Sony VPL-CX20 User Manual

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Specifications

Projection system

3 LCD panels, 1 lens, projection 

system

LCD panel

VPL-CX20: 0.63-inch XGA 

panel, approximately 2,360,000 
pixels (786,432 pixels 

× 3)

VPL-CS20: 0.63-inch SVGA 

panel, approximately 1,440,000 
pixels (480,000 pixels 

× 3)

Lens

1.2 times zoom lens (powered)
f 18.8 to 22.6 mm/F1.6 to 1.94

Lamp

165 W UHP

Projected picture size

40 to 150 inches (measured 

diagonally)

Light output

ANSI lumen

1)

 2000 lm 

(When the Lamp Mode is set to 

“High.”)

Throwing distance (When placed on the floor.)

40-inch: 1.2 to 1.4 m

(3.8 to 4.6 feet)

80-inch: 2.3 to 2.8 m

(7.6 to 9.4 feet)

100-inch: 2.9 to 3.6 m

(9.6 to 11.7 feet)

150-inch: 4.4 to 5.4 m

(14.4 to 17.6 feet)

There may be a slight difference between the 
actual value and the design value shown above.

1)

ANSI lumen is a measuring method described 
in American National Standard IT 7.228.

Color system NTSC

3.58

/PAL/SECAM/

NTSC

4.43

/PAL-M/PAL-N/

PAL60 system, switched 
automatically/manually

(NTSC

4.43

 is the color system used 

when playing back a video 
recorded in NTSC on a 
NTSC

4.43

 system VCR.)

Resolution

VPL-CX20: 750 horizontal TV 

lines (Video input)
1,024 

× 768 dots (RGB input)

VPL-CS20: 600 horizontal TV 

lines (Video input)
800 

× 600 dots (RGB input)

Acceptable computer signals

1)

fH: 19 to 92 kHz 

fV: 48 to 92 Hz

(Maximum input signal resolution: 

SXGA+ 1400 

× 1050

fV: 60 Hz 

1)

Set the resolution and the frequency of the 
signal of the connected computer within the 
range of acceptable preset signals of the 
projector.

Applicable video signals

15 k RGB/Component 50/60 Hz, 

Progressive component 50/60 
Hz, DTV (480/60I, 575/50I, 
480/60P, 575/50P, 720/60P, 720/
50P, 1080/60I, 1080/50I), 
Composite video, Y/C video

Speaker

Monaural speaker system, 40 

× 20 

mm (1 

5

/

8

 

× 

13

/

16

 inches)

Speaker output

1 W (max.)

INPUT A

HD D-sub15-pin (female)
Analog RGB/component:

R/R-Y: 0.7 Vp-p ±2 dB 
(75 ohms terminated)
G: 0.7 Vp-p ±2 dB
(75 ohms terminated)
G with sync/Y: 1 Vp-p ±2 dB 
sync negative 
(75 ohms terminated)
B/B-Y: 0.7 Vp-p ±2 dB
(75 ohms terminated)

SYNC/HD: Composite sync input: 

TTL level, positive/negative

Horizontal sync input: TTL level
Positive/negative VD: Vertical 

sync input: TTL level, positive/
negative

AUDIO/VIDEO

VIDEO: Composite video: 1 Vp-p 

±2 dB sync negative (75 ohms 
terminated)
S VIDEO: Y/C (luminance): 1 
Vp-p ±2 dB sync negative (75 
ohms terminated)
C (chrominance): burst 
0.286 Vp-p ±2 dB (NTSC) 
(75 ohms terminated), 
burst 0.3 Vp-p ±2 dB (PAL) 
(75 ohms terminated)

AUDIO: rated input 500 mVrms, 

input impedance 47 kilohms 

Safety regulations
UL60950, cUL (CSA No. 60950), FCC Class B, 
IC Class B, NEMKO (EN60950), CE (LVD, 
EMC), C-Tick