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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 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 Temperature: 0-40°C 32-95°F 1.2 Notational Descriptions Humidity: 20-80% RH The following subsections describe notational IMPORTANT: Always activate a moving conventions used in this document. screen saver program when you leave your monitor unattended. Always activate Notes, Cautions and Warnings a periodic screen refresh application Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be if your monitor will display unchanging accompanied by an icon and printed in bold or static con
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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 2. Hold the monitor base stand with both 2. Setting up the monitor hands and firmly insert the base stand into the base column. 2.1 Installation Package contents Register your product and get support at www.philips.com/welcome 221B3 Quick Start 3. Attach the monitor base stand to the base column
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2. Setting up the monitor Connecting to your PC 2.2 Operating the monitor 7 3 4 5 6 4 9 1 2 7 5 6 8 3 Kensington anti-thief lock & Power switch é AC power input " Audio input ' DVI-D input ( Front view product description D-sub input § USB upstream è To access the OSD menu. Earphone ! Return to previous OSD level. USB downstream ç Power sensor. To switch monitor’s power ON Connect to PC and OFF. 1. Turn off your computer and unplug its To adjust the OSD menu. power cord. 2. Connect the V
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2. Setting up the monitor Main menu Sub menu Description of the On Screen Display On 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 PowerSensor Off What is On-Screen Display (OSD)? VGA On-Screen Display (OSD) is a feature in all Input DVI Philips Monitors. It allows an end user to adjust Wide Screen, 4:3 Picture Format screen performance or select functions of Picture Brightness 0~100 the monitors directly through an on-screen Contrast 0~100 instruction window. A user friendly on screen SmartContrast On, Off Gamma 1.8, 2.0,
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2. Setting up the monitor Resolution notification Height adjustment This monitor is designed for optimal performance at its native resolution, 1920 x 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 70mm Screen Display) menu. Physical Function Tilt Note Remove the height adjustment pin lock before adjusti
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2. Setting up the monitor 3. Release the lock of base stand then pull the 2.3 Remove Base Stand and Base base stand away from the base column. Remove the Base Stand Before you start disassembling the monitor base, please follow the instructions below to avoid damage or injury. 1. Extend the monitor base to its maximum height. 70mm Remove the Base 2. Place the monitor face down on a smooth Condition: surface, taking care to avoid scratching or For VESA standard mounting applications. damag
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2. Setting up the monitor 2. Remove the 4 screws and then remove the base from the monitor. 100mm 100mm Note This monitor accepts a 100mm x 100mm VESA-Compliant mounting interface. 9
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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. 13
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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 Theft Deterrence Pane will only be active when selecting Theft Deterrence Mode from the Allows user to change setting for better display drop-down Plug Ins menu. 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: ECO User can enter PIN between 4 and 9 digits numbers only. After entering PIN, Accept butto
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3. Image Optimization Displays current preference settings. A checked box enables the feature. The check box is a toggle. Enable Context Menu on desktop is checked (On) by default. Enable Context menu displays SmartControl Premium se- lections for Select Preset and Tune Display in the desktop right-click context menu. Disabled removes SmartControl Premium from the right click context menu. Enable Task Tray icon is checked (On) by default. Enable context menu shows the task tray me
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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.