Hitachi Pj-Lc9 Projector Users Manual

							
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Power on/off
Power on/off
Turning on the power
1.Make sure that the power cord is firmly and correctly connected to the 
projector and the outlet.
2.Open the lens cover, and set the power 
switch to the ON position.
The power indicator will light up in steady 
orange. Then wait several seconds because 
buttons may not function for these several 
seconds.
3.Press the STANDBY/ON button on the 
projector or the remote control.  
The projector lamp will light up and the 
POWER indicator will begin blinking in 
green. When the power is completely on, the 
indicator will stop blinking and light in green.
To display the picture, select an input signal according to the section "Selecting an 
input signal" (22).
►When the power is on, a strong light is emitted. Do not look into 
the lens and openings of the projector.WARNING
• Turn the power on in right order. Please power on the projector prior to 
the connected devices.
NOTE
STANDBY/ON button
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POWER indicator
Power switchST ANDBY/ON
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POWER
(Steady orange)
POWER
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Power on/off
Turning off  the power
1.Press the STANDBY/ON button on the projector or 
the remote control.
The message "Power off?" will appear on the 
screen for approximately 5 seconds.
2.Press the STANDBY/ON button on the projector 
or the remote control again while the message 
appears.
The projector lamp will go off, and the POWER 
indicator will begin blinking in orange. Then the 
POWER indicator will stop blinking and light in 
steady orange when the lamp cooling is complete.
3.Make sure that the power indicator lights in steady 
orange, and set the power switch to the OFF position.
The POWER indicator will go off. Do not set the 
power switch to the OFF position while the POWER 
indicator is green or blinking.
4.Close the lens cover. For safety purposes, disconnect the power cord if the 
projector is not to be used for prolonged periods of time.
 • Turn the power off in right order. First power off the connected devices 
and then the projector.
• Except for an emergency, whenever you turn the projector off, obey the procedure 
of the following “Turning off the power”, and do not disconnect the power cord until 
the procedure is completed. Neglect causes a damage of the electrode and un-
lighting of the lamp.
• This projector is controlled by an internal microprocessor. Under certain 
exceptional circumstances, the projector may not operate correctly even for turning 
off the power. In such a case, please push the restart switch (
6 ) by using a pin 
or similar. After making sure that the power indicator lights to solid orange, set the 
power switch to the OFF position. Only push the restart switch in these exceptional 
instances.
• When a power supply is shut off with a power failure or the restart switch, 
before turning on again, make the projector cool down at least 10 minutes without 
operating. NOTE
Power off ?
POWER
(Blinking in orange)
POWER
(Steady orange)
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Operating
Adjusting the volume
1.Press the VOLUME button on the remote control.
A dialog will appear on the screen to aid you in 
adjusting the volume.
2.Use the cursor buttons ▲/▼ to adjust the volume.
To close the dialog and complete the operation, press 
the VOLUME button again. Even if you do not do anything, the dialog will 
automatically disappear after a few seconds.
Operating
Temporarily muting the sound
1.Press the MUTE button on the remote control. A dialog 
will appear on the screen indicating that you have 
muted the sound.
To restore the sound, press the MUTE button or 
VOLUME button.
Even if you do not do anything, the dialog will 
automatically disappear after a few seconds.
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Operating
Selecting an input signal
1.Press the INPUT button on the projector.
Each time you press the button, the projector switches 
its input port as below.
 RGB 
 S-VIDEO  VIDEO
 
1.Press the RGB button on the remote control to select 
the RGB port.
RGB
●  When the TURN ON is selected to the AUTO SEARCH item in the OPTION 
menu (44), the projector selects the S-VIDEO port first. If no input is detected 
at the S-VIDEO port, the projector will check the VIDEO port automatically .
1.Press the VIDEO button on the remote control to select 
an input port for the video signal.
Each time you press the button, the projector switches 
its video input port as below.
 S-VIDEO 
 VIDEO
   
Searching an input signal
1.Press the SEARCH button on the remote control.
The projector will begin to check its input ports in order 
to find any input signals.
Then when an input is found, the projector will stop 
searching and display the image.
If no signal is found, the projector will return to the state 
selected before the operation.
RGB  S-VIDEO  VIDEO
   
STANDBY/ON
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MUTE
VOLUME
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Operating
Selecting an aspect ratio
1.Press the ASPECT button on the remote control. Each time you press the 
button, the projector switches the modes for aspect ratio in turn.
For a 16:9 signal
For a 4:3 signal
● The NORMAL mode keeps the original aspect ratio of the signal.
●  For an HDTV component video signal of 1125i (1080i) or 750p (720p), only 16:9 
mode can be selected.
● Performing the automatic adjustment initializes the aspect ratio setting.
●  While setting the WIDE mode, the correction of keystone distortion is not  effective. (
25, 40)
● Setting the WIDE mode may limit the magnify range. (26)
  For an RGB signal 
NORMAL 
 4:3  16:9 
  
  For a video signal, s-video signal or component video signal 
4:3  16:9  WIDE  MOVIE1  MOVIE2 
  
  For no signal 
4:3  16:9 
  
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Operating
1.Press the ZOOM +/- button on the remote control.
A dialog will appear on the screen to aid you in 
adjusting the zoom.
2.Use the ZOOM buttons +/- to adjust the zoom.
To close the dialog and complete this operation, do not 
perform operation for a few seconds.
Adjusting the zoom (magnifying power)
1.Use the focus ring to focus on the picture.
Adjusting the focus
1.Press the AUTO button on the remote control.
Using the automatic adjustment feature
  For an RGB signal 
The vertical position, the horizontal position, the clock 
phase and the horizontal size will be automatically adjusted. And the aspect 
ratio will be automatically selected. 
Make sure that the application window is set to its maximum size prior to 
attempting to use this feature. A dark picture may still be incorrectly adjusted. 
Use a bright picture when adjusting.
  For a video signal or s-video signal 
The video format best suited for the respective input signal will be 
automatically selected. This function is available only when the AUTO mode 
is selected to the VIDEO FORMAT item in the INPUT menu (
39).  
And the aspect ratio will be selected automatically.
  For a video signal, s-video signal or component video signal 
The vertical position and horizontal position will be automatically adjusted.
  For a component video signal 
The aspect ratio will be automatically selected. 
The clock phase will be automatically adjusted.
●  The automatic adjustment operation requires approximately 10 seconds. Also 
please note that it may not function correctly with some input.
VIDEO RGBSEARCH
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Operating
1.Press the POSITION button on the remote control.
The “POSITION” indication will appear on the screen.
Adjusting the position
2.Use the cursor buttons ▲/▼/◄/► to adjust the picture 
position.
When you want to reset the operation, press the RESET button on the remote 
control during the operation. To complete this operation, press the POSITION 
button again. Even if you do not do anything, the dialog will automatically 
disappear after a few seconds.
●  When this function is performed for a video signal, a certain extra such as a line 
may appear outside a picture.
1.Press the KEYSTONE button on the remote control.
A dialog will appear on the screen to aid you in correcting 
the distortion.
Correcting the keystone distortions
2.Use the cursor buttons ▲/▼ to correct the distortion.
To close the dialog and complete this operation, press 
the KEYSTONE button again. Even if you don’t do anything, the dialog will 
automatically disappear after a few seconds.
●  The adjustable range for correction will vary among inputs. For some signals, 
this function may not work well.
●  While setting the WIDE mode for aspect ratio, the correction of keystone  distortion is not effective. (
23, 36)
VIDEO RGBSEARCH
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Operating
1.Press the ON button of MAGNIFY on the remote control. 
The “MAGNIFY” indication will appear on the screen 
(although the indication will disappear after several 
seconds with no operation), and the projector will enter 
the MAGNIFY mode.
Using the partial magnify feature
2.Use the cursor buttons ▲/▼ to adjust the zoom level.
To move the zoom area, press the POSITION button in the MAGNIFY mode, 
then use the cursor buttons ▲/▼/◄/►. And to finalize the zoom area, press 
the POSITION button again.
To exit the MAGNIFY mode and restore the screen to normal, press the OFF 
button of MAGNIFY on the remote control.
●  The projector automatically exits the MAGNIFY mode when the input signal is 
changed, or when the display condition is changed (automatic adjustment, etc. 
is executed.)
●  Although the keystone distortion condition may vary in the MAGNIFY mode, it  will be restored when the projector exits the MAGNIFY mode.
● Setting the WIDE mode may limit the magnify range. (23, 36)
1.Press the FREEZE button on the remote control.
The “FREEZE” indication will appear on the screen, and 
the projector will enter the FREEZE mode.
To exit the FREEZE mode and restore the screen to 
normal, press the FREEZE button again.
Freezing the screen
●  The projector automatically exits the FREEZE mode when the input signal is  changed, or when one of the projector’s buttons or the remote control buttons 
of STANDBY/ON, SEARCH, RGB, VIDEO, BLANK, AUTO, ASPECT, VOLUME, 
MUTE, KEYSTONE, POSITION and MENU is pressed.
●  If the projector continues projecting a still image for long time, the LCD panel 
might possibly be printed. Do not leave the projector in the FREEZE mode for 
too long.
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Operating
1.Press the BLANK button on the remote control.  The 
blank screen will be displayed instead of the screen of 
input signal. Please refer to BLANK item in the SCREEN 
menu. (41)
To exit the blank screen and return to the input signal 
screen, press the  BLANK button again.
Temporarily blanking the screen
●  The projector automatically returns to the input signal screen when the input  signal is changed, or when one of the projector’s buttons or the remote control 
buttons are pressed.
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Multifunctional settings
Multifunctional settings
Using the menu function
This projector has the following menus: PICTURE, IMAGE, INPUT, SETUP, 
SCREEN, OPTION and EASY MENU. Each of these menus is operated using the 
same methods. The basic operations of these menus are as follows.
1.To display a menu
Press the MENU button on the remote control or one of the cursor buttons  
▲/▼/◄/► on the projector. The Advanced MENU or EASY MENU will 
appear.
2.To choose the target menu
Point at one of choices on the menu using the cursor buttons ▲/▼, then 
press the cursor button ► or the ENTER button.
In the Advance menu, when some menu is chosen already and you want to 
choose other menu, please return to the main menu beforehand, using the 
cursor button ◄ or the ESC button before choosing the menu.
(1) EASY MENU → Advanced MENU
 • Regardless of description of this manual, these functions may not work 
correctly with some input.
NOTE
► / ENTER

Advanced MENU(EASY MENU is pointed at.)
▼

EASY MENU
(ASPECT is pointed at.)
EASY MENU
ASPECT
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ONE
MODE
BRIGHT
CONTRAS
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COLOR
TINT
SHARPNES
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WHISPER
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4:3                +0                +0 NORMAL
                +0                +0                +0                +0                +3NORMAL
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Go To Advance Menu...
          EASY MENU
("Go to Advanced Menu... " is pointed at.)
EASY MENU
ASPECT
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Go To Advance Menu...
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RESET button
ENTER button
MENU button
Cursor buttons▲/▼/◄/►
ESC button
ST ANDBY/ON
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MENU [RGB]:SELECTPICTURE
IMAGE
INPUT
SETUP
SCREEN
OPTION
EASY MEN
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Go To Easy Menu...