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272P4
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Table of Contents 1. Important ................................................1 10. Troubleshooting & FAQs ...................44 1.1 Safety precautions and maintenance ...1 10.1 Troubleshooting ...........................................44 1.2 Notational Descriptions .............................2 10.2 SmartControl Premium FAQs .............45 1.3 Disposal of product and packing 10.3 General FAQs ...............................................46 material ........................................
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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 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 notes,
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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 a smooth surface. Pay attention not to scratch or damage the screen. 2.1 Installation Package contents 2. Hold the stand with both hands. 272P4 (1) Gently attach the stand to the VESA mount area until the latch locks the stand. (2) Gently attach the base to the stand. located at the bottom of the base, and secure the base to the stand tightly. Audio cable USB cable DP cable (Op
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2. Setting up the monitor Connecting to your computer Daisy-chain function Daisy-chain enables multiple monitor 10 connections 11 12 This Philips display is equipped with DisplayPort (v1.2) interface which enables daisy-chaining to 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 multiple displays. Now you can daisy chain and 7 8 7 5 use multiple monitors via a single cable from 9 one display to the next. 4 2 3 DP cable DP IN DP IN DP cable 13 DP OUT 1 AC power switch Note 2 AC power input Depending on the capabili
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2. Setting up the monitor 2.2 Operating the monitor Description of the control buttons 10 9 8 If your graphics card or video output is not certified for DisplayPort V1.2, then you may experience blank or black screen. In this specific scenario, please go back to OSD menu again and re-set the “DisplayPort Daisychain” to “Off” mode. Warning 3 To avoid unknown damage, make sure to connect your DisplayPort input source to the port [DP IN]. 7 6 5 4 2 1 Switch moni
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2. Setting up the monitor Independent audio playback, regardless of 1. Press button on the front bezel to video input enter OSD Menu Screen. Your Philips monitor can play the audio source independently, regardless of which video input. For example, you can play your MP3 player from the audio source connected to the [Audio In] port of this monitor, and still watch your video source connected from [HDMI1], [HDMI2], or [DisplayPort]. 1. Press button on th
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2. Setting up the monitor Description of the On Screen Display The OSD Menu Below is an overall view of the structure of What is On-Screen Display (OSD)? the On-Screen Display. You can use this as a On-Screen Display (OSD) is a feature in all reference when you want to work your way Philips monitors. It allows an end user to adjust around the different adjustments later on. screen performance or select functions of Main menu Sub menu the monitors directly through an on-screen PowerSenso
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2. Setting up the monitor Height adjustment This monitor is designed for optimal performance at its native resolution, 2560 × 1440 @ 60 Hz. When the monitor is powered on at a different resolution, an alert is displayed on screen: Use 2560 × 1440 @ 60 Hz for best results. Display of the native resolution alert can be 150mm switched off from Setup in the OSD (On Screen Display) menu. Physical Function Pivot Tilt Swivel 9
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2. Setting up the monitor 2. The MultiView selection menu appears. 2.3 MultiView 3. Press and then exit automatically. What is it? How to enable MultiView by OSD menu? Multiview enables active dual connect and view Besides pressing the hotkey directly on so that you can work with multiple devices like the front bezel, the MultiView function can also PC and Notebook side-by-side simultaneously, be selected in OSD menu. making complex multi-tasking work a breeze. 1.
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2. Setting up the monitor MultiView in OSD menu PiP Size: When PiP is activated, there are three sub-window sizes to choose: [Small], PiP / PbP Mode: There are two modes for [Middle], [Large]. MultiView: [PiP] and [PbP]. B [PiP]: Picture in Picture Small Middle Large A (main) Open up a sub-window of B another signal source. A (main) PiP Position: When PiP is activated, there are four sub-window positions to choose. When the sub source is not Top-Left Top-Right B detected: A (main) B
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2. Setting up the monitor 3. While keeping the release button pressed, Note tilt the base and slide it out. When you do the SWAP function, the video and its audio source will swap at the same time. (Refer to page 7 “Independent audio playback, regardless of video input” for more detail.) 2.4 Remove the Base Assembly for VESA Mounting Before you start disassembling the monitor base, please follow the instructions below to avoid any possible damage or injury. Note 1. Extend the monitor ba
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3. Image Optimization 3. The SmartImage on screen display will 3. Image Optimization remain on screen for 5 seconds, or you can also press 4. When SmartImage is enabled, the sRGB 3.1 SmartImage scheme is disabled automatically. To use sRGB, you need to disable SmartImage What is it? with the button on the front bezel of SmartImage provides presets that optimize your monitor. display for different types of content, dynamically Except using key to scroll down, you can adjusting
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3. Image Optimization Game: Turn on over drive circuit for best 3.3 Philips SmartControl Premium response time, reduce jaggy edges for fast The new SmartControl Premium software moving objects on screen, enhance contrast by Phillips allows you to control your monitor ratio for bright and dark scheme, this via an easy to use on-screen graphic interface. profile delivers the best gaming experience Complicated adjustments are a thing of the for gamers. past as this user friendly software
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3. Image Optimization You can adjust more options without wizard by Standard pane. Start with Standard pane Adjust menu Adjust Menu allows 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. 15
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3. Image Optimization Color menu Color Menu allows you to adjust RGB, Black Level, White Point, Display Gamma, Color Calibration, 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 16
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3. Image Optimization 1. "Show Me" starts color calibration tutorial. SmartImage 2. Start - starts the 6-step color calibration Allow users to change setting for better display sequence. setting based on content. 3. Quick View loads the before/after images. When Entertainment is set, SmartContrast and 4. To return to Color home pane, click the SmartResponse are enabled. Cancel button. 5. Enable color calibration - by default is on. If unchecked, does not allow for color calibration to happe
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3. Image Optimization Options menu set to run at startup will not load when this box is unchecked (Disabled). Options>Preferences - Will only be active when selecting Preferences from the drop- Enable transparency mode (Windows 7, down Options menu. On a non-supported Vista, XP). Default is 0% Opaque. display capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options>Audio - Will only be active when Options tabs are available. selecting Volume from the drop-down Options menu. On a non-supported display
