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Utilizing the power-on lock function

For security purposes and to help prevent unauthorized use, the projector includes an option for setting up password security. The password can be set through the On-Screen Display (OSD) menu. For details of the OSD menu operation, please refer to "Using the menus" on page 42.

WARNING: You will be inconvenienced if you activate the power-on lock functionality and subsequently forget the password. Print out this manual (if necessary) and write the password you used in this manual, and keep the manual in a safe place for later recall.

Setting a password

Once a password has been set, the projector cannot be used unless the correct password is entered every time the projector is started.

1.Open the OSD menu and go to SYSTEM SETUP: Advanced > Security Settings. Press MODE/Enter. Highlight Power On Lock and select On by pressing Left or Right.

2.A prompt will display on the screen.

3.As pictured to the right, the four arrow

buttons ( Up, Right, Down,

INPUT PASSWORD

 

Left) respectively represent 4 digits (1, 2, 3, 4). According to the password you desire to set, press the arrow buttons to enter six digits for the password.

Once the password is set, the OSD menu returns to the Security Settings page.

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IMPORTANT: The digits being input will display as asterisks on-screen. Write your selected password down here in this manual in advance or right after the password is entered so that it is available to you should you ever forget it.

Password: __ __ __ __ __ __

Keep this manual in a safe place.

4.To leave the OSD menu, press MENU/Exit.

If you forget the password

If the password function is activated, you will be asked to enter the six digit password every time you turn on the projector. If you enter the wrong password, the password error message as pictured to the right displays lasting for three seconds, and the INPUT PASSWORD message follows. You can retry by entering another six- digit password, or if you did not record the password in

this manual, and you absolutely do not remember it, you can use the password recall procedure. See "Entering the password recall procedure" on page 26 for details.

If you enter an incorrect password 5 times in succession, the projector will automatically shut down in a short time.

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BenQ MP511 Utilizing the power-on lock function, Setting a password, If you forget the password, Buttons Up , Right, Down