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Brilliance
273P3L
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EN User manual 1
Customer care and warranty 35
Troubleshooting & FAQs 40
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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...............................4 2.3 Remove Base Stan
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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 dur
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1.Important In order to maintain the best performance Note of your monitor and use it for a longer life- Consult a service technician if the monitor time, please use the monitor in a location does not operate normally, or you are not sure that falls within the following temperature what procedure to take when the operating and humidity ranges. instructions given in this manual have been Temperature: 0-40°C 32-95°F followed. Humidity: 20-80% RH IMPORTANT: Always activate a moving 1.2 Not
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1.Important Recycling Information for Customers 1.3 Disposal of product and packing Your display is manufactured with high quality material materials and components which can be recycled and reused. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment - To learn more about our recycling program WEEE please visit www.philips.com/about/sustainability/ recycling. This marking on the product or on its packaging illustrates that, under European Directive 2002/96/EC governing used electrical and electron
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2 0 1 1 K o n i n k l i j k e P h i l i p s E l e c t r o n i c s , N . V . A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d . U n a u t h o r i z e d d u p l i c a t i o n i s a v i o l a 2. Setting up the monitor Connect to PC 2. Setting up the monitor 1. Turn off your computer and unplug its power cord. 2.1 Installation 2. Connect the VGA or DVI or HDMI signal cable for video connection. 3. Connect the Audio cable for audio 273P3L connection. Package contents 4. Connect the USB upstream port on Register
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2. Setting up the monitor Main menu Sub menu SmartImage. There are 6 modes On 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Power Sensor to be selected: Office, Photo, Off VGA Movie, Game, Economy, Off. Input DVI HDMI Wide Screen, 4:3 Picture Format Picture Brightness 0~100 Description of the On Screen Display Contrast 0~100 SmartResponse On, Off What is On-Screen Display (OSD)? SmartContrast On, Off Gamma 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 On-Screen Display (OSD) is a feature in all Philips Monitors. It allows an end user to adjust
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2. Setting up the monitor Resolution notification Pivot 90° This monitor is designed for optimal performance at its native resolution, 1920 x 0° 1080 at 60 Hz. When the monitor is powered on at a different resolution, an alert is displayed on screen: Use 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz for best results. Display of the native resolution alert can be switched off from Setup in the OSD (On Screen Display) menu. Physical Function Tilt Height adjustment 110mm Swivel 65 -65 6
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2. Setting up the monitor Note 2.3 Remove Base Stand and Base This monitor accepts a 100mm x 100mm Remove the Base VESA-Compliant mounting interface. Condition: For VESA standard mounting applications. 100mm 100mm 273P3L 1. Remove the 4 screws. 2. Remove the base from the monitor. 7
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3. Image Optimization 1. Press to launch the SmartImage on 3. Image Optimization screen display. 2. Keep pressing to toggle between Office, Photo, Movie, Game, Economy and Off. 3.1 SmartImage 3. The SmartImage on screen display will What is it? remain on screen for 5 seconds, or you can SmartImage provides presets that optimize also press "OK" to make confirmation. display for different types of content, dynamically 4. When SmartImage is enabled, the sRGB adjusting brightness, contrast,
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3. Image Optimization Office: Enhances text and dampens 3.2 SmartContrast brightness to increase readability and reduce eye strain. This mode significantly What is it? enhances readability and productivity when Unique technology that dynamically analyzes you’re working with spreadsheets, PDF files, displayed content and automatically optimizes scanned articles or other general office a Monitor's contrast ratio for maximum visual applications. clarity and viewing enjoyment, stepping up
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3. Image Optimization You can go to Plug-in menu to launch 3.3 Philips SmartControl Premium wizard later on as well. The new SmartControl Premium software You can adjust more options without by Phillips allows you to control your monitor wizard by Standard pane. via an easy to use on-screen graphic interface. Complicated adjustments are a thing of the past as this user friendly software guides you through fine-tuning resolution, Color calibration, Clock/Phase adjustments, RGB White p
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3. Image Optimization Color menu Color Menu allow you to adjust RGB, Black Level, White Point, Color Calibra- tion, and SmartImage (Please refer to SmartImage section). 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. 11
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3. Image Optimization 1. "Show Me" starts color calibration tutorial. 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 Previous button is disabled u
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3. Image Optimization SmartImage Allows user to change setting for better display setting based on content. When Entertainment is set, SmartContrast and SmartResponse are enabled. To enable Theft Deterrence, clicking Enable Theft Deterrence Mode button brings up the following screen: User can enter PIN between 4 and 9 digits numbers only. After entering PIN, Accept button takes ECO user to the pop-up dialog box on the fol- lowing page. Minimum minutes set to 5. Slider set to 5 by def
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3. Image Optimization After creating PIN, the Theft Deterrence pane Displays current preference settings. will indicate Theft Deterrence Enabled and A checked box enables the feature. The provide PIN Options button: check box is a toggle. Theft Deterrence Enabled is displayed. Enable Context Menu on desktop is checked (On) by default. Enable Context Disable Theft Deterrence Mode opens menu displays SmartControl Premium se- pane screen on next page. lections for Select Preset and Tun
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3. Image Optimization Options>Input - Will only be active when Options>Audio - Will only be active when selecting Input from the drop-down Options selecting Audio from the drop-down Options menu. On a non-supported display capable of menu. DDC/CI, only the Help and Options tabs are On a non-supported display capable of DDC/ available. All other SmartControl Premium tabs CI, only the Help and Options tabs are available. are not available. Option>Auto Pivot Display the Source instruction pan
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3. Image Optimization Help>User Manual - Will only be active when Context Sensitive menu selecting User Manual from the drop-down The Context Sensitive menu is Enabled by Help menu. On a non-supported display default. If Enable Context Menu has been capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options checked in the Options>Preferences pane, then tabs are available. the menu will be visible. The Context Menu has four entries: SmartControl Premium - When selected the About Screen is displayed.
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3. Image Optimization The task tray has five entries: 3.4 SmartDesktop Guide Help - Access to User Manual file: Open SmartDesktop User Manual file using the default browser SmartDesktop is in SmartControl Premium. window. Install SmartControl Premium and select Technical Support - displays the tech sup- SmartDesktop from Options. port page. Check for Update - takes the user to PDI Landing and checks the user’s version against the most current available. About - Displays detailed re
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3. Image Optimization Drag and Drop Windows Title Bar Options Once the partitions are configured and Align to Desktop partition can be accessed from the title partition is selected a window can be dragged bar of the active window. This provides a quick into the region and it will automatically align. and easy way to manage the desktop as well as When the window and mouse cursor are within sending any window to any partition without the region, the region will become highlighted. having to
