NEC R 37 Xtra manual

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    1 R Multimedia Monitor User's Manual R 37 Xtra 37 Xtra NEC Technologies, Inc. 1250 N. Arlington Heights Road, Suite 500 Itasca, Illinois 60143-1248 R 37 Xtra 37 Xtra Printed in Japan 79TH1624 MultiSync is a registered trademark of NEC Technologies, Inc. in the U.S.A. NEC is registered trademark of NEC Corporation.  1993 by NEC Technologies,[...]

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    2 CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. ALSO DO NOT USE THIS UNIT'S POLARIZED PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLETS, UNLESS THE PRONGS CAN BE FULLY INSERTED. REFRAIN FROM OPENING THE CABINET AS THERE ARE HIGH-VOLTAGE COMPONENTS INSIDE.[...]

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    3 MISE EN GARDE: A F I N D E R E D U IRE LES RISQUES D’ELECTRO- CUTION, NE PAS DEPOSER LE COUVERCLE, IL N’Y A AUCUNE PIECE UTILISABLE A L’INTERIEUR DE CET APPAREIL. NE CONFIER LES TRAVAUX D’ENTRETIEN QU’A UN PERSONNEL QUALIFIE. Ce symbole a pour but de prévenir l’utilisateur de la présence d’une tension dangereuse, non isolée se tr[...]

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    4 LIMITED WARRANTY NEC Multimedia Monitor Products NEC Technologies, Inc.(hereafter NECTECH)warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship under the following terms. HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY Parts and labor are warranted for (1) One Year and CRT’s for (1) One year from the date of the first customer purchase. WHO IS PRO[...]

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    5 1. Introduction Introduction to the MultiSync XP37 Xtra/XM37 Xtra .............................................................. 1 Feature Highlights ............................................................................................................. ......... 1 2. Part Names and Functions Front View / Rear View .........................[...]

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    6 1 2 Contents of the Package The following lists all of the items included in your MultiSync multimedia monitor package. Please save the original box and packing materials for future transportation or shipment of this monitor. 1 . MultiSync XP37 Xtra (XP-3791)/XM37 Xtra (XM-3761) multimedia monitor 2. Power cord 3. Wireless remote control unit and[...]

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    7 3 4 79644641 POWER ON RGB 2 RGB 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 POSITION/C ONTROL PROCEED EXIT SCAN NORMAL SIDE PIN HEIGHT WIDTH BRIGHT CONTRAST MUTE NORMAL VOLUME OFF DEGAUSS MULTIMEDIA MONITOR RD-346E VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 RGB AUDIO RGB 1 REMOTE EXTERNAL CONTROL DIP SW AC IN SPEAKER SELECT EXT SPEAKER RGB 2 AUDIO AUDIO HIGH 75 Ω R MONO IN THROUGH OUT IN THROUGH [...]

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    8 5 6 Terminal Board BA C VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 RGB AUDIO RGB 1 REMOTE PC/EXT CTL DIP SW AC IN SPEAKER SELECT EXT SPEAKER RGB 2 AUDIO AUDIO HIGH 75 Ω R MONO IN THROUGH OUT IN THROUGH OUT THROUGH OUT IN BNC S HIGH 75 Ω THROUGH OUT IN R THROUGH OUT IN R THROUGH OUT IN BNC S HIGH 75 Ω IN THROUGH OUT R/C R /P R G/Y/Y B/C B /P B H/CS V HIGH 75 Ω HIGH [...]

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    9 7 8 Terminal Board F G VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 RGB AUDIO RGB 1 REMOTE PC/EXT CTL DIP SW AC IN SPEAKER SELECT EXT SPEAKER RGB 2 AUDIO AUDIO HIGH 75 Ω R MONO IN THROUGH OUT IN THROUGH OUT THROUGH OUT IN BNC S HIGH 75 Ω THROUGH OUT IN R THROUGH OUT IN R THROUGH OUT IN BNC S HIGH 75 Ω IN THROUGH OUT R/C R /P R G/Y/Y B/C B /P B H/CS V HIGH 75 Ω HIGH 7[...]

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    10 9 10 Terminal Board VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 RGB AUDIO RGB 1 REMOTE PC/EXT CTL DIP SW AC IN SPEAKER SELECT EXT SPEAKER RGB 2 AUDIO AUDIO HIGH 75 Ω R MONO IN THROUGH OUT IN THROUGH OUT THROUGH OUT IN BNC S HIGH 75 Ω THROUGH OUT IN R THROUGH OUT IN R THROUGH OUT IN BNC S HIGH 75 Ω IN THROUGH OUT R/C R /P R G/Y/Y B/C B /P B H/CS V HIGH 75 Ω HIGH 75 [...]

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    11 11 12 Remote Control Unit NOTE: When not in use the remote control unit is conveniently stowed in the holder on the rear panel. 1 POWER ON/OFF Press POWER ON to turn the monitor on when the POWER/STANDBY indicator is lit amber. Press POWER OFF to turn the monitor off and the monitor will go into the standby condition. 2 DEGAUSS Press to demagnet[...]

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    12 13 14 79644641 POWER ON RGB 2 RGB 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 POSITION / CONTROL PROCEED EXIT SCAN NORMAL SIDE PIN HEIGHT WIDTH BRIGHT CONTRAST MUTE NORMAL VOLUME OFF DEGAUSS MULTIMEDIA MONITOR RD-346E 0 A D F E 7 8 B C 9 Visual Control B BRIGHT ( / ) Adjusts the overall image and screen brightness. Press and hold for a brighter picture. Press and hold fo[...]

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    13 16 15 Battery Installation and Replacement The remote control is powered by two 1.5V AA batteries. 3. Close the battery compartment cover. 1 . Turn the remote control unit upside down. Press down on the battery compartment grip and slide the compartment in the direction of the arrow. 2. Install the two new batteries, making sure that their polar[...]

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    14 18 17 Functions of DIP SW Functions and Settings of DIP SW This DIP switch is used for Sync. Control, Intelligent Power Manager, External control, wireless control, and OSM control. To change a switch setting use a pointed object, such as a pen or pencil, to push the switch to the desired position. Set all the pins except No.7 to the OFF positio[...]

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    15 IN THROUGH OUT R/C R /P R G/Y/Y B/C B /P B VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 RGB AUDIO RGB 1 REMOTE PC/EXT CTL DIP SW AC IN SPEAKER SELECT EXT SPEAKER RGB 2 AUDIO AUDIO HIGH 75 Ω R MONO IN THROUGH OUT THROUGH OUT IN BNC S HIGH 75 Ω THROUGH OUT IN R THROUGH OUT IN R THROUGH OUT IN BNC S HIGH 75 Ω IN THROUGH OUT H/CS V HIGH 75 Ω HIGH 75 Ω SPEAKERS MUST HA[...]

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    16 22 21 Connecting Your PC or Macintosh Computer Connecting your PC or Macintosh computer to your MultiSync XP37 Xtra/ XM37 Xtra will enable you to display your computer's screen image. All of these following display standards are supported: VGA 640 x 480 for graphics, VGA 640 x 400 for graphics, VGA 640 x 350 for graphics, VGA 720 x 400 for [...]

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    17 23 24 Pin No. 1 2 3 12 13 14 15 4 5 6 7 8 11 10 9 D-Sub 15 Pin RGB Signal Composition Pin Assignments and Signal Levels for 15 pin RGB (Analog) Signal to be connected (D-SUB 15 pin) RED GREEN or Sync Green BLUE SDA H. or Composite sync V.SYNC SCL GND GND GND GND GND GND No Connection No Connection D-SUB 15pin RGB Input Connector (ANALOG ONLY) 1 [...]

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    18 26 25 External Speaker Connections External speakers may be connected to the monitor to reproduce sound from VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, RGB 1 or RGB 2 signal sources. External speakers may be connected directly to the EXTERNAL SPEAKERS terminals or indirectly by connecting a stereo system amplifier to the audio outputs. WARNING: Speakers that are install[...]

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    19 27 28 Operation Power This section describes how to select a computer or video source and how to adjust the picture and sound. General Controls Before you turn on your MultiSync XP37 Xtra/XM37 Xtra monitor ensure that the computer or video source is turned on. 1)To adjust: 1. Turn On The Monitor The power button is on the front panel of the moni[...]

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    20 29 30 c. HEIGHT Press to adjust the vertical size of the image. d. SIDE PIN Press to adjust the curvature of the edges of the left and right side of the display image either inward or outward. The image should be adjusted to attain a straight line on the left and right sides. e. SCAN Press to select the scan mode: over scan and under scan. Direc[...]

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    21 PROCEED VIDEO 1 EXIT VIDEO 2 ▼ ▼ 31 32 i. NORMAL( visual) Press to reset all the stored adjustment visual data and recall the factory preset data. When a specific control is selected, this key resets the selected visual adjustments. j. MUTE Press to turn off the sound for a short period of time; press again to restore the sound. k. VOL[...]

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    22 RG B DV H-POSITION H-WIDTH PIN-CUSHION PIN-BALANCE PIN-CORNER 33 34 V-position/V-height/V-linearity Controls Group The V-position/V-height/V-linearity Controls allow you to adjust the vertical position, vertical size and vertical linearity of the image. V-POSITION : Pressing + or - moves the image vertically up or down. V-HEIGHT : Pressing + or [...]

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    23 36 35 RGB Controls Group The RGB Controls allow you to adjust the color temperature and the white balance for RGB input. COLOR TEMP. : Pressing + selects the color temperature: 10500 K, 9300K, 6500K or custom. Pressing the PROCEED key proceeds to the RGB gain and bias adjustment. This adjustment allows you to adjust the white balance. R, G, B-GA[...]

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    24 37 Reset Control The Reset control allows you to return image parameters to factory presets. All Raster Settings The above warning statement will appear to confirm that you do want to reset all raster settings. If you want to reset all raster settings, press PROCEED. The following items can be reset: H-POSITION, H-WIDTH, PIN-CUSHION, PIN-BALANCE[...]

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    25 40 39 OSM windows have the following elements: Right-oriented delta symbol : indicates further choices are available. Use the up or down keys to highlight the item. Pressing + proceeds to the selected control screen. Left-oriented delta symbol : indicates that you can exit the current control. Pressing - returns you to its original System contro[...]

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    26 42 41 OSM ON/OFF This control allows you to enable the OSM control. The OSM control is available when ON is selected. When the OSM does not appear, the visual and raster controls are available with the remote control. PC-CONTROL This control allows you to activate the PC-control function. For more information see the following pages. 1 2 3 4 5 1[...]

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    27 44 43 You can control the main functions from external equipment such as personal computer using the PC/EXT CTL terminals. The following sections explain the interface. Interface Condition • RS-232C • Baud rate ------------------------- 9600 bps • Data length ----------------------- 8 bits • Parity ------------------------------- Odd par[...]

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    28 45 46 Troubleshooting Before arranging for service by the NEC Service Center, check the following to be sure repairs are needed. Problem No Picture or Sound Sound OK; poor picture with VIDEO signal input. Sound OK; poor picture with RGB signal input. Picture OK; poor or no sound. Poor sound from external speakers or stereo system speakers Remote[...]

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    29 48 47 Specifications Picture tube 36 inch Visual size; 37 inch CRT size (Diagonal), Type M90AHL50X 108 degree deflection Stripe trio pitch Ph 0.90 mm at center, Ph 1.10 mm at corner/Pv 0.7 mm Invar mask, Medium-short persistence phosphor Dynamic focus RGB Input Terminals RGB 1 : Mini D-SUB 15pin RGB 2: (R/C R /P R /,G/Y/Y,B/C B /P B , H/CS and V[...]

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    30 50 49 Regulations : UL/C-UL Approved (UL 1950/ CSA 950) Meets FCC class B requirements Meets DOC Canada Class B requirements Meets DHHS requirements Meets RED ACT All specifications are subject to change without notice. Maximum Resolution RGB 1024( H) X 768(V) pixels VIDEO Horizontal: 500 lines /S-VIDEO Horizontal : 600 lines Video Bandwidth RGB[...]

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    31 25.6'' (650mm) 3.6''(90mm) 18.3'' (463mm) 29.3'' (744mm) 34.4'' (872mm) PROCEED VIDEO 1 EXIT VIDEO 2 RGB 1 RGB 2 POWER /STANDBY ▼ ▼  − + Dimensions 15.8'' (400mm) 24.6'' (625mm) VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 RGB AUDIO RGB 1 REMOTE EXTERNAL CONTROL DIP SW AC IN SPEAKER[...]

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    32 53 Input Signal Reference Chart Separate Sync. Timing Charts Composite Sync. 54 A B C DE VIDEO O P QR S VIDEO Sync. Polarity: Positive / Negative HORIZONTAL VERTICAL VIDEO A B CD E O P QR S VIDEO Sync. Polarity: Positive / Negative HORIZONTAL VERTICAL[...]

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    33 Composite Sync. & Video (Sync. on Green) 56 55 A B C D E VIDEO O PQ R S P VIDEO Sync. Polarity: Negative HORIZONTAL VERTICAL Recommended Sync Signal Timing Horizontal sync duty should be 3 to 30%. Horizontal sync width should exceed 0.9 µ sec. Horizontal back porch should exceed 2.0 µ sec at sync on green and 1.2 µ sec at others except wh[...]

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    34 Typical Input Signal Timing 58 57 Resolution Horizontal Frequency (A) Horizontal Period (B) Horizontal Pulse Width (C) Horizontal Back Porch (D) Horizontal Active Area (E) Hrizontal Front Porch 640 × 350 31.469KHz 31.778 µ sec 3.813 µ sec 1.589 µ sec 26.058 µ sec 0.318 µ sec 720 × 400 31.469KHz 31.778 µ sec 3.813 µ sec 1.589 µ sec 26.0[...]

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    35 60 59 Resolution Vertical Frequency (O) Vertical Period (P) Vertical Pulse Width (Q) Vertical Back Porch (R) Vertical Active Area (S) Vertical Front Porch 640 × 350 70.080Hz 14.268msec 0.064msec 1.716msec 11.504msec 0.985msec 720 × 400 70.080Hz 14.268msec 0.064msec 0.890msec 13.156msec 0.159msec 720 × 350 87.850Hz 11.383msec 0.051msec 1.496ms[...]

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    36 62 61 Signal Identification for Raster Preset Hor - - NEG NEG POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS NEG NEG NEG POS POS NEG Ver - - NEG POS NEG POS NEG NEG POS NEG POS NEG NEG POS NEG POS POS N[...]

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    37 63 64 Service and Support Policies NEC Technologies is committed to providing the highest quality service and support for your MultiSync presentation monitor. A customer service group that is dedicated to the support of this product line is available to provide a single point of contact for technical support, trouble shooting, service and repair[...]

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    38 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. U.S. Responsible Party: Address: Tel. No.: NEC Te[...]