Mitsubishi Xd8100lu Projector User Manual

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C. Installing the terminal cover
This projector includes a terminal cover. If necessary, install the terminal cover to the projector.
1.  Fit two hooks of the terminal cover into the projector.
(a)
Viewing computer images (continued)
VIDEO IN S-VIDEO IN IN-1
(b)
You can use the buttons on the operation panel by 
removing the door of the terminal cover. 
3.  Remove the door (b) of the terminal cover. 
Important:
•  Don’t carry the projector by the terminal cover. 
•  When the terminal cover is attached, remote control may 
not work properly from behind the projector. 
VIDEO IN S-VIDEO IN IN-1
2.  Tighten the attachment screws (a) fi rmly. 
						

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Viewing computer images (continued)
D. Projecting images
Preparation:
•  Remove the lens cap.
COMPUTER 1, 2 buttons
Main power switchPOWER indicator LAMP 2 indicator
LAMP 1 indicator
DVI-D(HDCP) 
button
ENTER button
, , ,  buttons POWER button
, , ,  buttons
COMPUTER/DVI-D button
ENTER button
ZOOM/FOCUS button
LENS SHIFT buttonPOWER button
LENS SHIFT button
ZOOM/FOCUS button
1.  Put the projector into standby mode by pressing the main power switch. The POWER indicator lights up red. 
•  If the projector was turned off before the lamp was cooled down suffi ciently last time, the fan may start rotating 
and the POWER button may not work after the main power switch is turned ON. (The LAMP indicator blinks 
green.) After the fan stops rotating, press the POWER button to turn back on the POWER indicator. 
2.  Turn on the power of the connected computer. 
3.  Press the POWER button.
•  It may take about 2 minutes for the lamp to light up. 
•  The lamp fails to light up on rare occasions. In such a case, wait for a few minutes and then try again.
•  Do not cover the lens with the lens cap while the lamp is on. Do not strip off the aluminium sheet inside the 
lens cap. 
•  After the POWER button is pressed, the image may fl icker before the lamp becomes stable. This is not a 
product malfunction. 
•  The lamp operation becomes stable in 1 minute after the power is turned on and then the lamp mode selected 
in the menu is activated. During the activation, displayed images may be disturbed.
•  The projector starts warming up when the POWER button is pressed. During the warm-up process, images 
may appear dark and no commands are accepted.
•  By blinking red, the LAMP indicator indicates that the lamp should be replaced soon. Replace the lamp when 
the LAMP indicator blinks red. (See page 71.) 
4.  Press the ZOOM/FOCUS button to display the ZOOM/FOCUS menu.
5.  Adjust with the  or  button to get a fi ne picture. 
•  When the ENTER button is pressed while the ZOOM/FOCUS menu is displayed, the adjustment mode is 
switched between FAST and STEP. When FAST is selected, the speed of focus controlled by the  or  button 
becomes fast, and it becomes slow when STEP is selected.
6.  Select an input source. 
•  Press the COMPUTER/DVI-D button on the projector or the COMPUTER 1, COMPUTER 2 or DVI-D(HDCP) 
button on the remote control that is corresponding to the terminal in use. 
•  The input source is switched from COMPUTER 1 to COMPUTER 2 to DVI at every press of the COMPUTER/
DVI-D button on the projector. 
•  The projector automatically selects the appropriate signal format. The selected signal format is displayed on 
the screen.
•  You cannot change the input source while the menu is being displayed.
•  Though it may take some time before an image is displayed on the screen depending on the type of the input 
signal, such symptom is not a malfunction. 
•  Images may not be projected in the correct position, depending on the type of the input signal. In such a case, 
press the AUTO POSITION button. (See page 24.)
•  When COMPUTER 1 or COMPUTER 2 is chosen as the source, images supplied from the computer may 
fl icker. Press the  or  button on the remote control to reduce fl icker, if it occurs. (Fine adjustment)
7.  Adjust the position of the projector to keep an appropriate projection distance with which images are projected in 
their specifi ed sizes. 
8. 
Adjust the position of the projector so that the projector and the screen are perpendicular to each other. (See page 11.) 
• When the projector cannot be positioned perpendicularly to the screen, adjust the projection angle. (See page 14.) 
						

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Viewing computer images (continued)
9.  Press the ZOOM/FOCUS button to display the ZOOM/FOCUS menu.
10. Adjust with the  or  button to get an approximate size. 
•  When the ENTER button is pressed while the ZOOM/FOCUS menu is displayed, the adjustment mode is 
switched between FAST and STEP. When FAST is selected, the speed of zoom controlled by the  or  
button becomes fast, and it becomes slow when STEP is selected.
11. Press the LENS SHIFT button. The LENS SHIFT menu appears at the center of the screen.
12.Press the  or  button to adjust the vertical position and  or  button to adjust the horizontal position of the 
displayed image.
•  When the image is not displayed within the screen, adjust the projection angle. In addition, perform the 
keystone adjustment, if necessary. (See page 14.)
Repeat steps 4, 5 and 9 to 12, if necessary. 
Important:
•  Focus, zoom and lens shift adjustment is possible in the normal picture mode only.
•  When a 16:9 image is kept displayed for a long time before displaying 4:3 image, the afterimages of the black bars 
may appear on the 4:3 image screen. Consult your dealer in this case.
To stop projecting:
13. Press the POWER button. 
• A confi rmation message is displayed.
•  To cancel the procedure, leave the projector for a while or press any button except the POWER button. 
14. Press the POWER button again. 
•  The lamp goes out and the projector goes into a standby mode. In this standby mode, the LAMP indicator 
blinks green. 
15. Wait about 2 minutes for the LAMP indicator to be turned off. 
•  During this period of 2 minutes in the standby mode, the intake fan and exhaust fan rotate to cool the lamp. 
•  The air outlet fans rotate faster as the temperature around the projector rises.
•  Though the fans make loud sounds during cooling, such symptom is not a malfunction.
16. Turn off the main power switch. 
•  The POWER indicator will go out. 
•  If the main power switch should be turned off or the power cord should be unplugged accidentally while either 
the air inlet fan or the air outlet fans are operating or the lamp is on, allow the projector to cool down for 10 
minutes with the power off. To light the lamp again, press the POWER button. If the lamp doesn’t light up 
immediately, press the POWER button a few minutes later. If it should still fail to light up, replace the lamp. 
•  Cover the lens with the lens cap to protect it from dust.
•  For safety’s sake, unplug the power cord from the outlet.
•  When you repeat turning off the main switch within 30 minutes from the lamp illumination, an error may occur 
in the clock function of this product.
Direct Power OFF
You can turn off this projector just by turning off the power switch or unplugging the power cord without pressing the 
POWER button. 
•  Don’t shut down the projector while the LAMP indicator is blinking after the lamp lights up because the lamp’s life 
may be shortened. 
•  Don’t turn the projector back on right after shutting it down because the lamp’s life may be shortened. (Wait about 
10 minutes before turning the projector back on.) 
•  Before shutting down the projector, be sure to close the menu screen. If you shut down the projector without 
closing the menu, the setting data of the menu may not be saved. 
•  If you shut down the projector while controlling the projector using the network function, the application software 
such as ProjectorView may fail. The data such as the operating time and temperature display may not be 
changed. In such a case, close the browser and then start up again. 
						

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Blanking the screen temporarily (BLANK)
The video signal is temporarily muted when the BLANK button is pressed. The screen turns black. You will hear a 
mechanical shutter sound inside the projector. To cancel muting, press the BLANK button again.
AUTO POSITION button 
When the image supplied from the computer is displaced, carry out the following procedure. 
1.  Project a bright image containing as many texts and characters as possible. 
2.  When the screen saver has been enabled, disable it. 
3.  Press the AUTO POSITION button.  
  The projector automatically makes optimum positional settings for the input signal. 
•  If the projected image is still displaced even after pressing the AUTO POSITION button several times, refer to 
the procedure to adjust computer images. (See pages 45 and 46.)
•  When you carry out this procedure with a dark image, the image may be displaced. 
When connecting to a notebook computer:
When the projector is connected to a notebook computer, images may not be projected in some cases. In such 
cases, set the computer so that it can output signals externally. The setting procedure varies depending on the type 
of the computer. See the instruction manual of your computer.
Example of the setting procedure for external output
Press the [Fn] key and any of the keys [F1] to [F12] at the same time. (The key to be pressed depends on the type of 
the computer you use.) 
Setting of the resolution
If the resolution of the computer doesn’t match with that of the projector, projected images may be obscured. Ensure 
that their resolutions are the same (see page 73). For the method to change the output resolution of the computer, 
contact the manufacturer of the computer. 
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Viewing video images
Connecting to a video player, etc.
1.  Connect one end of a commercially available BNC cable to 
the VIDEO IN terminal of the projector.
2.  Connect the other end of the BNC cable to the video 
output terminal of the video equipment.
 
When the video equipment is equipped with the S-video 
output terminal, make the connection as follows: 
1.  Connect one end of a commercially available S-video cable 
to the S-VIDEO IN terminal of the projector. 
2.  Connect the other end of the S-video cable to the S-video 
output terminal of the video equipment. 
•  Also read the instruction manual of the equipment to be connected. 
•  Contact your dealer for details of connection.
When a TV tuner or VCR is connected:
When you use this projector with a TV tuner or VCR connected, no image may appear or a message of “NO SIGNAL” 
may appear on the screen when you change the channel via any channel that is not being received. In such a case, 
set the channels of the TV tuner or VCR again. To avoid such symptom, use the TV tuner or VCR with its channel skip 
function (that is a function not to display channels that are not being received) enabled. 
A. Connecting the projector to video equipment
Preparation:
•  Make sure that the power of the projector and that of the video equipment are turned off.
12To S-VIDEO 
IN terminalS-video cable (option)
To S-video 
output 
terminalVideo player, or the like
1To VIDEO IN 
terminal (BNC) BNC cable (option)
To video output 
terminalVideo player, or the like
BNC-RCA 
connector (option) 
						

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Viewing video images (continued)
Projector + DVD player or HDTV decoder
Some DVD players have an output connector for 3-line fi tting (Y, CB, CR). When connecting such DVD player with this 
projector, use the COMPUTER/COMPONENT VIDEO
 IN-2 terminals. 
CB(PB) Y CR(PR) 
B  G R 
DVD player or HDTV decoder
COMPUTER/COMPONENT 
VIDEO IN-2 BNC-RCA connector (option)
BNC cable (option)
•  The terminal’s names Y, PB, and PR are given as examples of when a HDTV decoder is connected.
•  The terminal’s names vary depending on the connected devices. 
•  Use BNC cables for connection.
•  Image may not be projected correctly with some DVD players.
•  If colors aren’t displayed correctly when the projector is connected to a high-defi nition video device having R, G, 
and B output terminals, set COMPUTER INPUT to RGB in the SIGNAL menu. (See page 39.)
Connecting to video equipment having a HDMI terminal or DVI-D terminal
You can project high-quality images by connecting the COMPUTER/COMPONENT VIDEO DVI-D IN (HDCP) terminal 
of this projector to video equipment having a HDMI output terminal or DVI-D terminal. In addition, this projector 
supports HDCP and is able to receive encrypted digital video data that are output from DVD players.
• HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), developed by Intel Corporation, is a method to encrypt digital 
video data for the purpose of copy protection.
• HDMI (High-Defi nition Multimedia Interface) is fully backward compatible with computers, displays and consumer 
electronics devices incorporating the DVI standards.
• This projector can be linked with video devices equipped with HDMI output terminal or DVI-D output terminal. 
However, with some of them, this projector may not display any image or not operate correctly.
• If this projector doesn’t display any image or not operate correctly, see the operation manual of the video device 
for its connection.
• Use of a long cable may decrease the quality of projected images.
Connection (for video equipment having an HDMI terminal)
• Use a commercially available HDMI (with HDMI logo) cable.
•  Some cables may not be connected correctly depending on the size and shape of their connectors.
•  When HDMI is selected as the input source, settings of FINE SYNC., TRACKING, HOLD, etc. are unavailable. 
Equipment having an 
HDMI terminal
To HDMI terminal
HDMI IN
HDMI (with HDMI logo) cable (option) 
						

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Connection (for video equipment having a DVI-D terminal)
Equipment having a 
DVI-D terminal
To DVI-D terminal
DVI cable (option)COMPUTER/COMPONENT 
VIDEO DVI-D IN (HDCP)
•  For connection to the DVI-D terminal, use a commercially available DVI cable. 
•  Some cables may not be connected correctly depending on the size and shape of their connectors.
•  When DVI is selected as the input source, settings of FINE SYNC., TRACKING, HOLD, etc. are unavailable. 
When you connect this projector and a digital device (such as a DVD player) via the HDMI IN or COMPUTER/
COMPONENT VIDEO DVI-D IN (HDCP) terminal, black color may appear dark and deep, depending on the type 
of the connected device. 
•  This depends on the black level setting of the connected device. There are 2 kinds of methods to digitally transfer 
image data, in which different black level settings are employed respectively. Therefore, the specifi cations of the 
signals output from DVD players differ, depending on the type of the digital data transfer method they use. 
•  Some DVD players are provided with a function to switch the methods to output digital signals. When your DVD 
player is provided with such function, set it as follows.
  EXPAND or ENHANCED 
 NORMAL
•  See the users guide of your DVD player for details. 
•  When your digital device does not have such function, set INPUT LEVEL to ENHANCED in the ADVANCED 
MENU of the IMAGE menu of this projector, or adjust the black color by viewing the image.
B. Plugging in the power cord
Plug the power cord in the same way as in the case of “Viewing computer images.” (See page 20.)
C. Installing the terminal cover
If necessary, install the terminal cover to the projector in the same way as in the case of “Viewing computer images.” 
(See page 21.)
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Viewing video images (continued)
D. Projecting images
Preparation:
•  Remove the lens cap.
COMPUTER 1, 2 buttons
Main power switchPOWER indicator LAMP 2 indicator
LAMP 1 indicator
DVI-D(HDCP) buttonS-VIDEO button VIDEO button
VIDEO/HDMI button
HDMI button
ENTER button
, , ,  
buttons POWER button
, , ,  buttonsCOMPUTER/DVI-D button
ENTER button
ZOOM/FOCUS button
LENS SHIFT buttonPOWER button
LENS SHIFT button
ZOOM/FOCUS button
1.  Put the projector into standby mode by pressing the main power switch. The POWER indicator lights up red. 
•  If the projector was turned off before the lamp was cooled down suffi ciently last time, the fan may start rotating 
and the POWER button may not work after the main power switch is turned ON. (The LAMP indicator blinks 
green.) After the fan stops rotating, press the POWER button to turn back on the POWER indicator. 
2.  Turn on the power of the connected video equipment. 
3.  Press the POWER button.
•  It may take about 2 minutes for the lamp to light up. 
•  The lamp fails to light up on rare occasions. In such a case, wait for a few minutes and then try again.
•  Do not cover the lens with the lens cap while the lamp is on. Do not strip off the aluminium sheet inside the 
lens cap. 
•  After the POWER button is pressed, the image may fl icker before the lamp becomes stable. This is not a 
product malfunction. 
•  The lamp operation becomes stable in 1 minute after the power is turned on and then the lamp mode selected 
in the menu is activated. During the activation, displayed images may be disturbed.
•  The projector starts warming up when the POWER button is pressed. During the warm-up process, images 
may appear dark and no commands are accepted.
•  By blinking red, the LAMP indicator indicates that the lamp should be replaced soon. Replace the lamp when 
the LAMP indicator blinks red. (See page 71.) 
4.  Press the ZOOM/FOCUS button to display the ZOOM/FOCUS menu.
5.  Adjust with the 
 or  button to get a fi ne 
picture. 
•  When the ENTER button is pressed while the ZOOM/FOCUS menu is displayed, the adjustment mode is 
switched between FAST and STEP. When FAST is selected, the speed of focus controlled by the 
 or  button 
becomes fast, and it becomes slow when STEP is selected.
6. 
Select an input source. 
•  Press the VIDEO/HDMI button on the projector or the VIDEO, S-VIDEO or HDMI button on the remote control 
that is corresponding to the terminal in use. 
•  The input source is switched between VIDEO, S-VIDEO and HDMI at every press of the VIDEO/HDMI button on 
the projector. 
•  You cannot change the input source while the menu is being displayed.
•  Though it may take some time before an image is displayed on the screen depending on the type of the input 
signal, such symptom is not a malfunction. 
•  Some images become easier to view when the setting of aspect ratio is changed. (See page 30.)
•  When projecting images from a DVD player that is connected to the COMPUTER/COMPONENT VIDEO DVI-D 
IN (HDCP) terminal, press the COMPUTER/DVI-D button on the projector to select DVI or press the DVI-D 
(HDCP) button on the remote control. 
•  When projecting images from a DVD player that is connected to the COMPUTER/COMPONENT VIDEO IN-1 or 
COMPUTER/COMPONENT VIDEO IN-2 terminal, press the COMPUTER/DVI-D button on the projector or the 
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7.  Adjust the position of the projector to keep an appropriate projection distance with which images are projected in 
their specifi ed sizes. 
8.  Adjust the position of the projector so that the projector and the screen are perpendicular to each other. (See page 
11.) 
•  When the projector cannot be positioned perpendicularly to the screen, adjust the projection angle. (See page 
14.)
9.  Press the ZOOM/FOCUS button to display the ZOOM/FOCUS menu.
10. Adjust with the  or  button to get an approximate size. 
•  When the ENTER button is pressed while the ZOOM/FOCUS menu is displayed, the adjustment mode is 
switched between F
AST and STEP. When FAST is selected, the speed of zoom controlled by the  or  
button becomes fast, and it becomes slow when STEP is selected.
11. Press the LENS SHIFT button. The LENS SHIFT menu appears at the center of the screen.
12. Press the  or  button to adjust the vertical position and 
 or  button to adjust the horizontal position of the 
displayed image.
• 
When the image is not displayed within the screen, adjust the projection angle. In addition, perform the 
keystone adjustment, if necessary. (See page 14.)
Repeat steps 4, 5 and 9 to 12, if necessary. 
Important:
•  Focus, zoom and lens shift adjustment is possible in the normal picture mode only.
To stop projecting:
13. Press the POWER button. 
• A confi rmation message is displayed.
•  To cancel the procedure, leave the projector for a while or press any button except the POWER button. 
14. Press the POWER button again. 
•  The lamp goes out and the projector goes into a standby mode. In this standby mode, the LAMP indicator 
blinks green. 
15. Wait about 2 minutes for the LAMP indicator to be turned off. 
•  During this period of 2 minutes in the standby mode, the intake fan and exhaust fan rotate to cool the lamp. 
•  The air outlet fans rotate faster as the temperature around the projector rises.
•  Though the fans make loud sounds during cooling, such symptom is not a malfunction.
16. Turn off the main power switch. 
•  The POWER indicator will go out. 
•  If the main power switch should be turned off or the power cord should be unplugged accidentally while either 
the air inlet fan or the air outlet fans are operating or the lamp is on, allow the projector to cool down for 10 
minutes with the power off. To light the lamp again, press the POWER button. If the lamp doesn’t light up 
immediately, press the POWER button a few minutes later. If it should still fail to light up, replace the lamp. 
•  Cover the lens with the lens cap to protect it from dust.
•  For safety’s sake, unplug the power cord from the outlet.
•  When you repeat turning off the main switch within 30 minutes from the lamp illumination, an error may occur 
in the clock function of this product.
Direct Power OFF
You can turn off this projector just by turning off the power switch or unplugging the power cord without pressing the 
POWER button. 
•  Don’t shut down the projector while the LAMP indicator is blinking after the lamp lights up because the lamp’s life 
may be shortened. 
•  Don’t turn the projector back on right after shutting it down because the lamp’s life may be shortened. (Wait about 
10 minutes before turning the projector back on.) 
•  Before shutting down the projector, be sure to close the menu screen. If you shut down the projector without 
closing the menu, the setting data of the menu may not be saved. 
•  If you shut down the projector while controlling the projector using the network function, the application software 
such as ProjectorView may fail. The data such as the operating time and temperature display may not be 
changed. In such a case, close the browser and then start up again.
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Setting the aspect ratio
You can change the aspect ratio of the input video signal (or the ratio of width to height of the image). Change the 
setting according to the type of the input video signal. 
How to change the settings:
With the remote control:
1.  Press the ASPECT button. 
•  Every time the ASPECT button is pressed, the aspect mode changes from NORMAL to 16:9, to FULL, and 
back to NORMAL. 
- NORMAL:
  Select to change the aspect ratio automatically depending on the input signal. (Select this option for 
normal use.)  
- 16:9:
  Select to expand squeezed (or horizontally compressed) images such as DVD images to 16:9.  
- FULL:
  Select to project images in full size (1024 x 768 pixels) irrespective of type of input signal. 
With the FEATURE menu:
(See page 32 for menu setting.) 
1.  Display the FEATURE menu. 
2.  Select ASPECT by pressing the  or  button. 
3.  Select your desired aspect ratio by pressing the  or  button. 
When 16:9 
 is selected with the FEATURE menu, you can make further 
settings using the following procedures.
4.  Press the ENTER button. 
5.  Select an item you want to set by pressing the  or  button and select a 
setting by pressing the  or  button.
• POSITION:
  You can select the image display position within the screen from 
UPPER, CENTER, and LOWER.
• MODE:
  You can select whether or not to display signals at 16:9 depending on their type.
- ALL SIGNALS:
  All signals are always displayed at 16:9 irrespective of their type. 
- VIDEO ONLY:
  Signals supplied from video devices only are displayed at 16:9. 
To cancel the menu:
6.  Press the MENU button. 
Important:
•  When a 16:9 image is kept displayed for a long time before displaying 4:3 image, the afterimages of the black bars 
may appear on the 4:3 image screen. Consult your dealer in this case.
FEATURE
ASPECT
PROJECTOR IDNORMAL
ALL
1 12 2opt.
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FEATURE
ASPECT – 16:9
12opt.
POSITION
MODECENTER
ALL SIGNALS
12