, mak-
ing the blacks appear blacker and the whites appear whiter.
Tint
The tint adjusts the red-green color balance in the projected 
image. Changing the Tint setting has no effect on PAL or SECAM 
video sources. 
Press the left navigation button to increase the amount of green 
in the image.
Press the right navigation button to increase the amount of red 
in the image.
Display Audio Image Controls Language Status>>
Brightness
Contrast
Tint
Color
Sharpness
Blank screen blue
Reset all 
						

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Using the Projector
Color
The color setting adjusts a video image from black and white to 
fully saturated color. This setting is not available for computer 
images.
Press the left mouse button to decrease the amount of color in 
the image.
Press the right mouse button to increase the amount of color in 
the image.
Sharpness
This setting adjusts the sharpness of a video image.
Press the left mouse button to decrease the sharpness.
Press the right mouse button to increase the sharpness.
Blank Screen
Blank Screen determines what color is displayed when there is no 
active source and when the projector is in standby. Click the left 
or right navigation button to toggle between blue and black.
Reset All
Click the left or right navigation button to reset all the options 
(except Language, Video Standard, Rear Projection, and Standby 
Time) in all the menus to their original settings. 
Audio Menu
 
FIGURE 15
Audio menu
Vo l u m e
NOTE: Changing the volume
using the menu is the same as
changing it using the keypad.
Press the left navigation button to decrease the volume. 
Press the right navigation button to increase the volume.
Volume adjustments you make are saved for each source.
Display Audio Image Controls Language Status>>
Volume 
						

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Image Menu 
FIGURE 16
Image menu
Ke y s t o n e
This option helps to keep the image square as the angle of projec-
tion is changed. To adjust the keystone, highlight Keystone, then 
click the right navigation button. This option is available for com-
puter sources only.
NOTE: Some screen savers inter-
fere with the operation of Auto 
Image. If you’re experiencing prob-
lems, try turning your screen saver 
off, then turning Auto Image off 
and back on. OverscanThis option crops all the edges of the image to remove noise gen-
erated on the edges by your source. This option is available for 
video sources only.
Auto Image
The projector automatically adjusts tracking, signal synchroniza-
tion and vertical and horizontal position for most computers 
(Auto Image does not apply to video sources). If you want to 
adjust these features manually, you must turn off 
Auto Image first 
by highlighting Auto Image in the Image menu and clicking the 
left or right navigation button to select “off”.
Resize
NOTE: When you connect an 
HDTV source, the projector auto-
matically displays the image in 
16x9 format.
This option works differently for computer and video sources. 
For computer sources, 
Resize automatically resizes the image by 
scaling it up or down. It only affects computer images that are not 
the projector ’s native resolution. When 
Resize is on, the projector 
makes the best fit of the image to the computer screen. If you turn 
Resize off (by highlighting it in the Image menu and clicking the 
left or right navigation button to select “off”), the image may be 
either cropped or too small for the screen.
Display Audio Image Controls Language Status>>
Keystone
Overscan
Auto image on
Resize onon
Manual sync
Manual tracking
Horizontal position
Vertical position