Dell S300 Projector Users Guide

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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.
Angle
Distance
Operating range
Angle±20° 
Distance
7m/22.97feet
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 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 remote control.
Main Menu
AUTO-ADJUST
Auto Adjust automatically adjusts the projectors Fr e qu e ncy  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.
A
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-A—Press   to detect VGA-A signal.
VGA-B—Press   to detect VGA-B 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.
A
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-A—Use   and   to enable or disable VGA-A input.
VGA-B—Use   and   to enable or disable VGA-B input.
S-V
IDEO—Use   and   to enable or disable S-Video input.
C
OMPOSITE VIDEO—Use   and   to enable or disable Composite Video input.
HDMI—Use   and   to enable or disable HDMI input. 
						

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 NOTE:  You cannot disable your current input source. At anytime, a minimum of 
two input sources have to be enabled.
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 36. 
						

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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 
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.
TINT—Press   to increase the amount of green in the image and   to increase 
the amount of red in the image (available for NTSC only).
A
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. 
						

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PICTURE ADVANCED
Using the Picture Advanced menu, you can adjust the display settings of your 
projector. The Picture Advanced menu provides the following options:
W
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.
C
USTOM COLOR ADJUST—Allows you to manually adjust the colors red, green, and 
blue.
C
OLOR 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:
A
SPECT RATIO—Allows you to select the aspect ratio to adjust how the image 
appears. 
						

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•  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.
ZOOM—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.
V
ERTICAL POSITION—Press   to move the image down and   to move the image 
up.
F
REQUENCY—Allows you to change the display data clock frequency to match the 
frequency of your computer graphics card. If you see a vertical flickering wave, 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)
Using the Display menu, you can adjust the display settings of your projector. The 
Picture menu provides the following options:
A
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.
ZOOM—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.
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. 
						

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LAMP
Using the Lamp menu, you can adjust the display settings of your projector. The 
Lamp menu provides the following options:
L
AMP HOUR—Displays the operating hours since the last lamp timer reset.
L
AMP HOUR RESET—Select Ye s to reset the lamp timer.
SET UP
The Set Up menu allows you to adjust settings for Language, Projector Mode, 
Keystone, Alert Volume, Standby VGA Output, 3D Display and Network. 
						

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LANGUAGE—Allows you to set the language for the OSD. Press   to activate the 
Language menu.
P
ROJECTOR MODE—Allows you to select the projector mode, depending upon how 
the projector is mounted.
•  Front Projection-Desktop — This is the default option.
•  Front Projection-Ceiling Mount — The projector turns the image upside 
down for ceiling-mounted projection.
•  Rear Projection-Desktop — The projector reverses the image so that 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.
V.  KEYSTONE—Manually adjust the vertical image distortion caused by tilting the 
projector.
A
LERT VOLUME—Allows you to set buzzer alert loudness (Off, Low, Mid or High) for 
power on/off, warning and command keys.
S
TANDBY VGA OUTPUT—Select On or Off the VGA output function at projector 
standby status. Default is Off.