USER’S GUIDE BOXLIGHT MP-385t
TO THE OWNER Before operating this projector, read this manual thoroughly and operate the projector properly. This projector provides many convenient features and functions. Operating the projector properly enables you to manage those features and maintains it in better condition for a considerable time. Improper operation may result in not only shortening the product-life, but also malfunctions, fire hazard, or other accidents.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. Read all of the instructions given here and retain them for later use. Unplug this projector from AC power supply before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. This projector should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label.
COMPLIANCES Federal Communication Commission Notice Note : This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES AND DESIGN PREPARATION NAME OF EACH PART OF PROJECTOR SETTING-UP PROJECTOR CONNECTING AC POWER CORD POSITIONING PROJECTOR ADJUSTABLE FEET MOVING PROJECTOR 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 CONNECTING PROJECTOR 11 TERMINALS OF PROJECTOR CONNECTING TO COMPUTER CONNECTING TO VIDEO EQUIPMENT 11 12 13 BEFORE OPERATION OPERATION OF REMOTE CONTROL LASER POINTER FUNCTION REMOTE CONTROL BATTERIES INSTALLATION TOP CONTROLS AND INDICATORS OPERATING ON-SCREEN MENU HOW TO OPERATE ON-SCREEN MENU FLOW OF
FEATURES AND DESIGN This Multimedia Projector is designed with most advanced technology for portability, durability, and ease of use. This projector utilizes built-in multimedia features, a palette of 16.77 million colors, and matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. ◆ Compact Design This projector is extremely compact in size and weight. It is designed to carry and work anywhere you wish to use.
PREPARATION NAME OF EACH PART OF PROJECTOR FRONT OF CABINET TOP CONTROLS AND INDICATORS PROJECTION LENS AIR INTAKE VENT LENS COVER BACK OF CABINET EXHAUST VENT INFRARED REMOTE RECEIVER SPEAKERS INFRARED REMOTE RECEIVER POWER CORD CONNECTOR HOT AIR EXHAUSTED ! Air blown from exhaust vent is hot. When using or installing a projector, following precautions should be taken. ● Do not put a flammable object near this vent.
PREPARATION SETTING-UP PROJECTOR CONNECTING AC POWER CORD This projector uses nominal input voltages of 100-120 V or 200-240 V AC. This projector automatically selects correct input voltage. It is designed to work with single-phase power systems having a grounded neutral conductor. To reduce risk of electrical shock, do not plug into any other type of power system. Consult your authorized dealer or service station if you are not sure of type of power supply being in use.
PREPARATION POSITIONING PROJECTOR ● This projector is designed to project on a flat projection surface. ● Projector can be focused from 4.6’ (1.4m) ~ 47.3’ (14.4m). ● Refer to figure below to adjust screen size. ROOM LIGHT Brightness in room has a great influence on picture quality. It is recommended to limit ambient lighting in order to provide best image. 47.3’(14.4m) 35.4’(10.8m) 23.6’(7.2m) 308” 200” 100” 40” 400” 300” 11.8’(3.6m) 4.6’(1.4m) Max. Zoom 231” Min.
PREPARATION ADJUSTABLE FEET Picture tilt and projection angle can be adjusted by rotating ADJUSTABLE FEET. Projection angle can be adjusted to 10.5 degrees. 1 Lift front of a projector and pull FEET LOCK LATCHES on both sides of a projector. 2 Release FEET LOCK LATCHES to lock ADJUSTABLE FEET and rotate ADJUSTABLE FEET to fine tune position and tilt. 3 To shorten ADJUSTABLE FEET, lift front of a projector and pull and undo FEET LOCK LATCHES.
CONNECTING PROJECTOR TERMINALS OF PROJECTOR This projector has input and output terminals on its back for connecting computers and video equipment. Refer to figures on pages 11 to 13 and connect properly. COMPUTER AUDIO INPUT (1 and 2) JACKS Connect an audio output (stereo) from computer to these jacks. (Refer to P12.) COMPUTER INPUT TERMINALS (DIGITAL/ANALOG) Connect computer (digital/analog) output to one of these terminals. (Refer to P12.
CONNECTING PROJECTOR CONNECTING TO COMPUTER Cables used for connection (✽ = Cable or adapter is not supplied with this projector.) • VGA Cable (HDB 15 pin) • USB Cable ✽ • MAC Adapter (When connecting to Macintosh computer) • DVI-Digital Cable (for Single Link T.M.D.S.
CONNECTING PROJECTOR CONNECTING TO VIDEO EQUIPMENT Cables used for connection (✽ = Cable is not supplied with this projector.) • Video Cable (RCA x 1 or RCA x 3) ✽ • BNC Cable ✽ • S-VIDEO Cable ✽ • Audio Cable (RCA x 2) ✽ Video Source (example) Component video output equipment. Video Cassette Recorder (such as DVD player or high-definition TV source.
BEFORE OPERATION OPERATION OF REMOTE CONTROL Left Side LASER POINTER INDICATOR POWER ON-OFF BUTTON ON Lights red while laser beam is emitted from Laser Light Window. ON-OFF ZOOM Used to turn projector on or off. (P19) FOCUS VOLUME LOCK F ALL OF INPUT BUTTON Used to select input source. (P22) MUTE D.ZOOM INPUT MENU BUTTON POINT BUTTON Used to select MENU operation. (P17, 18) Used to move a pointer on ONSCREEN MENU, adjust each item, or pan image in DIGITAL ZOOM +/– mode.
BEFORE OPERATION Operating Range ZOOM BUTTON ON-OFF Used to adjust zoom. (P20) ZOOM FOCUS VOLUME LOCK FOCUS BUTTON VOLUME BUTTON Used to adjust volume. (P21) MUTE D.ZOOM INPUT Used to adjust focus. (P20) Point Remote Control Unit toward projector (Receiver Window) whenever pressing any button. Maximum operating range for Remote Control Unit is about 16.4’ (5m) and 60° in front and rear of a projector. D.ZOOM BUTTON Used to select DIGITAL ZOOM +/– mode and resize image.
BEFORE OPERATION TOP CONTROLS AND INDICATORS This projector has CONTROL BUTTONS (TOP CONTROLS) and INDICATORS on its top. LAMP REPLACE INDICATOR WARNING TEMP. INDICATOR READY INDICATOR LAMP INDICATOR Turns to yellow when life of projection lamp draws to an end. (P39) Flashes red when internal projector temperature is too high. (P38) Lights green when a projector is ready to be turned on. And it flashes green in Power Management mode. (P36) Becomes dim when a projector is turned on.
OPERATING ON-SCREEN MENU HOW TO OPERATE ON-SCREEN MENU You can control and adjust this projector through ON-SCREEN MENU. Refer to following pages to operate each adjustment on ON-SCREEN MENU. WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL POINT BUTTON Used to move Pointer UP/ DOWN/ RIGHT/ LEFT. 1 DISPLAY MENU Press MENU button to display ON-SCREEN MENU. 2 MOVING POINTER Move pointer (✽ see below) or adjust value of item by pressing POINT button(s) on Top Control or on Remote Control Unit.
BEFORE OPERATION MENU BAR FOR PC SOURCE Press MENU BUTTON while connecting to PC input source. IMAGE SELECT MENU SCREEN MENU SETTING MENU Used to adjust size of image. [Normal / True / Wide / Digital zoom +/–] (Refer to P29) Used to change settings of projector or reset Lamp Replace Counter. (Refer to P35,-37) GUIDE WINDOW PC SYSTEM MENU Shows selected item of ONSCREEN MENU. Used to select computer system. (Refer to P22, 23) Used to select image level among Standard, Real and Image 1 ~ 4.
BEFORE OPERATION TURNING ON / OFF PROJECTOR TURNING ON PROJECTOR 1 Complete peripheral connections (with Computer, VCR, etc.) before turning on projector. (Refer to "CONNECTING TO PROJECTOR" on pages 11~13 for connecting that equipment.) 2 Connect a projector's AC Power Cord into an AC outlet. LAMP Indicator lights RED, and READY Indicator lights GREEN. NOTE : When “On start” function is ON, this projector is turned on automatically by connecting AC Power Cord to an AC outlet. (Refer to pages 35, 36.
BASIC OPERATION ADJUSTING SCREEN ZOOM ADJUSTMENT 1 Press ZOOM button on Top Control or ZOOM ▲/▼ button on Remote Control Unit. Message “Zoom” is displayed. 2 Press ZOOM ▲ button or POINT UP button to make image larger, and press ZOOM ▼ button or POINT DOWN button to make image smaller. Zoom Message disappears after 4 seconds. FOCUS ADJUSTMENT 1 Press FOCUS button on Top Control or FOCUS ▲/▼ button on Remote Control Unit. Message “Focus” is displayed.
BASIC OPERATION PICTURE FREEZE FUNCTION Press FREEZE button on Remote Control Unit to freeze picture on-screen. To cancel FREEZE function, press FREEZE button again or press any other button except POINT / SELECT / RIGHT CLICK / P-TIMER / LASER button. NO SHOW FUNCTION Press NO SHOW button on Remote Control Unit to black out image. To restore to normal, press NO SHOW button again or press any other button except POINT / SELECT / RIGHT CLICK / P-TIMER / LASER button.
COMPUTER INPUT SELECTING INPUT SOURCE INPUT button DIRECT OPERATION INPUT 1 Choose Computer by pressing INPUT button on Top Control or on Remote Control Unit. If projector cannot reproduce proper image, select correct input source through MENU OPERATION (see below). INPUT 2 INPUT 3 MENU OPERATION 1 2 Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT buttons to select Input and press SELECT button. Another dialog box INPUT SELECT Menu will appear.
COMPUTER INPUT AUTOMATIC MULTI-SCAN SYSTEM This projector automatically tunes to most different types of computers based on VGA, SVGA, XGA or SXGA (refer to “COMPATIBLE COMPUTER SPECIFICATION” on page 26). When selecting Computer, this projector automatically tunes to incoming signal and projects proper image without any special setting. (Some computers need setting manually.) Note : Projector may display one of following messages.
COMPUTER INPUT MANUAL PC ADJUSTMENT This projector can automatically tune to display signals from most personal computers currently distributed. However, some computers employ special signal formats which are different from standard ones and may not be tuned by Multi-Scan system of this projector. If this happens, projector cannot reproduce a proper image and image may be recognized as a flickering picture, a non-synchronized picture, a non-centered picture or a skewed picture.
COMPUTER INPUT Display area Selects area displayed with this projector. Select resolution at Display area dialog box. Press SELECT button at Display area icon and Display area dialog box appears. Display area H Adjustment of horizontal area displayed with this projector. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s) to decrease/increase value and then press SELECT button. Display area Display area V Adjustment of vertical area displayed with this projector.
COMPUTER INPUT COMPATIBLE COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS Basically this projector can accept a signal from all computers with V, H-Frequency mentioned below and less than 160 MHz of Dot Clock.
COMPUTER INPUT PICTURE IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS IMAGE LEVEL SELECT (DIRECT) Select image level among Standard, Real, Image 1, Image 2, Image 3 and Image 4 by pressing IMAGE button on Top Control or on Remote Control Unit. IMAGE button Standard Real Standard Normal picture level preset on this projector. Image 1 Real Picture level with improved halftone for graphics. Image 2 IMAGE 1~4 User preset picture adjustment in IMAGE ADJUST Menu (P28).
COMPUTER INPUT IMAGE LEVEL ADJUSTMENT 1 Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT buttons to move a red frame pointer to IMAGE ADJUST Menu icon. 2 Press POINT DOWN button to move a red frame pointer to item that you want to adjust and then press SELECT button. Level of each item is displayed. Adjust each level by pressing POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s). IMAGE ADJUST MENU Move a red frame pointer to item to be selected and then press SELECT button.
COMPUTER INPUT PICTURE SCREEN ADJUSTMENT This projector has a picture screen resize function, which enables you to display desirable image size. 1 Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s) to move a red frame pointer to SCREEN Menu icon. 2 Press POINT DOWN button and move a red frame pointer to function that you want to select and then press SELECT button. SCREEN MENU SCREEN Menu icon Move red frame to function and press SELECT button.
VIDEO INPUT SELECTING INPUT SOURCE WHEN SELECT INPUT 2 (5 BNC INPUT JACKS ) When connecting to those equipment, select a type of Video source in SOURCE SELECT Menu. 1 2 3 INPUT MENU Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button to move a red frame pointer to INPUT Menu icon. Press POINT DOWN button to move a red arrow pointer to Input 2 and then press SELECT button. Source Select Menu will appear.
VIDEO INPUT SELECTING VIDEO SYSTEM 1 Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT buttons to move a red frame pointer to AV SYSTEM Menu icon. 2 Press POINT DOWN button to move a red arrow pointer to system that you want to select and then press SELECT button. VIDEO JACK OR S-VIDEO JACK Auto Projector automatically detects incoming Video system, and adjusts itself to optimize its performance. When Video System is PAL-M or PAL-N, select system manually first.
VIDEO INPUT PICTURE IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS IMAGE LEVEL SELECT (DIRECT) Select image level among Standard, Cinema, Image 1, Image 2, Image 3 and Image 4 by pressing IMAGE button on Top Control or on Remote Control Unit. IMAGE button Standard Cinema Standard Normal picture level preset on this projector. Image 1 Cinema Picture level adjusted for picture with fine tone. Image 2 IMAGE 1~4 User preset picture adjustment in IMAGE ADJUST Menu (P34).
VIDEO INPUT IMAGE LEVEL ADJUSTMENT 1 Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s) to move a red frame pointer to IMAGE ADJUST Menu icon. 2 Press POINT DOWN button to move a red frame pointer to item that you want to adjust and then press SELECT button. Level of each item is displayed. Adjust each level by pressing POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s). IMAGE ADJUST MENU Move a red frame pointer to item to be selected and then press SELECT button.
VIDEO INPUT 3 Store To store adjustment data, move a red frame pointer to Store icon and press SELECT button. Image Level Menu will appear. Move a red frame pointer to Image Level 1 to 4 and then press SELECT button. Image Level Menu Move a red frame pointer to image icon to be set and then press SELECT button. Other icons operates as follows. Reset Reset all adjustment to previous figure. Quit Store icon Closes IMAGE MENU.
SETTING SETTING MENU 1 Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s) to move a red-frame pointer to SETTING icon. 2 Press POINT DOWN button to move a red-frame pointer to item that you want to set and then press SELECT button. Setting dialog box appears. SETTING MENU Set a red frame pointer to item and press SELECT button.
SETTING Power management This function turns Projection Lamp off when this projector detects signal interruption and is not used for a certain period in order to reduce power consumption and maintain Lamp-life. (This projector is shipped with this function ON.) Power Management function operates to turn Projection Lamp off when input signal is interrupted and any button is not pressed over 5 minutes. This function operates as follows; 1.
SETTING/APPENDIX USB This Projector is equipped with USB port for interactive operation between a projector and computer. Set mode following steps below. USB Wireless Mouse mode Select " this projector. Press SELECT button at this icon to display previous items. " when controlling a computer with Remote Control of Projector mode Select " Move pointer to item and then press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s). " when controlling a projector with computer.
APPENDIX MAINTENANCE WARNING TEMP. INDICATOR WARNING TEMP. Indicator flashes red when an internal temperature of a projector exceeds normal temperature. This Indicator stops flashing when temperature of a projector returns to normal. When WARNING TEMP. Indicator continues to flash, check items listed below. 1 2 3 Ventilation Slots of a projector may be blocked. In such an event, reposition a projector so that Ventilation Slots are not obstructed. Air Filter may be clogged with dust particles.
APPENDIX LAMP REPLACEMENT When life of Projection Lamp of this projector draws to an end, LAMP REPLACEMENT indicator lights yellow. When a projected image becomes dark or color of an image becomes unnatural, replacement of Projection Lamp is required. CAUTION CAUTION For continued safety, replace with a lamp assembly of same type. Allow a projector to cool for at least 45 minutes before you open Lamp Cover. Inside of a projector can become very hot.
APPENDIX TROUBLESHOOTING Before calling your dealer or service center for assistance, check matters below once again. 1. Make sure you have connected a projector to your computer or video equipment as described in section "CONNECTING PROJECTOR" on pages 11 ~ 13. 2. Check cable connection. Verify that all computer, video and power cord are properly connected. 3. Verify that all power is switched on. 4. If a projector still does not produce an image, re-start your computer. 5.
APPENDIX Problem: Try these Solution Remote Control Unit does not work. ● ● ● ● Wireless Mouse function does not work. ● Check cable connection between a projector and your computer. ● Check mouse setting on your computer. ● Turn a projector on before turning on a computer. Check batteries. Check ALL-OFF switch on Remote Control Unit is set to “ON.”. Make sure nothing is between Infrared Remote Receiver and Remote Control Unit.
APPENDIX TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Projector Type Dimensions (W x H x D) Net Weight LCD Panel System Panel Resolution Number of Pixels Color System High Definition TV Signal Scanning Frequency Projection Lens Throw distance Motorized Lens Shift Multi-media Projector 12.6" x 6.6" x 16.8" (319 mm x 168 mm x 429.5 mm) 17.4 lbs (7.9 kg) 1.3" TFT Active Matrix type, 3 panels 1024 x 768 dots 2,359,296 (1024 x 768 x 3 panels) PAL, SECAM, NTSC, NTSC4.
APPENDIX CONFIGURATIONS OF TERMINALS COMPUTER INPUT-1 TERMINAL (ANALOG) Terminal : HDB15-PIN Connect display output terminal of computer to this terminal with VGA Cable (supplied). When connecting Macintosh computer, MAC Adapter (not supplied) is required. Pin Configuration 4 5 10 15 14 2 3 9 8 13 1 7 12 6 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Red Input Green Input Blue Input Sense 2 Ground (Horiz.sync.) Ground (Red) Ground (Green) Ground (Blue) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 +5V Power Ground (Vert.sync.
LIMITED WARRANTY BOXLIGHT CORPORATION ("BOXLIGHT") warrants that each Boxlight MP-385t ("the Product") sold hereunder will conform to and function in accordance with the written specifications of BOXLIGHT. Said limited warranty shall apply only to the first person or entity that purchases the Product for personal or business use and not for the purpose of distribution or resale. Said warranty shall continue for a period of two (2) years from the date of such purchase.
