Panasonic PT-AX200 User manual

High-Definition Home Cinema Projector
PT-AX200U
Home Theater Made Easy to Meet Your Lifestyle

Enjoy sports programs, cartoons and TV shows with family.
Play video games by projecting the image onto a big screen.
Watch your favorite movies in high picture quality.
A Bigger Picture Brings Images to Life!
The PT-AX200U is ideal for watching sports events or playing video games in daytime conditions and surely for viewing
movies in a dark room. Powerful 2,000-lumen brightness and new Light Harmonizer 2 technology make it easy for people to
enjoy vibrant, dynamic images even if they don't have a special theater room. Panasonic’s advanced technologies improve
color reproduction accuracy in movies, to deliver images with a refined “Hollywood picture quality,” making this projector
ideal as the heart of a home cinema system.

2,000-Lumen Brightness—Brightest in its Class*1
Panasonic developed an extremely powerful lamp to realize an out-
standing brightness of 2,000 lumens, brightest in its class.*1
Light Harmonizer 2 Brings Crisp Picture in Various Lightings
Together with the 2,000-lumens brightness, Panasonic’s Light
Harmonizer 2 technology produces vivid and easy to see images even
in the kind of bright lighting that makes images from other projectors
look whitish, faded or lacking in
detail. In addition, it has a built-in
ambient light sensor (ALS) that mea-
sures the amount of light in your
room to optimize the picture quality
at different lighting conditions.*2
Light Harmonizer 2 circuit not only
adjusts the gamma curve, but also
controls iris setting, lamp power, and
picture sharpness to maintain easy,
comfortable viewing at all times.
Game Mode for Stress-Free Playing
The PT-AX200U features a “Game” mode that improves
signal processing for better response, allowing you to
play games with minimal stress. It also reveals gradation in saturated
areas to show details that are otherwise lost in very dark areas.
Cinema 1 Mode Offers Hollywood Picture Quality
Panasonic worked with experts in Hollywood—the movie capital of the
world—to create the ideal image reproduction for viewing movies. This
allows the PT-AX200U to deliver true Hollywood picture quality, with
images that faithfully express the director’s artistic intent.
Pure Color Filter
The Pure Color Filter was born from Panasonic’s
pursuit of optical technology that delivers true
Hollywood picture quality. The light spectrum is
adjusted to produce a level of light that maximizes
the performance of the LCD panels, which expands
the color range and produces truer blacks.
Smooth Screen Technology
Developed exclusively by Panasonic, this
effectively reduces the black lines between
pixels that mar picture quality. The high-
definition picture of the PT-AX200U is
remarkably smooth and film-like, while
remaining amazingly sharp and detailed.
Dynamic Iris
Dynamic Iris has been refined to provide deeper,
richer blacks needed for true image reproduction
with stunning smoothness. This technology adjusts
the lamp power, iris, and gamma curve according to
data obtained from frame-by-frame histogram analy-
sis of the image brightness level.
Advanced Dynamic Sharpness Control
The new Advanced Dynamic Sharpness Control determines image areas
that need to be sharpened at varying degrees by examining small
changes in brightness levels within the image. This greatly reduces
noise amplification and delivers clear and natural looking images.
ALS
Light
Harmonizer 2
circuit
Projecto
r
Screen
• Gamma curve
• Iris
• Lamp powers
• Sharpness
Light Harmonizer 2 Concept
*1: For LCD projectorswith native resolution of 720p, asof August 1, 2007.
*2: The Light Harmonizer 2 isset to Auto at the factory. There isalso a Manual mode if you want to fine-
tune the picture yourself.
PT-AX200U: Light Harmonizer 2
A 1,000-lumen class projector
ConventionalThe Game mode reveals more details in dark
areas.
High-Definition
Home Cinema Projector
PT-AX200U
High-precision iris
mechanism
ConventionalPT-AX200U

2x Optical Zoom Lens
The 2x optical zoom lens provides a wide
throw range that gives you outstanding setup
flexibility, letting you enjoy large-screen view-
ing in different sized rooms. Position it on a
table in front of you, suspend it from the ceil-
ing, or place it on a bookshelf behind you.
Vertical and Horizontal Lens Shift
Adjust the positioning of the picture vertically
and horizontally by simply operating a joy-
stick. The shift range is 63% of the screen
height for vertical adjustment, and 25% of the
screen width for horizontal adjustment.
Two HDMI Inputs
Two HDMI inputs let you connect two devices,
such as a BD player and game console, at
the same time, using HDMI cables. This elim-
inates the need for an
HDMI switcher.
Simple, Convenient Remote Control
The remote control is intu-
itively laid out for ease of
use. The picture mode
select buttons are divided
into “Theater Room” and
“Living Room” to separate
the modes into those rec-
ommended for dark room
viewing and bright room
viewing respectively.
Other Features
• Seven picture modes include game, vivid
cinema, normal, dynamic, cinema 1, cinema 2
and natural. • User equalizing function lets
you adjust the high, mid and low gamma lev-
els. • Up to eight sets of adjustment settings
can be stored in memory with custom names
that make them easy to remember. • Scene-
adaptive resizing LSI improves quality when
resizing 480p images or those from other
sources with resolution lower than the
PT-AX200’s native resolution. • Cinema Color
Management allows individual color correc-
tion • Scene-adaptive MPEG noise reduction
effectively blocks regular noise and minimizes
mosquito noise. • 24p compatible
• Progressive cinema scan (3/2 pulldown) and
HD IP • Quiet operation (25 dB) and front
exhaust • On-screen input guidance • Auto
input search • Off-timer • Normal/economy
lamp power selection • Built-in test pattern
PT-AX200U Specifications
Power supply
Power consumption
LCD panel*1
Panel size
Aspect ratio
Display method
Pixels
Lens
Lamp*2
Brightness*3
Contrast*3
Resolution
YPBPR signal compatibility
Color system
Optical axis shift*5
Keystone correction range
Terminals
HDMI IN
COMPUTER IN
COMPONENT IN
S-VIDEO IN
VIDEO IN
SERIAL
Dimensions*6(W x H x D)
Weight
Operating environment
Supplied accessories
Optional accessories
ET-LAX100
ET-PKX200
ET-ADSER
100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
290 W (Approx. 0.08 W in standby mode with fan stopped)
0.7˝ (17.78 mm) diagonally
16:9 aspect ratio
Transparent LCD panel (x 3, R/G/B)
921,600 (1280 x 720) x 3, total of 2,764,800 pixels
Manual zoom (2x)/Manual focus, F 1.9 - 3.1, f 21.7 mm - 43.1 mm
220 W UHM™ lamp
2,000 lumens*4
6,000:1*4(full on/full off)
RGB: 1280 x 720 pixels (1920 x 1080 pixels with compression)
480i (525i), 480p (525p), 576i (625i), 576p (625p), 720 (750)/50p, 720 (750)/60p, 1,080
(1,125)/24p, 1,080 (1,125)/50i, 1,080 (1,125)/50p, 1,080 (1,125)/60i, 1,080 (1,125)/60p
NTSC, NTSC 4.43, PAL, PAL-M, PAL-N, PAL 60, SECAM
Horizontal ±25% and vertical ±63%
Vertical: approx. ±30°
HDMI connector x 2
D-sub HD 15-pin (female) x 1
RCA pin (Y, PB/CB, PR/CR) x 1
Mini DIN 4-pin x 1
RCA pin x 1
Mini DIN 8-pin x 1 (RS-232C based)
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)
Power cord, Wireless remote control unit, Batteries for remote control (AA type x 2)
Replacement lamp unit
Ceiling mount bracket
Serial adapter (DIN 8-pin/D-sub 9-pin)
*1: The projector uses a type of liquid crystal panel that typically consists 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 illumi-
nate, 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 individ-
ual lamp characteristics and usage conditions.
*3: Measurement, measuring conditions, and method of notation all comply
with ISO 21118 international standards.
*4: In AI mode, with dynamic iris on
*5: Shift range is limited during simultaneous horizontal and vertical shifting.
*6: Excluding protrusions
Panasonic Projector Systems Company
www.panasonic.com/projectors
Headquarters
3 Panasonic Way, 4B-9
Secaucus, NJ 07094
888 411 1996
Panasonic Canada Inc.
5770 Ambler Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L4W 2T3
905 624 5010
Please contact Panasonic or your dealer for a demonstration.
Weights and dimensions shown are approximate. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
This product may be subject to export control regulations. UHM is a trademark of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,
Ltd. VGA and XGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. HDMI, the HDMI logo and
High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
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Image Size/Projection Distance
Diagonal length
Projection size (16:9) Projection distance (L)
Min. distance (LW) Max. distance (LT)
1.01 m
1.52 m
2.03 m
2.54 m
3.05 m
3.81 m
5.08 m
1.2 m
1.8 m
2.4 m
3.1 m
3.7 m
4.6 m
6.2 m
2.4 m
3.7 m
4.9 m
6.2 m
7.4 m
9.3 m
12.4 m
40˝
60˝
80˝
100˝
120˝
150˝
200˝
3´11˝
5´10˝
7´10˝
10´2˝
12´1˝
15´1˝
20´4˝
7´10˝
12´1˝
16´
20´4˝
24´3˝
30´6˝
40´8˝
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PT-AX200U1-07SEP30K Printed in Japan.
L (LW/LT)
Screen
Back-lit buttons
120-inch screen
Minimum distance: 12 feet 1 inch
Maximum distance: 24 feet 3 inches