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    PLANAR LCD MONITOR PV174 MANUAL www.planar.com[...]

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    Preface i P REFACE About this manua l This manual is desi gned to assist you in setting up and using the LCD moni tor. Information in thi s document has been carefully chec ked for accuracy; howe ver, no guarantee is gi ven to the correct ness of the contents. The i nformation i n this document i s subject to c hange without noti ce. This docume nt[...]

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    Planar User’s Manual ii Canadian Doc No tice For Class B Computing Devices This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B l imits for radio noise emi ssions from digi tal apparatus as set out in the Radio Interferenc e Regulation of t he Canadian Departm ent of Com municat ions. “Le présent appareil num érique n’èmet pas de brui ts rad[...]

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    Preface iii Table of Contents Preface.. .................. .................. ..................... .................. .................. .................. ................................... .................. .. i CHAPTER 1 .............. .......... ............ .......... .......... .......... ........ .......... .......... .......... .........[...]

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    1 C HAPTER 1 The LCD Monitor Your New Planar LCD Monitor! Your LCD monitor has b een designed to be versatile, ergonomic, and easy to use. The LCD monitor is capable of display ing most standards, from 6 40 x 480 VGA to 1280 x 1024 SXGA and an optional portr ait display mode. The digital controls located on the front panel allow you to easily adjus[...]

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    Planar User’s Manual 2 2. Monitor Stand The monitor stan d supp orts the LCD panel. 3. LCD Screen The LCD mo nitor screen is a 17.4-inch TFT 1280 x 1 024 RGB SXGA sc reen. 4. LCD Monitor Ke ypad Activates and adjusts the monitors settings through an On Screen Display (OSD). The LCD Monitor — Rear View 1. Stereo Speakers (optional) The LCD m oni[...]

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    Chapter 1 3 Adjusting the Monitor’s Position Your LCD monitor’s tilting an gle can be adjusted in both the landscape and optional portrait mode. Adjusting the Tilting Angle The LCD monitor’s angle sett ings range from -5 ° to 25 ° in both the l andscape and opti onal portrait vie wing modes. Viewing Orien tation If your LCD moni tor support[...]

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    Planar User’s Manual 4 Connecting Video 1. Turn off y our PC and the LCD monitor before connecting your LCD mon itor to the computer. 2. Loop the 1.5M VG A cable thro ugh the hole in th e LCD monitor’s stand and plug it into the LCD monitor’ s VGA ca ble connector. 3. Connect the other end of the VGA cable to the PC’s VGA port. 4. If your P[...]

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    Chapter 1 5 Connecting USB Devices The following sec tion covers conn ecting USB dev ices. The LC D monitor provides an ups tream and two downstre am USB conn ections. Upstream You can co nnect the LCD monitor ’s upstream USB port to your PC’s USB p ort and use the L CD monitor as a USB hub. The follo wing explai ns how to connect the upstream [...]

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    6 C HAPTER 2 The Display Controls LCD Monitor Control Panel 1. Power/OSD Menu Button Push the power switch to turn the monitor on and off. Pres s this button to pop up the OSD (On- Screen Display) menu. This butto n is also a Function Select button. 2. ◄ Function ► Select B uttons These two buttons allow you to selec t the control funct ions in[...]

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    Chapter 2 7 OSD Main Menu (Analog mode) To access the OSD Main Menu, simply press the Power/Menu button. The following screen will appear. The 7-topline menus are: The Auto Ad just option let s the m onitor determ ine and select the settings t hat are most ap propriate fo r your system requir ements. This function wi ll tu ne the display to your co[...]

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    Planar User’s Manual 8 Auto Adjust Proce d ure Pressing the Adjust key while the Auto Adjust topline m enu is selected, activa tes the Auto Adjust procedure. The Auto Ad just procedure takes approximately 2 second s to complete. Once fin ished, th e OSD m enu will disappear after a s hort time-out period. The Monitor- Control Option Pressing the [...]

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    Chapter 2 9 Audio Volume: Press the Adjust buttons to increase or decrease the volum e of the monitor sp eakers. Information: The Information submenu displays the current resolution, verti cal refresh rate, and moni tor firmware version. Exit: Press the Adju st button to e xit the Mi sc-Control su bmenu. Graphic Control Option Pressing the Adjust k[...]

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    Planar User’s Manual 10 The Digital 5-topline menus are: The Monito r-Control opti on allows y ou to adjust the LCD monitor’s di splay characteristics such as the display’s horizontal or vertical positio n, display phase , dis play clock, and factory reset. Adjusting these settings should only be nec essary if the resul ts from Auto-Adjust fu[...]

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    Chapter 2 11 Exit: Press the Adju st button key to exit th e OSD-Control su bmenu. Misc. - C ontrol Option Pressing the Adjust key while the Misc Control icon is selected activates the Misc Control submenu . Use the ◄ Function ► select buttons to scroll between the submenu items. Language: Press the Adjust buttons to select the desired OS D dis[...]

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    12 A PPENDIX A Technical Information TFT LCD Monitor Specifications Model Planar PV174 LCD Panel 17.4” SXGA Control Fu nc tion s Power Software Power switch w ith LED indicator (Press to turn off, over 1 sec. to turn on) Main Menu Submenu Auto Adjust Monitor Control Horizontal Position/Verti cal Position/Phase/Clock/ Reset/Port select/Exit OSD Co[...]

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    13 A PPENDIX B Supported Timing Timing for Model PV17 4 (SXGA Resolution) Item Standards Resolution Dot Clock (MHz) Vertical Scanning Frequency (Hz) Horizontal Scanning Frequency (kHz) Sync Polarity or composite sync (H/V) Operating Mode 1 NEC PC98 640x400 25.2 0 70.15 31.50 -/- A/D 2 NEC PC98 640x400 21.0 5 56.42 24.83 -/- A 3 MAC 13” mode 640x4[...]

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    14 A PPENDIX C Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures This LCD monitor comes p re-adjusted with standar d VGA timing. Du e to output timing d ifferences among various VGA cards, you may initially ex perience an unstable or unclear di splay when a new display mode or new VGA card is selected . Before appl ying any of the following tr oubleshooti[...]