Dell M209X Projector Users Guide

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the color changes to dark gray. Use   or   on the control panel or the remote 
control to make adjustments to a setting. 
To go back to Main Menu, go to Back tab and press the Enter button   on the 
control panel or the remote control. 
To exit the OSD, go to Exit tab and press Enter button 
 or press Menu button 
 on the control panel or the remote control.
Main Menu
Input Select
AUTO SOURCE—Select On (Default) to 
automatically detect the available input 
signals. When On is selected and you press 
Source on the control panel/remote, it 
automatically finds the next available input 
signal. 
Select Off to lock the current input signal or 
to manually select the input signal you want 
to use. 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.
HDMI—Press Enter to detect HDMI signal.
Auto-Adjust
Select to automatically adjust the display 
settings and the Auto Adjustment in 
Progress... appears while it is in progress. 
						

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Set Up
V.  KEYSTONE—Allows you to 
adjust image distortion 
caused by tilting the projector.
A
UTO KEYSTONE—Auto adjusts 
the image distortion by tilting 
the projector.
P
ROJECTOR MODE—Select how the image appears:
•  Front Projection-Desktop (the default). 
•  Rear Projection-Desktop — The projector reverses the image so that you can 
project the image from behind a translucent screen.
ASPECT RATIO—Allows you to select an aspect ratio to adjust how the image 
appears. 
•  Original — select Original to maintain the aspect ratio of image projected 
according to input source.
•  4:3 — The input source scales to fit the screen and projects a 4:3 image.
•  Wide — The input source scales to fit the width of the screen to project a 
wide screen image.
PROJECTOR INFO—Press to show the projector model name, the present input source 
and projector series number (PPID#).
PICTURE (in PC Mode)
BRIGHTNESS—Use   or   to 
adjust the brightness of the 
image.
C
ONTRAST—Use  or  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.  
						

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COLOR TEMP—Adjust the color temperature. The screen appears cooler at higher 
color temperatures and warmer at lower color temperatures. When user adjusts 
the value in the Color Adjust menu, the Custom mode is activated, and values are 
saved in the Custom mode.
C
OLOR ADJUST—Manually adjust red, green, and blue color.
PICTURE (in Video Mode)
BRIGHTNESS—Use   or   to 
adjust the brightness of the 
image.
C
ONTRAST—Use   or   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 screen 
appears cooler at higher color 
temperatures and warmer at 
lower color temperatures. 
When user adjusts the values in the Color Adjust menu, the Custom mode is 
activated, and values are saved in the Custom mode.
C
OLOR ADJUST—Manually adjust red, green, and blue color.
S
ATURATION—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.
T
INT—Press  to increase the amount of green in the image and  to increase 
the amount of red in the image (selectable for NTSC signal only). 
						

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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, or YPbPr.
Z
OOM—Press   to digitally magnify a default area of image in the center of the 
screen and press   to reduce the zoomed image.
Z
OOM NAVIGATION—Press         to navigate projection screen.
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.
V
ERTICAL POSITION—Press   to adjust the vertical position of the image down and 
 to adjust the vertical position of the image up.
F
REQUENCY—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. 
T
RACKING—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. 
						

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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, or YPbPr.
Z
OOM—Press   to digitally magnify a default area of image in the center of the 
screen and press   to reduce the zoomed image.
Z
OOM NAVIGATION—Press         to navigate projection screen.
W
HITE INTENSITY—Set 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—Displays the 
operating hours since the last 
lamp timer reset.
P
OWER SAVING—Select Ye s to 
set the Power Saving delay 
period. The delay period is 
the time you want the 
projector to wait without an 
input signal. By default, the 
delay period is set to 120 
minutes. However, you can set this to 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 
minutes, 60 minutes, or 120 minutes. 
If an input signal is not detected during the delay period, the projector turns off 
the lamp and goes into power saving mode. If an input signal is detected within 
the delay period, the projector automatically turns on. If an input signal is not  
						

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detected within two hours, the projector switches from Power Saving mode to 
Power Off mode. To turn on the projector press the Power button.
E
CO MODE—Select On to use the projector at a lower power level (136 Watts). 
Operating at lower power levels may provide longer lamp life, quieter operation, 
and dimmer luminance output on the screen. Select Off to operate at normal 
power level (165 Watts). 
L
AMP RESET—After you install a new lamp, select Ye s to reset the lamp timer.
Q
UICK SHUTDOWN—Select Ye s to turn off the projector with a single press of the 
Power button. This function allows the projector to cool down within a short 
period of time by accelerating the fan speed.
 
NOTE: If Quick Shutdown is enabled, expect a slightly higher acoustic noise 
during power off.
LANGUAGE 
						

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OTHERS
VOLUME—Press  to 
decrease the volume and 
 to increase the 
volume.
M
UTE—Allows you to 
mute the sound.
A
UDIO SOURCE—Select 
either HDMI  or 
Analog  (Audio In) as 
the audio source for use.
C
USTOMIZED SCREEN—Press 
Enter. The Customized 
Screen menu appears. 
Select YES to capture 
the screen image as a My 
Customized logo. This 
screen replaces all the 
original screens with the 
Dell logo. You can recover 
the default screen by selecting Dell Logo on the pop-up screen.
 
NOTE: To capture a full image, ensure the input signal that is connected to 
projector is 1024x768 resolution.
M
ENU LOCK—Select On to enable Menu Lock and hide the OSD menu. Select Off 
to disable the Menu Lock. If you want to disable the Menu Lock function and 
have the OSD disappear, press the Menu button on the control panel or remote 
control for 15 seconds, then disable the function. 
M
ENU TIMEOUT—Allows you to adjust the time delay of the OSD Timeout. The 
default setting is 30 seconds.
M
ENU POSITION—Allows you to select the location of the OSD on the screen.
M
ENU TRANSPARENCY—Allows you to select the transparency level of the OSD 
background.
P
ASSWORD—Allows you to password protect the projector. 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.  
						

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Select On to enable password protection. A Please Key In the Password screen 
appears requesting you to enter a password when the projector is powered on the 
next time. Select Off  to disable password protection. 
 
NOTE: Password protection is disabled by default.
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 Others menu, press Enter and then select Password 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.
2If you have entered incorrect password, you will be given another 2 chances. 
After the three invalid attempts, the projector will automatically turn off.
 
NOTE: If you forget your password, contact Dell. 
						

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3To cancel the password function, select OFF and enter the password to 
disable the function.
C
HANGE PASSWORD—Allows you to change the password. Key in the original 
password and then enter the new password. Enter the new password again to 
confirm.
T
EST PATTERN—Select 1 or 2 to activate the built-in Test Pattern to test the focus 
and resolution. Select Off to disable the function.
1
To run the diagnostics test pattern 1, press and hold the Menu button and   
button on the projectors control panel simultaneously for two seconds.
2To run the diagnostics test pattern 2, press and hold the Menu button and  
button on the projectors control panel simultaneously for two seconds.
 
NOTE: To enable test pattern 2, it is required to connect an input signal to 
projector.
F
ACTORY RESET —Select On to reset the projector to its factory default settings.  
						

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