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User manual mermaid ventura 213/240[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 18 Table of Contents: Table of Co ntents: ........................................................................................................... 2 1. Preface .........................................[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 18 1. Preface The merm aid vent ura 213T and 240T a re state of t he art h igh- tech fl at pan el TFT m onit ors with resol uti ons of 1600x1200 and 1920x1200 respecti vely. Th ey are based on t he newest[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 4 of 18 3. Content of the Box: • ventu ra 213T (21”) o r ventura 24 0T (24 ”) monito r • PSU (80 Watt) • Power cor d • HQ VGA cable 1, 8 meter • Users manual • ”Quickstart ” card • Glass [...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 5 of 18 5. OSD Key functions Functio n Desc riptio n Menu (Hot Key ) Activate the OS D Bright (Ho t Key) Activate brig htness c ontro l OSD PIP (Hot Ke y) Activate PIP (Pictur e-in-Pictur e) wind ow Sour ce (H[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 6 of 18 6. OSD Menu Main Menu Sub-Menu 1. Bri ghtne ss 2. Contrast 3. Image con trol H-Size / Phase 4. Image position H-position / V -position 5. Color co ntrol Mode / R / G / B 6. Aspect rati o Wide expand / [...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 7 of 18 7. OSD Functions & Adjustments 1. Brightne ss Changes the over all brightness of image 2. Contrast Changes the ratio be tween white and black ¢¸ Distinct ¢º Vague 3. Image co ntrol Fine tune ve[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 8 of 18 6. Aspect r atio Changes the r atio of vertical and hor izontal size of display Wide Exp and: Full scr een image expa nsion re gard less o f the o riginal aspect ratio Expand: Perfo rm image expa nsion[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 9 of 18 13. In formatio n Displays the information regarding c urrent display sour ce. Input signal, Information include s as following: Video signa l type: An alog / DVI/ Video / S- video Sync. Ty pe, f reque[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 10 of 18 8. Guarantee terms mermaid ventur a 213/2 40 are co vered by a 1-ye ar Pick-UP serv ice Pick-UP Collecti on from and return t o your address. If your mermaid ventura needs repai ring, cont act mermaid[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 11 of 18 10. Troubleshooting If you have troubles u sing this monitor, plea se refe r to following suggestions for troublesh ooting. If you can not fix it proper ly, please contact your distributor or place of[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 12 of 18 Appendix A: List of tested graphic boards. Graphic board /Chip Ventura 2 13T (1600x1200) Ventura2 40T (1920x1200) Interface Analog VGA DVI Analog VGA DVI ASUS V7100 (Nvidi a Gforce 2 MX) yes yes yes y[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 13 of 18 Appendix B: Connector specific ations. Power In (P1) Pin no. Functi on Pin no. Functi on Pin no. Functi on Pin no. Functi on 1 Power in 2 Power in 3 GND 4 GND Analo g RGB in (P2 ) Pin no. Functi on Pi[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 14 of 18 Connect or spec ific ati ons – cont inued . S-Video IN ( P 4) Pin no. Func tion Pin no. F unction Pin no. Function Pin no. Functio n 1 GND 2 GND 3 Lu ma 4 Chroma CVBS (n – Composite Vi deo (P 5) P[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 15 of 18 Appendix C: Technic al specifications Electric al par ameter s reference : t A 25 ° C Symbol Descriptio Mi Ty Ma Uni V DD DC power sup ply TBD 14.0 TBD V V i(RGB) Vi deo input si gnal (w.r.t. GN D) 0[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 16 of 18 Appendix D: Video Mode Support The mode s are d etected whten pr esente d to the inp ut and pr evious alignments f or s etup ar e automatically recalle d. A tr ue multi-sync mo nitor em ulation is imp[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 17 of 18 Appendix E: Opti cal Characte ristics – v e ntura 240 T The follo wing items are meas ured und er stab le cond itions. The o ptical char acter istics sho uld be me asured in a dark roo m or eq uival[...]
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mermaid ventura 213/240 - Users manual V ersion 3.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Page 18 of 18 Appendix F: O pti cal Characteri sti c s – v e ntura 213 T The follo wing items are meas ured und er stab le cond itions. The o ptical char acter istics sho uld be me asured in a dark roo m or eq ui[...]