Sony VPL-CX125 manual

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    3-211-161- 13 (1) Data Projector Opera ting Instru ctions for Ne twor k © 2007 Sony Cor poration VPL-CX155/CX125 VPL-CW125[...]

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    2 © 2007 Sony Corpor ation . All rig hts reserved. T radema rk Notice • W indo ws and Micr osof t are reg ister ed trade marks of M icrosof t C orporati on in the Unite d States and othe r coun tries. • Int el and Pe ntium ar e the registe red trademarks of Intel Corp oration. • Air Shot is the t radem ark of Sony Corpor ation. • Othe r sy[...]

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    3 Before Oper ation Bef ore Operation Thi s unit is equip ped wi th th e network presentatio n and c ontrol fu nction. Any image of a co mputer, if it is connect ed to a LAN by wired or wireless connection, can b e projec ted by connec tin g a network cable to t he N ETWORK conne ctor (RJ45) of the proj ector . Operations su ch as po wer on/of f or[...]

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    4 Before Oper ation first proj ector . If you use VPL-CW 125 and another mo del at the same time, conn ect VPL-C W125 as the second or third, et c. The netw ork pre sentati on functi on supp lied with VPL -CX15 5/CX125 /CW125 s eries , etc. is compa tible with Air S hot V ersion 2 supplied with VPL-CX86/CX76 . T o use the netwo rk pres entation fun[...]

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    5 Preparation • Microsoft W indows XP Professional Edition • Microsoft W in dows V i sta Home Basic • Microsoft W i ndows V i sta Home Premium • Microsoft W in dows V ista Busin ess • Mic rosoft W indo ws V ista Ultimate Supported displa y Color resolution: 16 bit, 24 bit, 32 bit Usable bro wser Intern et Explo rer 5.0 or hig her A va ila[...]

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    6 Preparation 3 Install the software according to the “wizard” w ithin the installer . When yo u use W indows XP Ser vice Pack 2/V i sta and the fo llowing dialog box appe ars dur ing insta llatio n, check the [Register auto matically] radio b utton and click [Next]. The [Au toconfigura tion do ne] appe ars after the installation is completed. [...]

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    7 Preparation Projector Station fo r Air Shot V ersion 2 starts up autom atically . When y ou ar e not goin g to pr oject t he pic tur es, click [OK] . Afte r executing [A utoC onfig.exe], start up the applic ation with [PjstnASv2.e xe]. When y ou change t he comput er , execute [AutoC onfi g.e xe] . Setting the projector 1 Connect the network cabl[...]

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    8 Preparation 4 Press the ENTER key . The set ting menu di splay ap pears. 5 Select [Setup] to set network setting items. T o use the netw ork fu nctio n, s et [St andb y Mode] in th e Function menu of the projecto r to [Stan dard]. Projector Setting Items When th e ENTE R key is presse d in the ho me displ ay of the networ k present ati on, th e i[...]

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    9 Preparation Setting each mode In the initial di splay of the setting menu, the left edge of the mode cu rrently used is displa yed in lig ht blue . Y ou ca n switch the mode t o be used and change t he mode na me and se ttings . x Displa ying the setting items menu (ac tion men u) Y ou can select the item with V or v k ey and the selecte d item i[...]

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    10 Preparation x Disp laying th e mode sta tus When you se lect [Status] fro m the action m enu, the sta tus of the m ode being u sed is displayed. x Changing the settings When you sel ect [Setup] from t he action m enu, the [Network Setting] window of the sel ected mode is displa yed, where [In ternet Protoc ol(IP)] and [P C Registra tion List] se[...]

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    11 Preparation Setting the System Setup When [Sys tem Setup] is selecte d in the initia l display of th e setting menu , the [System Se tup] wind ow is display ed. Sele ct the des ired item an d press the ENT ER (or right) key to activ ate its setting item s. T o inpu t the desired v alue for the items, press the ENTER (or rig ht) ke y . Y ou can r[...]

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    12 Connection Connectio n Connecting to wired LAN • For a LAN connec tion, conta ct you r ne twork administra tor . • When t he proj ecto r and a co mpute r that has a different ne twork segm ent (sub net) ar e connect ed, s et [PC R egis tration List] (page 10) on th e projec tor and [ Projec tor Set ting] (page 18) on the comput er . Connecti[...]

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    13 Connection Connecting to several projectors at the same time * A max imum of 5 projec tors can be connected a t the same time . • T o connect to LAN, contac t your netwo rk administr ator . • 5 projecto rs may not be able to be connected at th e same time due t o the computer . • Wh en the projec tor and a co mpu ter th at has a dif ferent[...]

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    14 Connection • When t he proj ecto r and a co mpute r that has a different ne twork segm ent (sub net) ar e connect ed, s et [PC R egis tration List] (page 10) on th e projec tor and [ Projec tor Set ting] (page 18) on the comput er . • A ma ximum of 100 co mpute rs can be displayed in the list. • It may take time to pr oject an image due to[...]

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    15 Connection Disconn ecting Click t he proj ector b utto n to dis connec t the projec t from the compute r . When one pr ojec tor is connecte d When m ultiple p rojector s are connected Names an d Func tions of the Main Wi ndow Computer name My PC IP address Project or name IP a ddress Items Fu nctions 1 [Refresh] butt o n The pro jector l ist, co[...]

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    16 Connection This is used fo r the settings o f Projector Station for Air S hot V ersion 2. Displaying the setting wind ow of Projector Station for Air Shot Ve r s i o n 2 Click the [] bu tton in th e main wind ow of Projector Station for Air Shot V ersion 2. The [Op tion S etting] dialo g box appea rs. When the computer is not connected to the pr[...]

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    17 Connection [Profile Se tting] tab The [Prof ile Sett ing] tab prov ides the pro fi le settings fo r connecting t o the pr ojector . [Connection Settin g] tab When [Set P C desktop to Projecto r resoluti on] is chec ked, the window m ay be sh own outsi de of the dis play due to th e positio n of the w indow of Pro jecto rSta tion fo r Ai rShot V [...]

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    18 Setting/Operating via Web [Pro jector Setting] ta b The IP address of t he projecto r must be specified when the pro jector has th e dif fere nt netw ork se gme nt (subn et) from the comput er . Up to 100 pro ject ors can be en tered. [Others ] tab The [Others] t ab provides other settings. T o use t he Simple M ode in this ve rsion of Projector[...]

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    19 Setting/Operating via Web After ac cess, the following display appears. Click [ Inform ation]. Y ou can con firm the current state o f the projec tor on the comp uter . Y ou ca nnot change the se ttings of the proje ctor . Clic k [Con trol ]. Y ou can co ntrol t he project or on the computer . The funct ions of each button pro vide the sam e fun[...]

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    20 Setting/Operating via Web Click [ Setup ]. The Setup menu dial og box ap pears. You can set the Owner in formation, Password, Date and Time , Mail Report, et c. Click [Apply ] in the lo wer part of ea ch window to update t he projecto r to the da ta input in each window. Owner information This information is us ed for the Mail Report functi on. [...]

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    21 Setting/Operating via Web Time Zone Select the region in which you are using the proje ctor. Date/Time Set the da te and t ime (MM, DD, YY, HH:MM). Time Server Enter the address of the time server when the time is set by a t imer server. Setting passwor ds f or “Administrato r” and “User” You ca n set password s for each “Admin istrato[...]

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    22 Setting/Operating via Web Mon/T ue/W ed/Thu/Fr i/Sat/Sun: Specify the da ys of the week when e-m ail is t o be sent. Y o u can chec k two or more da ys. Every Month o n Day: Sel ect th is check box and sele ct the day from the drop-d o wn list to send e- mail on a pre-defined day ev er y month. The Re gular Repo rt contain s th e prod uct inf or[...]

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    23 Setting/Operating via Web • If the foll owing it ems hav e not been set or are incorr ectly s et, an err or me ssag e appe ars and the t est e-mail me ssage is di sabled: - Ad dres s in t he Addr ess f i eld. - “Ma il Addr ess” and “Outg oing Mail Se rver (SMTP) ” in the Mai l Ac count f ield. Fo r details on th e mail setti ngs, consu[...]

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    24 Others Other s Trou blesho otin g Sympto m Cause an d Remedy The proj ector can not be dete cted . The proj ector can not be connec ted. The pro jecto r is disc onnect ed in midway . • I f the Fire wall is install ed in the computer , co mmunications with th e Projec tor S tation for Ai r Shot V ersio n 2 may be blocked , which may ca use an i[...]

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    25 Others The com puter and proj ecto r are connected in the main window of Proj ector S tati on for Air Shot V e rsion 2 but th e image canno t be proj ected on the proje ctor . • The projector i s set to a picture muting. c Press t he PIC MUTING ke y on the r emote commander to releas e the mu ting. • I NPUT C is not sel ecte d on the pr ojec[...]

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    26 Others PC: M essage displaye d on th e compute r PJ: M essage disp layed on the proje ctor Messages on the Disp lay Mess age PC PJ Cause a nd Rem edy Now se arching LAN Modu le. a • The connectab le LAN mo dule within the PC is being searched acc ording to the prior ities of the LAN modules specif ied in the [Option Setting ] window . c If the[...]

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    27 Others The Pr ojec tor i s b usy . a • The proj ector you a re trying t o com muni cate is perfo rming turnin g on/off oper ations. c After t he p roject or op erat ions a re co mplet e, comm unica te it and t urn it off again. • The [Sett ing] w indow of the pr ojecto r is open . c Close the [Setting] windo w and then communicate it and tur[...]

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    28 Others Unable to switch resolutio n of PC de sktop. a • When the sc reen reso lution of the comp uter is not identical with the projector LCD panel resolution, and when the computer is connected to the projec tor with [Set PC de skto p to Projec tor r esoluti on] of th e [Opt ion Setting ]-[C onnection Settin g] che cked, the re solu tion swit[...]

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    29 Others Default Gate way This m eans a ro uter ad dress. DHCP The function t o share the IP Address automatica lly with the equ ipment co nnected to the network. The DHCP server does not share a fixed IP Address but shares the IP Address with each equ ipment a ccording to the situatio n. IP Address The add ress to recogn ize each con nected machi[...]

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