Sony SDM-HS73P manual

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    © 2003 Sony Cor poration TFT LCD Color Computer Display US SDM-HS73P Operat ing Instr uctions[...]

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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. Serial No. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. Dangerously high voltag es are present ins[...]

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    Table of Contents • Macint osh is a trad emark lic ense d to Appl e Comp uter, Inc., register ed in the U.S.A. and ot her count ries. • Windo ws  and M S-DOS ar e regi stered tradem arks of Mic rosof t Corp orat ion in the Unite d States and other countr ies. • IBM PC/AT and V GA are regis tered tradem arks o f IBM C orpo ratio n of t he U[...]

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    4 Precautions Warning on power conne ctions • Use the supplied p ower cord. If you use a different power cord, be sure th at it is compati ble with your l ocal power supp ly. For the customers i n the U.S.A. If you do not use the appropri ate cord, th is monitor will not conf orm t o mand ator y FCC s tanda rds. For the customers i n the UK If yo[...]

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    5 US Identifying par ts and contr ols See the pages in parentheses for further details. The 1 (powe r) switch and the control butto ns are on the lower right part of the fr ont of the mo nitor. 1 1 (Power) switch and ind icator (pag es 9, 15, 1 9) To tu rn the disp lay on or off, press t he 1 (power) switch upward . The power in dicato r light s up[...]

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    6 Rear of t he LCD display 7 Back cov er (page 8) Open t his cover wh en you c onnect/d isconnec t cables o r cords. 8 AC IN connec tor (page 8 ) Connect t he power cord (suppli ed). 9 HD15 (RGB) input c onnector (page 7) This conne ctor in puts RGB vid eo sign als (0.7 Vp-p, po sitive ) and SYNC signals. * DDC (Display Data Cha nnel) is a standard[...]

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    7 US Setup Before us ing your mo nitor, che ck that the following items are includ ed in your carton: •L C D d i s p l a y • Power cord • HD15-HD1 5 video sign al cable •C o r d s t r a p • Utility/ Instruction M anual CD-ROM (util ity software fo r Window s/Macint osh, Oper ating I nstruct ions) • War rant y card • Quic k Setu p Guid[...]

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    8 Step 2: Connect the power cor d With the moni tor and compute r switched off, first connec t the power cord to the mon itor, then co nnect it t o a power outlet. Step 3: Secure the cor ds and close the back co ver 1 Bun dle t he ca ble s and c ord s. Usin g the supp lied co rd strap, bundle the cab les and cor ds. 2 Close the back cover . to AC I[...]

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    9 US Step 4: T urn on the monitor and computer 1 Press the 1 (po wer) switch upward. The 1 (powe r) indicator o f the mon itor lights up in green. 2 Turn on the co mputer. The installatio n of your moni tor is complete. If necessary, u se the monitor’s contro ls to adjust the picture. If no picture appears on your screen • Check tha t the power[...]

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    10 Customizing Your Monitor You can mak e numerou s adjust ments to you r monito r using the on-scre en menu. Adjusting to the desired brightness Press ing the button, you can c hange the b rightne ss of t he scree n. Each time yo u press the button, the mode changes as follows. HIGH t MIDDLE t LOW t USER t HIGH The bright ness of th e screen will [...]

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    11 US x Using the MENU, M / m , and OK b uttons 1 Display the main me nu. Press the MENU butto n to disp lay the ma in men u on your screen. 2 Select the m enu you want to adju st. Press the M / m button s to displa y the desi red menu . Pres s the OK button to select t he menu ite m. 3 Adj ust t he men u. Press the M / m buttons to m ake the ad ju[...]

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    12 Adjusting the picture’ s sharpness and centering (SCREEN) x Automatic pi cture qu ality adju stmen t functio n When the monitor receives an input signal, it automatic ally adjust s the pict ure’s posit ion and shar pne ss (ph ase/ pit ch), and ensure s tha t a clea r pictur e appears on the scr een (page 15). Note Whi le th e auto matic pict[...]

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    13 US x Adjus t the pict ure’ s posi tion manual ly (H CE NTE R/V CENTE R) If the pict ure is not in the center o f the screen , adjust the pi cture’s centering as follows. 1 Load the Utility Disk. 2 Start the Util ity Disk and d isplay th e test pattern. For Windows Click [Utility] t [Windo ws]/[Win Utility. exe]. For Macintosh Click [Utility][...]

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    14 Changing the gamma setting (GAMMA) You can associat e the picture’ s color shade on the screen with the picture’s orig inal color shad e. 1 Press the MENU button. The main me nu appe ars on the screen. 2 Press the M / m buttons to s elect (GAMMA) and press the O K button. The GAMMA menu app ears on the scre en. 3 Press the M / m buttons to s[...]

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    15 US Technical Features P ower saving function This monitor meets the power-s aving guidelines set by VESA, E NER GY S TAR, and NUTEK. If the monitor is connected to a computer or video graphics boar d that is DP MS (Dis play Po wer Management Signaling) compliant, the moni tor will au tomati cally reduce power consumption as s hown below. * Whe n[...]

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    16 Troubleshootin g Before co ntacting technical su pport, re fer to this sec tion. On-screen messa ges If there is som ething wro ng with the in put signal, one of th e following m essages appear s on the screen. To solve the problem, see “Tr ouble sym ptoms and remedie s” on page 17. If OUT OF RANGE appears on the screen This indica tes that [...]

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    17 US T roubl e symptoms and remedies If a problem is cau sed by the conn ected comput er or other equi pment, pl ease refer to the con nected equi pment’s ins truction manu al. Use the self-dia gnosis fun ction (pa ge 19) if the fo llowing recom mendation s do not resolve the problem. Symp tom Check t hese ite ms No picture If the 1 (powe r) ind[...]

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    18 Displayi ng this monit or’s inform ation While the mo nitor is r eceiving a v ideo signal, press an d hold the MENU but ton for more than 5 seconds unti l the informatio n box appea rs. Press the MENU butto n again to make th e box disa ppear. If any proble m pers ists, ca ll your auth orized Sony d ealer a nd giv e the following information: [...]

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    19 US Self -diagnos is fun ction This monitor is equ ipped with a se lf-dia gnosis func tion. If the re is a problem with yo ur monitor or com puter(s), the screen will go blan k and th e 1 (powe r) indicato r will either ligh t up in green or flash oran ge. If th e 1 (power) in dicator is l it in orang e, the compu ter is in power s aving mo de. T[...]