Dell 2400MP Projector Owners Manual

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Using the Remote Control
1Power Turn the projector on and off. For more 
information, see Turning Your Projector On on 
page 15 and Turning Your Projector Off on 
page 15.
2Press to adjust the OSD setting.
3Down button  Press to select OSD items.
4Mute Press to mute or un-mute the projector speaker.
5Volume  Press to increase the volume.
6Page  Press to move to previous page.
7Page  Press to move to next page. 
						

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Using the On-Screen Display
The projector has a multi-language On-Screen Display (OSD) that can be 
displayed with or without an input source present. 
In the Main Menu, press   or  to navigate through the tabs. Press Enter 
button on the control panel or the remote control to select a submenu. 
In the submenu, press   or   to make a selection. When an item is selected, the 
color changes to dark gray. Use   or   on the control panel or the remote 8Video mode The Dell 2400MP Micro-projector has preset 
configurations that are optimized for displaying 
data (PC Graphics) or video (movies, games, 
etc.). Press Video Mode button to toggle between 
PC mode, Movie mode, Game Mode, sRGB, or 
CUSTOM mode (for user to setup and save 
preferred settings). Pressing the Video Mode 
button once will show the current display mode. 
Pressing the Vi d e o  M o d e button again will switch 
between modes.
9Blank screen Press to hide the image, press again to resume 
display of the image.
10LED light LED indicator.
11Up button  Press to select OSD items.
12Enter button Press to confirm the selection.
13Press to adjust the OSD setting.
14Menu  Press to activate the OSD.
15Volume  Press to decrease the volume.
16Keystone adjustment Press to adjust image distortion caused by tilting 
the projector. (±40 degrees)
17Source Press to switch between Analog RGB, Digital 
RGB, Composite, Component-i, S-video, and 
Analog YPbPr sources.
18Auto adjust Press to synchronize the projector to the input 
source. Auto adjust does not operate if the OSD 
(On-Screen Display) is displayed.
19Keystone adjustment Press to adjust image distortion caused by tilting 
the projector. (±40 degrees) 
						

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control to make adjustments to a setting. 
To go back to Main Menu, go to BACK tab and press Enter button on the control 
panel or the remote control. 
To exit the OSD, go to Exit tab and press Enter button on the control panel or the 
remote control.
Main Menu
Input Select
AUTO SOURCE—Select ON (the default) to 
autodetect the available input signals. 
When the projector is on and you press 
SOURCE, it automatically finds the next 
available input signal. Select OFF to lock 
the current input signal. When OFF is 
selected and you press SOURCE, you 
select which input signal you want to use.
VGA—Press ENTER to detect VGA 
signal.
S-V
IDEO—Press ENTER to detect S-Video signal.
C
OMPOSITE VIDEO—Press ENTER to detect Composite Video signal.
Auto-Adjust
Select to show Auto Adjustment in 
Progress... information.
Set Up
H. KEYSTONE—Adjust image distortion caused by horizontal shifting of the 
projector orientation. 
						

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V.  KEYSTONE—Adjust image 
distortion caused by 
tilting the projector.
A
UTO KEYSTONE—Auto 
adjust the image 
distortion by tilting the 
projector.
P
ROJECTOR MODE—Select how the image appears:
•  Front Projection-Desktop (the default). 
•  Front Projection-Ceiling Mount — The projector turns the image upside 
down for ceiling-mounted projection.
•  Rear Projection-Desktop — The projector reverses the image so you can 
project from behind a translucent screen.
•  Rear Projection-Ceiling Mount — The projector reverses and turns the 
image upside down. You can project from behind a translucent screen with a 
ceiling-mounted projection.
ASPECT RATIO—Select an aspect ratio to adjust how the image appears. 
• 1:1 — The input source displays without scaling. 
Use 1:1 aspect ratio if you are using one of the following:
– VGA cable and the computer has a resolution less than XGA (1024 x 768)
– Component cable (576p/480i/480p)
–S-Video cable
– Composite cable
• 16:9 — The input source scales to fit the width of the screen.
• 4:3 — The input source scales to fit the screen.
Use 16:9 or 4:3 if you are using one of the following:
– Computer resolution greater than XGA
– Component cable (1080i or 720p)
PROJECTOR INFO—Press to show the projector model name, the present resolution 
and projector series number (PPID#). 
						

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PICTURE (in PC Mode)
BRIGHTNESS—Use  and 
 to 
adjust the 
brightness of the image.
C
ONTRAST—Use  and 
 
to control the degree 
of difference between the 
brightest and darkest parts 
of the picture. Adjusting 
the contrast changes the 
amount of black and white 
in the image. 
C
OLOR TEMP—Adjust the color temperature. The higher the temperature, the 
screen appears bluer; the lower the temperature, the screen appears redder. User 
mode activates the values in the color setting menu. 
C
OLOR ADJUST—Manually adjust red, green, and blue color.
PICTURE (in Video Mode)
BRIGHTNESS—Use  and 
 to 
adjust the 
brightness of the image.
C
ONTRAST—Use  and 
 
to control the degree 
of difference between the 
brightest and darkest parts 
of the picture. Adjusting 
the contrast changes the 
amount of black and white 
in the image. 
C
OLOR TEMP—Adjust the 
color temperature. The 
higher the temperature, 
the screen appears bluer; 
the lower the temperature, the screen appears redder. User mode activates the 
values in the color setting menu. 
C
OLOR ADJUST—Manually adjust red, green, and blue color. 
						

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SATURATION—Adjust a video source from black and white to fully saturated color. 
Press   to decrease the amount of color in the image and   to increase the 
amount of color in the image. 
S
HARPNESS—Press  to decrease the sharpness and   to increase the 
sharpness.
TINT—Press  to increase the amount of green in the image and   to 
increase the amount of red in the image.
DISPLAY (in PC Mode)
VIDEO MODE—Select a mode 
to optimize the display on 
how the projector is being 
used: PC, MOVIE, sRGB 
(provides more accurate 
color representation), 
GAME , and CUSTOM 
(set your preferred 
settings). If you adjust the 
settings for White 
Intensity or Degamma, the 
projector automatically 
switches to CUSTOM.
S
IGNAL TYPE—Manually 
select signal type RGB, 
YCbCr, YPbPr.
Z
OOM—Press  to digitally magnify an image to 10 times on the projection screen 
and press   to reduce the zoomed image.
W
HITE INTENSITY—Setting 0 to maximize the color reproduction and 10 to 
maximize the brightness.
D
EGAMMA—Adjust among the 4 preset values to change the color performance of 
the display.
H
ORIZONTAL POSITION—Press  to adjust the horizontal position of the image to 
the left and   to adjust the horizontal position of the image to the right.
VERTICAL POSITION—Press  to adjust the vertical position of the image down 
and   to adjust the vertical position of the image up.
FREQUENCY—Change the display data clock frequency to match the frequency of 
your computer graphics card. If you see a vertical flickering bar, use Frequency 
control to minimize the bars. This is a coarse adjustment.  
						

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TRACKING—Synchronize the phase of the display signal with the graphic card. If you 
experience an unstable or flickering image, use Tr a c k i n g to correct it. This is a fine 
adjustment.
DISPLAY (in Video Mode)
VIDEO MODE—Select a mode 
to optimize the display on 
how the projector is being 
used: PC, MOVIE, sRGB 
(provides more accurate 
color representation), 
GAME , and CUSTOM 
(set your preferred settings). 
If you adjust the settings for 
White Intensity or 
Degamma, the projector 
automatically switches to CUSTOM.
S
IGNAL TYPE—Manually select signal type RGB, YCbCr, YPbPr.
Z
OOM—Press  to digitally magnify an image to 10 times on the projection screen 
and press   to reduce the zoomed image.
W
HITE INTENSITY—Setting 0 to maximize the color reproduction and 10 to 
maximize the brightness.
D
EGAMMA—Adjust among the 4 preset values to change the color performance of 
the display.
LAMP
LAMP HOUR—Display the 
operating hours since the 
lamp timer reset.
P
OWER SAVING—Select ON 
to set the power saving 
delay period. The delay 
period is the amount of 
time you want the projector 
to wait without signal 
input. After that set time, 
the projector enters power saving mode and turns off the lamp. The projector 
turns back on when it detects an input signal or when you press the power button. 
After two hours, the projector turns off or when you press the power button to turn 
the projector on. 
						

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ECO MODE—Select ON to use the projector at a lower power level (230 Watts), 
which may provide longer lamp life, quieter operation, and dimmer luminance 
output on the screen. Select OFF to operate at normal power level (260 Watts). 
L
AMP RESET—After you install a new lamp, select Ye s to reset the lamp timer.
LANGUAGE 
						

							
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Preferences
VOLUME—Press  to 
decrease the volume and   to increase the volume.
MUTE—Allows to mute the 
sound.
C
USTOMIZED SCREEN—Press 
Enter will pop-up a menu, 
then select YES. The 
projector will capture the 
screen image as a My 
Customized logo. This 
screen will replace all the 
original screens which 
contains Dell logo. User 
can recover the default 
screen by selecting Dell 
Logo on the pop-up 
screen.
MENU LOCK— Select  ON to enable Menu Lock for hiding the OSD menu. Select 
OFF  to disable the Menu Lock. If you want to disable the Menu Lock function 
and the OSD disappears, press the Menu button on the panel for 15 seconds, then 
disable the function. 
M
ENU TIMEOUT— Adjust the time delay of the  OSD Timeout. The Default setting is 
30 seconds.
M
ENU POSITION— Select the location of the OSD on the screen.
M
ENU SETTING—Select to change the OSD background in full or opaque.
PASSWORD—Protect your projector and restrict access to it with Password 
Security feature. This security utility enables you to impose a variety of 
access restrictions to protect your privacy and stop others from tampering 
with your projector. This means that  the projector cannot be used if it is 
taken without authorization, and thus serves as a theft-prevention feature. 
When Password Protect is enabled (
On), a Password Protect screen 
requesting you to enter a password will  be displayed when the power plug is 
inserted into the electrical outlet an d the power for the projector is first 
turned on. By default, this function is disabled. You can enable this feature  
						

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using the Password menu. This password security feature will be activated on 
the next time you turn on the projector. If you enable this feature, you will 
be asked to enter the projectors password after you turn on the projector:
11st time password input request:
aGo to Preferences menu, press Enter and then select Pa s s w o r d to 
ENABLE the password setting.
bEnable the Password function will pop-up a character screen, key in 
a 4-digit number from the screen and press the 
ENTER button.
cTo confirm, enter the password again. 
dIf the password verification is successful, you may resume with 
accessing the projectors functions and its utilities.