Sanyo Plc Xe40 Projector User Manual

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Basic Operation
Menu barPointer
(red framed ) Menu icon
Item data
Press the Point 7 8
buttons to adjust
the value.
SELECT
button
Pointer (red framed )
Press the Point ed
buttons to move the
pointer.
Item
How to Operate the On-Screen Menu
On-Screen Menu
Quit  
Exit this menu.
The projector can be adjusted or set via the On-Screen
Menu. Refer to the following pages regarding each
adjustment and setting procedure.
Press the Point 
7 8buttons to select a Menu icon.
Press the Point 
edbuttons to select an item.
Press the SELECT button to show the item data.  To
adjust the data, press the Point
7 8buttons.  Refer to
the following pages for each adjustment. 
To close the On-Screen Menu, press the MENU
button again . Press the MENU button to display the On-Screen
Menu.
✔Note:
• The selected item is not active until the SELECT button is pressed.
1
2
3
SELECT button
POINT buttons
Remote ControlMENU button
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Basic Operation
Menu Bar
PC System Menu
Used to select
computer
system.  (p. 27)
Image Adjust Menu
Used to adjust
computer image among
Contrast,Brightness,
Color temp., White
balance (R/G/B),
Sharpness, Gamma.  
(pp. 32, 33)
Setting Menu
Used to set the
projectors
operating
configurations.
(pp. 42-49)
Sound Menu
Used to adjust
the volume or
mute the sound.
(p. 24)
Image Select Menu
Used to select an image
level among Dynamic,
Standard, Real,
Blackboard(Green), and
Image 1 ~ 4.  (p. 31)
For computer source
AV System Menu
Used to select
system of
selected video
source.  (p. 37)
Image Adjust Menu
Used to adjust picture image
among Contrast, Brightness,
Color, Tint, Color temp., White
balance (R/G/B), Sharpness,
Gamma, Noise reduction,
Progressive .  (pp. 39-40)
For video source
Same function as
computer menu.
Input Menu
Used to select
input source
either Video or
Computer.
(pp. 35, 36)
PC Adjust Menu
Used to adjust
parameters to
match with
input signal
format.  
(pp. 28-30)
Image Select Menu
Used to select an image
level among Dynamic,
Standard, Cinema,
Blackboard(Green) and
Image 1 ~ 4.  (p. 38)
Screen Menu
Used to set size
of image to
Normal, Wide, or
Custom.  (p. 41)
Guide Window
Show the selected
Menu of the On-
Screen Menu.
Same function as
menu for computer
source.
Input Menu
Used to select
input source
either Computer
or Video.  (p. 26)
Screen Menu
Used to adjust size of
image among
Normal, True, Wide,
Full screen, Custom,
Digital zoom +/–.
(pp. 33, 34)
For detailed functions, see Menu Tree on pp. 60, 61. 
						

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Basic Operation
Adjust lens focus with the Focus lever.
Focus Lever
•The arrows are white when there is no correction.
•The direction of the arrow which are being corrected
turns red.
•The arrows disappear at the maximum correction.
•If you press the KEYSTONE button on the remote
control once more while the keystone dialog box is
being displayed, the keystone adjustment is canceled.
•The adjustable range can be limited depending on the
input signal.
•The projected picture may fluctuate momently
depending on the keystone adjustment.
If a projected picture has keystone distortion, correct the
image with Keystone adjustment.
Press the KEYSTONE button on the remote control.  The
keystone dialog box appears. 
Correct keystone distortion by pressing the Point 
ed
buttons.  Keystone adjustment can be memorized.  (p. 42)
Reduce the upper width 
with the Point ebutton. Reduce the lower width 
with the Point dbutton.  
Keystone Correction
Remote Control
KEYSTONE button
POINT edbuttons
Focus Adjustment
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Basic Operation
Remote Control
Remote Control Operation
Use the remote control for some frequently used operations.
Just pressing one of the buttons enables you to make the operation easily and you do not have to call up the
On-Screen Menu.
COMPUTER /VIDEO
button 
✔Note:
• See the next page for the other buttons.
Press the FREEZE button to freeze the picture on the
screen.  To cancel the Freeze function, press the FREEZE
button again or press any other button.  
FREEZE button
Press the COMPUTER or VIDEO button to select the input
source.
For more detail, see pp. 26, 35, 36.
COMPUTER / VIDEO button
FREEZE button  
1
2
Press the MENU button to display the On-Screen
Menu.  Press the Point
7 8buttons to move the red
framed pointer to the Sound Menu icon. 
Press the VOLUME+/– buttons on the remote control to
adjust the volume.  The volume dialog box appears on the
screen for a few seconds.
Press the MUTE button on the remote control to cut off the
sound.  To restore the sound to its previous level, press the
MUTE button again or press the VOLUME+/– buttons.
Mute function is also effective for AUDIO OUT jack.
Press the Point7 8buttons to cut off the sound.  Dialog
box display is changed to “On” and the sound is cut off.  To
restore the sound to its previous level, press the Point
7 8
buttons again.
Press the Point edbuttons to move the red framed
pointer to the item that you want to select, and then
press the SELECT button.
Approximate level of
the volume.
Exit the Sound Menu.
Approximate level
of the volume.
Press the MUTE button to set the Mute function
On or Off.  The display disappears after 4
seconds.  
Sound Menu
Sound Menu 
icon
Volume
Remote Control
VOLUME+ button
VOLUME- button
MUTE button
Volume
Mute
Press the Point 8button to turn up the volume, and press
the Point 7button to turn down the volume.
Mute
Direct Operation
Menu Operation
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Basic Operation
Remote Control
D.ZOOM
buttons
NO SHOW
button 
AUTO PC
button
✔Note:
• See the previous page for the other buttons.
KEYSTONE button  
(See p. 23)
POINT ed
buttons
black out ➜the captured image ➜normal ➜ • • • • •
Press the NO SHOW button to black out the image.  To
restore to normal, press the NO SHOW button again or
press any other button.  When a projected image is
captured and set as “User” in the Logo selection (p. 43),
the screen changes each time you press the NO SHOW
button as follows.
The message disappears after 4 seconds.
NO SHOW button
Press the AUTO PC button to operate the Auto PC function.
For more detail, see p. 28.
AUTO PC button
Press the D.ZOOM buttons to zoom in and zoom out the
images.
For more detail, see p. 34.
D.ZOOM buttons
Press the P-TIMER button.  The timer display “00 : 00”
appears on the screen and the timer starts to count time
(00 : 00 ~ 59 : 59).  
To stop the P-Timer, press the P-TIMER button.  Press the
P-TIMER button again, then the P-timer display disappears.
P-TIMER button
LAMP CONTROL button
P-Timer display
Press the IMAGE button to select an image level of the
screen.
For more detail, see pp. 31, 38.
IMAGE button
LAMP CONTROL
button
P-TIMER button
IMAGE button
VOLUME
+/- buttons
(See p. 24)
Press the LAMP CONTROL button to select the lamp mode
for changing the brightness of the screen.
Normal ....Normal brightness 
Auto  ........Brightness according with the input signal 
Eco ..........Lower brightness reduces the lamp power
consumption and extends the
lamp life.
For detail, see p. 23.
KEYSTONE buttonBasic Operation 
						

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Select either Computer 1 or Computer 2 by pressing the
COMPUTER button on the remote control.
Before using COMPUTER button, select the correct input
source through Menu operation as described below.
Press the MENU button to display the On-Screen
Menu.  Press the Point
7 8buttons to move the red
framed pointer to the Input Menu icon.1
Computer
1
Input Menu
Press the Point edbuttons to move the red arrow
pointer to either Computer 1 or Computer 2, and then
press the SELECT button.  2
After the Source Select Menu appeared for Computer
1, move the pointer to RGB and then press the
SELECT button.3
Input Menu
COMPUTER button
Computer 1
Computer 2
Input Source Selection
Direct Operation
Menu Operation
Computer Input 
Move the pointer (red
arrow) to Computer 1
and press the SELECT
button. Input Menu icon
Move the pointer (red arrow)
to Computer 2 and press the
SELECT button. Move the pointer to RGB
and press the SELECT
button.
Source Select Menu
Remote Control
COMPUTER button
✔Note:
• Computer 2 is not displayed when the COMPUTER IN
2/MONITOR OUT terminal is set as Monitor out.  (p. 45) 
• Computer 2 (COMPUTER IN 2 / MONITOR OUT) can accept only
RGB signal. 
						

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Computer Input
The Auto PC Adjustment
function operates to adjust 
the projector. 
PC System Menu
The PC System Menu icon 
Selected system is 
displayed.
Systems on this dialog box 
can be selected.
Press the MENU button to display the On-Screen
Menu.  Press the Point
7 8buttons to move the red
framed pointer to the PC System Menu icon.
Press the Point edbuttons to move the red arrow
pointer to the system that you want to set, and then
press the SELECT button.  
1
2
PC System Menu
Custom Mode (1~5) set in the
PC Adjust Menu.  (pp. 28, 30)
PC system can also be selected manually.
Computer System Selection
This projector automatically tunes to various types of computers based on VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA, WXGA, or
UXGA with its Multi-scan system and Auto PC Adjustment.  If Computer is selected as a signal source, this
projector automatically detects the signal format and tunes to project a proper image without any additional
setting.  (Signal formats provided in this projector is shown on p. 63 )
One of the following messages may appear when:
The projector cannot recognize the connected
signal conforming to the provided PC Systems.
Auto is displayed on the PC System Menu icon
and the Auto PC Adjustment function works to
display proper images.  If the image is not
projected properly, adjust manually.  (pp. 29, 30)
There is no signal input from computer.  Check
the connection between your computer and the
projector.  (See  Troubleshooting p. 58)
Auto
-----
The preset system is manually adjusted in the
PC Adjust Menu.  The adjusted data can be
stored in Mode 1~5.  (pp. 29, 30)  Mode 1
PC Systems provided in this projector is
selected.  The projector selects a proper system
provided in the projector and displays it.  SVGA 1
Selecting Computer System Manually
*Mode 1 and SVGA 1 are examples.  
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Computer Input
Auto PC Adjustment function is provided to automatically adjust Fine sync, Total dots, Horizontal, and Vertical to
conform to your computer.  Auto PC Adjustment function can be operated as follows.
Move the red framed
pointer to the Auto PC Adj.
item and press the SELECT
button.
Please wait... appears
while Auto PC adjustment
is in process.
PC Adjust Menu
PC Adjust Menu icon
To store adjustment parameters
Adjustment parameters from Auto PC Adjustment can be
memorized in this projector.  Once parameters are
memorized, the setting can be done just by selecting Mode
in the PC System Menu (p. 27).  See “Store” on p. 30.
✔Note:
• Fine sync, Total dots, Horizontal, and Vertical of some computers
cannot be fully adjusted with this Auto PC Adjustment function.
When the image is not provided properly with this operation,
manual adjustments are required.  (pp. 29, 30)
• The Auto PC Adjustment cannot be operated when 480i, 575i,
480p, 575p, 720p,1035i, or 1080i is selected in the PC System
Menu(p. 27)
Auto PC Adjustment
Press the MENU button to display the On-Screen
Menu.  Press the Point
7 8buttons to move the red
framed pointer to PC Adjust Menu.1
2Press the Point edbuttons to move the red framed
pointer to Auto PC Adj. and then press the SELECT
button twice. Auto PC Adj.
Menu Operation
The Auto PC adjustment function can be operated directly by
pressing the AUTO PC button on the remote control.
Remote Control 
AUTO PC button
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Computer Input
Press the MENU button to display the On-Screen
Menu.  Press the Point
7 8buttons to move the red
framed pointer to the PC Adjust Menu icon.1
2Press the Point edbuttons to move the red framed
pointer to the item that you want to adjust and then
press the SELECT button to display the adjustment
dialog box.  Press the Point
7 8buttons to adjust the
value.
Move the red framed
pointer to an item and
press the SELECT button.
PC Adjust MenuPC Adjust Menu icon
Cut out flicker from the image displayed.  Press the Point 7
8
buttons to adjust the value.  (From 0 to 31)Fine sync
Adjust the number of total dots in one horizontal period.
Press the Point
7 8buttons to adjust number to match your
PC image.Total dots
Press the Point7 8buttons to adjust the horizontal picture
position.Horizontal
Press the Point7 8buttons to adjust the vertical picture
position.Vertical
Press the SELECT button to show H-sync freq. and V-sync
freq. of the connected computer. Current mode
Adjust clamp level.  When the image has dark bars, try this
adjustment.Clamp
Press the SELECT button
at this item to adjust other
items. Press the Point
7 8buttons
to adjust the value. Status (Stored / Free) of the
selected Mode.
Selected Mode
Press the SELECT button at
Current mode to show the
information of the connected
computer.
Manual PC Adjustment
Some computers employ special signal formats which may not be tuned by Multi-scan system of this projector.
Manual PC Adjustment enables you to precisely adjust several parameters to match those signal formats.  The
projector has 5 independent memory areas to memorize those parameters which are manually adjusted.  You
can recall the setting for a specific computer. 
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Computer Input
Adjust the horizontal area displayed by this projector.  Press
the Point
7 8buttons to decrease/increase the value. Display area H
Adjust the vertical area displayed by this projector.  Press
the Point
7 8buttons to decrease/increase the value. Display area V
Reset
Store
Exit the PC Adjust Menu.
Quit
To store adjusted data, move the red framed pointer to the
Store and then press the SELECT button.  Move the red
arrow pointer to any of Mode 1 to 5 in which you want to
store and then press the SELECT button.
To reset the adjusted data, select Reset and press the
SELECT button.  The confirmation box appears and then
select Yes.  All adjustments return to their previous
figures.  
Mode free
Vacant Mode
Values of “Total dots,”
“Horizontal,” “Vertical,” 
“Display area H,” and
“Display area V.”
Close this dialog box.
To store adjusted data To clear adjusted data
To clear the stored data, move the red framed pointer to the
Mode free and then press the SELECT button.  Move the
red arrow pointer to the Mode that you want to clear and
then press the SELECT button.
✔Note:
• Display area (H/V) cannot be selected when 480i, 575i, 480p, 
575p, 720p, 1035i, or 1080i is selected in the PC System Menu 
(p. 27).
This Mode has
stored parameters .
Move the red framed
pointer to an item and
press the SELECT button.