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196V4L
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EN User manual 1
Customer care and warranty 24
Troubleshooting & FAQs 29
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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 ...............................5 2.3 Remove Bas
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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
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1. Important Temperature: 0-40°C 32-95°F 1.2 Notational Descriptions Humidity: 20-80% RH The following subsections describe notational Important information for Burn-in/Ghost conventions used in this document. image. Notes, Cautions and Warnings Always activate a moving screen saver Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be program when you leave your monitor accompanied by an icon and printed in bold or unattended. Always activate a periodic italic type. These blocks contain
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1. Important Taking back/Recycling Information for 1.3 Disposal of product and packing Customers material Philips establishes technically and economically Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment- viable objectives to optimize the environmental WEEE performance of the organization's product, service and activities. From the planning, design and production stages, Philips emphasizes the important of making products that can easily be recycled. At Philips, end-of-life management primaril
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2. Setting up the monitor Install base stand 2. Setting up the monitor 1. Place the monitor face down on soft and smooth surface taking care to avoid scratching or damaging the screen. 2.1 Installation 2. Attach the base column with the monitor Package contents until it clicks into position. Register your product and get support at 196V4L www.philips.com/welcome Quick Start 3. Hold the monitor base stand with both hands and firmly insert the base stand into the base column. Audio cable (o
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2. Setting up the monitor Connecting to your PC 2.2 Operating the monitor Front view product description 5 AC power input VGA input DVI-D input (available for selected models) Audio input (available for selected models) Kensington anti-theft lock Model 196V4LA: Connect to PC 1. Connect the power cord to the back of 5 the monitor firmly. 2. Turn off your computer and unplug its power cable. 762 4 3 3. Connect the monitor signal cable to the video connector on the back of your Mo
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2. Setting up the monitor Description of the On Screen Display to move the cursor, and press OK button to confirm the choice or change. What is On-Screen Display (OSD)? On-Screen Display (OSD) is a feature in all The OSD Menu Philips LCD monitors. It allows an end user to Below is an overall view of the structure of adjust screen performance or select functions the On-Screen Display. You can use this as a of the monitors directly through an on-screen reference when you want to work your w
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2. Setting up the monitor Resolution notification 2.3 Remove Base Stand This monitor is designed for optimal Remove the Base Stand performance at its native resolution, 1366 × 768 @ 60 Hz. When the monitor is powered Before you start disassembling the monitor on at a different resolution, an alert is displayed base, please follow the instructions below to on screen: Use 1366 × 768 @ 60 Hz for best avoid any possible damage or injury. results. 1. Place the monitor face down on a smooth Di
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2. Setting up the monitor Note This monitor accepts a 100mm x 100mm VESA- Compliant mounting interface. 100mm 100mm Caution For use only with UL Listed Wall Mount Bracket with minimum weight/load 3.5Kg 8
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3. Image Optimization Icon based software is ready to enhance your 3. Image Optimization experience with Philips monitors! Installation 3.1 SmartContrast Follow the instruction and complete the installation. What is it? You can launch after installation is A unique technology that dynamically analyzes completed. displayed content and automatically optimizes If you want to launch later, you can either an LCD monitor's contrast ratio for maximum click the shortcut on desktop or t
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3. Image Optimization Start with Standard pane: Adjust menu: Adjust Menu allow you to adjust Brightness, Contrast, Focus, Position and Resolution. You can follow the instruction and do the adjustment. Cancel prompts user if you want to cancel installation. 10
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3. Image Optimization Color menu: Color Menu allow you to adjust RGB, Black Level, White Point, and Color Calibration. 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. Options>Preferences - Will only be active when selecting Preferences from the drop- 2. Start - starts the 6-step color calibration down Options menu. On a non-supported sequence. display capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and 3. Quick View loads the before/after images. Options tabs are available. 4. To return to Color home pane, click the Cancel button. 5. Enable color calibration - by default is on. If unchecked, does no
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3. Image Optimization at startup will not load when this box is unchecked (Disabled). Enable transparency mode (Windows 7, Vista, XP). Default is 0% Opaque. Options>Input - Will only be active when selecting Input from the drop-down Options menu. On a non-supported display capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options tabs are available. All other SmartControl Lite tabs are not available. Help>User Manual - Will only be active when selecting User Manual from the drop-down Help menu.
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3. Image Optimization The task tray has five entries: Help - Access to User Manual file: Open User Manual file using the default browser window. Technical Support - displays the tech support page. Context Sensitive menu Check for Update - takes the user to PDI The Context Sensitive menu is Enabled by Landing and checks the user’s version default. If Enable Context Menu has been against the most current available. checked in the Options>Preferences pane, then About - Displa
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4. Technical Specifications Picture/Display Monitor Panel Type TFT-LCD Backlight LED Panel Size 18.5" W (47cm) Aspect Ratio 16:9 Pixel Pitch 0.3 x 0.3 mm Brightness 200 cd/m² SmartContrast 10,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio (typ.) 600:1 Response Time (typ.) 5ms Optimum Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60Hz Viewing Angle 90° (H) / 65° (V) @ C/R > 10 Display Colors 16.7M Vertical Refresh Rate 56Hz - 76Hz Horizontal Frequency 30kHz - 83kHz sRGB YES Connectivity Signal Input DVI (digit
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196V4L: Power On Mode 16.54W (typ.), 17.2W (max.) Sleep (Standby) 0.5W Off 0.5W Power LED indicator On mode: White, Standby/Sleep mode: White (blinking) Power Supply Built-in, 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz Dimension Product with stand (WxHxD) 443x349 x201 mm Product without stand 443x279x48 mm (WxHxD) Weight Product with stand 2.980kg(LED) Product without stand 2.660kg(LED) Product with packaging 3.964kg(LED) Operating Condition Temperature range (operation) 0°C to 40 °C
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4.1 Resolution & Preset Modes Maximum Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60 Hz (analog input) 1366 x 768 @ 60 Hz (digital input) Recommended Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60 Hz (digital input) H. freq (kHz) Resolution V. freq (Hz) 31.47 720 x 400 70.09 31.47 640 x 480 59.94 35 640 x 480 66.67 37.86 640 x 480 72.81 37.5 640 x 480 75 37.88 800 x 600 60.32 46.88 800 x 600 75 48.36 1024 x 768 60 60.02 1024 x 768 75.03 44.77 1280 x 720 59.86 63.89 1280 x 1024 60.02 79.98 1280 x 1024 7
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5. Power Management 5. Power Management If you have VESA DPM compliance display card or software installed in your PC, the monitor can automatically reduce its power consumption when not in use. If an input from a keyboard, mouse or other input device is detected, the monitor will 'wake up' automatically. The following table shows the power consumption and signaling of this automatic power saving feature: 196V4LA: Power Management Definition VESA Video H-sync V-sync Power Used LED Col
