Dell M210X Projector Users Guide

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Using the Remote Control
1Power  Turns the projector on or off. For more 
information, see Turning Your Projector On on 
page 14 and Turning Your Projector Off on 
page 14.
2Enter  Press to confirm the selection.
3Right  Press to navigate through the On-Screen Display 
(OSD) Menu items.
4Down  Press to navigate through the On-Screen Display 
(OSD) Menu items.
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5Freeze Press to pause the screen image.
6Page up  Press to move to previous page.
 
NOTE: The USB cable must be connected if 
you want to use the Page Up feature.
7Mute  Press to mute or un-mute the projector speaker.
8Page down  Press to move to next page.
 
NOTE: The USB cable must be connected if 
you want to use the Page Down feature.
9Video mode The projector has preset configurations that are 
optimized for displaying data (presentation 
slides) or video (movies, games, etc.).
Press the Video Mode button to toggle between 
Presentation mode, Bright mode, Movie mode, 
sRGB, or Custom mode.
Pressing the Vi d e o  M o d e button once will show 
the current display mode. Pressing the Vi de o 
Mode button again will switch between modes.
10Blank screen Press to hide/unhide the image.
11Up  Press to navigate through the On-Screen Display 
(OSD) Menu items.
12Left  Press to navigate through the On-Screen Display 
(OSD) Menu items.
13Menu  Press to activate the OSD.
14Volume up  Press to increase the volume.
15Laser  Point the remote control at the screen, press and 
hold the laser button to activate the laser light.
 Caution: Do not look into the laser point 
when it is on. Avoid shining the laser light 
into eyes.
16Volume down  Press to decrease the volume.
17Keystone adjustment  Press to adjust image distortion caused by tilting 
the projector (+40/-35 degrees).
18Source Press to switch between Analog RGB, Composite, 
Component (YPbPr, via VGA), HDMI, and 
S-video sources. 
						

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19Auto adjust Press to synchronize the projector with the input 
source. Auto adjust does not operate if the OSD 
is displayed.
20Keystone adjustment  Press to adjust image distortion caused by tilting 
the projector (+40/-35 degrees). 
						

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Installing the Remote Control Batteries
 NOTE: Remove the batteries from the remote control when not in use.
1Press the tab to lift the battery compartment cover.
2Check the polarity (+/-) marking on the batteries.
3Insert the batteries and align their polarity correctly 
according to the marking in the battery compartment.
 
NOTE: Avoid mixing different types of batteries or using 
new and old batteries together.
4Slip the battery cover back.
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Operating Range With Remote Control
 NOTE: Actual operating range may slightly differ from the diagram. Weak 
batteries will also prevent the remote control from properly operating the 
projector.
Operating range
Angle ±45° 
Distance 10m/32.8feet    
Distance
Angle
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Using the On-Screen Display
• The projector has a multi-language On-Screen Display (OSD) Menu that can 
be displayed with or without an input source. 
• To navigate through the tabs in the Main Menu, press the   or   buttons on 
your projector’s control panel or remote control.
• To select a submenu, press the   button on your projector’s control panel or 
remote control.
• To select an option, press the   or   buttons on your projector’s control 
panel or remote control. The color changes to dark blue. When an item is 
selected, the color changes to dark blue.
• Use the   or   buttons on the control panel or remote control to adjust the 
settings.
• To go back to Main Menu, go to Back tab and press the   button on the 
control panel or the remote control. 
• To exit the OSD, go to EXIT tab and press the   button or press the Menu 
button directly on the control panel or the remote control.
Main Menu
AUTO-ADJUST
Auto Adjust automatically adjusts the projectors Fre q uen cy and Tr a c k i n g in PC 
mode. While Auto Adjustment is in progress, the following message appears on 
the screen: 
						

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INPUT SELECT
The Input Select menu allows you to select your projector’s input source.
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UTO SOURCE—Select Off (the 
default) to lock the current 
input signal. If you press the 
Source button when the Auto 
Source mode is set to Off, you 
can manually select the input 
signal. Select On to auto detect 
the available input signals. If 
you press the Source button 
when the projector is on, it 
automatically finds the next 
available input signal.
VGA—Press   to detect VGA signal.
S-V
IDEO—Press   to detect S-Video signal.
C
OMPOSITE VIDEO—Press   to detect Composite Video signal.
HDMI—Press   to detect HDMI signal.
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DVANCED—Press  to activate Input Select Advanced menu.
INPUT SELECT ADVANCED
The Input Select Advanced menu allows you to enable or disable input sources.
VGA—Use   and   to enable or disable VGA input.
S-V
IDEO—Use   and   to enable or disable S-Video input.
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OMPOSITE VIDEO—Use   and   to enable or disable Composite Video input.
HDMI—Use   and   to enable or disable HDMI input.
 
NOTE:  You cannot disable your current input source. At anytime, a minimum of 
two input sources have to be enabled. 
						

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PICTURE (in PC Mode)
Using the Picture menu, you can adjust the display settings of your projector. The 
Picture menu, provides the following options:
V
IDEO MODE—Allows you to optimize the display image: Presentation, Bright, 
Movie, sRGB (provides more accurate color representation), and Custom (set 
your preferred settings). If you adjust the settings for Brightness, Contrast, 
Saturation, Sharpness, Tin t, and Advanced, the projector automatically switches 
to Custom.
 
NOTE: If you adjust the settings for Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, 
Sharpness, Ti n t, and Advanced the projector automatically switches to Custom.
B
RIGHTNESS—Use   and   to adjust the brightness of the image.
C
ONTRAST—Use   and   to adjust the display contrast.
A
DVANCED—Press  to activate Picture Advance Menu. See PICTURE 
ADVANCED on page 29.
PICTURE (in Video Mode)
Using the Picture menu, you can adjust the display settings of your projector. The 
Picture menu provides the following options:
V
IDEO MODE—Allows you to optimize the display image: Presentation, Bright, 
Movie, sRGB (provides more accurate color representation), and Custom (set 
your preferred settings).If you adjust the settings for Brightness, Contrast, 
Saturation, Sharpness, Tin t, and Advanced the projector automatically switches  
						

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to Custom.
 
NOTE: If you adjust the settings for Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, 
Sharpness, Ti n t, and Advanced the projector automatically switches to Custom.
B
RIGHTNESS—Use   and   to adjust the brightness of the image.
C
ONTRAST—Use   and   to adjust the display contrast.
S
ATURATION—Allows you to adjust the 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 (available for NTSC only).
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DVANCED—Press  to activate Picture Advance Menu. See PICTURE 
ADVANCED below.
 
NOTE: Saturation, Sharpness, and Ti n t are only available when input source is 
from Composite or S-Video.
PICTURE ADVANCED
Using the Picture Advanced menu, you can adjust the display settings of your 
projector. The Picture Advanced menu provides the following options:
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HITE INTENSITY—Use   and   to adjust the display white intensity.
C
OLOR TEMP—Allows you to adjust the color temperature. The screen appears 
cooler at higher color temperatures and warmer at lower color temperatures. 
When you adjust the values in the Color Adjust menu, the Custom mode is 
activated. The values are saved in the Custom mode.
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USTOM COLOR ADJUST—Allows you to manually adjust the colors red, green, and 
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COLOR SPACE—Allows you to select the color space, options are: RGB, YCbCr, and 
YPbPr.
DISPLAY (in PC Mode)
Using the Display menu, you can adjust the display settings of your projector. The 
Picture menu provides the following options:
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SPECT RATIO—Allows you to select the 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.
Z
OOM—Press   to activate Zoom menu. 
Select the area to zoom and press   to view zoomed image.
Adjust the image scale by pressing   or   and 
press   to view.
Z
OOM NAVIGATION—Press   to activate Zoom Navigation 
menu.
Use         to navigate projection screen.
H
ORIZONTAL POSITION—Press   to move the image to the left and   to move the 
image to the right.