Sony LMD-2050W manual

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    3-100-042- 12 (1) LCD Monitor © 2007 Sony Corporation LMD-2050W LMD-2450W Oper ating In structions[...]

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    2 WA R N I N G T o redu ce the r isk of f ire or el ectri c shoc k, do not expose this a pparatus to rain or moistu re. T o av oid electri cal sh oc k, do not open th e cabi net. Ref er serv icin g to qu alifi ed per son nel onl y . W ARNING THIS APP ARA TUS MUST BE EARTHED . For th e custo mer s in Eur o pe This p roduct with the C E mark ing comp[...]

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    3 For t he customer s in the U SA Lamp in t his product contains mercury . Disposal o f these m aterials may be regulated due to environmental conside rations. F or disposal or rec ycling informat ion, please contact your local authorities or the Electronic Industri es Alliance ( www .eiae.org).[...]

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    T able of Contents 4 T able of Con tents Prec aution ................ .................................... .......... 5 On Safety ....................... ..................................... 5 On Installat ion ............... .................................... . 5 Handling t he LCD Screen ............... ................... 5 About the Fl uoresc[...]

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    Precaut ion 5 Precauti on On S afe ty • Operate the uni t only wi th a po wer source as specif ied in the “Speci f ications” sectio n. • A namepla t e ind icating operating v oltage, etc., is located on t he rear panel. • Should an y solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug t he unit an d hav e it checke d b y qualif ied perso[...]

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    F eatures 6 On Repac king Do not thro w away the c arton and packing mat erials. The y make an i deal container which to transport the unit. On Mounting on a Rac k Leav e 1U space empty abo ve and belo w the monitor to ensure adequate air circulation or i nstall a f an to maintain the monitor’ s performan ce. If you ha ve an y questions ab out th[...]

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    F eatures 7 Rack mount The monit or support s the VESA (100 × 100) standard. The LMD-2050W may be mounte d on an EIA-standar d 19-inch r ack (using an o ptional mounting b r ack et). Tw o - d i s p l a y T wo kin ds of input signal s are put on the monitor . F or mor e informati on, r efer to MUL T I DISPLA Y of “MU LTI DISP LA Y SETT ING ” on[...]

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    Locatio n and Function of P ar ts and Controls 8 Location and Function of P ar ts and Contr ols Fr ont P anel a T ally lamp Y ou can check t he status of t he monitor b y the color of the tall y lamp. The tally lamp lig hts in red, green or amber according to the sett ing of P ARALLE L REMOTE in the REMOTE menu. b 1 (standby) swit ch and indi cator[...]

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    Locatio n and Function of P ar ts and Controls 9 +/– b uttons Press to select the items and setting v alues. ENTER button Press to con f irm a selec ted item on the menu. When th e menu is n ot displa yed an d the button is pressed, the distinguished si gnal fo rma t is di spl aye d. RETURN button When th e menu is displa yed and th e button is p[...]

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    Locatio n and Function of P ar ts and Controls 10 Input signals and adjustable/setting items a : Adjustable /can be set × : Not adjusta ble/can not be set *1 Adjustment of SUB CONTR OL is the same. *2 When a component si gnal (480/6 0I or 480/60P) i s input and th e COMPONEN T LEVEL is se t to SMPTE, th is can be switchab le. *3 When a BKM-227W is[...]

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    Locatio n and Function of P ar ts and Controls 11 Rear/Bottom P anel a a / ? (power) switch The po wer is turned on or off. The monit or is tu rned on b y pressing side ? . b A C IN socket Connect the supplied A C power cord . c DC 24V IN connector Plug th e DC 24V po wer supply to thi s connector t o pro vide po wer to the moni tor . d A UDIO L/R [...]

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    Locatio n and Function of P ar ts and Controls 12 k A U DIO L/ R OUT connec tors (ph ono jack) Outputs the aud io signal which is selected b y the input select b utton on the f ront pane l. When BKM-220D o r BKM-24 3HS is not installe d, output the audio signal which is selec ted in IN PUT SELECT of t he USER CONFIG menu (s ee page 29). When BKM-22[...]

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    Installing to the Rac k (LMD-2050W only) 13 Inst alling to the Rac k (LMD-2 050W onl y) Y ou can attach t he monitor to the rack after remo ving the stand. 1 Put the monitor on a soft cloth with the surface o f the LCD monitor do wnward. 2 Slide and re mov e the arm co ver of the st and. 3 Remove four scre ws. 4 Remov e the arm. 5 Remo ve four scre[...]

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    Adjusti ng the Height of the Stand 14 Adjusting the Height of the St and Y ou can adjust the h eight of the monito r in four levels for the LMD-2050 W and three le vels for t he LMD- 2450W b y changing t he position of the st and att achment bracke t and the arm attachment position. Dependi ng on the heigh t , you c an install t he input adapto r w[...]

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    Connecti ng the A C P ower Cord 15 These scre ws are used for each d i splay at the f actory . Connecting t he A C Po w e r C o r d 1 Plug the A C po wer cord into the A C IN socket o n the rear pane l. Then, attach t he A C plug holder (suppl ied) to the AC power cord. 2 Slide t he A C p lug hold er over the cord unt il it locks. T o disconnect th[...]

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    Installing the I nput Adaptor / Selecting t he Default Setti ngs 16 Installing t he Input Adaptor Before in stalling t he input adaptor , disconnec t the power cord. 1 Remo ve the pane l of the opti onal inpu t slot. 2 Ins ert the input adap tor into th e slot. 3 T ighten the scre ws. Selecting the De fault Settings When yo u turn on the unit fo r [...]

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    Selecti ng the Def ault Settings 17 1 T u rn on t he unit w ith the a / ? (power) switch on the rear pane l. The SELECT SETTING screen appears. 2 Press the + or – butt on to select the ar ea where you intend t o use the uni t and press the ENTER b utton. If y ou select ei ther 1 , 3 or 5 The conf irmation screen is displayed. Conf irm the selecte[...]

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    Selecti ng the Menu Languag e 18 Selecti ng the Men u Langua g e Y ou can sel ect one of se ven langu ages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italia n, Japanese, Chinese) for displaying t he menu and other on- screen disp lays. “ENGLISH (English)” is selected in the default set ting. The current settin gs are displayed in place of the x marks o[...]

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    Using the Me nu 19 Using the Men u The unit is equipped wi th an on-scr een menu for making va r ious adjustments and setting s such as pictu re control, input settin g, set setting chan ge, etc. Y ou can also change the me nu language displa yed in the on-screen menu. T o chang e the men u langua ge, see “Selecting the Menu Languag e” on page [...]

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    Adju stm ent Usi ng the M enus 20 About the memor y of the settings The settings are automat ically stored i n the monitor memory . Adjustment Using t he Men us Items The screen menu of this mo nitor consi sts of the foll o wing ite ms. ST A TUS (the items indicate the current settings.) For th e video i nput FORMA T COLOR TEMP COMPONENT L EVEL NTS[...]

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    Adjustment Us ing the Men us 21 MA TR IX COMPO NENT LE VEL NTSC SETUP SCAN FORMA T DISPLA Y LANGU A GE PO WER SA VING PICTUR E DELA Y MIN MARKER SETTING MARK ER EN ABLE MAR KER SELE CT CENTER MARKER SAFETY A REA MARK ER LEVEL MARKER M A T MUL T I DISPLA Y SETT ING MUL TI DISPLA Y E N ABL E MUL TI DISPL A Y SUB INPU T SELE CT POSITION FRAME SUB PICT[...]

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    Adju stm ent Usi ng the M enus 22 For the D VI/ HD15 inp ut • Signal forma t •f H •f V • Color temperatur e • Po wer savi ng • Model name and serial number • OPTI ON A and serial numbe r • OPTI ON B and serial number COLOR TEMP/SP A CE menu The COLOR TEMP/ SP AC E menu is used for adjusting the picture whit e balance or co lor space[...]

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    Adjustment Us ing the Men us 23 For the video input Submen u Setting AU T O C H R O M A / PHA SE Adjusts color i ntensity (CHR OMA) and tones (PHASE). • A UTO ADJ V ALUE : Selects ON or OFF of the auto adjustme nt. When yo u set to OFF , this parameter is reset to the fac tory setti ng. When you set to ON, the automati cally adjuste d value is en[...]

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    Adju stm ent Usi ng the M enus 24 For the D VI/ HD15 inp ut Submenu Se tting SUB CONTROL Adjus ts finely t he adju stment range of the bu tton on the front panel fo r CONTRAST , BRIGHTNESS, CHR OMA and P HASE. • CONTRAST : Adjusts the pic ture contras t. • BRIGHTNESS : Adjusts the pictur e bright ness. • CHR OMA : Adjusts color intensity . Th[...]

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    Adjustment Us ing the Men us 25 USER CONFIG menu The USER CONFIG menu is used for setti ng the system, ma rker , multi displa y , func tion button, cl osed caption a nd audio. SYSTEM SE TTING Submen u Setting MA TRIX App lied to 4 80/60I or 480/60P sign al. Selec t 60 1 or 7 09. COMPONENT LEVEL Selects the compon ent le vel from among thre e modes.[...]

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    Adju stm ent Usi ng the M enus 26 Scan mode ima g e MARKER SETTING LMD-20 50W : 1400 × 1050 LMD-24 50W : 1600 × 1200 LMD-20 50W : 1680 × 945 LMD-24 50W : 1920 × 1080 LMD-20 50W : 1470 × 1050 LMD-24 50W : 1680 × 1200 LMD-20 50W : 1680 × 992 LMD-24 50W : 1920 × 1134 – LMD-20 50W : 1680 × 1050 LMD-24 50W : 1920 × 1200 – LMD-20 50W : 1680[...]

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    Adjustment Us ing the Men us 27 MUL TI DISPLA Y SETTING SAFETY AREA Selects the safe area size for the aspect ra tio determin ed by the b u tton whic h the a spect func tion is assigned. Y ou can sel ect from amon g OFF , 80%, 85% , 88%, 90 % and 93%. When th e mark er is di s played , the safe area for the marker is disp layed. MARKER LE VEL Se ts[...]

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    Adju stm ent Usi ng the M enus 28 FUNCTION BUTT ON SETTING About the function assigned to the function b utton SCAN Press to change the scan size of the picture according to the setting of “ST ANDARD” or “FULL+N A TIVE” selected in SCAN (page 25). ASPECT Press to set the aspect ratio of the picture, 4:3 or 16:9. Note The pane l of th e moni[...]

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    Adjustment Us ing the Men us 29 For f iner according to the input signal, se e “DOT PHASE” on page 24. When the men u screen is displayed, t he AP A does not function. Note If the AP A operation does not fin ish correctly depend ing on the input si gnal, adju st DO T PHASE (pa ge 24). CLOSED CAPTION SETTING A UDIO SETTING REMO TE menu Submen u [...]

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    Adju stm ent Usi ng the M enus 30 KEY INHIBIT menu Submenu Se tting P ARALLEL REMO TE Selects the P ARALLEL REMO TE connect or pins for which y ou want to change the functio n. Y ou ca n assign various f unctions to 1 to 4 pin s and 6 to 8 pins. T he follo wing lists the functions you can assi gn to the pins. • – – – (“– – –” : No[...]

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    T roubleshoot ing 31 Y ou can lo ck the settin g so that the y cannot be change d by an u n authorized user . Select OFF or ON. If you set to O N, all items are d isplayed in b lack, indicating t he items are locked. T r oubles hooting This secti on may help you isolate the cause of a problem and as a result , eliminate the need to contact technica[...]

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    Specifications 32 Specifi cations Picture perform ance LCD pa nel a-Si TF T Active Matrix Pixe l eff icienc y 99.99 % V iewin g angle ( up/do wn/lef t/right, co ntrast > 10 : 1) 89°/89°/ 89°/89° (typ ical) Scan Normal 0 % Over scan 5 % Eff icient pict ure size LMD-2050W : 433.4 × 27 0.9, 511.1 mm (w/h, dia) (17 1 / 8 × 10 3 / 4 , 20 1 / 8 [...]

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    Specifications 33 (1) Power ON, curren t probe method: 18.3 A (100 V), 37.1 A ( 240V) (2) Hot switching inru sh current, measured in accord ance with European standard E N55103-1: 35.5 A (230 V) LMD-2450W : (1) Power ON, curren t probe method: 21.8 A (100 V), 40.6 A ( 240V) (2) Hot switching inru sh current, measured in accord ance with European st[...]

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    Specifications 34 A vailabl e signal formats The unit is a pplicab le to the fol lowing signal formats. *1 The fra me rate is also compatible with 1/ 1.001. *2 Component only 2 RX 3 TX 4 NC 5 GND 6 NC 7 R TS 8 CTS 9N C System Composite Y/C BKM-227W RGB Component BKM-229X BKM- 220D BKM- 243HS 575/50 I (P AL) aa a a 480/60 I (NTS C) * 1 aa a a 576/50[...]

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    Specifications 35 A vailab le HD15 input signal f ormat s VESA DMT VESA CVT *Dow n con vert di splay Resolution Dot c lock [MHz] fH [kHz] fV [Hz] Sync. polarity LMD-20 50W LMD-245 0W Hori zont al V er ti cal 640 × 480 60 Hz 25.175 31.469 59.94 0 Negative Negative aa 800 × 600 56 Hz 36.000 35.156 56.25 0 Positive Positive aa 800 × 600 60 Hz 40.00[...]

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    Specifications 36 Others A vailab le D V I input signal f ormats Range of D VI input signal (av ailable to UXGA/60Hz) (UXGA down con vert displa y in LMD-2050W) V ertical frequency : 50.0 to 85.1 Hz Horizontal frequenc y: 31.5 to 7 7.0 kHz Dot clock: LMD-2050W : 25.175 to 108.00 0 MHz LMD-2450W : 25.175 to 162.00 0 MHz Picture size, p hase: automat[...]

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    Dimensions 37 Dimensions LMD-2 050W LMD-2 450W – + – + – + – + – + – + 518.5 (20 1 / 2 ) 328.7 (13) 320.0 (12 5 / 8 ) 104.7 (4 1 / 8 ) 269.9 (10 3 / 4 ) 444.1 (17 1 / 2 ) 361.5 (14 1 / 4 ) Side Rear Front Unit: m m (in ches) COMPOSITE COMPONENT Y/C RGB A-1 A-2 B-1 B-2 DVI F1 F2 F3 F4 HD-15 CONTROL VOLUME CONTRAST PHASE CHROMA BRIGHT MEN[...]

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    Sony Cor poration[...]