BenQ FP791 manual

BenQ FP791 LCD Color Mo nitor 17.0" (43.2 c m) LCD P anel Siz e User's Man ua l[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 1 Cop yright © 2002 by BENQ Corporation. All rights r eser ved. No part of this publication ma y be r epr oduced , tran smitt ed, tr ansc ribe d, stor ed in a r etrieval system or t ranslated into any language or computer language , in any form or by any means, elect r onic , mechanical, magnetic, o[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 2 Unpacking .. .................. ........................... .................. ........................... .................. ....... ..................... 3 Views of the Monitor .......................... .................. ........................... .................. ................. .........[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 3 Unpacking Please check y ou ha ve the f ollowing items. If th ey ar e missing or are damaged, please immediately contact the dealer at w hich y ou pur chased the g oods. BenQ LC D Mo nito r Quick Star t Guide CD-R OM Disk Po we r c o r d Audio cable Signal cable: D-Sub[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 4 Vie ws of the Monitor Fron t V i ew Back View (1)[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 5 Back Vie w (2): Locations of plugs & sockets 1. Audio connector (Audio input) 2. D VI-D connector 3. D-Sub connector 4. Po wer A C input jack 5. DC 12V out put 6. USB connect or 6 5 4 3 2 1[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 6 Inst allati on Har dwar e Installation Mak e s ur e that the comput er and monitor’ s pow er are bo th turned off. Please fo llow th e steps to install your LCD monito r . 1. Connect signal cable to the LCD monitor . 2. Connect audio ca ble to the audio ja ck. 3. Connect t he pow er cor d to y ou[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 7 4. Connect the ot her end of signal cable to the signal connector o f y our comput er . Con- nect audio cable to your computer . 5. Connect po wer cord to an A C pow er socket.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 8 Softwar e Installation A. M icr osoft ® Windo ws ® 95/ 98/ 2000/ XP If y o u ar e using Windo ws 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 or XP as an operating system, y ou ha ve to set up th e corr ect monitor driv er . Wind o ws 9 5. The first ti me you star t Wind ows with a new monitor , t he system will[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 9 4. F rom the “ Displ a y pr operti es ” window , select the “ Settings ” tab. Click the “ Adva nced... ” button in the bot tom right corner . 5. S ele ct the “ Monitor ” tab. Click the “ Chang e ” butt on in the to p right corn er .[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 10 6. Now click the “ Ha v e Di sk ” button in the bottom ri ght corner . Another window a ppears. Select the “ Br o wse ” button. 7. In ser t th e s upplied CD into your comp uter . Se lect t he C D-dr ive fr om the d rop-down me nu. 8. In the field abov e the drive selection, change to t he[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 11 9. By pr essing “ OK ” again in the next windo w you will be giv en a list of com patible devices. Select “ FP 791” fr om the l ist a nd pr ess “ OK ” again. 10. Now y ou are back to “ Ad vanced Disp la y Properties ”. C lose this window by clicking “ OK ” and confirm the follo[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 12 Wind o ws 9 8 T o manually install or update the driver , perform the following steps: 1. Open the co ntr ol panel and d ouble-click " Displa y " ic on. 2. F rom the " Displa y P r operties " wind ow , select the " Setting s " tab. C lick the " A dvanced... "[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 13 3. S ele ct the " Monitor " ta b. Click th e " Ch ang e " butt on in the top ri ght corner . 4. T he " Update De vice Dri ver Wizar d " opens. C onfirm by clicking " Next ".[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 14 5. S ele ct " D ispla y a list of all driv ers in a specific location, so you can select the driver y ou want. " and pr ess " Next ". 6. Now click the “ Ha v e Di sk ” button in the bottom ri ght corner . Another window a ppears. Select the “ Br o wse ” button.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 15 7. Insert the supplied CD into y our com puter . Se lect the C D-drive f rom the drop-down m enu. 8. By pr essing “ OK ” again in the next windo w you will be giv en a list of com patible devices. Select “ FP 791” fr om the list and pr ess “ Next ” again. 9. A n “ I nser t Di sk ” [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 16 10. C los e “ Update De vice Drive r Wizar d ” by clicking “ Finish ” to com plete t he in stallatio n.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 17 Windo ws 2000 The first time y ou start Windows with a new monitor , the system will detect it and automatically start the “ Ad d Ne w Har dwar e Wizar d ”. Carr y out the instructions beginning at step 4. 1. I nse r t “ BenQ LC D Monitor ” CD-R OM into y our CD-R OM Driver . 2. Click “ [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 18 4. F rom the “ Displa y Pr operties ” window , select the “ Se tti ngs ” tab . Click the “ Advan ced Properties " butt on in the bo ttom r ight cor ner . 5. S ele ct “ Monitor ” then click “ Pr oper ties ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 19 6. S ele ct “ Driver ” tab then click “ Update Driver ”. 7. T he “ Upgrade De vice Driv er Wizard ” will pop up . Then click “ Next ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 20 8. S ele ct “ Displa y a list of the known drivers fo r this device so that I can choose a spe- cific driv er ” then click “ Next ”. 9. In the next window , click “ Hav e Disk ”, then “ Install Fr om Disk ” w indow will pop up. Click “ Br o wse ", the “ Located File ” wi[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 21 10. Scroll down and select y our CD R OM Driver , then click “ Next. ” .[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 22 11. In the list of folders w ithin the CD-R OM, select “ Drivers ” fo lder then click “ Open ” twice , then cl ick “ OK ”. Select y our LCD Model (FP791) fr om the list in the next window then click “ Next ” twice. 12. The ne w driv ers are now installed on y our computer .[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 23 Wind o ws M E T o manually install or update t he driver , perf orm the following steps: 1. Click “Star t”, “ S ettings ”, “ Control P anel ” and then double-click “ Displ a y ”. 2. In the D ispla y Pr operties window , click the “ Settings ” tab and click “ Ad vanced... ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 24 5. C hoo se “ Disp la y a list of all the drive rs in a specific location, so y ou can select the driver you want ” and click “ Next ”. 6. C hoo se “ Mo nitor ” fr om the lis t and then click “ Ne xt ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 25 7. C hoo se “ Disp la y a list of all the drive rs in a specific location, so y ou can select the driver you want. ”. 8. Click “ Ha ve d is k ” and then click “ Br o w se... ”. 9. I nse r t “ B enQ LCD Monito r’ s CD ” into your CD-R O M and type d: (change th e driver let- ter [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 26 10. Click “ OK ” on the “ Install Fr om Di sk ” window . Th e dialogue bo x “ Update D e v ice Driver Wizard ” appears. Choose the model from the list, then click “ Next ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 27 11. Click “ Ne xt ”. 12. Click “ Fini sh ” to complete the installation.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 28 Wind o ws XP 1. Right click mouse on the desktop and choose “ Pr ope r ties ”. Select “ Setting s ” tab and click the “ Advanced ” button. A sm all window will pop up. Select the “ Monitor ” tab in th e new windo w and then click “ Prope r ties ”. 2. S ele ct “ Driver ” tab[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 29 3. T he “ H ar d w a re U p d at e Wi z a rd ” will pop up. Then click “ Next ”. 4. S ele ct “ Don’ t search. I will choos e the dr iver to install ” and then click “ Next ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 30 5. In the next windo w , click “ Ha ve Di sk … ”, an “ Install F rom Disk ” window will pop up. Click “ Br o wse ”. The “ Locate F ile ” wind ow will pop up .[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 31 6. Select your driv er and then click “ Next ”. 7. The new drivers ar e now installed to your computer . Click “ Finish ” to exit installati on.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 32 B. Choosing t he best r esolution Due to the natu r e of LC display technology , the resolution is alwa ys fixed. For the FP791 this is a r esolution o f 1280x1 024. This is called the "Nat ive R esolution", w hich also r epresents the max imal r esolutio n. Lowe r resolutions are displa[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 33 4. In the subseq uent windows, pr ess " OK " and " Ye s " 5. Y ou can now close " Display Pr oper ties ".[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 34 C . Refresh Rate Selection Ther e is no need t o choose the highest po ssible refr esh rate on an LC displa y . It is not technically possible for an LC displa y to flicker . Even at a refr esh r ate of 60 Hz yo u will get an abs olutely flick er - fr ee image . More impor tant is t hat you mak e [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 35 3. S ele ct the " Adap ter ” t ab. The re fresh rat e selection field is located in th e center at th e bot- tom o f th e win dow . 4. Choose a r efr esh rate fr om the table with the factory modes, which can be found in the user’ s guide, and select this in the settings field . 5. In the[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 36 D . Picture Optimization The ea siest way to obtain an optim al disp la y is to us e the ikey fu nction. Pr ess the “ ike y ” on t he control p anel and the monitor will adjust automatically . If you ar e still not s atisfied with t he result, y ou can still adjust the im age manually . 1. Run[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 37 Adjusting the Monitor A Look at the Control P anel Ther e ar e 6 k eys for user’ s control including “ iK ey ”, “Exit”, “Enter”, “<” and “>” k ey and a p ow er swith.The followin g d escriptio ns are t he in troduction of these ke ys & switch . 1. “Po wer”: T ur[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 38 Hot K ey Mode K e y , Brightness Le vel hot k ey K ey , Brightness and Contrast hot k ey K ey , Audio hot key Press to enter Brightness Level selection menu, press or k ey to select one Brightness Level and press ke y t o e x i t OSD . Press o r key to select Bright nes s or Contra st and press ke[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 39 K e y , OSD Lo ck ho t k ey Press and hold k ey for 3 seconds to acti- vate hot k ey . OSD lock: Press and hold ke y for 3 sec- onds to l ock OSD . OSD unlock: Pr ess and hold k ey f or 3 seconds to r elease OSD lock.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 40 Main Menu Mode Contr ol Functions A va ilable in Main Menu Main Menu Luminance sub menu Pr ess or k e y to sele ct one Brig htness Lev el and press k ey to return to previous menu.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 41 Press or key to adjust the degr ee of Brightnes s, pr ess k ey to r eturn to pr evi- ous menu . Press or key to adjust the degr ee of Contrast, pr ess ke y to r eturn to pr evious menu. Geometr y su b menu Press or k ey to adjust the Horizontal P osition , press ke y t o return to p re vious menu.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 42 Press or ke y to adjust the V er tical P osition , press ke y t o return to p re vious menu. Pr ess or ke y to adj ust the v alue of the Pix el Clock, pr ess k ey t o r eturn to pr evi- ous menu . Press or key to adjust the degr ee of Phase, press k ey to return t o pre vious menu.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 43 Color sub menu User Pr eset: User ma y set the color balance of Red, Gr een and B lue. OSD su b menu[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 44 Press or k ey to adjust the Horizontal P osition of the OSD , press ke y to return to previous menu. Press or ke y to adjust the V er tical P osition of the OSD , press ke y to return to previous menu. Pr ess or ke y to a djust t he displ a y time of the OS D , p ress k ey to r eturn to p revi- ou[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 45 Recall sub menu Press or ke y to confirm P osition Recall, pr ess ke y to recall position set- tings, or pr ess k ey to r eturn to pr evious menu. Press or k e y to confirm Co lor Recall, press k ey to recall color settings, or pr ess k ey to r eturn to pr evi ous men u. Press or key to confirm Re[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 46 D P F s ub me n u Select Car d: User ma y select from the following kinds of memor y cards: Compact Flas h, Security Disk/Multi Media Card and Smar t Media. Press or ke y to select card, pr ess k ey to confirm, or press ke y to return to previous me nu. File Manag em ent s ub menu . Press or k ey[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 47 Rota te Ph oto: Rotates pho tos fr om landscape mode to por- trait mo de . Miscellaneous sub menu Pr ess or k ey to select input signal, press ke y to confirm, or press key to return to previous m enu. Sharpness: When the resoluti on o f the VGA card is not nativ e solution (128 0x1024), us ers ma[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 48 Press key to return to previous m enu. Audio sub menu Press or key to adjust the V olum e, pr ess k ey to r eturn to pr ev ious men u. Press or k ey to turn on/off SRS fu nc- tion, press k ey to return t o previous menu. Press or key to turn on/ off M ute f unc- tion, press k ey to return t o prev[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 49 T r oubleshooting F r equently Ask ed Questions (F A Q) ✓ The ima ge is b lurr ed: ☞ Read the Installation/Adjustmen t section, and then select the corr ect resolution, r efr esh rate and m ak e adju stme nts base d on these ins truct ions . ☞ Ho w do you use a V GA extension cable? Remov e [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 50 ☞ Is the pr ompt on t he disp la y illuminated in orange? If the LED is illuminated in orange, the pow er management mode is activ e . Pr ess an y button on the computer k eyboard or mov e the mouse. If that does not help , check the signal cable connectors. If an y pin is bent or br ok en off, [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 51 Suppor ted operating modes h Modes not lis ted in the abo v e table ma y not be supported. For an op timal pictur e , we re com- mended y ou choose a mode listed in the table abo ve. h There ar e 22 a vailable modes that ar e compatible with Windows. h Image disruption ma y occur as a result of si[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 52 Specifications Model FP791 791Displa y type Viewable diagonal Native (maximum) resolution Colo rs Contrast / Bright ness Response time Viewing angle (left/right, up/do wn) 17.0" ,activ e , TFT 43.2 cm 1,280X1,024 16.7 million 450:1 (Max. 550:1) / 350 cd/m² 16 ms 70/70, 70/70 (CR=10) 80/80, 8[...]