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CONTENTS PRECAUTIONS i INTRODUCTION 5 About This Manual ............................................... 5 Package Contents............................................... 5 1 FEATURES 6 Features .............................................................. 6 Functions............................................................. 7 2 IMAGING ADJUSTMENT 9 - Screen menu - Brightness, Contrast, Size, Position.................... 9 Geometry, Tilt, Bright Uniformity .......................... 9 Converg
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5 OTHER SETTINGS 22 E - Others, Information and Language menus - Degaussing ....................................................... 22 Input Priority ...................................................... 23 Beep .................................................................. 24 Menu Position, Menu Contrast .......................... 24 Reset ................................................................. 24 Information status report ................................... 25 Language menu ....
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Copyright© 1999 by EIZO NANAO CORPORATION. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of EIZO NANAO CORPORATION. EIZO NANAO CORPORATION is under no obligation to hold any submitted material or information confidential unless prior arrangements are made pursuant to EIZO NANAO CORPORATION's receipt of said information. Although
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INTRODUCTION About This Manual E This manual explains the precautions, features, specifications, and operation of your EIZO monitor. The separately bound 'Quick Setup Guide' explains how to install your monitor, and how to implement basic adjustments with the ScreenManager utility. Package Contents: • Monitor .................................................................. 1 • Power Cord ............................................................. 1 • Signal Cable (MD-C87) ..................
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1 FEATURES Features ® FlexScan for wide compatibility • 30 to 92 kHz horizontal scanning, 50 to 160 Hz vertical scanning with automatic adjustment. • The built-in microprocessor allows user-adjustable color control adjustments to control screen distortion, and memorization of user- adjusted settings. • High resolution 1280 dots × 1024 lines with flicker free 85 Hz (Max.) refresh rate. High Resolution Color CRT • 45 cm (17 inch) class, Actual Viewing Diagonal 40.5 cm (15.9 inches), 90° deflection
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Functions E Windows 95/98 Plug & Play ........ Readme.txt in the EIZO Utility Disk • This model complies with VESA DDC1/DDC2B standards and supports the Plug & Play function proposed in Windows 95/98. ScreenManager™ ........................ Quick Setup Guide & Pages 9-25 • ScreenManager allows the setting and adjustment of the displayed image using the QuickSet™ Control Pad and intuitive graphic icons for easy identification of each function. Auto-Sizing Function ...............................
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Maintenance Port • The monitor is equipped with a maintenance port on the rear panel. This is provided so that complementary products can be utilized. ScreenManager Pro, a utility software kit (supplied as optional), is available which allows screen color, convergence and various geomet- ric compensation adjustments to be made via a mouse through a serial cable connected to the port and the PC. Optional i·Sound™ speaker system .................................... Page 29 • The EIZO i·Sound spea
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2 IMAGING ADJUSTMENT - Screen menu - E All of the icons shown in the ScreenManager 'Screen' menu are described below. • Allow the monitor to stabilize for at least 30 minutes before making image adjustments. Brightness, Contrast, Size, Position These functions are used to adjust the brightness, contrast, size and position of the screen. For more information about how to adjust each of them, please refer to the 'Quick Setup Guide', page 8. Geometry, Tilt, Bright Uniformity Image distortion, tilt
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Convergence Displayed characters and images may appear fuzzy or have tinges of red, green, or blue if the electron beams do not converge correctly. These can be adjusted by the convergence adjustment feature in the ScreenManager. What is convergence? Convergence is the monitor’s ability to precisely illuminate specific phosphors and line them up properly in order to produce pure color. In order to properly adjust convergence, it is best to have an image that makes it easy to see any convergence
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Moiré can be reduced in a variety of ways. E 1) Adjust with the ScreenManager’s moiré reduction function. Adjust so that moiré becomes almost unnoticeable. Before adjusting, set the desktop to an every-other-dot pattern (see picture, page 10) so that moiré will be visible. Following the adjustment, change to a different desktop background to reduce moiré even further. 2) Change the horizontal and vertical dimensions. Adjust the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the display area as necessar
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3 COLOR ADJUSTMENT - Color menu - Outline EIZO monitors have incorporated two color adjustment mode, standard and custom. The “Standard” mode allows the adjustment of the color spectrum. The “Custom” mode allows extensive controls over the colors of the displayed image on the screen. All adjustments for either mode can be made quickly and easily through the ScreenManager 'Color' Menu - offering a tool to create customized color environment. Please find the details of the color mode adjustment
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Adjusting the Standard mode E C o l o r T e m p r a t u r e • Users should allow at least 30 minutes for the monitor to stabilize before setting the color adjustments or color matching. Procedure 1) Go to the 'Color' menu. 2) Select the “Standard mode” setting from the 'Color mode' menu. 3) Select the 'Temperature' icon. A color temperature bar will appear. 4) Adjust the temperature by using the right or left Arrow keys. 5) Press the ENTER key to save the data. What is color temperature? Color
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Adjusting the Custom mode Cutoff and Gain adjustments Monitors use red, green and blue (R, G, and B) to convey color information. They use an additive method to combine different amounts of the primary colors to produce a desired color. In other words, monitors start with no light (black) and add percentages of red, green and blue to make colors. White is usually produced by adding the same amount of all three colors, where black is usually produced by adding no color. However, colors are not
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a) Select the 'Temperature' icon from the sub menu. b) Select the temperature as desired by moving the arrow keys in E any direction. 4) Adjust the Cutoff Cutoff The Cutoff adjustment is the most powerful adjustment. It alters the starting point (the black level) and the ending point (the white level). If the Cutoff level for color is raised or lowered, black, white, and all levels between are raised or lowered by the same degree. Before adjusting the Cutoff, it is best to display a screen wit
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• These diagram explains how the color curves were changed for the best adjustment in steps 4 and 5. Adjust the white level so Adjust the black level This setup gives the best that the high end of the so that the low end of color balance. curve for each color the curve for each (R,G,B) is equal as see color (R,G,B) is equal picture 3. as see picture 2. What is the relation between the color and the brightness adjustment? Brightness uniformly adjusts the amount of light output for the entire scr
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4 POWER-SAVE SETUP - PowerManager menu - E What is PowerManager? The PowerManager feature automatically reduces the monitor’s power consumption during idle periods, in accordance with the PCs ScreenSaver software. There are two PowerSaving modes in the EIZO PowerManager: Mode 1 and Mode 2. Even if the monitor is in a power saving mode, it will return to a normal display immediately when the mouse or keyboard is operated. The EIZO PowerManager functions comply with NUTEK, the VESA DPMS standard,
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Set-up Procedure Set the monitor’s power-save environment to match the PC’s ScreenSaver software. • For the PC setup, please refer to the user’s manuals for the PC and graphics board. There are two power-save settings for the monitor. ‘VESA DPMS’ system works with the VESA DPMS signal. ‘NUTEK’s system works with a screen saver software and Energy Saver for Macintosh which blanks the screen (totally black screen). Set the monitor to match the PC’s power-saving software, as follows. Monitor settin
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VESA DPMS System E 1) First, make the appropriate settings for the PC. (See note, page 18.) 2) Then select 'VESA DPMS'. 3) Set the delay period, which is the interval that the monitor will wait after receiving a power-save signal from the PC, before entering into Mode 1 or Mode 2. VESA DPMS power-saving method VESA DPMS utilizes four signals: ON, STANDBY, SUSPEND, and OFF. The monitor detects these signals from the graphics board and executes power-saving accordingly, as illustrated below. 4
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NUTEK System 1) First make the appropriate ScreenSaver settings (Macintosh/Energy Saver) for the PC. 2) Then select 'NUTEK'. 3) Set the delay time, which is the interval between the time that the ScreenSaver (Macintosh/EnergySaver) blanks the screen and the time that the monitor enters Mode 1. 4) Set the Mode 1 duration time which is the user definable time (0-60 minutes) before the monitor enters Mode 2. NUTEK power-saving method Mode 1 operates for a user-definable period in ‘Duration’ (in 0-6
