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    Pla smaS ync 4 2X C10 Pla smaS ync 50X C10 Pla smaS ync 60X C10 English Us er ’ s Manual[...]

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    Pac ka g e C o n t e n t s Pl a sm a Mon it or Remo te con t ro l a nd A A Bat ter ies Powe r c or d U ser s Man ua l ( CD- R O M ) S t ar t U p Gui de ( Pa per / CD- R O M ) Mai n P o w er S w i tch co v er and scr ew Cab l e cl a m ps • • • • • • •[...]

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    Impor t ant Safety Instructions ..............................................................................................................English- 1 Impor t ant Information ...........................................................................................................................English- 2 Safety Pr e cautions and Maintenance ..[...]

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    English English-1 Read Bef ore Opera ti ng Equip me nt. 1. Read t hes e in st ruc t ions. 2. K ee p th ese ins tru cti o ns. 3. Heed a l l wa r ni ngs. 4. Fol low al l i nst r uct ions. 5. Do not use t h is appa rat us nea r water . 6. Clea n on ly w ith a d r y c loth . 7 . Do not block a ny of the venti lat ion openi ngs. In sta l l i n a cc o r [...]

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    English-2 W ARNING TO PREVENT FIRE O R SHOCK H AZARDS, D O NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOIS TURE. DO NOT USE THIS UNIT’S POLA RIZED PL UG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD RECEPT ACLE OR OTHER OUTLETS UNLESS THE PRO NGS CAN BE FULL Y INSER TED . REFRAIN FROM O PENING THE CABINET AS THERE ARE HIGH V OL T AGE COMPONENTS INSIDE. REFER SER V ICING TO QU ALI[...]

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    English English-3 Safety Precautions and Ma intena nce FOR O P TI MU M PERFOR M A NCE , PLE ASE NOTE TH E FOLLOWING W HE N SET TI NG UP A ND USING T HE MONI TOR:  e plasma displa y's panel is made up of  ne p icture elements (cells), o f which more than 99.99 percen t are active cells. Some cells may not p roduce light o r remain con sta[...]

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    English-4 R ec o mm en de d Us e CAUT I O N COR R EC T PLA CE M EN T A ND A DJUSTM E NT OF TH E MONITOR C AN R EDUCE EY E , SHOUL DER A ND NE CK F ATIGUE . CH ECK T H E FOLLOWI NG WH E N POSITIO NI NG THE M ONITOR: For optimu m per forma nce, a l low 20 mi nutes for war m- up. Rest you r eyes per iod ica l ly by focu sing on a n object at lea st 5 [...]

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    English English-5 R ec o mm en de d Us e - co nt in ued T o av oid or mi nimize image retent ion : Like all phospho r-based disp lay devices and all other gas plasma displa ys, plasma monito rs can be susceptible to image reten tion under certain circumstances. Certain operatin g conditio ns, such as the con tinuous dis play o f a static image o ve[...]

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    English-6 U sing Op tion a l Stand/ M oun ts An optio nal stand or moun ting a pparat us can be installed either while the unit is in the u pright position o r while the unit is face-do wn. T o install the stand while in the up right position, lo wer the monit or on to to the feet as shown (F igure 1). U se the handles to sup port t he displa y whi[...]

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    English English-7 M oun ting o n Ce i lin g En sur e th at the ce ilin g i s s tur d y e no ugh to su pp ort the weight of the u nit a nd t he mounti ng appa ratu s over t ime, a ga in st ea r t hqua ke s, u nex pec te d v ibrations , a nd other e x terna l forces. Be su re the u n it is mounted to a solid st r uct u re wit h in t he cei l ing , su[...]

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    English-8 U sing the Re mo te: Install the remo te con trol bat teries.  e remot e contr ol is power ed by AA bat teries. T o install or replace ba tteries: A. Press and slide to o pen the cover . B. Align the batt eries according t o the (+) and (–) indica tions inside the case. C. Replace the cov er . CA UTION: I ncorrect usage o f batt erie[...]

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    English English-9 P ar t Na mes an d F u ncti on s Contr ol Pa nel 1) POWER Sw itc hes th e pow er o n/sta ndb y . 2) MUTE Swi tches the audio m ute O N/OFF . 3) INPUT Swi tches between in put sour ces. A cts as SET but ton within the OSD men u. 4) PLUS (+) Incr eases the s etting ad justment wi thin OSD menu . 5) MINUS (-) Decreases the setting ad[...]

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    English-10 EXTERNAL CONTROL OUT 2 IN DVD/HD3 S-VIDEO IN DVI AUDIO3 R L (MONO) R L (MONO) R L (MONO) AUDIO2 AUDIO1 VGA Y Cr/Pr Cb/Pb DVD/HD1 DVD/HD2 IN VIDEO AC IN RL SPEAKER (S) 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 12 11 13 14 P ar t Names and F unc tions 1) EXTERN AL CONTROL O U T (D-Sub 9 p in) Connect RS-232C outp ut to a second moni tor . 2) EXTERN AL CONTROL (D[...]

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    English English-11 P ar t Na mes an d F u ncti on s - co nt in ued 1) POWER ON/ST ANDBY Swit ches the power on/standb y . *If the P ower In dicator o n the displa y is not glowing, then no con trols will wo rk. 2) VIDEO Swi tches the inp ut signal to the VIDEO so urce. 3) RGB Swi tches the inp ut signal to the RGB sour ce. 4) DVD/HD Swi tches the i[...]

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    English-12 PO W ER T o turn the unit O N and OFF: 1. Plug t he pow er cord i nto an A C outle t. 2 . P ress t he Po wer button ( on t he un it ).  e monitor' s ON/ ST A NDBY ind icator tu r ns red a nd t he un it wi l l be i n STANDBY mode. 3. Pres s t h e POWE R ON but t on on t he remote cont rol .  e ON /ST A NDBY indic ator wi l l t [...]

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    English English-13 REMOTE CONTR OL ID  e remot e contr ol included wi th the display can be used to con trol up t o 26 individual moni tors using wha t is called the REMOTE CONTR OL ID mode.  e REMOTE CONTROL ID mode wo rks in conj unction with the Mo nitor ID , allowing con trol of u p to 26 individual mo nitor s. For exam ple: if there ar e[...]

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    English-14 On - Scr een Disp la y ( OS D ) U sing t he OS D U se the Rem ote Contr ol or th e con trol pa nel on the fro nt of the unit t o enter the o n-screen displa y menu to ad just settings. 1. Pres s t he M EN U but t on on t he remote or t he E X I T but ton on t he C ont rol Pa nel . 2 . Use t he up a nd do w n buttons to s elec t t he desi[...]

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    English English-15 On - Scr een Disp la y ( OS D ) Main Menu Sub Menu Sub Menu 2 Explanation Default Reset PIC TU RE PIC TU RE M EM ORY Sto re p ic tu re m en u set t ing s an d in pu t ter mi na l in for ma ti on. T he memor y number is 1 -6. Th e "PI CTU RE M EM ORY " sc re en a pp ea r s whe n th e SE T b ut ton i s pr es se d on t he [...]

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    English-16 On - Scr een Disp la y ( OS D ) Main Menu Sub Menu Sub Menu 2 Explanation Default Reset AUD IO BAS S Adj us ts t he l ow fr eq ue nc y sou nd . Pr es s + or - to a dj us t. 0 YE S TR EB LE Adj us ts t he h ig h fr eq ue ncy s ou nd. P re ss + o r - to a dju st . 0 YE S BA L AN CE Adj us ts t he b al an ce of L / R volu me . Pre s s + or [...]

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    English English-17 On - Scr een Disp la y ( OS D ) Main Menu Sub Menu Sub Menu2 Explanation Default Reset SET UP (co nt in ued) BAC K GRO UN D C ho os es t he b ri ght ne ss o f ba ckg ro und w he n th er e is n o inp ut signal present. GRA Y YES SI DE M AS K Adj us ts t he co lo r of th e si de m as k wh en a 4 : 3 ima ge i s di sp laye d. Pr es s[...]

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    English-18 Operation Picture Size Us ing Vid eo Signa ls Select one of seven pict ure sizes man ually . While viewing videos o r digital video discs, per fo rm the follo wing actions: 1. Press the S IZE butt on on the remo te contr ol. 2. T o switch the scr een sizes, press the SIZE b utto n again within 3 seconds.  e a vailable sizes ar e NORMA[...]

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    English English-19 Picture Size Us ing C om pu ter Sig na ls T o expand a 4:3 imag e to  ll t he en tire screen, switc h to the widescreen mode. While viewing videos o r digital video discs, per fo rm the follo wing actions: 1. Press the S IZE butt on on the remo te contr ol. 2. T o switch the scr een sizes, press the SIZE b utto n again within [...]

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    English-20 Operation - co nt in ued Sp lit Scr een M ode T o displa y multi ple pictur es on the screen, perform the follo wing actions: 1. Press the desir ed SPLIT SCREEN function bu tton o n the remot e (PIP , S BY S, SINGLE). Onl y certain R GB signals a re s uppo r ted. Spli t Screen mode works accordin g to the table below . Side by Side Mode [...]

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    English English-21 Picture-in- Pictu re M ode Press the + a nd - butt ons to cha nge the position of the sub- pic ture. Press the p and q bu tton s to chang e the size of the sub- pic ture. Press the S ELECT/FREEZE but ton to cha nge the active pic ture. Di s pl ay i n g I nput Si g n a l 1. T o make the desired p icture active , press the S ELECT/[...]

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    English-22 Operation - con tin ued Picture Set ti ngs M en u Sto ring picture set tings  is function stores the curren t inpu t signal and PICTURE menu settings in memo r y in or der to recall these settings if necessar y . Up to six di erent settings ca n be stor ed. N otes of u p to 15 characters lo ng can also be stor ed along with each se[...]

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    English English-23  is monitor u se s R X D, TX D and GN D lines for R S-23 2C control .  e reve rse t ype c able ( null mod em c able ) should be u se d for RS - 232C control.  is Plasma m onit or can be co ntro lled via personal com puter usin g an RS-232C connection. MO NITOR ID and RS - 232C CO N TR OL U p to 26 individual monit ors ca[...]

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    English-24 RS- 232C - con tin ued  e fol lowi ng control s equence is us ed for a sing le monitor When using the f ollowing co ntro l commands, all o f the daisy-chained moni tors can be con trolled at the same time from the p rimar y monito r . Ho wever , reply a nd status co mmands will only pertain to the primary monito r , and not to the sec[...]

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    English English-25 RS- 232C - con tin ued 3) C ontrol sequ enc e 1)  e command fr om a com puter t o the Plasma monito r will take 400ms. 2)  e Plasma monit or will send a return comma nd 400ms* a er it has r eceived an encode. If the comma nd is not receiv ed correctly , the Plasma monito r will not send the return comman d. 3)  e pers[...]

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    English-26 Structure o f the Read-command ASCII HEX Function Data Function Data POWER ON vP 1 76h 50h 31h POWER OFF vP 0 76h 50h 30h INPUT VIDEO1 vI v1 76h 49h 76h 31h INPUT S-VIDEO vI v3 76h 49h 76h 33h INPUT DVD/HD1 vI v2 76h 49h 76h 32h INPUT DVD/HD2 vI v5 76h 49h 76h 35h INPUT DVD/HD3 vI h1 76h 49h 68h 31h INPUT SCART2 vI v6 76h 49h 76h 36h INP[...]

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    English English-27 Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g No pic t u re  e sig na l ca ble shou ld be prope rly conne ct ed to t he d ispl ay card/ co mp ute r .  e di splay c a rd shou ld be prope rly se ated i n its s lot. Front Po wer Sw itch a nd c omputer power sw it ch shou ld b e in th e O N po si ti o n. Chec k to ma ke su re t hat a s uppor te[...]

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    English-28 Sp e c i fi ca ti ons 4 2X C1 0 PDP Mod ule Diagonal: 42 "/1058 mm Pixel Pi tch 0.900 mm (W)/0.676 mm (H) Resolutio n 1024 x 768 Frequency Horizon tal AN ALOG: 15.625/15.734kHz, 31.0kHz - 108.5kHz DIGIT AL: 15.625/15.734kHz, 31.0kHz - 91.1kHz V ertical 24Hz to 120.4Hz Panel Disp lay Size 922 mm (W) x 519 mm (H) 36.3 in (W) x 20.4 i[...]

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    English English-29 Sp e c i fi ca ti ons 50 X C1 0 PDP Mod ule Diagonal: 50"/1269 mm Pixel Pi tch 0.81 mm (W)/0.81 mm (H) Resolutio n 1365 x 768 Frequency Horizon tal AN ALOG: 15.625/15.734kHz, 31.0kHz - 108.5kHz DIGIT AL: 15.625/15.734kHz, 31.0kHz - 91.1kHz V ertical 24Hz to 120.4Hz Panel Disp lay Size 1106 mm (W) x 622 mm (H) 43.5 in (W) x [...]

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    English-30 Sp e c i fi ca ti ons 60 X C1 0 PDP Mod ule Diagonal: 60"/1514 mm Pixel Pi tch 0.966 mm (W)/0.966 mm (H) Resolutio n 1366 x 768 Frequency Horizon tal AN ALOG: 15.625/15.734kHz, 31.0kHz - 108.5kHz DIGIT AL: 15.625/15.734kHz, 31.0kHz - 91.1kHz V ertical 24Hz to 120.4Hz Panel Disp lay Size 1320 mm (W) x 742 mm (H) 51.9 in (W) x 29.2 i[...]

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    English English-31 Specification of the signal Sig. c n y S M O O Z L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I M O O Z L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I . q e r f H . q e r f V n o i t u l o s e R no. H X V Signal T ype Hz (kHz) terminal (4:3) (16:9) terminal (4:3) (16:9) H V presence Gr. No. Item IBM PC/A T 1 640 X 400 400line 70.1 31.5 VGA -- Y e s - - DVI - - - [...]

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    English-32 4 2X C1 0 Su ppor ted Reso lut ion s ( Vid eo ) Specification of the signal Sig. t c e l e s D H R E D N U 1 : 5 3 . 2 9 : 4 1 M O O Z C I M A N Y D L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I R E D N U 1 : 5 3 . 2 9 : 4 1 M O O Z C I M A N Y D L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I . q e r f H . q e r f V n o i t u l o s e R no. H X V Signal T ype Hz (kHz) te[...]

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    English English-33 Specification of the signal Sig. c n y S M O O Z L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I M O O Z L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I . q e r f H . q e r f V n o i t u l o s e R no. H X V Signal T ype Hz (kHz) terminal (4:3) (16:9) terminal (4:3) (16:9) H V presence Gr . No. Item IBM PC/A T 1 640 X 400 400line 70.1 31.5 VGA -- Y e s - - DVI - - -[...]

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    English-34 50 X C1 0 S up por ted Reso lu ti ons (Vid eo ) Specification of the signal Sig. t c e l e s D H R E D N U 1 : 5 3 . 2 9 : 4 1 M O O Z C I M A N Y D L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I R E D N U 1 : 5 3 . 2 9 : 4 1 M O O Z C I M A N Y D L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I . q e r f H . q e r f V n o i t u l o s e R no. H X V Signal T ype Hz (kHz) te[...]

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    English English-35 S u ppo r ted R esol uti on s ( PC ) 60 X C1 0 Specification of the signal Sig. c n y S M O O Z L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I M O O Z L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I . q e r f H . q e r f V n o i t u l o s e R no. H X V Signal T ype Hz (kHz) terminal (4:3) (16:9) terminal (4:3) (16:9) H V presence Gr . No. Item IBM PC/A T 1 640 X 4[...]

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    English-36 60 X C1 0 S up por ted Reso lu ti ons (Vid eo ) Specification of the signal Sig. t c e l e s D H R E D N U 1 : 5 3 . 2 9 : 4 1 M O O Z C I M A N Y D L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I R E D N U 1 : 5 3 . 2 9 : 4 1 M O O Z C I M A N Y D L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I . q e r f H . q e r f V n o i t u l o s e R no. H X V Signal Type Hz (kHz) ter[...]

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    English English-37 Pi n As si g n m e n t 1) Analog RGB I npu t (Mini D-SUB 15P) V GA Pin No. Name 1 Video Signal Red 2 Video Signal Green 3 Video Signal Blue 4 GND 5 DDC-GND 6 Red-GND 7 Green-GND 8 Blue-GND 9 +5V (DDC) 10 SYNC-GND 11 GND 12 DDC-SDA 13 H-SYNC 14 V -SYNC 15 DDC-SCL 2) Digital RGB I nput (D VI-D) DVI 1 TX2- 9 TX1- 17 TX0- 2 TX2+ 10 T[...]

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    DEC L A R A TI ON OF C ONF OR MI T Y  is device comp lies with Pa rt 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is s ubject to the follo wing two condi tions. (1)  is device may not ca us e harmful interfer ence, and (2) this device must accep t any in terference r eceived, incl uding interf erence that ma y cause undesired o peration. U.S. Responsible Party[...]