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SyncMaster 170T
Dual Interface(Analog/Digital)
Flat Panel Monitor
Owner’s
Instructions
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E--1 Page 1 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 1:47 PM Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2000 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is strictly forbidden. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or
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E1 Page 1 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:38 PM Table of Contents Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Unpacking Your LCD Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Setting up your LCD Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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170 E Page 2 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:58 PM 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 liquid cristal display 2 (LCD) monitor; doing so may create the danger of electric shock. To avoid electric shock, never touch the inside of the LCD Monitor. Only
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170 E Page 3 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:58 PM Unpacking Your LCD Monitor Please make sure the following items are included with your monitor. If any items are missing, contact your dealer. Power Cord Colorific & Driver AUT AUTO O EXIT EXIT MENU MENU A B 15-pin D-Sub Signal Cable Warranty Card (not available everywhere) Monitor and Base DVI-D Signal Cable (Optional) Manual DC-Adapter English 3 Italiano Portuguese Deutsch Español Français English
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AUTO MENU 170 E Page 4 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:58 PM Setting up your LCD 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 LCD Monitor so that the top of the screen is slightly below your eye level when you are comfortably seated. Viewing angl
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170 E Page 5 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:58 PM Setting up your LCD Monitor Connecting Your LCD Monitor This monitor offers a method for connection to both a PC and a workstation. One or both types of signal cables can be connected to the monitor simultaneously. Determine which connection method(s) you need and refer to the instructions below. 2 4 3 Figure 3. Cable connections (Analog) Turn off your system and unplug its power cord. 1 Attach the blue signal cable connector
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170 E Page 6 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:58 PM Setting up your LCD Monitor (b) (a) (1) Figure 4. 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 ca
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170 E Page 7 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:58 PM Setting up your LCD Monitor Getting Help If your monitor does not display an image, check your cable connections and refer to “Troubleshooting” on page 17. If you experience difficulties with the quality of the displayed image, run auto adjustment again and refer to “Adjusting Your LCD Monitor” on page 10 or “Troubleshooting” on page 17. Plug and Play ® Our adoption of the new VESA Plug and Play solution eliminates complicat
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170 E Page 8 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:58 PM Setting up your LCD Monitor Self-Test Feature Check (STFC) Your monitor provides a self test feature that allows you to check whether your monitor is functioning properly. If your monitor and computer are properly connected but the monitor screen remains dark and the power indicator is blinking, run the monitor self-test by performing the following steps: Turn off both your computer and the monitor. 1 Unplug the video cable from th
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170 E Page 9 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:58 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor User Controls Your LCD Monitor 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 the change. 1 3 4 2 5 AUT AUTO O EXIT EXIT MENU MENU A B Figure 6. User con
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170 E Page 10 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:58 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor 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 fo
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170 E Page 11 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:16 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Auto Adjustment Follow these instructions to enable or disable the automatic screen adjustments for your monitor. Auto Adjustment 25 With the menu off, push the EXIT button. 1 The automatic adjustment display appears. Follow the directions previously given on 2 page 7. OSD Lock/Unlock Use this function to secure the current settings, while allowing you to adjust the Brightness and Contrast, so tha
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170 E Page 12 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:16 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor On-Screen Menu System (OSD) Function icons Brightness Function name Setting slidebar 99 Numeric value indicator Figure 7. On-Screen Menu (OSD) Accessing the Menu System With the menu off, push the MENU button to open the menu system and display the 1 main function menu. Push the “–“ and “+“ buttons to move between the function icons. As you move from 2 one icon to another, the f
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170 E Page 13 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:16 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Table 1. Menu Adjustments Settings and Icon Description 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 your prefere
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170 E Page 14 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:16 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Table 1. Menu Adjustments (Continued ) Settings and Icon Description Sub-menus Reset: Reset controls return the settings to the factory preset n Geometry values for the selected group of functions. Geometry n Color changes the Position settings, Image Lock settings and changes the Image Size to Expand 2. Color changes the RGB settings back to their original factory setti
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170 E Page 15 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:16 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Table 1. Menu Adjustments (Continued ) Settings and Icon Description Sub-menus Image Size: If your computer or video board supplies a signal rate n Normal and addressability lower than 1280 x 1024, this LCD n Expanded 1 Monitor provides a scaling processor that can expand n Expanded 2 the addressability up to 1280 x 1024. Select the Normal setting to use the normal size viewing area for the
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170 E Page 16 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:16 PM Appendix PowerSaver This monitor has a built-in power management system called PowerSaver. This system saves energy by switching your monitor into a low-power mode when it has not been used for a certain amount of time. The available modes are “On”, “Standby”, “Sleep”, and “Deep Sleep”. PowerSaver operates with a VESA DPMS compliant video card installed in your computer. You use a software utility installed on your computer to set
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170 E Page 17 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:16 PM Appendix Troubleshooting Before calling for service, check the information in this section to see if you can remedy any problems yourself Table 3. Troubleshooting problems Symptom Corrective Actions No Picture n Check to see that both the LCD Monitor and the computer are plugged in and turned on. “No Connection, n Check the signal cable connection between the computer and the LCD Monitor Chec
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170 E Page 18 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:16 PM Appendix Table 3. Troubleshooting problems (Continued ) Symptom Corrective Actions White does not look white n Adjust the color settings using the OSD COLOR menu. Screen image is not centered or n Adjust the Horizontal and Vertical position settings using the OSD. sized properly n Check the image size selection (see page 15). n Run Auto Adjustment (see page 7). The power indicator blinks amber n The LCD Monitor is s
