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electronic user's manual file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/lynn/My%20Documents/CD%20manual/multi_manu[...]
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Safety & Troubleshooting Safety and Troubleshooting Information Safety Precautions and Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Regulatory Information • Other Related Information Safety precautions and maintenance WARNING: Use of controls, adjustments, or procedures other than those specified in this documentation may result in exposure to shock, [...]
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Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Safety Precautions and Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Regulatory Information • Other Related Information Common Problems Having trouble? Something not working? Before calling for help, try these suggestions. Having this problem? Check these items No Picture (Power LED not lit) ● Make sure the Power cable is [...]
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Troubleshooting No color or intermittent color ● If you are using a non-VESA-DDC standard video card, turn the DDC1 / 2B feature Off. Color appears blotchy ● The picture may need degaussing. ● Remove any nearby magnetic objects. ● Face the monitor toward the East for the best picture quality. Missing one or more colors ● Check the Color T[...]
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Troubleshooting RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/lynn/My%20Docu...nual/multi_manual/ENGL[...]
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Regulatory Information Regulatory Information • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice (U.S. Only) • Commission Federale de la Communication (FCC Declaration) • BSMI Notice (Taiwan Only) • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice (U.S. Only) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digit[...]
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Regulatory Information Commission Federale de la Communication (FCC Declaration) Cet équipement a été testé et déclaré conforme auxlimites des appareils numériques de class B,aux termes de l'article 15 Des règles de la FCC. Ces limites sont conçues de façon à fourir une protection raisonnable contre les interférences nuisibles dans[...]
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Regulatory Information RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/lynn/My%20Docu...l/multi_manual/ENGLI?[...]
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Other Related Information Other Related Information Safety Precautions and Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Regulatory Information • Information for Users in the U. S . • Information for Users Outside the U.S Information for Users in the U. S. For units set at 115 V : Use a UL Listed Cord Set consisting of a minimum 18 AWG, Type SVT or SJT t[...]
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About This Electronic User's Manual About This Electronic User's Manual About This Guide • Other Documents You May Need • Notational Descriptions About This Guide This electronic user's guide is intended for anyone who uses the Philips Color Monitor. It describes the monitor's features, setup, operation and all other informa[...]
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About This Electronic User's Manual RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE Notational Descriptions The following subsections describe notational conventions used in this document. Notes, Cautions, and Warnings Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes, cautions, an[...]
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About This Electronic User's Manual ©2003 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. All rights reserved. Reproduction, copying, usage, modifying, hiring, renting, public performance, transmission and/or broadcasting in whole or in part is prohibited without written consent of Philips Electronics N.V. file:///C|/[...]
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105S7 Product Information Product Information Product Features • Technical Specifications • Automatic Power Saving • Physical Specification • Pin Assignment • Product Views Product Features Model Color 105S79 Gray 105S78 Black 105S7S Siver/black 105S7 ● 15-inch (13.8" VIS) color monitor with excellent front of screen performance fo[...]
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105S7 Product Information • Tube type Shadow mask, flat square, high contrast • Phosphor P22 • Recommended display area 10.6" x 8.0" / 270 x 202 mm • Maximum display area 11.1" x 8.4" / 284 x 214 mm SCANNING • Horizontal scanning 30 - 54 KHz • Vertical scanning 50 - 120 Hz VIDEO • Video dot rate 85 MHz • Input im[...]
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105S7 Product Information 640 x 480 @ 75 Hz 800 x 600 @ 75 Hz 800 x 600 @ 85 Hz 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz * These information are subject to change without notice. RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE Automatic Power Saving If you have VESA's DPMS compliance display card or software installed in your PC, the monitor can automatically reduce its power consumptio[...]
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105S7 Product Information • Dimensions 14.0" x 14.2" x 14.7" / 357 x 362 x 373 mm (including base) 14.0" x 11.8" x 14.7" / 357 x 300 x 373 mm (excluding base) • Weight 14.8kg • Power supply 100 - 240 VAC, 60-50Hz (Please refer to rating label) • Temperature (operating) 0° to 40°C / 32° to 104°F • Temperat[...]
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107E Product Information 4 Ground 12 Serial data line(SDA) 5 Ground 13 H. Sync / H+V 6 Red video ground 14 V. Sync (VCLK for DDC) 7 Green video ground 15 Data clock line (SCL) 8 Blue video ground RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE Views Follow the links to see various views of the monitor and its components. Front View Rear View RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE ?[...]
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Installing your Monitor Installing your Monitor Front View • Rear View • Base installation Front View To switch monitor's power power ON and OFF. file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/lynn/My%20[...]
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Installing your Monitor To adjust the OSD items. To select the OSD items. RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE Rear View file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/lynn/My%20Doc...20manu[...]
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Installing your Monitor 1. Power in - attach power cable here. 2. Video In - this is a cable which is already attached to your monitor. Connect the other end of the cable to your PC. RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE Base installation file:///C|/Documents%20and%20S[...]
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Installing your Monitor 1. To INSTALL ● Slide in and click into place. 2. To UN-INSTALL ● Presses down tab and slide out. RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/lynn/My%20D?[...]
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The OSD Controls The OSD Controls The OSD Controls : Picture • Geometry • Degaussing • Color Management • Language • Other • Exit Picture If necessary, please follow such steps to take • Picture • . 1 • Press any one of • • • buttons. The • Picture • screen is displayed and highlighted. 2 • Press the button or button a[...]
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The OSD Controls Contrast Brightness H- Position H-Size V-Position V-Size Pincushion Trapezoid Parallel Bow Top Corner Bottom Corner Recall Exit 4 • If desired values are reached, stop pressing the button or the button. Press the button or the button to select and press the button or the button to return to the • Picture • that will be highli[...]
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The OSD Controls 1. Press any one of • • • buttons and the OSD main image is displayed.Press the button or the button to select • Geometry • that will be highlighted. 2. Press the button or the button and the adjustment items of the • Geometry • are displayed on the screen. 3. Press the button or the button to select the desired item [...]
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The OSD Controls 4. If desired values are reached, stop Pressing the button or the button. Press the button or the button to select and press the button or the button to return to • Geometry • screen that will be highlighted. Or, stop pressing any button, and the OSD window will disappear 12 seconds later. New settings are stored. RETURN TO TOP[...]
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The OSD Controls 3.When the image does not jiggle, the degaussing is finished and the Degaussing item is highlighted. Press the button or the button to select other desired items. Or, select and presss the button or the button, and the OSD window will disappear. RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE Color Management The monitor has three preset optional items:[...]
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The OSD Controls 2.Press the button or the button and the adjustment items of the • Color Management • are displayed on the screen. 3.Press the button or the button to select the desired item that will be highlighted. 4.Press the button or the button to select 9300K, 6500K or 5500K. Press the button or the button, the • 9300K • , • 6500K [...]
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The OSD Controls 5.2 After the • Red • adjustment is finished, press the button or the button to highlight the • Green •. Then, Press the button or the button to adjust the Green. 5.3 After the • Green • adjustment is finished, press the button or the button to highlight the • Blue • . Then, press the button or the button to adjust [...]
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The OSD Controls 1.Press any one of • • • buttons and the OSD main image is displayed. Press the button or the button to select • Language • that will be highlighted. 2.Press the button or the button and the adjustment items of the Language are displayed on the screen. 3.Press the button or the button to select the desired OSD language th[...]
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The OSD Controls RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE Other Others can help you to select • OSD H-Location • , • OSD V-Location • , • Message • or • Smart Settings • . 1.Press any one of • • • buttons and the OSD main image is displayed. Press the button or the button to select • Other • that will be highlighted. Press the button or [...]
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The OSD Controls 3.After OSD Location adjustments are finished, press the button or the button to select • Information • . The monitor will display current resolution, horizontal frequency, vertical frequency and polarity. 4.Press the button or the button to select • Smart Setting • . Press the button or the button to preset time. Thus, the[...]
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The OSD Controls 5. After all adjustments are finished, Press the button or the button to select and press the button or the button to return to • Other • that will be highlighted. Or, stop pressing any button, and the OSD window will disappear 12 seconds later. New settings are stored. RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE Exit After all adjustments are f[...]
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The OSD Controls RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/lynn/My%20...20manual/multi_manual/ENG[...]
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Customer Care and Warranty Customer Care & Warranty PLEASE SELECT YOUR COUNTRY/AREA TO READ THE WARRANTY COVERED: PACIFIC: Australia • New Zealand ASIA: Bangladesh • China • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Japan • Korea • Malaysia • Pakistan • Philippines • Singapore • Taiwan • Thailand AFRICA: Morocco • South Africa[...]
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International Guarantee Your International Guarantee Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing this Philips product which has been designed and manufactured to the highest quality standards. If, unfortunately, something should go wrong with this product Philips guarantees free of charge labor and replacement parts irrespective of the country where it[...]
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Consumer Information Centers Consumer Information Centers Antilles • Argentina • Australia • Bangladesh • Brasil • Canada • Chile • China • Colombia • Czech Republic • Dubai • Egypt • Hong Kong • Hungary • Slovakia • Slovenia • India • Indonesia • Japan • Korea • Malaysia • Mexico • Morocco • New Zealan[...]
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Consumer Information Centers SLOVENIA PC HAND Brezovce 10 SI - 1236 Trzin Tel: +386 1 530 08 24 Email: servis@pchand.si POLAND Zolter ul.Zytnia 1 PL - 05-500 Piaseczno Tel:+48 22 7501766 Email: servmonitor@zolter.com.pl www.zolter.com.pl RUSSIA Tel: +7 095 961-1111 Tel: 8-800-200-0880 Web-site: www.philips.ru TURKEY Türk Philips Ticaret A.S. Yukar[...]
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Consumer Information Centers ARGENTINA Vedia 3892 Capital Federal CP:1430 Buenos Aires Phone: (011)-4544 2047 Fax: (011)-4544 2928 BRASIL Philips da Amazonia Ind. Elet.Ltda. Av.Luis Carlos Berrini, 1400-Sao Paulo-SP Phone: 0800-7010-203 CHILE Philips Chilena S.A. Avenida Santa Maria 0760 P.O. box 2687Santiago de Chile Phone: (02)-730 2000 Fax : (02[...]
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Consumer Information Centers PARAGUAY Philips del Paraguay S.A. Avenida Artigas 1513 Casilla de Correos 605 Asuncion Phone: (021)-211666 Fax : (021)-213007 PERU Philips Peruana S.A. Customer Desk Comandante Espinar 719 Casilla 1841 Limab18 Phone: (01)-2136200 Fax : (01)-2136276 URUGUAY Ind.Philips del Uruguay S.A. Lius Alberto de Herrera 1248-P:10 [...]
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Consumer Information Centers Pacific AUSTRALIA Philips Consumer Service. Customer Information Centre. 3 Figtree Drive Homebush Bay NSW 2140 Phone: CIC:1300 363 391, PCE Service:1 300-361 392 Fax:+61 2 9947 0063 NEW ZEALAND Philips New Zealand Ltd. Consumer Help Desk 2 Wagener Place, Mt.Albert P.O. box 1041 Auckland Phone: 0800 477 999 (Toll Free) F[...]
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Consumer Information Centers Fax:21-65610647 HANGZHOU No. 20 jiao gong road, 310012 Hangzhou, P.R. China Phone: 800 820 5128 (Toll Free) Fax:21-65610647 BEIJING No. 171-3 hai dian road, hai dian district, 100086 Beijing, P.R. China Phone: 800 820 5128 (Toll Free) Fax:21-65610647 SHENYANG No. 84-1 san hao street, 110003 Shenyang P.R. China Phone: 80[...]
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Consumer Information Centers WUHAN No. 60-66 gui yuan road, hong shan district, 430070 Wuhan, P.R. China Phone: 800 820 5128 (Toll Free) Fax:21-65610647 CHENGDU Chengdu Sience-technolege university service BLD, No. 24 nan yi duan of Yi huan road, 410061 Chengdu, P.R. China Phone: 800 820 5128 (Toll Free) Fax:21-65610647 HONG KONG Philips Hong Kong [...]
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Consumer Information Centers Phone: (020)-712 2048 ext 2765 Fax: (020)-712 1558 NEW DELHI Customer Relation Centre 68, Shivaji Marg New Dehli 110 015 Phone: (020)-712 2048 ext 2765 Fax: (020)-712 1558 INDONESIA Philips Group of Companies in Indonesia Consumer Information Centre Jl.Buncit Raya Kav. 99-100 12510 Jakarta Phone: (021)-7940040 / 7984255[...]
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Consumer Information Centers MALAYSIA Philips Malaysia Sdn. Berhad Service Dept. No.51,sect.13 Jalan University. 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selagor. P.O.box 12163 50768 Kuala Lumpur. Phone: (03)-7950 5501/02 Fax:(03)-7954 8504 PAKISTAN KARACHI Philips Electrical Ind. of Pakistan Consumer Information Centre F-54, S.I.T.E, P.O.Box 7101 75730 KARACHI Phone:[...]
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Consumer Information Centers TAIWAN Philips Taiwan Ltd. Consumer Information Centre 13F, No. 3-1 Yuan Qu St., Nan Gang Dist., Taipei, 115, Taiwan Phone: 0800-231-099 Fax:(02)-3789 2641 THAILAND Philips Electronics (Thailand) Ltd. Philips Service Centre 209/2 Sanpavut Road, Bangna, Bangkok 10260 Phone : (02)-652 8652 Fax:(02)-614 3531 Africa MOROCCO[...]
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Consumer Information Centers DUBAI Philips Middle East B.V. Consumer Information Centre P.O.Box 7785 DUBAI Phone: (04)-3353666 Fax : (04)-3353999 EGYPT Philips Egypt Consumer Information Centre 10, Abdel Rahman El Rafei Mohandessin - Cairo, P.O.Box 242 DOKKI Phone: (02)-3313993 Fax : (02)-3492142 file:///C|/Do[...]
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Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions 1. What does the "Designed for Windows" logo signify? The "Designed for Windows" logo means your Philips monitor fulfills the requirements and recommendations of the PC9x (97, 98, or 99) System Design Guide and passes stringent WHQL tests. 2. What models are Mac compatible? A[...]
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Frequently Asked Questions In the general hierarchy of standards, TCO'03/TCO99 is the highest level of certification. Next is TCO95, which is "better" than TCO92, which, in turn, is better than MPRII. Below, we compare the standards in each category. -TCO 92 Phase out: June 30, 2000 -TCO 95 Will be end December 31, 2003 Emissions: MP[...]
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Frequently Asked Questions Ecology: MPRII: No requirement. TCO92: No requirement. TCO95: Set general ecological standards including recycling preparation, environmental policy and environmental certification. TCO99: Further tightened TCO95 norms. TCO'03:Require the recycling information to users. 6. How do I enable the energy saving function? [...]
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Frequently Asked Questions 8. Why does the picture on the screen appear to flicker? A low refresh rate or electrical interference typically causes flickering in the picture. Possible solutions include the following: ● Verify that the proper drivers are installed for your video card ● Make sure that all electrical devices (such as mobile phones)[...]
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Frequently Asked Questions Press and hold the OSD menu key for about 15 seconds until picture displays "OSD MAIN MENU UNLOCKED" 12. My screen shows NO SYNC INPUT , how can I get rid of this? Check the following for possible solutions: ● Bent pins on the video cable ● Make sure the computer is turned on ● Ensure the VGA Cable is prop[...]
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Frequently Asked Questions ● Change resolution to the recommended standard for the specific monitor size. ● Change Window viewing pattern/scheme to a pattern where the Moire is less visible. ● Change horizontal and vertical size to optimize the reduction of the Moire effect. 15. My monitor appears to be missing one or more colors. How do I co[...]
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Frequently Asked Questions ● Reset your monitor via the OSD menu ● Adjust the Horz (width) and/or Vert size (height) in the OSD ● Change monitor timing to work at the recommended resolution 18. The edge of the picture on the screen appears to be distorted. How can I correct this? Please perform the following to correct the picture image: ● [...]
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Frequently Asked Questions ● If the OSD menu is also dim, please contact service for repair ● Reset the monitor via the OSD menu ● Change the color temperature settings to 9300 color coordination via the OSD menu ● Set the Contrast to maximum level (100) and Brightness to middle level (50) 20. How can I increase the color display of my moni[...]
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Frequently Asked Questions 23. Why is there no picture on my monitor even though the power LED is green? ● Verify the Contrast and Brightness setting of the monitor. First press and hold the 5 (-) button to increase Contrast and then press and hold the 4 (+) button to increase Brightness. These buttons are located on the front of your monitor. ?[...]
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Glossary Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Autoscan A microprocessor-based feature of Philips Brilliance monitors is able to detect automatically horizontal and vertical frequencies of input signals with those of the installed video card. An autoscan monitor can thus operate with a wide range of video cards. MultiSync, [...]
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Glossary RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE C CE Mark CE mark is displayed on products per EMC and LV ( low Voltage Device ) directives in compliance with European Community safety, EMI and EMS requirements and is compulsory on products for sale in the European Community. Color temperature A way of describing the color of a radiating source in terms of the [...]
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Glossary is reflected. Contrast is therefore reduced in conditions of high ambient light levels. Black Matrix tubes reflect less ambient light so exhibit higher contrast than other tubes. Convergence error Bean misalignment causing one or more of the three beams passing through the wrong aperture in the shadow mask and striking a phosphor dot in th[...]
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Glossary are periodically scanned across a phosphor screen by means of deflection circuitry. A special form of the cathode-ray tube is the TV and monitor picture tube. RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE D DDC (Display Data Channel) DDC is a communication channel for displays and computers. The DDC feature allows the monitor controller to be automatically co[...]
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Glossary See DDC. DDC 2Bi See DDC. Degaussing The procedure of demagnetizing the shadow mask and associated metal parts of a picture tube at switch-on to minimize picture distortion. This is usually accomplished by means of a special degaussing coil through which a decaying alternating current is passed to generate an alternating magnetic field tha[...]
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Glossary Dot rate Frequency in MHz of the dot clock. It is a measure of the speed with which data is transferred between the video card and subsequent processing circuitry. Also known as video dot rate. RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE E Electromagnetic radiation standards International standards set to limit electromagnetic emissions from monitors. There[...]
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Glossary MPR-II The standard originally proposed by the Swedish National Board of Measurement and Testing. It set maximum levels of electromagnetic radiation emitted by monitors, and has now been adopted as a world standard. MPR-II defines maximum permitted electrostatic, magnetic and electric field levels measured at a distance of 50 cm from the c[...]
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Glossary RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE H Hertz The unit of frequency named after the physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894). 1 hertz (Hz) is equal to 1 cycle/second. Horizontal dot pitch See Dot pitch. Horizontal scanning frequency Also called line frequency and expressed in kHz, it is the number of video lines written on the screen every second (from le[...]
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Glossary Interlaced/non-interlaced Interlaced. The method of writing a picture on the screen by initially writing all even lines and subsequently writing all odd lines of the picture. Result: The complete picture is composed of two interlaced half pictures (or fields). With interlacing, a vertical (or field) frequency of 50 Hz means a picture (or f[...]
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Glossary The degree to measure the actual location of a pixel on the screen corresponds with its intended location. ( see figure ) Line frequency See Horizontal scanning frequency. Low-emission monitor A monitor that complies with international standards on radiation. See Electromagnetic radiation standards. Low-frequency electric and magnetic fiel[...]
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Glossary M Moiré effect A fringe pattern arising from the interference between two superimposed line patterns. In a monitor it comes from the interference between the shadow mask pattern and the video information (video moiré), and between the shadow mask pattern and the horizontal line pattern (scan moiré). It shows itself as wavy patterns on t[...]
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Glossary RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE O OSD (On Screen Display) The feature that allows an end user to adjust screen performance and parameters of monitors directly through an on-screen instruction window. See CustoMax in CrystalClear section. Overscan The practice in which areas without useful video information are scanned outside the visible screen [...]
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Glossary Pin-cushion Distortion See Geometric distortion. Pixel Abbreviation for picture element, the smallest element of the picture that can be displayed on the screen. The smaller the pixel size, the better the resolution of the monitor. Pixel size is determined by the size of the electron spot on the screen and not necessarily by the phosphor d[...]
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Glossary The area on screen that electron beam can reach. Refresh rate See Vertical scanning frequency. Resolution The number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen. The resolution is specified as the number of pixels in a line multiplied by the number of horizontal lines. See also video graphic adapter. Rotation function The feature that al[...]
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Glossary Anti-Static coatings Due to bombardment by beam electrons, monitor screens become electrically charged when in use. Electrically charged screens surfaces can attract dust particles. An Anti-Static coating is a conductive coating deposited on the screen (or on a glass panel immediately in front of the screen) that conducts away the charge a[...]
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Glossary The ARAS coating reflects only about 0.5% of the incident light. AGARAS (Anti-Glare Anti-Reflection Anti-Static) coating . A combined anti-reflection, anti-glare, anti-static coating. Self-test function A monitor equipped with hardware or software to automatically detect cable connection status. Shape Deviation of a reproduced picture from[...]
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Glossary SOG (Synchronization On Green) A properly functioning color monitor requires five kinds of signals: horizontal sync pulse, vertical sync pulse, red color signal, green color signal and blue color signal. Signals from a PC are transmitted to a monitor using one of three methods: 1. Separate sync: Horizontal and Vertical sync signals transmi[...]
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Glossary TCO See Electromagnetic radiation standards. Tilt function See rotation function. Trapezoid distortion See Geometrical distortion. TTL signal A TTL (Transistor-transistor-logic) signal is a digital signal level for controlling the screen colors. With TTL driving, the red, green and blue signals can only be switched on or off or provided wi[...]
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Glossary camera, for example) and a joystick. More and more peripherals for multimedia computers arrive on the market every day. With USB, up to 127 devices can run simultaneously on a computer. ● USB permits "hot plug-in." There's no need to shut down, plug in, reboot and run set-up to install peripherals. And no need to go throug[...]
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Glossary Downstream The direction of data flow from the host or away from the host. A downstream port is the port on a hub electrically farthest from the host that generates downstream data traffic from the hub. Downstream ports receive upstream data traffic. Upstream The direction of data flow towards the host. An upstream port is the port on a de[...]
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Glossary See Dot pitch. Vertical scanning frequency Expressed in Hz, this is the number of fields written to the screen every second in interlaced mode. In non- interlaced mode vertical scanning frequency is the number of frames (complete pictures) written to the screen every second (also known as refresh rate). Vertical sync pulses A train of squa[...]
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Glossary Super VGA , devised by VESA in 1989, offers a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. Extended VGA , introduced by VESA in 1991, offers a top resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels (non-interlaced) and a refresh rate slightly higher than IBM's XGA 8514A. High-end, graphics adapters , introduced over the last three years for professional workstations[...]
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Download and Print Download and Print This page provides an option to read the manual in .pdf format. PDF files can be downloaded into your hard disk, then viewed and printed with Acrobat Reader or through your browser. If you do not have Adobe® Acrobat Reader installed, click on the link to install the application. Adobe® Acrobat Reader for PC /[...]