Dell 5100MP Projector Owners Manual

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Management Menu
MENU LOCATION—Select the location of the 
OSD on the screen.
P
ROJECTION MODE—Select how the image 
appears:
•  Front Projection-Desktop (the default). 
•  Rear Projection-Desktop-- The projector 
reverses the image so you can project from 
behind a translucent screen. 
•  Front Projection-Ceiling Mount-- The 
projector turns the image upside down for 
ceiling-mounted projection.
•  Rear Projection-Ceiling Mount-- The 
projector reverses and turns the image upside 
down. You can project from behind a 
translucent screen with a ceiling-mounted 
projection.
SIGNAL TYPE—Show signal type RGB, YCbCr, 
YPbPr.
L
AMP HOUR—Display the operating hours 
since the lamp timer reset.
L
AMP RESET—After you install a new lamp, 
select Ye s to reset the lamp timer.
P
OWER SAVING—Select Ye s to set the power saving delay period. The delay period is 
the amount of time you want the projector to wait without signal input. After that 
set time, the projector enters power saving mode and turns off the lamp. The 
projector turns back on when it detects an input signal or you press the power 
button. After two hours, the projector turns off and you need to press the power 
button to turn the projector on.
OSD L
OCK—Select Ye s to enable OSD Lock for hiding the OSD menu. (Or 
pressing the Menu button on control for 15 seconds), and select 
No to 
disable the 
OSD Lock for hiding the OSD menu. (Or pressing the Menu 
button on control for 15 seconds again).
RF_CH LEARNING—Refer to page 36.
ECO MODE—Select On to use the projector at a lower power level (250 Watts), 
which may provide longer lamp life, quieter operating and dimmer luminance 
output on the screen. Select Off to operate at normal power level (300 Watts).  
						

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AUTO SOURCE—Select On (the default) to autodetect the available input signals. 
When the projector is on and you press SOURCE, it automatically finds the next 
available input signal. Select Off to lock the current input signal. When Off is 
selected and you press SOURCE, you select which input signal you want to use.
OSD T
IMEOUT—Adjust the time delay of the OSD Timeout. The Default setting is 
30 seconds.
T
EST PATTERN—Select On to come up the built-in Te s t  Pa t t e r n for self-testing on 
focus and resolution.
P
ASSWORD ENABLE—Select On to set 
one password for individual. Select 
Off to disable the password 
function.
C
HANGE PASSWORD—Press to change the password to your preference. 
						

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Language Menu
Press   or   to select the preferred 
language for the OSD. 
PIP Setting Menu
 NOTE 1: PIP Image is enabled only 
when both the following types of signals 
are connected to the projector. 
Type 1: S-Video, Composite Video, M1-D, 
and
Type 2: D-sub, BNC, Component, HDMI, 
M1 signals.
 NOTE 2: When swapping the 
foreground and background displays, the smallest screen size of foreground 
display will vary depending on different combinations of signal sources for 
PIP. 
						

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PIP IMAGE —Select On to enter Options to 
select following settings. Select 
Off to 
disable the picture-in-picture display 
function.
PIP SOURCE —Use PIP Source to step through 
the display source one by one for the 
foreground display. The possible PIP source is 
available in the OSD selection depending on 
the current primary input source. The possible 
combination of the sources refer to page 56. 
PIP S
IZE —Adjust the image size of the foreground display.  
PIP X P
OSITION —Horizontally adjust the image position of the PIP display.  
PIP Y P
OSITION —Vertically adjust the image position of the PIP display.  
PBP I
MAGE —Select On to enable the picture-by-picture display. Select Off to 
disable the picture-by-picture function. 
Network Settings Menu
DHCP —Select On to assign an IP address to 
the projector from a DHCP server 
automatically. Select Off to assign an IP 
address manually. 
IP A
DDRESS—Press Enter to set up an IP 
address. Press left or right button to select the 
number position, up or down button to change 
the number. 
S
UBNET MASK—Press Enter to set up an subnet 
mask number. Press left or right button to 
select the number position, up or down button 
to change the number. 
G
ATEWAY—Select to set the default gateway of 
the network connected to the projector. Press 
left or right button to select the number 
position, up or down button to change the number. 
DNS—Type in the IP address of DNS server on the network connected to the 
projector. 12 numeric characters are used. 
A
PPLY CHANGE—Press to confirm the settings.  
R
ESET NETWORK SETTING—Press to the default setting.   
						

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Factory Reset Menu
FACTORY RESET—Select Ye s to reset the 
projector to its factory default settings. Reset 
items include both computer image and video 
image settings.
Computer Source Menu
 NOTE: This menu is only available connected to a computer.
F
REQUENCY—Change the display data clock 
frequency to match the frequency of your 
computer graphics card. If you see a vertical 
flickering bar, use Frequency control to 
minimize the bars. This is a coarse adjustment. 
T
RACKING—Synchronize the phase of the 
display signal with the graphic card. If you 
experience an unstable or flickering image, use 
the Tr a c k i n g to correct it. This is a fine 
adjustment.
 
NOTE: Adjust the Frequency first and then the Tracking.
H
OR. POSITION—Press  to adjust the horizontal position of the image to the 
left and   to adjust the horizontal position of the image to the right.
VER. POSITION—Press  to adjust the vertical position of the image down and 
 to adjust the vertical position of the image up. 
						

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Video Source Menu
 NOTE: This menu is only available with S-video, Video (composite) signal 
connected.
S
ATURATION—Adjust a video source from black 
and white to fully saturated color. Press   to 
decrease the amount of color in the image and 
 to increase the amount of color in the 
image. 
S
HARPNESS—Press  to decrease the 
sharpness and   to increase the sharpness.
TINT—Press  to increase the amount of 
green in the image and   to increase the 
amount of red in the image.
RF Learning Connections
Auto Learning to Change RF Channel  Between 
Remote Controller and Projector
• Power on the projector.
• Press the Menu button on control 
panel, then enter to 
Management--
>
RF_Ch Learning  menu.
• Select 
Ye s with the control buttons to 
enter the 
Learning Standby mode. The 
projector will switch to standby mode 
for 
RF Learning and display the RF 
Learning 
menu. 
• Open the battery cover on the remote 
control and press the 
Prgm button to 
initiate the 
RF Learning process for the 
remote control and projector. 
Back to Factory Default for the RF Channel 
• Select Ye s on RF Learning Setting 
menu and then enter the
 RF Reset to 
Default
 menu. Select Reset to Default 
Channel
, the projector will back to the 
factory default channel.  
						

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•Press the Prgm button on the remote control for 5 seconds to reset the 
transmitter to the factory default channel. 
• The successful reset back to the default channel on both ends can be 
confirmed when the remote control transmitter controls the projector. 
Auto Learning to Change RF Channel Between Remote Controller and USB 
Wireless Dongle
Step 1 Open the cover of the remote control.
Step 2 Push the dongle.
Step 3 Take out the dongle from the remote control.
Step 4 Plug the dongle in the USB port on your desktop or notebook 
computer, the dongle will show red .
Step 5 Press the LED button on the dongle and it will flash red for 
13 seconds.
Step 6 Press the Prgm button in the rear of the remote control, within 
13 seconds to initate the RF Learning process. 
• If the processes are successful, the dongle LED will 
remain red and stop flashing. 
• Checking the mouse function are enable by using the 
remote control, if it has done, the dongle LED will show 
a green signal. 
Step 7 Using the remote control to manage your desktop or notebook 
computer. 
						

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To Manage the Projector from Web Management
Configuring the Network Setting
If the projector is connected to a network, you can access the projector using 
a web browser by configuring the network setting (TCP/IP). When using the 
network function, the IP address should be unique. For configuring the 
network setting, refer to Network Setting Menu in page 34.
Accessing Web Management 
Use Internet Explorer 5.0 and above or Netscape Navigator 7.0 and above 
and enter the IP address. You can now access 
Web Management and manage 
the projector from a remote location. 
						

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Managing Properties 
Home
Displays Group name, Projector name, Location, Contact, Lamp hours, 
Firmware version, IP address, MAC address and Admin password 
information.