Dell 2400MP - XGA DLP Projector User manual

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Dell™ 2400MP Projector
User's Guide

Notes, Notices, and Cautions
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make better use of your projector.
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hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
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damage, personal injury, or death.
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Model 2400MP
May 2008 Rev. A02

Contents 3
Contents
1 Your Dell Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Connecting Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting to a DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting a DVD Player with an S-video Cable . . 10
Connecting a DVD Player with a Composite Cable . 11
Connecting a DVD Player with a Component Cable 12
Professional Installation Options: . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Using Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turning Your Projector On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turning Your Projector Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the Projected Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Raising the Projector Height . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Lowering the Projector Height . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting the Projector Zoom and Focus . . . . . . . . 16
Adjusting Projection Image Size . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4Contents
Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Input Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Auto-Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PICTURE (in PC Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PICTURE (in Video Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
DISPLAY (in PC Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
DISPLAY (in Video Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
LAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
LANGUAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4 Troubleshooting Your Projector . . . . . . . 31
Changing the Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
6 Appendix: Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Your Dell Projector 5
1
Your Dell Projector
Your projector comes with all the items shown below. Ensure that you have all the
items, and contact Dell if anything is missing.
Package Contents
1.8m power cord (3.0m in Americas) 1.8m VGA cable (D-sub to D-sub)
1.8m USB cable 1.8m D-sub to YPbPr cable
2.0m S-video cable 1.8m Composite Video cable

6Your Dell Projector
1.8m RCA to Audio cable 1.8m mini pin to mini pin cable
Batteries (2) Remote control
Documentation Carrying case
Package Contents
(continued)

Your Dell Projector 7
About Your Projector
1Control panel
2Elevator button
3Remote control receiver
4Lens
5Focus ring
6Zoom tab

8Connecting Your Projector
2
Connecting Your Projector
1IR receiver
2VGA in (D-sub) connector
3VGA out (monitor loop-through)
4USB remote connector
5Audio output connector
6RS232 connector
7Power cord connector
8Audio input connector
9Composite video connector
10 S-video connector
11 Kensington lock hole

Connecting Your Projector 9
Connecting to a Computer
1Power cord
2D-sub to D-sub cable
3USB to USB cable

10 Connecting Your Projector
Connecting to a DVD Player
Connecting a DVD Player with an S-video Cable
1Power cord
2S-video cable