Vivitek Projector DH558 User Manual

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TROUBLESHOOTING 
Common problems and solutions 
These guidelines provide tips to deal with problems you may encounter while using the projector. If 
the problem remains unsolved, contact your dealer for assistance. 
Often after time spent troubleshooting, the problem is traced to something as simple as a loose 
connection. Check the following before proceeding to the problem-specific solutions. 
 Use some other electrical device to confirm that the electrical outlet is working. 
 Ensure the...

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LED Error Messages 
ERROR CODE MESSAGES POWER LED 
BLUE 
LAMP LED 
RED 
System Initial Flash OFF 
Ready to Power on (Standby) ON OFF 
System Power on Flash OFF 
Lamp Lit , System stable ON OFF 
Cooling Flashing OFF 
1W MCU detects scaler stops working (initial fail) 2 blinks OFF 
Over Temperature 3 blinks OFF 
Thermal Break Sensor error 4 blinks OFF 
Lamp Fail 5 blinks 0 blinks 
Lamp Temperature shut down 5 blinks 1 blinks 
Lamp Short circuit in output detected 5 blinks 2 blinks 
Lamp End of lamp...

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2. Use the Keystone button on the remote control to correct the problem. 
Problem: The image is reversed  
Check the Projection setting on the Settings 1 menu of the OSD. 
Problem: The image is streaked  
1. Set the Frequency and Tracking settings on the Image->Computer menu of the OSD to 
the default settings. 
2. To ensure the problem is not caused by a connected PC’s video card, connect to another 
computer.  
Problem: The image is flat with no contrast  
Adjust the Contrast setting on the...

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5. Have the projector serviced. 
Problem: The sound is distorted  
1. Check the audio cable connection. 
2. Test the source audio output with other speakers. 
3. Have the projector serviced. 
Having the Projector Serviced 
If you are unable to solve the problem, you should have the projector serviced. Pack the projector in 
the original carton. Include a description of the problem and a checklist of the steps you took when 
trying to fix the problem: The information may be useful to service...

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HDMI Q & A 
Q. What is the difference between a “Standard” HDMI cable and a “High-Speed” HDMI 
cable? 
Recently, HDMI Licensing, LLC announced that cables would be tested as Standard or High-
Speed cables.  
˙Standard (or “category 1”) HDMI cables have been tested to perform at speeds of 75Mhz or 
up to 2.25Gbps, which is the equivalent of a 720p/1080i signal.  
˙High Speed (or “category 2”) HDMI cables have been tested to perform at speeds of 340Mhz 
or up to 10.2Gbps, which is the highest...

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SPECIFICATIONS 
Specifications 
Model DH558 / DH559 
DH559 Display Type TI DMD 0.65  S600 1080P 
Resolution 1920x1080 
Projection Distance 1 ~ 10 m 
Projection Screen Size 31 ~ 308.8 
Projection Lens Manual Focus/ Manual Zoom 
Zoom Ratio 1.2x 
Vertical Keystone 
Correction +/- 40 Degree 
Projection Methods Front, Rear, Desktop/Ceiling (Rear, Front) 
Data Compatibility VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA, SXGA+, UXGA, WUXGA@60hz,  Mac 
SDTV/EDTV/ HDTV 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p 
Video...

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Projection Distance vs. Projection Size 
 
Projection Distance and Size Table 
DH558 / DH559 
IMAGE DIAGONAL IMAGE WIDTH IMAGE HEIGHT 
PROJECTION 
DISTANCE 
FROM 
PROJECTION 
DISTANCE 
TO 
OFFSET-A 
(INCH) (INCH) (CM) (INCH) (CM) (INCH) (CM) (INCH) (CM) (MM) 
60 52.3 132.8 29.4 74.7 63.8 162.1 76.4 193.9 112.1 
70 61.0 154.9 34.3 87.1 74.4 189.1 89.1 226.3 130.8 
72 62.8 159.5 35.3 89.7 76.6 194.5 91.6 232.7 134.5 
80 69.7 177.0 39.2 99.6 85.1 216.1 101.8 258.6 149.4 
84 73.2 185.9 41.2 104.6...

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Timing Mode Table 
SIGNAL RESOLUTION H-SYNC  
(KHZ) 
V-SYNC 
(HZ) 
COMPOSITE 
/ S-VIDEO COMPONENT RGB DVI/ 
HDMI 
NTSC － 15.734 60.0 O － － － 
PAL/SECAM － 15.625 50.0 O － － － 
VESA 
720 x 400 37.9 85.0 － － O O 
640 x 480 31.5 60.0 － － O O 
640 x 480 37.9 72.8 － － O O 
640 x 480 37.5 75.0 － － O O 
640 x 480 43.3 85.0 － － O O 
800 x 600 35.2 56.3 － － O O 
800 x 600 37.9 60.3 － － O O 
800 x 600 46.9 75.0 － － O O 
800 x 600 48.1 72.2 － － O O 
800 x 600 53.7 85.1 － － O O 
800 x 600 76.3 120.0 － － O O...

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SIGNAL RESOLUTION H-SYNC  
(KHZ) 
V-SYNC 
(HZ) 
COMPOSITE 
/ S-VIDEO COMPONENT RGB DVI/ 
HDMI 
1440 x 900 55.9 60.0 － － O O 
1600 x1200 75.0 60 － － O O 
1680 x 1050 64.7 59.9 － － O O 
1680 x 1050 65.3 60 － － O O 
1920 x 1080 67.5 60 － － O O 
1920 x 1200 74 60 － － O O 
Apple Mac 
640 x 480 35.0 66.7 － － O O 
832 x 624 49.7 74.5 － － O O 
1024 x 768 60.2 74.9 － － O O 
1152 x 870 68.7 75.1 － － O O 
SDTV 
480i 15.734 60.0 － O － O 
576i 15.625 50.0 － O － O 
EDTV 
576p 31.3 50.0 － O － O 
480p 31.5 60.0...

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