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231P4QPY
231P4QRY
231P4QPYK
www.philips.com/welcome
EN User manual 1
Customer care and warranty 38
Troubleshooting & FAQs 43
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Table of Contents 1. Important ...............................................1 1.1 Safety precautions and maintenance .1 1.2 Notational Descriptions ............................2 1.3 Disposal of product and packing material ...............................................................3 2. Setting up the monitor .......................4 2.1 Installation .........................................................4 2.2 Operating the monitor ..............................6 2.3 Remove the Bas
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1. Important • Please use approved power cord provided 1. Important by Philips all the time. If your power cord is missing, please contact with your local This electronic user’s guide is intended for service center. (Please refer to Customer anyone who uses the Philips monitor. Take time Care Consumer Information Center) to read this user manual before you use your • Do not subject the monitor to severe monitor. It contains important information and vibration or high impact conditions d
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1. Important • Temperature: 0-40°C 32-95°F 1.2 Notational Descriptions • Humidity: 20-80% RH The following subsections describe notational Important information for Burn-in/Ghost conventions used in this document. image Notes, Cautions and Warnings • Always activate a moving screen saver Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be program when you leave your monitor accompanied by an icon and printed in bold or unattended. Always activate a periodic italic type. These blocks contain n
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1. Important making products that can easily be recycled. At 1.3 Disposal of product and packing Philips, end-of-life management primarily entails material participation in national take-back initiatives and recycling programs whenever possible, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment- preferably in cooperation with competitors, WEEE which recycle all materials (products and related packaging material) in accordance with all Environmental Laws and taking back program with the contrac
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2. Setting up the monitor Install the base 2. Setting up the monitor 1. Place the monitor face down on a smooth surface. Pay attention not to scratch or damage the screen. 2.1 Installation Package contents Register your product and get support at 231P4QPYK www.philips.com/welcome Quick Start 2. Snap in the base in the VESA mount area. DVI (optional) VGA (optional) USB(optional) 4
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2. Setting up the monitor Connecting to your PC 2.2 Operating the monitor Description of the control buttons 8 231P4QPY: 9 7 6 5 4 2 3 1 10 2 3 6 1 Kensington anti-theft lock 2 VGA input 3 DVI input 4 DisplayPort 5 Audio input 3 6 AC power input 7 Zero power Switch 8 USB downstream 7 6 5 4 2 1 9 USB upstream 10 Earphone jack Switch monitor’s power ON and OFF. Connect to PC Access the OSD menu. 1. Connect the power cord to the back of Confirm the OSD adjustment. the monitor firmly.
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2. Setting up the monitor 231P4QRY: 231P4QPYK: 8 10 8 9 3 3 7 6 5 4 2 1 Switch monitor’s power ON and 7 6 5 4 2 1 OFF. Access the OSD menu. Switch monitor’s power ON and Confirm the OSD adjustment. OFF. Adjust the OSD menu. Access the OSD menu. ErgoSensor. Confirm the OSD adjustment. Adjust the speaker volume. Adjust the OSD menu. Set the sensor level for backlight Return to previous OSD level. automatic control. SmartImage hot key. There are 6 Adjust the speaker volume. modes to sele
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2. Setting up the monitor Description of the On Screen Display Basic and simple instruction on the control keys What is On-Screen Display (OSD)? In the OSD shown above, you can press On-Screen Display (OSD) is a feature in all buttons at the front bezel of the monitor Philips LCD monitors. It allows an end user to to move the cursor, and press OK button to adjust screen performance or select functions confirm the choice or change. of the monitors directly through an on-screen instruct
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2. Setting up the monitor The OSD Menu 231P4QRY: Below is an overall view of the structure of Main menu Sub menu the On-Screen Display. You can use this as a ErgoSensor On reference when you want to work your way Off Demo around the different adjustments later on. Input VGA 231P4QPY/231P4QPYK: DVI DisplayPort(Optional) Main menu Sub menu Picture Picture Format Wide Screen, 4:3 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 PowerSensor On Brightness 0~100 Off Contrast 0~100 SmartResponse Off, Fast, Faster, Fastest Input VGA Sma
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2. Setting up the monitor Resolution notification Height adjustment This monitor is designed for optimal performance at its native resolution, 1920 × 1080 @ 60 Hz. When the monitor is powered on at a different resolution, an alert is displayed on screen: Use 1920 × 1080 @ 60 Hz for best results. Display of the native resolution alert can be switched off from Setup in the OSD (On 130mm Screen Display) menu. Physical Function Pivot Tilt 20 -5 0 90 Swivel +65 -65 9
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2. Setting up the monitor 2.3 Remove the Base Assembly for VESA Mounting Before you start disassembling the monitor base, please follow the instructions below to avoid any possible damage or injury. 1. Place the monitor face down on a smooth surface. Pay attention not to scratch or damage the screen. 2. Remove the screws from hinge cover. Note This monitor accepts a 100mm x 100mm VESA-Compliant mounting interface. 100mm 100mm 10
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3. Image Optimization How to enable SmartImage? 3. Image Optimization 3.1 SmartImage What is it? SmartImage provides presets that optimize display for different types of content, dynamically adjusting brightness, contrast, color and sharpness in real time. Whether you're working with text applications, displaying images or watching a video, Philips SmartImage delivers great optimized monitor performance. 1. Press to launch the SmartImage on Why do I need it? screen display. You want
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3. Image Optimization reduce eye strain. This mode significantly and adjusts backlighting for clear, crisp, bright enhances readability and productivity when gaming and video images or displays clear, you’re working with spreadsheets, PDF files, readable text for office work. By reducing your scanned articles or other general office monitor's power consumption, you save on applications. energy costs and extend the lifetime of your monitor. • Photo: This profile combines color saturation
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3. Image Optimization • Cancel prompts user if you want to cancel installation. First launch -Wizard • The first time after installation of SmartControl Premium, it will automatically go to Wizard for first time launch. • The wizard will guide you through adjustment your monitor performance step by step. • You can go to Plug-in menu to launch wizard later on as well. • You can adjust more options without wizard by Standard pane. Start with Standard pane Adjust menu • Adjust Menu allo
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3. Image Optimization Color menu • Color Menu allows you to adjust RGB, Black Level, White Point, Display Gamma, Calibration, SmartImage, and SmartKolor. • You can follow the instruction and do the adjustment. • Refer to below table for sub-menu item base on your input. • Example for Color Calibration. 1. "Show Me" starts color calibration tutorial. 14
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3. Image Optimization 2. Start - starts the 6-step color calibration sequence. 3. Quick View loads the before/after images. 4. To return to Color home pane, click the Cancel button. 5. Enable color calibration - by default is on. If unchecked, does not allow for color calibration to happen, dimes out start and quick view buttons. 6. Must have patent info in calibration screen. First Color Calibration Screen Eco Power menu • Previous button is disabled until the second color screen. •
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3. Image Optimization On a non-supported display capable of DDC/ CI, only the Help and Options tabs are available. • Displays current preference settings. • A checked box enables the feature. The check box is a toggle. • Enable Context Menu on desktop is checked (On) by default. Enable Context menu displays SmartControl Premium selections for Select Preset and Tune Display in the desktop right-click context menu. Disabled removes SmartControl Premium from the right click context menu.
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3. Image Optimization Option>Auto Pivot. Options>Theft Deter r ence - Theft Deterrence Pane will only be active when selecting Theft Deterrence Mode from the drop-down Plug-in menu. Options>Input - Will only be active when selecting Input from the drop-down Options menu. On a non-supported display capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options tabs are To enable Theft Deterrence, click on On button available. All other SmartControl Premium tabs to bring up the following screen: are not av
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3. Image Optimization Help menu Context Sensitive menu Help>User Man ual - Will only be active when The Context Sensitive menu is Enabled by selecting User Manual from the drop-down default. If Enable Context Menu has been Help menu. On a non-supported display checked in the Options>Preferences pane, then capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options the menu will be visible. tabs are available. The Context Menu has four entries: • Smar tContr ol Pr emium - When selected the About screen is
