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NEC PlasmaSync 3300 manual

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  • Page 1

    PlasmaSync 3300 Multimedia Monitor Printed in Japan 78xxxxxxx MultiSync is a registered trademark of NEC Technologies, Inc. in the U.S.A. NEC is registered trademark of NEC Corporation.  1993 by NEC Technologies, Inc. NEC Technologies, Inc. 1250 N. Arlington Heights Road, Suite 500 Itasca, Illinois 60143-1248 PlasmaSync 3300 Multimedia Monitor P[...]

  • Page 2

    CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. ALSO DO NOT USE THIS UNIT'S POLARIZED PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLETS, UNLESS THE PRONGS CAN BE FULLY INSERTED. REFRAIN FROM OPENING THE CABINET AS THERE ARE HIGH-VOLTAGE COMPONENTS INSIDE. R[...]

  • Page 3

    MISE EN GARDE: AFIN DE REDUIRE LES RISQUES D’ELECTRO- CUTION, NE PAS DEPOSER LE COUVERCLE, IL N’Y A AUCUNE PIECE UTILISABLE A L’INTERIEUR DE CET APPAREIL. NE CONFIER LES TRAVAUX D’ENTRETIEN QU’A UN PERSONNEL QUALIFIE. Ce symbole a pour but de prévenir l’utilisateur de la présence d’une tension dangereuse, non isolée se trouvant à [...]

  • Page 4

    Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction to the PlasmaSync 3300 ...................................................................................... 1 Feature Highlights .....................................................................[...]

  • Page 5

    Feature Highlights The OSM ( On Screen Manager ) controls have made the monitor' s Digital Control System easier to use by providing menus on screen. Pressing the PROCEED key turns on OSM. You' ll find it easy to navigate through the menu that appears, and icons show you how the controls work. IPM ( Intelligent Power Manager ) is an innov[...]

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    1 POWER .............................. Press to power the monitor on and off. 2 STANDBY /POWER ............ Lights green during normal operation. Lights orange when the monitor is in standby mode. 3 Remote Sensor Window ........ Receives infrared signal from the remote control unit. 4 EXIT ......................................... Press to exit the[...]

  • Page 7

    Terminal Board 5 6 0 EXTERNAL CONTROL EXTERNAL CONTROL IN (mini D-SUB 15 PIN)..... This terminal is used when power ON/OFF, input selection, AUDIO MUTE and PICTURE MUTE are operated externally (by external control). See also page 41 for external con- trol port pin assignments. NOTE: Select EXT. CONTROL ON by setting pin No. 7 of DIP SW 1 to ON when[...]

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    7 8 D VIDEO 2 VIDEO 2 IN (BNC type)..... Connect the video source' s output here. S-VIDEO 2 IN..... Connect the S-video source with an S-connector output here. THROUGH OUT (BNC type)..... Connect to a second monitor' s video input to relay the video signal input at VIDEO 2 IN. THROUGH OUT (S-VIDEO)..... Connect to a second monitor' s[...]

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    G RGB 2 R, G, B, H/CS and V IN (BNC)..... These are analog RGB input terminals. Connect external components with R, G, B, H/CS, and V output terminals to these analog RGB input terminals. Be sure that the RGB connection cable is correctly attached to the corresponding terminals. R, G, B, H/CS and V THROUGH OUT (BNC)..... Connect to a second monitor[...]

  • Page 10

    Remote Control Unit 1 POWER ON/OFF ................ Press POWER ON to turn the monitor on when the STANDBY/POWER indicator is lit orange. Press POWER OFF to turn the monitor off and the monitor will go into the standby condi- tion. 2 VIDEO 1 .............................. Press to select reception of a conventional component or S-connector componen[...]

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    F D MULTIMEDIA MONITOR RD-336E ON OFF ON POWER OFF DEGAUSS VIDEO1 VIDEO2 RGB1 RGB2 WIDTH HEIGHT SIDE PIN SCAN SELECT POSITION/CONTROL NORMAL RASTER CONTROL RGB/VIDEO VIDEO CONTRAST BRIGHT COLOR TINT SHARPNESS NORMAL VISUAL CONTROL VOLUME MUTE EXIT PROCEED ON SCREEN 9 0 B A C E G I H 8 13 14 Visual Control 8 RGB/VIDEO CONTRAST ( / Ä ) ......... Adj[...]

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    Battery Installation and Replacement The remote control is powered by two 1.5V AA batteries. To install or replace batteries: 1. Turn the remote control unit upside down. 2. Press down on the battery compartment grip and slide the com- partment in the direction of the arrow. 3 . Install the two new batteries, making sure that their polarity matches[...]

  • Page 13

    No.4 No.5 No.6 No.7 No.8 Pin numbers 4 and 6 are not used. Set the six pins to the OFF position except Nos. 5 and 8 pin during normal operation. Pins No. 1, 2 and 3 (POWER ON MODE SET) Sets the monitor to default to any one of its inputs each time the monitor is turned on. See table on the above. This function does not work when the pin No. 1 is se[...]

  • Page 14

    ON: Auto selection for video standard OFF: Manual selection for video standard ON: Manually selecting PAL OFF: Manually selecting NTSC ON: Manually selecting SECAM OFF: Manually selecting other ON: Manually selecting 4.43 NTSC OFF: Manually selecting other Not Used ON : Intelligent Power Manager ON OFF : Intelligent Power Manager OFF SYNC. CONTROL [...]

  • Page 15

    Installation External Component Connections The NEC PlasmaSync 3300 multimedia monitor is designed for convenient installation with a wide variety of audio, the latest video components and many data processing devices equipped with analog RGB output. BNC jack terminals (VIDEO 1 and VIDEO 2) are provided for connection to two separate external video[...]

  • Page 16

    Mini D-Sub 15 Pin RGB Signal Composition Pin Assignments and Signal Levels for 15 pin RGB (Analog) 1 2 3 4 5 11 12 13 14 15 6 7 8 9 10 Signal to be connected Loop through output RED RED GREEN or Sync. on Green GREEN or Sync. on Green BLUE BLUE GND GND GND GND RED (GND) RED (GND) GREEN (GND) GREEN (GND) BLUE (GND) BLUE (GND) No Connection No Connect[...]

  • Page 17

    Typical Connection Example EXTERNAL CONTROL To mini D-SUB 15 Pin input To EXTERNAL CONTROL (mini D-SUB 15 Pin input) PlasmaSync 3300 25 26 To VIDEO IN R, L, inputs CAMERA, VIDEO COPY STAND OR MULTIMEDIA APPLICATION IBM PC OR COMPATIBLES PlasmaSync 3300 NEC MULTISYNC OR PC-COMPATIBLE MONITOR RGB equipment To R,G,B,H/CS and V inputs (BNC) NOTE: •Pl[...]

  • Page 18

    External Speaker Connections External speakers may be connected to the monitor to reproduce sound from VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, RGB 1 or RGB 2 signal sources. External speakers may be connected directly to the EXTERNAL SPEAKERS terminals or indirectly by connecting a stereo system amplifier to the audio outputs. CAUTION: Unplug the monitor and all connect[...]

  • Page 19

    Controls/Adjustments Power 1. Plug in the power cord to an electrical outlet to connect power. 2. Press POWER to turn the monitor on. 3. Press POWER again to turn the monitor off. Press the POWER OFF key on the remote control unit to turn the monitor off when the monitor is turned on. The monitor will go into the standby condition and the STANDBY/P[...]

  • Page 20

    Size Control {  |  Width Size Control {  |  Height Position Control {  |  Left/Right Position Control {  |  Down/Up Side Pin Control {  |  In/Out Scan Select Over Scan Under Scan Visual Control Contrast Visual Control Color Visual Control Tint Visual Control Sharpness Volume Control [...]

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    Accessing OSM Press the PROCEED key. Turning off OSM Press the EXIT key when in the main menu ; press the EXIT key twice when in submenus. OSM Menus Main Menu On-Screen Manager' s main menu of Controls gives you an overview of the selection of controls available. The arrow in the bottom or upper right corner indicates further choices are avail[...]

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    35 36 OSM Turn Off Time The OSM menu will stay on as long as it is in use. In the OSM Turn Off Time submenu, you can select how long the monitor waits after the last touch of a key to shut off the OSM menu. The preset choices are 3, 5, 10, 30, and 60 seconds. Note that 30 seconds is the factory preset. POSITION/CONTROL +/- : selects the preset time[...]

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    Position Controls The Position controls allow you to adjust the position of the image. 38 37 Position Down/Up : moves the image vertically up or down. Position Left/Right : moves the image horizontally left or right. POSITION/CONTROL Up/Down : moves the arrow up or down to select one of the choices. POSITION/CONTROL +/- : moves the bar to increase [...]

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    40 39 NORMAL Pressing NORMAL allows you to reset the settings back to the factory settings. The above warning statement will appear to confirm that you do want to reset all raster settings. The above warning statement will appear to confirm that you do want to reset all visual settings. WARNING ABOUT TO RESET Raster Press: NORMAL-Reset EXIT-C[...]

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    NOTE: “GND” means to connect with pin 9. NOTE: If EXT. Control is set to ON, the exter control will be effective only for the above functions. If EXT. Control is set to OFF, PC CTL will be effective. External Control Function External Control Port Pin Assignments Pin No. 1-3 4, 5 6-8 9 10 11-14 15 NO.5 OPEN OPEN GND GND NO.4 OPEN GND OPEN GND I[...]

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    44 43 Signal Identification Flowchart Input signal 28 kHz<fH<34 kHz fV<65 Hz 640 x 480@60 Hz (VESA, VGA) 34 kHz<fH<36.5 kHz fV<65 Hz 800 x 600@56.2 Hz (VESA) 36.5 kHz<fH<38.6 kHz fV<65 Hz 800 x 600@60.3 Hz (VESA) 38.6 kHz<fH<42 kHz 640 x 480@75 Hz (XGA-2) 65 Hz<fV 640 x 400@70 Hz (IBM) 65 Hz<fV 640 x 480@67 Hz[...]

  • Page 27

    Troubleshooting 45 46 Before arranging for service by the NEC Service Center, check the following to be sure repairs are needed. Problem No Picture or Sound Sound OK; poor picture with VIDEO signal input. Sound OK; poor picture with RGB signal input. Picture OK; poor or no sound. Poor sound from external speakers or setereo system speakers Remote c[...]

  • Page 28

    Specifications Plasma Screen 33 inch Visual size (Diagonal), AC Drive type Phosphor stripe trios Ph 1.05 mm, Pv 1.05 mm Medium-short persistence phosphor Optical filter coating Aspect ratio: 3 : 4 Display color: 260,000 colors (RGB 64 shades of gray respectively) RGB Input Terminals RGB: D-SUB 15pin BNC (R, G, B, H and V) : Video : Analog 0.7Vp-p/7[...]

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    Maximum Resolution RGB: 640(H) x 480(V) pixels VIDEO: 400 horizontal lines Signal Bandwidth 33 MHz (maximum) Current Rating AC 120 V, 60 Hz Power Consumption 4.5 A (maximum) Dimensions 31.1(W) x 29.1(H) x5.2 (D) inches/ 788(W) x 738(H) x130(D) mm (Height: 24.5 inches/ 620 mm; not including the base) Weight 73.63 lbs/33.4 kg (60.85 lbs/27.6 kg not i[...]

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    51 52 Dimensions[...]

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    HOW YOU CAN GET WARRANTY SERVICE To obtain service on your product, consult the dealer from whom you pur- chased the product, or ship it prepaid to any authorized NECTECH service cen- ter. Whenever warranty service is required, the original dated invoice (or a copy) must be presented as proof of warranty coverage, and should be included in any ship[...]