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FHD2400 24-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
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Cont Conte ents nts Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Connecting the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Attaching the stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Connecting video inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Connecting USB
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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor • Connecting the monitor � Adjusting the stand � Starting the monitor � Adjusting monitor settings � Changing Windows screen settings � Using the speaker bar � Power management � Maintaining � Troubleshooting � FAQs � Specifications 1
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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Connecting the monitor To set up the monitor, first attach the base, then make your cable connections. Attaching the stand To attach the stand: 1 Place the monitor face-down on a soft, non-marring surface. A non-slip mat on a tabletop is ideal. 2 Remove the four thumbscrews that are attached to the back of the monitor. Thumbscrew Thumbscrew Thumbscrew Thumbscrew 3 Lay the stand on the monitor so the thumbscrew holes line up with the holes in the stand. 4 R
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www.gateway.com 3 If your computer has an HDMI digital audio/video connector, connect an HDMI cable to the HDMI connector under the back of the display. Important An HDMI cable has not been included with your monitor. A cable can be purchased from www.gateway.com (available in the U.S. only) or from various Internet retailers and electronic retail stores. - OR - If your computer has a digital video connector (DVI), connect a DVI video cable to the white connector under the back of the displa
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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor 5 Connect other video sources (such as a DVD player, video camera, or receiver) to the appropriate video jacks on the back of the monitor. DVI port VGA port Blue S-Video HDMI port component jack video jack Red Green Composite component component video in jack video jack video jack • For basic video quality, connect your video device’s composite video in jack to the corresponding jack on the back of your monitor (cable not included). � For better video
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www.gateway.com 2 Connect any USB device to one of the available USB 2.0 ports on the left side or back of the monitor. USB ports Setting up the optional speaker bar An optional speaker bar is available for mounting underneath your monitor. You can order a speaker bar from www.gateway.com. To install the speaker bar: 1 Turn off the monitor. Important If you connect the speaker bar to the monitor while the monitor is turned on, the speaker bar will not initialize and will not work correctly.
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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor 4 Plug the speaker bar’s power and audio plugs into the appropriate connectors underneath the monitor. Power Audio jack connector 5 Plug the speaker bar’s pink and green 3.5 audio plugs into the appropriate speaker and microphone connectors on the computer. Important For best audio performance, if your video connection uses HDMI, the digital audio is also conveyed along the same cable, and no additional audio connection is required. You may need to set
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www.gateway.com Connecting power To connect power: 1 Position your monitor so you can reach the back, then connect the power cord to the power connector under the back of the monitor. 2 Plug the power cord into a correctly grounded power outlet. We recommend using a surge protector to protect your monitor from voltage spikes. 3 To make sure that the monitor’s power is correctly connected, check the power button on the front button panel. The power icon on the power button should be glowing p
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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Adjusting the stand Rotating the screen Tip To rotate the screen while the optional speaker bar is attached, first tilt the screen back for more clearance between the speaker bar and the tabletop. You can rotate the screen clockwise 90° to change between landscape and portrait views. For information on automatically rotating the display image as you manually rotate the monitor, see “Using landscape and portrait modes” on page 17. Landscape mode Portrait m
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www.gateway.com Screen distance from user The screen should first be placed at arm’s length from the user, then adjusted back and forth to suit individual preference. Starting the monitor Turning on the monitor To start the monitor: 1 Touch the power button on the front of monitor. The power LED on the power button changes from purple (off) to blue (on), then turns amber/orange (standby) if no video source is detected. Tip For more information on EzTouch buttons, see “Using the EzTouch menu
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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor 6 To mute the volume of the sounds accompanying button presses, touch the (Menu) button on the front of your monitor, touch (Main Menu), touch (Advanced), touch (Audio Feedback), then touch the lower (Adjust) buttons until the volume bar is at the bottom of the scale. 7 Use the on-screen display (OSD) to adjust other monitor settings. For more information, see “Adjusting monitor settings” on page 10. Adjusting monitor settings Use the monitor controls (l
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www.gateway.com 2 To use an EzTouch menu button, lightly touch its icon. For adjusting a setting’s values, you can press and hold touch buttons as you would conventional buttons. Theme Select Input Select (Mute when optional speaker bar is connected) Auto (Input Select when optional speaker bar is connected) PIP On PIP Settings Cancel Main Menu � Touch the (Theme Select) buttons to cycle through the preset video themes (brightness, contrast, and temperature configurations): � User � Movie � Ga
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www.gateway.com OSD Menu Description Auto—Automatically adjusts your monitor to its optimum settings. (VGA input only) Main menu Picture—Opens the Picture menu, where you can adjust brightness, contrast, and gamma. PIP Settings—Opens the PIP Settings menu, where you can adjust the source, position, size, and transparency of the Picture-in-Picture image. Video adjust—Opens the Video Adjust menu, where you can adjust the RGB (red, green, and blue) values of the video image from a source such as
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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor OSD Menu Description Unless otherwise indicated, these settings apply only to SD (standard definition) video at 480i and below. Video Adjust menu Where “PC input” is indicated, the resolutions that apply are from 800 × 600 to 1920 × 1200. Sharpness—Adjusts sharpness for video images. Video Scaling—Sets video aspect ratios and scaling between Wide, Zoom, 1:1, and Panoramic modes. PC input: Sets resolution aspect ratios and scaling between Wide, Zoom, and 1:
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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Changing Windows screen settings Adjusting the color depth and screen area are two of the most basic display settings you may need to change. You can also adjust settings such as the screen background and screen saver. Changing color depth and screen resolution Color depth and screen resolution are two of the most basic monitor settings you may need to change to suit your needs. Color depth is the number of colors your computer uses to display images on yo
