NEC PlasmaSync 42XP10 manual

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    Pla smaS ync 4 2XP10 Pla smaS ync 50XP10 Pla smaS ync 60XP10 EXIT MUTE INPUT 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 ve r a n d screw C a ble cl a mps • • • • • • •[...]

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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-1 Read Bef ore Opera ti ng Equip me nt. 1. Re a d t h e s e i n st r u c t i on s . 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 [...]

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    English 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 POLARIZED PLUG WITH AN EXTENSI ON CORD RECEPT A CLE OR OTHER OUTLETS UNLESS THE PRONGS CAN BE FULL Y INSER TED . REFRAIN FROM O PENING THE CABINET AS THERE ARE HIGH V OL T AGE COMPONENTS INSIDE. REFER SER VICING TO [...]

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    English-3 Saf et y P r ecau tio ns an d Ma inte na nc e 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[...]

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    English English-4 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 objec t at lea st 5 feet away . Bl[...]

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    English-5 T o av oid or mi nimize image retent ion : Like all phospho r-based displa y 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 ver a pro longed period of time, can r esult in [...]

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    English 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 . When stand o r mountin g appara tus is to be installed while the unit is face-down (F igure 1), be sure t o lay the pr otective sheet (the foam sheet tha t t he unit was wra pped in) underneath the unit on o rder to pr event dama ge t[...]

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    English-7 M oun ting o n Ce i lin g Ensu re t hat t he cei li ng is s tu rdy enough to suppor t t he 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 ted v i brations , 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 , such a s a sup[...]

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    English 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 bat teries according t o the (+) and (–) indica tions inside the case. C. Replace the cov er . CA UTION: I ncorrect usage o f b[...]

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    English-9 P ar t Names and F unc tions Contr ol Pa nel 1) POWER Sw itc hes th e pow er o n/sta ndb y . 2) MUTE Swit ches 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 adjustmen t wi[...]

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    English English-10 EXTERNAL CONTROL OUT 2 IN S-VIDEO IN DVI AUDIO3 R L (MONO) R L (MONO) R L (MONO) AUDIO2 AUDIO1 VGA HD VD R/Cr/Pr G/Y B/Cb/pb RGBHV / DVD/HD2 Y Cr/Pr Cb/Pb DVD/HD1 IN IN/OUT VIDEO AC IN RL SPEAKER (S) 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 11 10 13 14 P ar t Na mes an d F u ncti on s 1) EXTERN AL CONTROL O U T (D-Sub 9 p in) Connect RS-232C outp ut t[...]

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    English-11 P ar t Na mes an d F un c ti 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 inp ut s[...]

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    English English-12 PO W ER T o turn the unit O N and OFF: 1. Plug the power co rd in to an A C outlet. 2. Press the P ower bu tton (o n the unit).  e monit or's ON/ST ANDBY indicat or turns r ed and the unit will be in ST ANDBY mode. 3. Press the PO WER ON bu tton o n the remote con t rol .  e ON/ST ANDBY indica tor will turn gr een when[...]

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    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 many mo[...]

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    English English-14 On - Scr een Disp la y ( OS D ) U sing t he OS D U se t he Remote Con trol or the co ntro l panel on the fron t of the unit t o enter the o n-screen displa y menu to adj ust settings. 1. Press the MENU b utto n on the remot e or the EXIT but ton on the Contro l Panel. 2. U se the up and down b utto ns to select the desired men u.[...]

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    English-15 On - Scr een Disp la y ( OS D ) Main Menu Sub Menu Sub Menu2 Sub Menu3 Explanation Default Reset PICTURE CONTRAST Adjusts the image brightness in relationship t o the whit e leve l. Pr es s + or - t o adj us t. 50 YES BRIGHTNESS Adjusts the image brightness in relationship t o the ba ckg ro und . Pr es s + or - to a dj us t. 50 YES SH AR[...]

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    English English-16 On - Scr een Disp la y ( OS D ) Main Menu Sub Menu Sub Menu2 Sub Menu3 Explanation Default Reset SC RE EN ASPEC T MO DE Se le ct s as pe ct r at io o f the d is pl ayed i ma ge. P re ss + o r - to se le ct . V-P OS IT ION Co ntr o ls th e ver t ic al p os iti on o f the i ma ge w it hin t he Display area o f the PDP . Pr es s + t[...]

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    English-17 On - Scr een Disp la y ( OS D ) Main Menu Sub Menu Sub Menu2 Sub Menu3 Explanation Default Reset OPTION2 Available only when the Advanced OSD function is enabled. POWER SA VE Sets how long the monit or waits bef ore going into power save m od e af te r a si gn al i s los t . VGA , R GBH V , a nd DV I in pu t an d S ep ar at e HV S yn c. [...]

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    English English-18 Main Menu Sub Menu Sub Menu2 Sub Menu3 Explanation Default Reset OPTION3 (continued) VIDEO W ALL Sets the confi gu ra tio n of v id eo wa ll . DI VI DE R Se ts t he vi de o wa ll. OFF YE S POSITION Sets the position o f each displa y . DI SP . M OD E Se ts t he mo de o f se am p ro ce ss ing f or e ac h dis pl ay. SPL IT YE S SC[...]

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    English-19 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 available sizes a re NO RMA[...]

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    English English-20 Operation - co nt in ued 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 SI[...]

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    English-21 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 Press the -, +, p or q bu[...]

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    English English-22 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-23 Operation - con tin ued Creating a V id eo W a ll Y ou can cr eate a video wall co nsisting o f up to 25 individ ual moni tors wi th the built-in ma trix display ca pability . Y our V ideo W all can have a ny o f the followin g con gurations: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 5x1, 4x1, 3x1, 2x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, or 1x5. Connect the signal cables as s[...]

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    English English-24 USIN G THE TIMER T urn the “ ADV ANCED OSD ” to “ ON” in the MAIN MENU to access the TIMER fea ture in OPTI ON3. T o user the TIMER featur e the  rst set t he in ternal clock and the day o f the week.  e displa y can also be programmed t o tur n on or o a t preset times, and which in put the dis play will use at [...]

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    English-25 Operation - con tin ued REPEA T TIMER  e Repeat Timer allo ws t he displa y to alternat e between inp uts at user -determined intervals. Fo r examp le the display ca n be programmed to sho w the signal from "VID EO1" for 10 min utes and then swi tch to showing the signal fro m the DVI in put fo r 10 minu tes. T o set the Rep[...]

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    English English-26  i s monitor u se s R X D, TX D and GND lines for R S-23 2C control .  e reve rse ty pe ca ble ( nu ll mode m cabl e ) should be u se d for RS - 232C control.  is Plasma monit or can be con trolled 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 can[...]

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    English-27 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 mo nitors 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-28 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 command . 3)  e pers[...]

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    English-29 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 VIDEO2 vI v4 76h 49h 76h 34h 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 SCART3 vI v6 76h 49h 76h 36h INPU[...]

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    English English-30 Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g No pic t u re  e sig na l c able s hould b e properly c onnec te d to t he di splay card/ co mp ute r .  e d is play c ard s hould b e properly s eat ed 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 t[...]

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    English-31 Sp e c i fi ca ti on s P 4 2 XP1 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 Ho rizontal ANAL OG: 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.[...]

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    English English-32 Sp e c i fi ca ti on s P 50 XP10 PDP Mod ule Diagonal: 50"/1269 mm Pixel Pi tch 0.81 mm (W)/0.81 mm (H) Resolutio n 1365 x 768 Frequency Ho rizontal ANAL OG: 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-33 Sp e c i fi ca ti on s P6 0 XP1 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 Ho rizontal ANAL OG: 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[...]

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    English English-34 Specification of the signal Sig. E U R T M O O Z L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I E U R T 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. m e t I . o N . r G V H ) L A E R ( ) 9 : 6 1 ( ) 3 : 4 ( l a n i m r e t ) L A E R ( ) 9 : 6 1 ( ) 3 : 4 ( l a n i m r e t ) z H k ( ) Z H ( e p y T l a n g [...]

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    English-35 P 4 2 XP1 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[...]

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    English English-36 Specification of the signal Sig. E U R T M O O Z L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I E U R T 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. m e t I . o N . r G V H ) L A E R ( ) 9 : 6 1 ( ) 3 : 4 ( l a n i m r e t ) L A E R ( ) 9 : 6 1 ( ) 3 : 4 ( l a n i m r e t ) z H k ( ) Z H ( e p y T l a n g [...]

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    English-37 P 50 XP10 S up por ted Reso l ut io ns ( Vi deo ) 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[...]

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    English English-38 P6 0 XP1 0 Su ppor ted Reso lut ion s ( PC ) Specification of the signal Sig. E U R T M O O Z L L U F L A M R O N T U P N I E U R T 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. m e t I . o N . r G V H ) L A E R ( ) 9 : 6 1 ( ) 3 : 4 ( l a n i m r e t ) L A E R ( ) 9 : 6 1 ( ) 3 : 4 ( l a n[...]

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    English-39 P6 0 XP1 0 S up por ted Reso lut ions (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) [...]

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    English English-40 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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    DECLARA TIO N OF CO NFORMITY  is device comp lies with P art 15 of FCC Rules. Opera tion is sub ject 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 an y int erference receiv ed, includin g interfer ence that ma y cause undesir ed operation. U.S. Responsible Party: NEC [...]