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COVER.fm Page 1 Thursday, July 6, 2000 10:43 AM
SyncMaster150MP
SyncMaster170MP
(For NTSC systems)
TFT-LCD Monitor
Owner’s
Instructions
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COVER.fm Page 2 Thursday, July 6, 2000 10:43 AM Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2000 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is strictly forbidden. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance
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TOC.fm Page 1 Thursday, July 6, 2000 10:48 AM Table of Contents Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Unpacking your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Setting up Your LCD Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Setting up an Ergonomic
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Safety.fm Page 2 Thursday, July 6, 2000 10:55 AM Safety Instructions Before connecting the AC power cord to the DC adapter outlet, make sure the voltage 1 designation of the DC adapter corresponds to the local electrical supply. Never insert anything metallic into the cabinet openings of the liquid cristal display (LCD) 2 monitor; doing so may create the danger of electric shock. To avoid electric shock, never touch the inside of the LCD monitor. Only a qu
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108E05body2.fm Page 3 Monday, August 6, 2001 1:53 PM Unpacking Your Monitor Please make sure the following items are included with your monitor. If any items are missing, contact your dealer. Power Cord Installation CD 15-pin D-Sub Signal Cable Warranty Card (not available in all locations) DC Adapter SyncMaster 150MP PC V1 V2 TV Source PIP Exit Menu CH VOL Monitor Manual Stereo-RCA Cable (option) 1 2 3 PAL-NTSC Connector 4 5 6 7 8 9 Display Pre.CH 0 Batteries Stereo-Stereo Cable
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108E05body2.fm Page 4 Monday, August 6, 2001 1:53 PM Setting up Your LCD Monitor Setting up an Ergonomic Workstation Consider the advice given below before you install your monitor. Monitor location Choose a position that exposes your monitor to the least reflection from lights or windows, usually at a right angle to any window. Workstation height Place your LCD monitor so that the top of the screen is slightly below your eye level when you are comfortably seated. Viewing angl
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108E05body2.fm Page 5 Monday, August 6, 2001 1:53 PM Setting up Your LCD Monitor Connecting Your LCD Monitor IN OUT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DVD or VCR Figure 3. Cable connections Connect the power cord to the DC adapter and connect the adapter jack to the DC12V 1 power port on the back of your monitor. Connect the signal cable to the video port on your computer. 2 Connect the RCA cable or S-VHS cable to your DVD, VCR or camcoder. 3 (RCA cable & S-VHS cable not included
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body2.fm Page 6 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Setting up Your LCD Monitor Plug and Play ® The adoption of the new VESA Plug and Play solution eliminates complicated and time consuming setup. It allows you to install your monitor in a Plug and Play compatible system without the usual hassles and confusion. Your PC system can easily identify and configure itself for use with your display. This monitor automatically tells the PC system its Extended Display Identification
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body2.fm Page 7 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Setting up Your LCD Monitor If the monitor is functioning properly, you will see a white box with a large blue oval Samsung logo and an error messsage “Check Signal Cable.” in red color. Check Signal Cable Figure 5. Monitor self-test screen This box also appears during normal operation if the video cable becomes disconnected or damaged. 4 Turn off your monitor and reconnect the video cable; then turn on both your computer and the
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body2.fm Page 8 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor User Controls Your LCD monitor allows you to easily adjust the characteristics of the image being displayed. All of these adjustments are made using the control buttons on the front of the monitor. While you use these buttons to adjust the controls, an on-screen menu shows you their numeric values as they change. PC V1 V2 TV Source PIP Exit Menu CH VOL * 17" : SyncMaster 170MP Figure
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body2.fm Page 9 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor No. Name Description n Moves the selector up or down on the OSD. 6 - CH + n Increases or decreases the channel number. n Moves the selector left or right on the OSD. n Increases or decreases the values of the selected function. 7 n Increases or decreases the level of audio - VOL + volume. Automatic Save Whenever you open the on-screen menu and allow an adjustment window to remain activ
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body2.fm Page 10 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Direct-Access Features While you are watching full screen TV or in PIP mode When OSD is not on the screen, push the " " or Ch._ " " button to select channel number. Push the " "button to decrease channel Channel 1 number. Push the " " button to increase the 2 channel number. When OSD is not on the screen, push the " " or " " button to adjust volume. Push the " " button to decrease th
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body2.fm Page 11 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor ON-Screen Display(OSD) Function icons AUTO AUTO ADJUSTMENT Function name Setting bar Tool Tip Auto Adjustment Press Menu Key Figure 7. On-Screen Display(OSD) Accessing the menu system With the OSD off, push the Menu button to display the main OSD menu. 1 Use the " " buttons to move from one function to another. As you move 2 from one icon to another, the function name changes to r
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body2.fm Page 12 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor OSD functions and adjustment Table 1. Screen controls Function Descriptions Menus and Icon Sub-menus Auto Adjustment "Auto adjustment" allows the monitor to self-adjust to the incoming video signal. The values of fine, coarse AUTO and position are adjusted automatically. Contrast SyncMaster 150MP PC V1 V2 TV Source PIP Exit Menu CH VOL Syn
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body2.fm Page 13 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Table 1. Screen controls (Continued ) Function Descriptions Menus and Icon Sub-menus n Fine The Fine and Coarse adjustments allow you to fine tune n Coarse the image quality of your monitor to your preference. Use the " " and " " buttons to remove any noise. If satisfactory results are not obtained using the Fine adjustment, use the Coar
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body2.fm Page 14 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Table 1. Screen controls (Continued ) Function Descriptions Menus and Icon Sub-menus Color The tone of color can be changed from redish white to bluish white. The individual color components are also user customizable. n Mode1 Redish white. n Mode2 Plain white. n Mode3 Bluish white. n User Mode User customizable. n Res
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body2.fm Page 15 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Table 1. Screen controls (Continued ) Function Descriptions Menus and Icon Sub-menus n Channel Edit In rare cases, "Channel auto program" may miss a couple of channels due to weak signals or for other reasons such as a channel does not exist when "Channel auto program" is executed. To add a newly found channel or remove a chann
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body2.fm Page 16 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Table 1. Screen controls (Continued ) Function Descriptions Menus and Icon Sub-menus n Closed Caption Enable or disable closed caption feature and set the (US only) appearance of closed caption text. • On/Off • Caption/Text • Channel 1/2 • Field 1/2 • Box/Shadow n V- Chip See " V- Chip " on page 20 ~ 21. Video Cont
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body2.fm Page 17 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Table 1. Screen controls (Continued ) Function Descriptions Menus and Icon Sub-menus The monitor has a built-in high fidelity stereo audio amplifier. The audio circuit processes audio signal from Audio Control various external input sources such as DVD, VCR, TV or PC. n Source Select Selects a sound source from PC
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body2.fm Page 18 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:21 PM Adjusting Your LCD Monitor Table 1. Screen controls (Continued ) Function Descriptions Menus and Icon Sub-menus n Zoom The image can be magnified up to 64 times larger than the original image. The enlarged image can also be panned. n Pan Move the zoomed image horizontally and vertically. Image Effect Image being displayed can be made softer or sha
