Panasonic PT-AX200E User manual

High-Definition Home Cinema Projector
PT-AX200E
Home Theatre 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 favourite movies in high picture quality.
A Bigger Picture Brings Images to Life!
The PT-AX200E 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 Harmoniser 2 technology make it easy for people
to enjoy vibrant, dynamic images even if they don't have a special Theatre room. Panasonic’s advanced technologies
improve colour 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 realise an out-
standing brightness of 2,000 lumens, brightest in its class.*1
Light Harmoniser 2 Brings Crisp Picture in Various Lightings
Together with the 2,000-lumens brightness, Panasonic’s Light
Harmoniser 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 optimise the picture quality
at different lighting conditions.*2
Light Harmoniser 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-AX200E 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-AX200E to deliver true Hollywood picture quality, with
images that faithfully express the director’s artistic intent.
Pure Colour Filter
The Pure Colour 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 maximises
the performance of the LCD panels, which expands
the colour 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-AX200E 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 Harmoniser 2 Concept
*1: For LCD projectorswith native resolution of 720p, asof August 1, 2007.
*2: The Light Harmoniser 2 isset to Auto at the factory. There isalso a Manual mode if you want to fine-
tune the picture yourself.
PT-AX200E: Light Harmoniser 2
A 1,000-lumen class projector
ConventionalThe Game mode reveals more details in
dark areas.
High-Definition
Home Cinema Projector
PT-AX200E
High-precision iris
mechanism
ConventionalPT-AX200E

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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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
ceiling, 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 elimi-
nates 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 “Theatre 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 equalising function
lets you adjust the high, mid and low gamma
levels. • Up to eight sets of adjustment set-
tings can be stored in memory with custom
names that make them easy to remember.
• Scene-adaptive residing LSI improves quali-
ty when residing 480p images or those from
other sources with resolution lower than the
PT-AX200’s native resolution. • Cinema
Colour Management allows individual colour
correction • Scene-adaptive MPEG noise
reduction effectively blocks regular noise and
minimises 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-AX200E 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
Colour 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
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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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Screen
Back-lit buttons
120-inch screen
Minimum distance: 12 feet 1 inch
Maximum distance: 24 feet 3 inches
PT-AX200E1-07SEP50K Printed in Japan.