Sony SDM-HS75P manual

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    2-583-745- 11 (1) © 2004 Sony Cor poration TFT LCD Color Computer Display SDM-HS75P SDM-HS95P Operat ing In struc tions GB[...]

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    2 Owner’s Record The model and serial numbers are lo cated at the rear of the unit. Record these numbers in the spaces prov ided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your dealer regarding this product. Model No. Serial No. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or mois ture. Dangerou sly high v oltages are p resent[...]

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    Table of Contents • Macint osh is a tr ademar k licen sed to Appl e Comp uter, Inc., register ed in the U.S.A. and ot her count ries. • Windo ws  and MS-D OS are re giste red tradem arks of Mic roso ft Co rpo ratio n in the Unite d Stat es and oth er coun trie s. • IBM PC/AT and V GA are reg ister ed tradem arks of I BM Corp ora tion of t [...]

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    4 Precautions Warning on power conne ctions • Use the supplied p ower cord. If you use a different power cord, be sure th at it is compati ble with yo ur local power su pply. For the customers i n the U.S.A. If you do not use the appro priate cord, this mon itor will no t conf orm t o mand ator y F CC sta nda rds. For the customers i n the UK If [...]

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    5 GB Identifying par ts and contr ols See the pages in parentheses for further details. The 1 (power) switch and the c ontrol butto ns are on the lower right part of the front of the mo nitor. Front of the display Rear of t he display 1 1 (Power ) switch and indicato r (pages 9, 15) To tu rn the disp lay on or off, press t he 1 (power) switch upwar[...]

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    6 Rear of t he display 9 Back cover (page 8) Remove t his cover whe n you conne ct/disconn ect cable s or cord s. 0 AC IN connec tor (page 8 ) Connect t he power cord (suppli ed). qa DVI-D input co nnector (digital RGB) for INPUT1 (page 7) This conn ector inputs di gital RGB vid eo signals that comply with DVI Rev .1.0. qs HD15 input conne ctor (an[...]

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    7 GB Setup Before us ing your m onitor, check tha t the followi ng item s are includ ed in you r carto n: •L C D d i s p l a y • Power co rd • HD1 5-HD15 vide o signal cable (anal og RGB) • DVI-D video signal ca ble (digita l RGB) •C o r d s t r a p • CD-ROM (utility software for Windows/M acinto sh, Operating Instructi ons, etc.) • W[...]

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    8 Step 3: Conn ect the pow er cor d With the moni tor and compute r switched off, first connec t the power cord to the m onitor, the n conne ct it to a p ower ou tlet. Step 4: Secure the cords and replace the bac k co ver 1 Bun dle t he ca ble s and c ord s. Usin g the supp lied co rd strap, bundle the cab les and cor ds. 2 Replace t he back cover.[...]

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    9 GB Step 5: T urn on the monitor and computer 1 Press the 1 (power ) switch upw ard. The 1 (powe r) indicato r of the m onitor lights up in green. 2 Turn on the co mputer. The installatio n of your moni tor is complete. If necessary, use the monitor’s contro ls to adjust th e picture. If no picture appears on your screen • Che ck that the powe[...]

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    10 Customizing Your Monitor You can mak e numerou s adjust ments to you r monito r using the on-scre en menu. Navigating the menu x Using the MENU, m/M , and OK b uttons 1 Display th e main menu. Press the MENU butt on to disp lay t he main men u on you r screen. 2 Select the me nu you wa nt to adju st. Press the m/M buttons t o display th e desire[...]

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    11 GB 2 Press the m / M butto ns to select (PICTURE) and press the O K button. The P ICTU RE m enu ap pea rs o n the sc reen . 3 Press the m / M buttons to select “ BACKLIGHT” and pres s the OK butto n. The “B ACK LI GHT ” men u appe ars on the scre en. 4 Press the m / M buttons to a djust the light level a nd press the O K button. x Adju s[...]

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    12 4 P ress the m / M buttons to sele ct “ADJUST” and press the O K button. The fine t uning menu for col or temperature ap pears on the screen. 5 P ress the m / M buttons to select R (Re d) or B (Blue) and press the OK butto n. Then p ress the m / M buttons to adj ust the c olor tempe rature and press the OK button. Since th is adjustment chan[...]

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    13 GB x Adjus t the pict ure’ s sh arpne ss manu all y (Phase /Pitch) You can adjus t the picture’s sharpn ess as follows. This adjustme nt is effective whe n the comput er is connecte d to the monitor’s HD15 in put conn ector (anal og RGB). 1 Set th e resolut ion to 1280 × 102 4 on the computer. 2 Load the CD-ROM. 3 Start th e CD-RO M, sel [...]

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    14 INPUT SENSING menu When you selec t AUTO ON in the INPUT SENSING menu, the monitor auto matically d etects an in put signal to an inpu t terminal, and chang es the input auto maticall y before the monitor g oes into the p ower sa ving mod e. 1 P ress the MENU button. The main me nu appe ars on the screen. 2 P ress the m / M buttons to select (IN[...]

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    15 GB 3 Press the m / M b uttons to select e ither “On” or “Off.” • ON: Only the 1 (power) switch and INPUT butt on will operate. If you at tempt any oth er operation , the icon a ppears on t he scree n. • OFF: Set “ MENU LOCK” to off. If “ MENU LOCK” has been set to “ON,” when you press t he MENU button, “ MENU LOCK” is[...]

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    16 Setting the MODE (PICTURE) If you pr ess th e butto n on th e lower side of the mon itor repeatedl y, you can sel ect MODE from MOVIE t PC t AUTO t GAME. When you select “AUTO,” the mo nitor autom atically adju sts the screen b rightn ess accord ing to th e brightnes s of the su rroundi ngs (Automa tic brigh tness adjustm ent fun ction). For[...]

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    17 GB Troubleshooting Before co ntacting techni cal suppo rt, refer t o this sectio n. On-screen messa ges If there is so mething wro ng with the in put sign al, one of the following messages appe ars on the scre en. To solve the p roblem, see “Tro uble symp toms and r emedies ” on page 1 8. If OUT OF RANGE appears on the screen This indica tes[...]

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    18 T roub le symptoms and remedies If a problem is cau sed by the conn ected com puter or other eq uipment , please re fer to the connect ed equip ment’s instruct ion manu al . Symptom Chec k these ite ms No picture If t he 1 (power) in dicator is no t lit, or if th e 1 (power) indica tor will not light u p when the 1 (po wer) switch is pr esse d[...]

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    19 GB Displaying th is monitor’s informa tion While th e monitor is receivi ng a video si gnal, pr ess an d hold the MENU bu tton for more than 5 seconds unt il the informatio n box a ppears. Press the M ENU button aga in to make the box di sappear. If any prob lem per sists, call your authori zed Sony d ealer and give the following inform ation:[...]

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    20 Specificat ions SDM-HS75P LCD panel Panel ty pe: a-Si TF T Active Matrix Picture size: 17.0 inch Input signal format RGB operating frequency* Horizon tal: 28–80 kH z (analo g RGB) 28–64 kHz (digital RGB) Vertical: 48–75 Hz ( analog RG B) 60 Hz (digital RGB) Resolutio n Horizon tal: Max .1280 do ts Vertical: Max.1 024 lines Input si gnal le[...]