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LCD Monitor Operatin g Instruction s Before opera ting th e unit, pl ease read this man ual thorou ghly and retain it for future reference . LMD-941 W 4-447-920- 11 (1) © 2012 Sony Corporation[...]
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2 Owner’ s Recor d The model and seri al numbers are l ocated at the rear . Record these numbers i n the spaces pro vided belo w . Refer to these number s whene ver y ou call up on your Sony d ealer re garding t his prod uct. Model No .___________ _________ Serial No. ______ ____________ __ • Read these instructi ons. • K eep these instructio[...]
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3 CA UTION The a ppa ratu s sh all no t be expose d to dr ip ping or splashing. No objects fi lled with liquids, such as v ases, shall be plac ed on the apparatu s. CA UTION The unit is not disc onnected f rom the A C power source (mains) as long a s it is connected to the wal l outlet, e ven if the unit i tself has bee n turned o ff. W ARNING Exce[...]
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Table o f Conten ts 4 Table o f Contents Precaution ....... ........................... .................. .......... 5 On Safety ....................... ........................... .......... 5 On Installat ion ............... .................. ................... 5 Handling t he LCD Screen ............... ................... 5 On Burn-in .......[...]
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Precaut ion 5 Precauti on On Safety • Op erate th e un it only with a pow er sour ce as sp ecifie d in the “Specifi cations” section. • A nameplate indicating operating v oltage, etc., i s located on the rear and b ottom. • Should any sol id objec t or li quid fa ll into t he cabi net, unplug t he unit and ha ve it check ed by quali fied [...]
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Precaut ion 6 On Cleanin g Befo re clea ning Be sure to disconnect the AC power cord from the AC outlet . On cleani ng the mo nito r scree n The monitor screen surface is especially tr eated to reduce r eflection of lig ht. As incorrect maintenanc e may impair the p erformance of the monitor, tak e care with respect to the following: • Wipe the s[...]
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Featur es 7 Featur es The LMD-941W ( 9 type) is eq uipped with a F ull HD (1920 × 1080 ) LCD pan el providi ng preci se image and high performance in multiple formats, su itable for broadcast or business use. It supports both digital or analog main broad cast signal and HDMI 1) input. It is also equip ped with func tions to adjust for var ious obj[...]
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Features 8 Illum inat ed cont rol pa nel The characters that represent the names of the button s on the con trol pane l can be illumi nated , so it is visibl e in the dark. The brightness of the LED has t wo levels, an d varies according t o the ambient light. Key in hibit function You can inhi bit a key function t o prevent mi soperation. Mona ura[...]
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Locatio n and Function of Parts and Contr ols 9 Locatio n and Function of Parts and Controls Front Panel a Tally lamp You can che ck the status of t he monitor by the color of the tall y lam p. The tall y lamp light s in red, gr een or amber acc ording to the setting of PA RALLE L REMO TE in the REMO TE menu. b Protect ion plate You can detach the [...]
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Locatio n and Function of Parts and Contr ols 10 F5 bu tton : H/V DELAY F6 bu tton : VOLUME F7 bu tton : I/P MODE You can assign v arious functions i n FUNCTION BUTTON SETT ING of the USER CONFIG menu. Press the button BRIGHT NESS, CONTRAS T, CHROMA, VOL UME, PHASE, or APERTU RE function assi gned to displ ay the adj ustment screen. Press the same [...]
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Locatio n and Function of Parts and Contr ols 11 Input Signals and Adjustable /Setting Items a : Adju st ab le/c an be set × : Not a dju sta ble /c anno t be set *1 Adjustm ent of S UB CON TROL is the sam e. *2 Only the in terlace sign al is input. *3 Adj ustable when RGB format of HDMI si gnals are input. *4 When the marker d isplay is set to ON,[...]
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Locatio n and Function of Parts and Contr ols 12 Rear/Bottom Panel a SDI ( 3G/HD/SD) i nput and ou tput co nnector s (BNC) 1 (input) connector, 2 (input) connector Input c onnector for serial digit al component si gnals. SDI 1 and S DI 2 inputs are a vailable . OUT connector Output conn ector for serial di gital component signals. Note • The sign[...]
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Installing th e Handle 13 CAUTION • For safety, do not connect the connect or for peri pheral device wiri ng that might have excessi ve voltage to this port . Fol low the ins truc tions fo r this po rt. • When you connect t he LAN cable of the unit to peripheral dev ice, use a shielded-typ e cable to prevent malfuncti on due to radi ation noi s[...]
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Installing the Ar m Mount B racket / Installing to the Rack (Us ing MB-531) 14 Installing the Arm Mount Bracket You can inst all the suppl ied arm mou nt bracket, u sing the suppli ed four scr ews. Inst allin g to the Ra ck (Using MB-531 ) You can atta ch up to two monito rs to th e rack by using the opti onal MB-531 Mounting Bracket. 1 Attach t he[...]
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Power Sup ply 15 Power Supply Attaching the AC A daptor Attaching Removing CAUTION • The AC adaptor c an be used onl y with produ cts specified by t he manufacturer. • To remove the AC ad aptor, fir st un plug the AC power cord and the n remove the AC adaptor. • Do not carry the monitor b y holding the AC adapt or. Connecting the AC Power Cor[...]
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Selecti ng the Defa ult Settings 16 Selecti ng the De fault Settings When you tu rn on the u nit for the first time a fter purchasing it, select the area where you intend to use th is unit fr om among the opti ons. The def ault se tting values f or each a rea 1 Press the 1 (st andby) switch. The unit is turned o n and the SELECT S ETTIN G screen ap[...]
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Selecting t he Menu Lang uage 17 2 If L ATIN A MERIC A is se lecte d: 4 If AS IA EXCEP T JAPA N is sel ecte d: Custo mers who wi ll use this u nit in the sha ded areas shown in the map below should select NTSC ARE A. Other customer s should sele ct PAL AREA. 3 Press the menu selectio n control. The SELECT SETTING screen disappears and the menu item[...]
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Using the Menu 18 The setting items (i cons) in the selected men u are displ aye d in yell ow. 4 Turn the menu selecti on control to select “LANGUAGE”, then press the menu selection contr ol. The selecte d item is disp layed in ye llow. 5 Turn the menu selecti on control to select a language , then pre ss the menu sele ction cont rol. The menu [...]
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Using the Menu 19 The menu icon presently select ed is shown i n yell ow and setting items are display ed. 3 Select an it em. Turn the m enu select ion con trol to sele ct the it em, then press the menu selection c ontrol. The item t o be changed i s displaye d in yellow. If the men u consist s of multip le pages, turn the menu selection c ontrol t[...]
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Adjustment Using the Menus 20 Adjustment Using the Menus Items The screen menu o f this monitor consis ts of the follow ing i tems. STATUS (t he item s indica te the current settings.) FORMAT COLOR TEMP HDMI FORMAT NTSC SETU P SCAN MODE POWER SAVING I/P MODE Model name an d serial numbe r COLOR TEMP/SPACE COLOR TEMP MANUAL ADJUS TMENT COLOR SPACE U[...]
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Adjustment Using the Men us 21 Adjusting and Chang ing the Settings STATUS menu The STATUS menu is used to disp lay the curren t status of the un it. Th e follow ing item s are di splaye d: •S i g n a l f o r m a t • Color temperat ure • HDMI format •N T S C s e t u p •S c a n m o d e • Power saving •I / P m o d e • Model name and s[...]
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Adjustment Using the Menus 22 Submenu Sett ing SUB CONTROL Adjusts fine ly the adjust ment range of the function buttons wh ich CONTRAST, BRIGHTNESS, CHROMA and PHASE are assigned. • CONTRAST : Adjusts the picture co ntrast. • BRIGHTNESS : Adjusts the pictur e bright ness. • CHROMA : Adjusts color intensity . The h igher the setting, the grea[...]
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Adjustment Using the Men us 23 USER CONFIG menu The USER CONFIG menu is used for se tting the system, marker, T/C disp lay, WFM/ALM/VEC TOR, focus, funct ion butt on, closed c aption, an d audio. SYSTEM SE TTING Submenu S etting NTSC SETUP Selects the NTSC setup le vel from two m ode s. The 7.5 set up leve l is use d main ly in North Americ a. The [...]
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Adjustment Using the Menus 24 MARKER SETTING T/C (time code) DISPLAY SETTING SD PIXEL MAPPING Se lects SD pictur e size (pixels) accordin g to the i nput s ignal format from the COMPOSITE IN connector. Whe n pi ctur e si gnals in t he s ize of 720 × 576 (50i) (or 720 × 487 (60i)) are inp ut Select 72 0 × 576 ( or 720 × 487). Th is is the def au[...]
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Adjustment Using the Men us 25 IMD (in-monitor display) SETTING The monit or supports “TSL UMD Protocol - V5.00” provide d by Televisi on System LTD. Tally 1 a nd tally 2 lamp colo rs, text colo rs and text display bright ness ca n be set in the setti ng me nu. Notes • Set values to “0x 0000” in SCR EEN and INDEX of TSL prot ocol settin g[...]
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Adjustment Using the Menus 26 WFM/ALM/VECTOR ( waveform monitor, audio level meter, and vectorscope) SETTING Submenu Se tting DISPLAY Select ON to display the WFM (waveform monitor), ALM (audio lev el meter), or VECTOR (Vectorscope) or OFF not to display . WFM/AL M/ VECTOR Sets the d isplay setting s for WFM/ALM/ vect orcope. • WFM : Displays the[...]
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Adjustment Using the Men us 27 FOCUS SETTING FUNCTION BUTTON SETTING When VECTOR is selected POSITION Sets the po sition of t he WFM/ALM/ VECTOR displa y. You can select from amon g 1 to 4 . • 1 : Bottom lef t • 2 : Bottom righ t • 3 : Top r ight • 4 : Top le ft TRANSPARENCY Selects from black and h alf (transparent) for th e backg roun d o[...]
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Adjustment Using the Menus 28 About the f unction assigned t o the function button SCAN Press the button t o change the scan si ze of the pict ure. With eve ry press of the but ton, the p icture switches i n the sequence NORMAL scan t OVER scan t NATIVE (see “Scan mode image” on page 29). ASPECT Press the butto n to set the aspect ratio of the [...]
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Adjustment Using the Men us 29 menu selection cont rol right t o increase the green ton e and turn le ft to in crease the p urple tone. APERTURE Press the b utton t o adjust th e picture sharpness. Press the button to displ ay the adjustm ent scre en and ad just the picture sharpness. P ress again to hid e the adjustment screen. However, the pic tu[...]
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Adjustment Using the Menus 30 AUDIO SETTING REMOTE menu PARALLEL REMOTE TYPE Sets t he close d cap tio n dis pla y type . • AUTO1 : Select th is to displ ay automatically 6 08(VBI)* 3 when SD-SDI signal is input , or t o displa y automatically 708* 1 when HD-SDI signal is in put. • AUTO2 : Select th is to displ ay automatically 6 08(VBI)* 3 whe[...]
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Adjustment Using the Men us 31 Submenu S etting PARALLEL REMOTE S elects the PARALLEL REMOTE connecto r pins f or whic h you want to change the funct ion. You can assign vario us functio ns to 1 to 4 pin s and 6 to 8 pins . The following l ists the functio ns you can assign t o the pins. • – – – ( “– – –”: No f uncti on is assigne[...]
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Troublesho oting 32 KEY INHIBIT menu You can lock t he setting so that the y cannot be ch anged by an una uthorized u ser. Select OFF or ON. If you set t o ON, all i tems are displayed in black, indicating t he items are locke d. Troublesho oting This sectio n may help you isola te the cause of a probl em and as a result , eliminate the need to con[...]
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Specifications 33 Specifi cations Picture performance Panel a-Si TFT Acti ve Ma trix LC D Picture size (di agonal) 228.0 mm (9 inches) Effective picture size (H × V) 198.7 × 111 .8 mm (7 7 / 8 × 4 1 / 2 inches) Resolutio n (H × V) 1920 × 1 080 pixe ls Aspect 16:9 Pixel effici ency 99.99% Viewing angle (Panel specification) 89º/ 89º /89 º/89[...]
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Specifications 34 Pin assignment PARALLEL REMOTE c onnector Modula r connector (8-pin) You can allo cate func tions usin g the REMOTE menu (see page 30 ). Note Switchin g functions continuou sly allows a t least 200 msec to do so. Oth erwise, it may n ot switch correc tly. Wiring requi red to use th e Rem ote Control Connect the function you want t[...]
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Dimensions 35 Dimensions Front Side Bottom (Without t he stand) Top Sid e (When setting the stand usi ng positions B and C for the mounting sc rews) Mass: Approx. 2.0 kg (4 lb 6.5 oz) Approx. 2.6 kg (5 lb 12 oz) (when AC adaptor is installe d) Top (With the arm mount bracket ) 222.4 (8 7 / 8 ) 166 (6 5 / 8 ) 183.5 (7 1 / 4 ) 17.5 ( 23 / 32 ) 161.8 [...]
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Sony Cor poration[...]