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Sony HMD-A240 manual

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    © 2002 Sony Corporation US FR ES 4-086-970- 12 (1) Trinitron Color Computer Display â Operat ing I nstructions Mode d ’emploi Manual de i nstru ccione s HMD-A240 HMD-A440[...]

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    2 Owner’s Record The model and serial numbers are located 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. Seri al No. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not e xpose the unit to rain or mois ture. Dangerou sly high vol tages are pre sen[...]

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    US 3 •T r i n i t r o n â and FD Trin itron â are r egister ed tradema rks of So ny Corpor ation. • Macin tosh i s a trad emark li cense d to Ap ple Co mputer, Inc., regist ered i n the U.S.A . and other cou ntries. • Windows â and MS-DOS are reg ister ed trad emarks of Mi crosof t Corporat ion in the Un ited States a nd other count ries. [...]

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    4 Setup 1 Connecting y our monito r to y our computer Connecting to a Macintosh or compat ible computer When con necting thi s monitor to a M acintosh co mputer, use the Macintosh ad apter (not sup plied) if necessary . Connect the Macinto sh adapter to th e computer before co nnecting th e cable. The pin assignm ent of the HD 15 video signa l cabl[...]

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    5 US On-Screen menu adjustments : To adjust the color of the pictur e The COLOR settings allow you to ad just the pictur e ’ s c olor temperatu re by changing the color level of the white color fiel d. Colors appear red dish if the temp erature is low, and bl uish if the temperature is hi gh. This ad justment is u seful for matc hing the monitor [...]

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    6 Technical Featu res Preset and user mo des When the monitor receive s an inp ut signal , it au tomati cally mat ches the signal to one of t he factory p reset mode s stored in the monitor ’ s memory to provide a high quality p icture (see “ Preset mode timing table ” on p age i) . For input signa ls that do not ma tch one of the fac tory pr[...]

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    7 US x Color is not u niform • Degau ss the mon itor.* I f you plac e equipm ent that ge nerate s a magne tic field, such as a s peaker, near the m onitor, or if you chan ge the dire ction the monitor fac es, color may lose un iformity. x White doe s not look w hite • Adju st the co lor temp eratur e. x Monitor but tons do not ope rate ( a ppea[...]

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    8 If thin lines appear o n the screen (damper wire s) These lin es do not ind icate a malf unction; the y are a no rmal effect of the T rinitron pictur e tube with this moni tor. These are shadows from the damper wires used to stabi lize the apertu re grille. The aperture gr ille is the essentia l element tha t makes a Trinitron pi cture tub e uniq[...]

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    3 FR • Trinitron â et FD Trini tron â sont des marques co mmerciales dé posées de Sony Corporat ion. • Macintosh e st une marque commerc iale sous licence d’Apple Computer, Inc ., déposée aux Etats-Unis et dans d ’autres pays. •W i n d o w s â et MS-DOS son t des m arques dépos ées de Mic rosoft Cor poration aux Etats-Un is et da[...]

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    4 Configuration 1 Raccor dez v otre moniteur à v otre ordi nateur Raccordement à un Macintos h ou un ordinateur com patib le Lors que vo us racc orde z ce moni teur à un or dina teur Ma cint osh, ut ilis ez l’ada ptateur M acintos h (non fou rni), le cas échéa nt. Racc ordez l’adaptate ur Macintosh à l’ordinate ur avant de b rancher le [...]

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    5 FR R é glages du menu d ’é cran : pour r é gler la couleur de l ’ image Les par am è tres COU LEUR pe rmettent de r é gler la te mp é ra ture des coule urs de l ’ image en chan geant le ni veau de co uleur de s champ s de coule ur blanc he. Les co uleurs apparais sent rou ge â tres lorsque la temp é rature est ba sse et bleu â tr e[...]

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    6 Caract é ristiques techniques Modes pr é r é gl é s et personnalis é s Lorsque l e monite ur re ç oit un signa l d ’ entré e, il compar e autom atiquem ent le signal à l ’ un des modes pr é réglé s en usin e m é moris é s af in de fournir une image de haute qualit é (voir le tableau de modes pr édé finis (Pr eset mode timing t[...]

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    7 FR x Les couleurs ne son t pas uniformes • Dé ma gn é tisez l e moniteur.* Si vous placez à c ôté du moniteur un appareil qui g énè re un cham p magn é tique, comm e un h aut-parleu r, ou si vous ch angez l ’ orientation du m oniteur, il est po ssible que les coul eurs perdent l eur uni formit é. x Le blanc n ’ est p as bl anc • [...]

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    8 Si des lignes fines apparaissent à l ’é cran (fils d ’ amortissement) Ces lin gnes ne co nstituen t aucu nement un dy sfonct ionnem ent ; elle s r é sultent de l ’ utilis ation du tube image Trinitro n sur ce moniteur. Ces li gnes sont en fait l ’ omb re des fil s d ’ am ortis semen t empl oy é s pour stabil iser la gril le d ’ ou[...]

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    3 ES HMD-A230 • Trinitron â y FD Trinitr on â son marcas comercia les regis tradas de Sony Corp orat ion. • Macintosh es una marca comerci al de Apple Computer, Inc ., registrada en EE.UU. y ot ros países. •W i n d o w s â y MS-DOS son marc as comercia les regis tradas de Microsoft Corporation en Estados Unido s y otros países. • IBM P[...]

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    4 Conf igurac ión 1 Conexión del monitor a la computadora Conexión de una computadora Macintos h o com patib le Cuando conne cte este monitor a una c omputado ra Maci ntosh, ut ilice el adapt or Mac intosh ( no sum inistra do) en c aso de s er nece sario. Co necte el adap tador M acintos h a la com putado ra antes de c onectar el cable. Asignaci[...]

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    5 ES Ajustes de men ú s en pantalla : Para aj ustar el color de la imagen Los aj ustes de COLOR p ermit en defi nir l a tempe ratur a del col or de la imag en camb iando el ni vel del col or blanco. Los colo res apar ecer á n con un t ono roj izo si la te mperatu ra es ba ja, y con u n tono az ulado si e s alta. Este ajuste es ú til para hacer c[...]

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    6 Caract er í sticas t é cnicas Modos predefinidos y de usuario Cuando el monito r recibe un a se ñ al de entr ada, hace co incidir autom á ticam ente la se ñ al con uno de los modos predefi nidos en f á brica almacenados en la memoria del monitor para mostrar una image n de alta cali dad (consulte la “ Tabla de temp orizaci ó n de m odo p[...]

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    7 ES x El color no e s uniforme • Desmagn etice el monitor. * Si coloca equipo s que generen ca mpos magn é ticos, co mo alta voces, ce rca de l monit or, o si ca mbia la orientac i ó n de é ste, el color puede pe rder unifo rmidad. x El blanco no par ece blanco • Ajuste la te mperatur a del color . x Los botones del monitor no funcionan ( a[...]

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    8 Si aparecen l í neas finas en pantalla (hilos de am ortiguaci ó n) Estas líneas no in dican falla de funcionam iento; son un efecto normal del tu bo de imagen Trinitron con e ste monitor. Se trata de somb ras de lo s hilos de amor tiguaci ó n utilizados p ara estabili zar la rejill a de aper tura. La re jilla de a pertur a es el elem ento ese[...]

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    i Appendix Preset mode timing ta ble (For HMD-A240) Preset mode timing ta ble (For HMD-A440) If the input sign al does n ot match one of th e factory p reset m odes above, the Generalized T iming Formula fea ture of this mon itor will automatic ally provide an op timal image for the screen as lon g as the si gnal is GTF c ompliant. No. R es o l u t[...]

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