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SyncMaster 150T
Dual Interface(Analog/Digital)
Flat Panel Monitor
Owner’s
Instructions
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Table of Contents Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Unpacking Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Setting up Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Setting up an Ergon
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Safety Instructions Before connecting the AC power cord to the DC adapter outlet, make sure the voltage 1 designation of the DC adapter corresponds to the local electrical supply. Never insert anything metallic into the openings in the cabinet of the flat panel display 2 (FPD) monitor; doing so may create the danger of electric shock. To avoid electric shock, never touch the inside of the FPD. Only a qualified technician 3 should open the case of the FPD. Neve
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Unpacking Your Monitor Please make sure the following items are included with your monitor. If any items are missing, contact your dealer. Power Cord Colorific Pivot software & Driver (optional) AU AUT TO O EXIT EXIT MENU MENU 15-pin D-Sub Signal Cable Monitor and Base† Warranty Card DVI-D signal cable (not available everywhere) Speaker Cable Manual (Optional) AUT AUTO O EXIT EXIT MENU MENU Microphone Output Cable DC Adapter Monitor and Base† (Optional) (Optional) † Your monitor may com
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AUTO MENU Setting up Your Monitor Setting up an Ergonomic Workstation Consider the advice given below before you install your monitor. Monitor location Choose a position that exposes you monitor to the least reflection from lights or windows, usually at a right angle to any window. Workstation height Place your flat panel display (FPD) monitor so that the top of the screen is slightly below your eye level when you are comfortably seated. Viewing angle Tilt the screen backward or f
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Setting up Your Monitor Connecting Your FPD Monitor ➂ ➄ ② ➃ ➃ Figure 3.1 Cable connections (Analog) Turn off your computer and unplug its power cord. 1 Connect the signal cable to the 15-pin, D-sub connector on the back of your monitor. 2 Connect the signal cable to the video port on your computer, video board, video card, 3 or graphics card. Connect the power cord for your monitor to the DC adapter and connect the adapter 4 jack to the DC power port on the back
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Setting up Your Monitor (b) (a) (1) Figure 3.2 Cable connections (Digital) Turn off your computer and unplug its power cord. 1 Connect the signal cable to the DVI-D connector (1) on the back of your monitor. 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the video port on the back of your workstation. Connect the power cord for your monitor to the power port on the power adapter. 3 Secure the power adapter cord and the signal cable(s) under the metal prong. 4 Insert the tab on e
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Setting up Your Monitor Connecting Your Multimedia FPD Monitor A C MIC AUDIO OUT IN B E F G D Figure 4. Multimedia connections Follow steps 1 through 3 on the previous page. 1 If you have a Multimedia or Multimedia Pivot stand, connect the attached power 2 adapter jack (A) to the DC power port on the back of your monitor. Connect the power cord to the power port on the back of the stand. Follow the directions that came with your sound card or your computer to
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Setting up Your Monitor Table 1. Connector locations for multimedia bases (Continued ) Item Name Description Connect an external microphone here. Using an External external microphone automatically disconnects F microphone jack the monitor’s internal microphone. Connect headphones here. Connecting Headphone jack headphones automatically turns the speakers G off. Plug and Play ® Our adoption of the new VESA Plug and Play solution elimin
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Setting up Your Monitor ® Windows 95 ® To determine the version of Windows 95 that your computer uses, right click on the “My Computer” icon on the Windows desktop and select “Properties”. The version number can be seen on the “General” section under “System:”. Follow the directions given below according ® to the version of your Windows 95 operating system: Version 4.00.950A Click on START, SETTINGS, CONTROL PANEL, DISPLAY SETTINGS
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Setting up Your Monitor If the monitor is functioning properly, you will see a white box with a red border and black text inside as shown in the following illustration: No Connection Check Signal Cable Figure 5. Monitor self test screen The three boxes inside the border are red, green and blue. Failure of any of the boxes to appear indicates a problem with your monitor. This box also appears during normal operation if the video cable becomes disconnected or damaged. Turn off your monitor and
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Adjusting Your FPD User Controls Your flat panel display allows you to easily adjust the characteristics of the image being displayed. All of these adjustments are made using the control buttons on the front of the monitor. While you use these buttons to adjust the controls, an on-screen menu shows you their numeric values as they change. 1 2 3 4 5 6 AUTO EXIT MENU Figure 6. User control locations No. Name Description n Ac
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Adjusting Your FPD Automatic Save Whenever you open the on-screen menu and allow an adjustment window to remain active for about 3 seconds without pressing another button, the monitor automatically saves any adjustments you have made. These changes are saved into a user area in the monitor. User areas are reserved according to the signal frequency from your computer. The monitor can save adjustments for up to 5 user modes. It has 12 factory preset or preload modes, one for
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Adjusting Your FPD Brightness Follow these instructions to adjust the brightness of Brightness the monitor’s display. 44 With the menu off, push the “–“ or “+“ button 1 to display the brightness screen. Exit : Exit Key Push the “+“ button to increase the 2 brightness; push the “–“ button to decrease the brightness. OSM Lock/Unlock Use this function to secure the current settings so that they cannot inadvertently be changed, while still allowing you to a
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Adjusting Your FPD Accessing the menu system With the OSM off, push the MENU button to open it and display the main function 1 menu. Use the “–” and “+” buttons to move between the function icons. As you move from 2 one icon to another, the function name changes to reflect the function or group of functions represented by that icon. See the Screen controls table to view a complete list of all the functions available for the monitor. Push the MENU
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Adjusting Your FPD Table 2. Screen controls (Continued ) Menus and Function Descriptions Icon Sub-menus – + Image Lock: Image Lock controls adjust for and limit the amount of noise in the video signal which causes horizontal lines or areas on the screen where the image appears to be unstable and jitters or shimmers. n Fine The Fine and Coarse adjustments allow you to more n Coarse closely adjust your monitor to you
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Adjusting Your FPD Table 2. Screen controls (Continued ) Menus and Function Descriptions Icon Sub-menus – + Reset Restores the viewing area and color settings to their original manufacturing levels n Geometry Resets the H-Position and V-Position of the viewing Reset area n Color Reset Resets the Brightness, Contrast and Color Control functions A.O. Color Select the Color Mode you find most comfortabl
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Adjusting Your FPD Table 2. Screen controls (Continued ) Menus and Function Descriptions Icon Sub-menus – + Language: Language sets the OSM to display in one of five n English languages. n Deutsch The language chosen affects only the language of the n Español n Français OSM. It has no effect on any software running on the n Italiano computer. n Svenka Miscellaneous This menu provides access to special convenience function
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Adjusting Your FPD Table 2. Screen controls (Continued ) Menus and Function Descriptions Icon Sub-menus – + Display Mode This screen shows the horizontal and vertical i frequencies, sync polarity and the display resolution of the images received from the computer or video card. 18
