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  • Page 1

    m40L/m46L Quick St ar t Guide 020-0630-00A This guide walks you through the basic setup needed to get your new Planar displays up an d running. Detailed information is contained in the Installation & Configuration Guide, which is in a CD on the ba ck of this guide. Plan ar Sys tems, Inc. 1195 NW Compton Drive Beaverton, OR 97006-1992 Phone: +1-[...]

  • Page 2

    Product and Saf ety Inf orm ation The m40L/m46L is a 40" or 46" diagonal direct-view LCD mon- itor that can be wal l-mounted, ceiling mounted or mounted on a stand. The display can be po rtrait or landscape. Mount- ing should be done so the logo is as shown. The m40L is 4.97 " deep and the m46L is 4.7 1 " deep . Both have an asp[...]

  • Page 3

    2 Unpacking the Display Unpacking the Display Planning Before y ou unpack your displays, you should hav e a detailed plan of how the displays are to be c onfigured. It should include the follo wing calculations: • Po wer (max. of three units per 20A circuit for 115V oper atio n) •C a b l e r u n s • V entilation and cooling requirements • I[...]

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    Connecting Source Cables 3 Conn ecting Source Cables The three types of picture sour ces are: • Analog computer (fr om UXGA down to VGA) • Digital computer • Video (optional with VIM) • Composite (NTSC, P AL or SECAM) • S-Video (50Hz or 60 Hz) • Component (480i, 480p , 576i, 576p, 7 20p, 1080i) • SDI (Serial digital inter face inputs [...]

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    4 Connect P ow er , T urn It On/Off Conn ecting P o w er , T urning Display On/Off The m40L can draw up to 2.0A at 100 V or 1.0A at 200V . The m46L can dr aw up to 2.6A at 100V or 1.3A at 20 0V . F or countries outside of Nor th America, it is th e responsibility of the installer to provide the power supply cor d cer tified for use in the desti- na[...]

  • Page 6

    Using the Remo te & Menus 5 Using the Remote and Menus Using the Remote Control The re mote cont rol wor ks much lik e a rem ote co ntrol for a T V or DVD player , but it does more. It open s menus, changes values, moves the image, etc. The re mote contro l op erates wit h IR (in frare d) si gnal s go ing to the IR receiver (located in the lowe[...]

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    6 Selecting a Source Selecting a Source In this guide, a source is any type of pic ture. It might be an an a- log computer image, a video pr ocessor , a VCR or DVD , or it might be a DVI picture from a computer . Selecting the Source Automatically 1 Pr e ss SOURCE on the remot e. The m40L/m46L goes to the nex t connecto r that has a valid picture o[...]

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    Adjusting Lev e ls f or An alog Sources 7 Adjusting Le vels f or An alog Sources This page applies to analog RGB (c omputer) pictures onl y. T he levels are best adjusted semi-automa tically. F or analog RGB pict ures, the levels for black and white var y from one computer to anot her , or from one video processor to another . They even var y betwe[...]

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    8 Adjusting Input Lev el s & P osition Adjusting Input Le vels and P osition Adjusting Le vels f o r Video Sources Video sour ces are best adjusted if a color bar test pattern is availa ble from the video sourc e: the DVD or VCR player . If not, you will ha ve to adjust by eye and the “f eel” of the picture. Note: When a video source is sel[...]

  • Page 10

    Color Balancing 9 Color Balancing f or On e Display Color Bala nce is used to match the color s of adjacen t displays when several displays are arranged in an array . Y o u can also use it to adjust the color of a single display . F or one display , the Color Balan ce controls can be used to set the color t emperature of that display . 1 T o access[...]

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    10 Color Balancing Color Balancing f or Multiple Displays Color balancing makes the individua l displays in an array show the same colors. Colors var y sl ightly from one display to the next, because of slight var iations in the ba cklights an d display panels. Color balancing can compensa te for this. T o color bal ance, you only have to match whi[...]

  • Page 12

    Recommended Usage 11 Recommended Usage In order to get th e most out of your m40L/m46L, use the follow- ing recommended guidelines to optimize the displa y. Burn-In V ersus T emporar y Im age Retention Burn-in causes the screen to retain a n image essentially forever , with little or no way to correct the problem. Under norm al use, an m40L/m46L wi[...]

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    12 Declaration of Conf ormity Declaration of Conf ormity Manufacturer's Name: Planar Syst ems, In c. Manufacturer 's Address: 1195 NW Compton Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 declares that the products Model Numbers: m40L/m46L (Direct-view L CD) conforms with the provisions of: Council Directive 89/336/EEC and amended by 92/31/ EEC and 93/68/EEC[...]

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