Panasonic PT-AX100U User manual

High Definition
Home Cinema Projector
PT-AX100U
Get Closer
To Your
Hero

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The awesome power of a large screen.
The stunning detail of high-definition.
The beauty of bright, vivid images.
Enjoy all of this, right in your living room...
with the PT-AX100U.

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ABig Screen Means
More Fun,
More Power,
More Emotion
Who would you like to see up close? A
Hollywood movie star? Your team’s best football
player? Your favorite guitarist? Imagine the thrill of
sitting in a front row seat, seeing them perform live.
That’sthe kind of thrill you get with
Panasonic’sPT-AX100U home cinema projector.
The PT-AX100U lets you see the biggeststars
in larger-than-lifesize, right in your living room, any-
time you want. Fill a big screen (up to 200 inches
diagonal) with Panasonic’sremarkably clear, vivid,
high-definition images, and you’ll discover things
you’d never see on a small screen.
Until you meet your favorite stars in real life,
Panasonic PT-AX100U will get you closer to them
than you’ve ever imagined.
PT-AX100U
High Definition Home Cinema Projector

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You want towatch a big match or concert DVD on a large
screen, but you don’t want to close the drapes or turn off the
lights. Then the Panasonic PT-AX100U is right for you. With
2,000 lumens of brightness—brightestin its class*1—plus
Panasonic’s Light Harmonizer, the PT-AX100U produces bright,
beautiful, easy-to-see images even in a well-lit room.
2,000-Lumen Brightness—Brightest in its Class*1
Panasonic specially developed an extremely powerful new lamp
for the PT-AX100U. Combined with the high-performance optical
system, it delivers 2,000-lumen brightness, brightest in its class.*1
Outstanding 2,000-lumen brightness
and intelligent Light Harmonizer
Images arecrisp, bright and easy tosee—even in a well-lit room.
A1,000-lumen class projector
without Light Harmonizer
The PT-AX100U with
Light Harmonizer

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Front row center seats.
The action is more thrilling than ever when you’re
watching bright, high-definition images on a big screen.
Intelligent Light Harmonizer
With the PT-AX100U, images are crisp, vivid and easy to see
even in the kind of bright lighting that makes images from other
projectorslook whitish, faded or lacking in detail. Panasonic’s
Light Harmonizer technology makes home cinema more fun than
ever. Now you can get together with friends to watch movies,
sports and concert performances in normal room lighting—and
still enjoy clear, brilliant images with crisp detail. Abuilt-in ambient light sensor (ALS) measures the room brightness, and the
Light Harmonizer circuit adjusts the gamma curve according to both the mea-
sured brightness and the input signal*2. This maintains easy, comfortable view-
ing in all lighting conditions.
ALS
Light Harmonizer
circuit
Gamma curve
correction
*1: For LCD projectors with native resolution of 720p, as of August 31, 2006.
*2: The Light Harmonizer is set to Auto at the factory. There’s also Manual mode if you want to fine-tune
the picture yourself.
PT-AX100U
High Definition Home Cinema Projector
The awesome power of a large screen.
The stunning detail of high-definition.
The beauty of bright, vivid images.
Enjoy all of this, right in your living room...
with the PT-AX100U.

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The PT-AX100U is a high-specifications model developed espe-
cially for home theater use. It incorporates all of Panasonic’s
highly acclaimed home cinema projector technologies. No com-
promises weremade in its development or production. The
result is a projector that provides exceptional viewing with all
kinds of content. You can spend the afternoon cheering for your
favoritefootball team, then in the evening dim the lights and
immerse yourself in a great movie.
Pure Color Filter
The new Pure Color Filter was born from Panasonic’s tireless
pursuit of optical technology that delivers true “Hollywood” pic-
turequality.The lamp is adjusted to pro-
duce a level of light that maximizes the
performance of the LCD panels, which
expands the color range and produces
truer blacks. You will see the improve-
ment in movies especially—deeper, richer
blacks, morevibrant color, and a more
dynamic overall viewing experience.
Pure Color Filter produces
deep, rich blacks and bright, vivid colors
Hollywood Tuning—so you see movies with the color nuances the director intended.
In developing the Pure Color Filter, Panasonic carefully determined the type of
materials, number of filter layers, and filter thicknesses that would attain optimal
‘Hollywood tuning’—i.e., image characteristics best suited for movie viewing.

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Best seat at the cinema.
Just dim the lights and enjoy your own private
home theater.
Technologythat captures the artistic sensibility of a top
Hollywood colorist
Panasonic worked with leading Hollywood colorist David Bernstein to achieve
one of the most accurate image reproduction possible. This led to our devel-
oping new integrated circuitry and core image optimizers that allow the
PT-AX100U to deliver true ‘Hollywood picture quality’—or images that faithful-
ly express the director’s artistic intent.
Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory(PHL)— Where Hollywood
picture quality begins
For the past decade, PHL has conducted research into digital cinema, DVD
video compression, and digital conversion of film stock. Now it is working to
create standards for next-generation optical media using Blu-ray Disc and pro-
jection technology based on HD image compression. PHL’s close relations with
leading Hollywood studio
technicians, directors, cine-
matographers and colorists
played a key role in our
developing the PT-AX100U.
Made by Panasonic, Tuned by Hollywood
David Bernstein is a top Hollywood colorist
whose expertise is evident in the telecine*
process for numerous successful films.
*Telecine process: How film is transferred to video.
PT-AX100U
High Definition Home Cinema Projector
The awesome power of a large screen.
The stunning detail of high-definition.
The beauty of bright, vivid images.
Enjoy all of this, right in your living room...
with the PT-AX100U.

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Packed with imaging technologies acclaimed by professionals
Dynamic Iris and Dynamic Gamma
The Dynamic Iris helps provide the deeper, richer blacks needed
for true image reproduction. This technology adjusts the lamp
power, iris and gamma curve according to data obtained from
frame-by-frame histogram analysis of the image brightness
level. The adjustments are made 60 times per second.
The wide iris range, combined with histogram analysis that
detects as many as 3,000,000,000 brightness and darkness lev-
els, provides brighter bright scenes and deeper, richer blacks.
The Dynamic Gamma boosts the brightness level of image
details that would otherwise be lost in dark areas. You see the
kind of true, deep blacks you’ve seen before only at the cinema.
Dark scene:
with iris
closed
Bright scene:
with iris
opened
PT-AX100U
Without the Dynamic Iris
PT-AX100U
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Smooth Screen Technology
Smooth Screen technology,
developed exclusively by
Panasonic, effectively
reduces the “chicken wire
effect”—the black lines
between pixels that mar
picture quality. The high-
definition picture of the
PT-AX100U is remarkably
smooth and film-like, while
remaining amazinglysharp
and detailed.
Dynamic Sharpness Control
Conventional projectors
emphasize sharpness with-
out regard for brightness
differences. This can cause a
halo or ring effect around
object edges, reducing their
three-dimensionality.
Dynamic Sharpness Control
sharpens onlythe pixels in the image areas where there is a
small change in brightness level. This greatly reduces noise
amplification and delivers clear, natural-looking images.
Cinema Color Management (CCM)
CCM makes it possible to reproduce images that closely match
the colorist’s intention. Before CCM was developed, correcting
one color affected certain others. This proven technology now
allows individual correction of approximately 1,070,000,000 colors,
and it also controls both contrast and brightness. With CCM,
color correction moreclosely approximates the process used for
motion pictures.
Seven Picture Modes
Theylet you select the picture characteristics that best match
the source material at the touch of a button.
User Equalizing Function
The PT-AX100U lets you decide how images look on your screen.
In each of seven preset picture modes, you can adjust the high,
mid and low gamma levels. That’s a total of 34,391 possible set-
ting combinations. Also, the control screens are more legible and
easier to use
than in previous
models. This
makes cus-
tomizing the
pictureeasier
and gives you
better results.
Up tothree
sets of adjust-
ment settings
can be stored
in memory.
Scene-Adaptive Resizing LSI
Anewimage processing engine improves quality when resizing
480P images or those from other sources with resolution lower
than the PT-AX100U’s native resolution. This lets you enjoy beau-
tiful images from your existing video tape and DVD library.
Scene-Adaptive MPEG Noise Reduction
This newnoise reduction system detects the amount of change
in the input signal from one scene to the next, and calculates
the amount of noise to remove accordingly. It effectively blocks
regular noise and minimizes mosquito noise.
10-Bit Full Digital Processing
This enables the PT-AX100U to display 1,070,000,000 colors
(1,024 steps of gradation) from video sources. Also, gamma cor-
rection is applied separatelyto the red, green, and blue signals,
allowing for ultra-fine image quality adjustment with a high pre-
cision of 0.01%.
Progressive Cinema Scan (3/2 Pulldown) and HD IP
This function detects when the input signal is derived from
filmed material. HD IP then allows the PT-AX100U toconvert the
signals and attain higher image quality than was possible with
conventional models.
Advanced technologies in an elegant form.
Styling that harmonizes with any interior decor.
Color before
adjustment
Adjusted colorCursor
Recommended for dark rooms
Cinema 1 A calm, gentle image setting for watching movies. Supervised
by David Bernstein, a leading Hollywood colorist.
Cinema 2 An image setting emphasizing deep, rich color reproduction.
Suitable for older film classics.
Natural An image setting designed to faithfully reproduce the colors
of the image source.
Video Suitable for video sources, such as music video clips and
concerts.
Recommended for bright rooms
Normal A general image setting suitable for a variety of image
sources, such as sports programs and video games.
Dynamic An image setting designed for use in a brightly lit room.
Vivid Cinema An image setting designed for watching movies in a brightly
lit room.
Conventional
“chicken wire”
effect
PT-AX100U:
Smooth, theater-
like images
Without Dynamic
Sharpness Control
PT-AX100U
MPEG Noise Reduction OffPT-AX100U

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The awesome power of a large screen.
The stunning detail of high-definition.
The beauty of bright, vivid images.
Enjoy all of this, right in your living room...
with the PT-AX100U.
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Screen
S SH
SW
L(LW/LT)
L (LW/LT)
Screen
SH SH
Screen
SW
102.5 mm
(4-1/32˝)
SW
SH
63%
of SH
63%
of SH
25% of SW 25% of SW
Shift range
Screen (standard position)
Attractive styling, flexible installation
Diagonal length Image height (SH)
Projection size (16:9) Projection distance (L)
Image width (SW) Min. distance (LW) Max. distance (LT)
1.01 m
1.27 m
1.52 m
1.77 m
2.03 m
2.28 m
2.54 m
3.05 m
3.81 m
5.08 m
0.50 m
0.62 m
0.75 m
0.87 m
1.00 m
1.12 m
1.24 m
1.49 m
1.87 m
2.49 m
0.89 m
1.11 m
1.33 m
1.55 m
1.77 m
1.99 m
2.21 m
2.66 m
3.32 m
4.43 m
1.2 m
1.5 m
1.8 m
2.1 m
2.4 m
2.7 m
3.1 m
3.7 m
4.6 m
6.2 m
2.4 m
3.0 m
3.7 m
4.3 m
4.9 m
5.5 m
6.2 m
7.4 m
9.3 m
12.4 m
40˝
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100˝
120˝
150˝
200˝
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2´
2´5˝
2´10˝
3´3˝
3´8˝
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4´10˝
6´1˝
8´2˝
2´11˝
3´7˝
4´4˝
5´1˝
5´9˝
6´6˝
7´3˝
8´8˝
10´10˝
14´6˝
3´11˝
4´11˝
5´10˝
6´10˝
7´10˝
8´10˝
10´2˝
12´1˝
15´1˝
20´4˝
7´10˝
9´10˝
12´1˝
14´1˝
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Super-Easy Setup and Operation
An Elegant Addition to the Home Decor
Stylish Appearance
The PT-AX100U’s simple, elegant
design and attractive pearl white
body make a good fit with virtually
any interior décor. You get high-
quality home cinema with a touch
of style.
2x Optical Zoom Lens
The 2x optical zoom lens provides a
wide throwrange that gives you
outstanding setup flexibility.You can
project a 120-inch picture with the
PT-AX100U as close as 12.1 feet to
the screen or as far as 24.3 feet away. Position it on a table in
front of you, suspend it from the ceiling, place it on a bookshelf
behind you. With the PT-AX100U, you get the same superb large-
screen viewing in rooms large or small.
Vertical and Horizontal Lens Shift
Adjustthe positioning of the picture
vertically and horizontally by simply
operating a joystick. Unlike projec-
torswith electronic correction, in
the PT-AX100U the lens itself
moves, so there is no loss of image
quality.This advanced function adds
to the PT-AX100’s flexibility, making
it an ideal fit in your home.
Quiet Operation and Front Exhaust
Tominimize distractions, a quiet fan cuts noise to a mere whis-
per, while light leakage is reduced by using twin blades. Because
the exhaust fan is at the front of the projector, the PT-AX100U is
suitable for even narrow locations.
Simple, Convenient Remote Control
The newly redesigned
remote control has fewer
buttons and a more user-
friendly layout. The pic-
ture mode select buttons
have been divided into
“Theater Room” and
“Living Room” for easier
use, and the functions you
use mostarenow even
simpler tooperate.
On-Screen Input Guidance
Agraphic display on the screen shows which terminals have
been selected. If a termi-
nal with no input signal
has been selected, the
graphic indicator blinks to
inform you.
Other Features
• OSD color/position selectable
•Blue/black screen function
• Auto input search
• HDMI signal level selectable
• Off-timer
•Normal/economy lamp
power selection
• Built-in test pattern
Avariety of terminals including HDMI input

Specifications
Power supply
Power consumption
Amps
LCD panel*1
Panel size
Aspect ratio
Display method
Drive method
Pixels
Lens
Lamp*2
Brightness
Contrast
Center-to-corner uniformity ratio
Colors
Projection size
Throw distance
Screen aspect ratio
Resolution
Scanning frequency for RGB
100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
290 W (Approx. 0.08 W in standby
mode with fan stopped)
2.2 A–1.0 A
0.7˝ (17.78 mm) diagonally
16:9 aspect ratio
Transparent LCD panel (x 3, R/G/B)
Active matrix
921,600 (1280 x 720) x 3, total of
2,764,800 pixels
Manual zoom (2x)/Manual focus,
F1.9 - 3.1, f 21.7 mm - 43.1 mm
220 W UHM™ lamp
2,000 lumens*1
6,000:1*3(full on/full off)
85%
Full color (1,070,000,000 colors)
1,016–5,080 mm (40–200 inches) diag-
onally, 16:9 aspect ratio
1.2 m–12.4 m (3´11˝–40´8˝)
16:9 (4:3 compatible)
RGB: 1280 x 720 pixels (1920 x 1080
pixels with compression)
Horizontal: 30–70 kHz,
Vertical: 50–87 Hz
YPBPRsignal compatibility
Color system
Optical axis shift*4
Keystone correction range
Installation
OSD languages
Terminals
S-VIDEO IN
VIDEO IN
PC (RGB) IN
COMPONENT IN
HDMI IN
SERIAL
525i (480i), 525p (480p), 625i (576i),
625p (576p), 750 (720)/50p,
750 (720)/60p, 1,125 (1,080)/24p,
1,125 (1,080)/50i, 1,125 (1,080)/50p,
1,125 (1,080)/60i, 1,125 (1,080)/60p
NTSC, NTSC 4.43, PAL, PAL-M,
PAL-N, PAL 60, SECAM
Horizontal ±25% and vertical ±63%
Vertical: approx. ±30°
Ceiling/desk, front/rear
(menu selection)
English, French, German, Spanish,
Italian, Chinese, Korean, Russian,
Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish,
Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese, Thai
Mini DIN 4-pin x 1, Y: 1.0 Vp-p,
C: 0.286 Vp-p, 75 ohms
RCA pin x 1, 1.0 Vp-p, 75 ohms
D-sub HD 15-pin (female) x 1
R, G, B: 0.7 Vp-p (1.0 Vp-p for Sync on
G), 75 ohms
HD/SYNC, VD: TTL, high impedance
(positive/negative polarity)
RCA pin (Y, PB/CB, PR/CR)x1,
Y: 1.0 p-p, 75 ohms
PB/PR(CB/CR): 0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohms
19-pin HDMI connector x 1
Mini DIN 8-pin x 1 (RS-232C based)
Power cord length
Cabinet material
Dimensions*5
(W x H x D)
Weight
Operating environment
Remote control unit
Power supply
Operation range
Dimensions
(W x H x D)
Weight
Supplied accessories
Optional accessories
ET-LAX100
ET-PKX100
ET-ADSER
3m(9´10˝)
ABS/PC
395 x 112 x 300 mm
(15-17/32˝ x 4-13/32˝ x 11-25/32˝)
4.9 kg (10.8 lbs.)
Temperature: 0°–40°C (32°–104°F)
Humidity: 20%–80% (no condensation)
3VDC (UM-3 (AA) battery x 2)
Approx. 7 m (23´) when operated
from directly in front of the signal
receptor
48 x 138 x 28.35 mm
(1-7/8˝ x 7-27/32˝ x 1-3/32˝)
125 g (4.4 oz.) (including batteries)
Power cord, Wireless remote control
unit, Batteries for remote control
(UM-3 x 2)
Replacement lamp unit
Ceiling mount bracket
Serial adapter (DIN 8-pin/D-sub 9-pin)
271.1 (10-21/32)
112 (4-13/32)
121 (4-3/4)
69 (11/16)
300 (11-25/32)
395 (15-17/32)
102.5 (4-1/32)
Unit: mm (inch)
Dimensions
*1: The projector uses a type of liquid crystal panel that typicallyconsists of millions of pixels. This panel is built with very high-precision technology designed to provide one of the
finest possible images. Occasionally, a few pixels may remain turned on (bright) or turned off (dark). Please note that this is an intrinsic characteristic of the manufacturing
technology that affects all products using LCD technology.
*2: The projector uses a high-voltage mercury lamp that contains high internal pressure. This lamp may break, emitting a large sound, or fail to illuminate, due to impact or
extended use. The length of time that it takes for the lamp to break or fail to illuminate varies greatly depending on individual lamp characteristics and usage conditions.
*3: In AI mode, with dynamic iris on
*4: Shift range is limited during simultaneous horizontal and vertical shifting.
*5: Excluding protrusions
Ecology-Conscious Design
Panasonic strives to minimize environmental
impact caused by its products through careful
consideration of design, production, delivery,
process and product life cycle. The PT-AX100U
reflects the following ecological considerations.
•Lead-free solder is used to mount compo-
nents on the printed circuit boards.
•No halogenated flame retardants are used in
the cabinet.
• No polystyrene foam is used in the packing
materials.
• Lead-free glass is used for the lens.
• The packing case and operating manual are
made from recycled paper.
• Lamp power switching further reduces
power consumption.
•Standby power consumption is a mere 0.08
watts in the standby mode.
Panasonic Projector Systems Company
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Headquarters
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Secaucus, NJ 07094
888 411 1996
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CanadaL4W 2T3
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Please contact Panasonic or yourdealer for a demonstration.
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