BenQ FP591 manual

BenQ FP591 LCD Color Mo nitor 15.0" (38.1cm) LCD P anel Siz e User's Man ual[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 1 Cop yright © 2002 by BEN Q Corporation (f ormerl y Acer Communicatio ns & Multimedia Inc.). All rights reserved. N o par t of th is publication ma y be repr oduced, transmitte d, transcribed, stor ed in a r etrieval system or translated into any language or com puter language, in any fo rm or [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 2 Unpacking .. .................. ........................... ........................... .................. ......................... .. ................... 3 Views of the Monitor .......................... .................. ........................... .................. ................. . .......[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 3 Unpacking P l ea s e ch e c k y o u h a v e t h e f o ll o wi n g i t ems. If t h e y a r e m i s s ing o r a r e damage d , p l e a s e i m m edia t e l y contact the dealer at w hich y ou pur chased the g oods. BenQ LC D Mo nito r Quick Star t Guide CD-R OM Disk Po we r c o rd Audio cable Signal[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 4 Vie ws of the Monitor Fron t Vi ew Back View (1)[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 5 Back Vie w (2): Locations of plugs & sockets 1. Audio connector (Audio input) 2. D VI-D connector 3. D-Sub connector 4. Po wer A C input jack 5. DC 12V out put 6. USB connect or 6 5 4 3 2 1[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 6 Inst allati on Har dware Ins tallation Mak e s ure t hat the computer and mo nitor’ s pow er are both turned off. Please follo w the steps to install your LCD monito r . 1. Connect signal cable to the LCD monitor . 2. Connect audio ca ble to the audio ja ck. 3. Connect t he pow er cor d to y our [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 7 4. Connect the ot her end of signal cable to the signal connector o f y our comput er . Con- nect audio cable to your computer . 5. Connect po wer cor d to an A C power socket.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 8 Softwar e Installation A. M icr osoft ® Windo ws ® 95 / 98 / 20 00/ XP If y ou ar e us ing Windows 9 5, Windows 98, Windows 2000 or XP as an operating system , yo u ha ve to set up th e corr ect mo nitor driv er . Wind o ws 9 5. The first ti me you star t Wind ows with a new monito r , the system[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 9 4. F rom the “ Displ a y prop erties ” window , select the “ Settings ” tab. Click the “ Advanc ed... ” button in the bot tom right corner . 5. S ele ct the “ Monitor ” tab. Click the “ Chang e ” butt on in the to p right co rner .[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 10 6. Now click the “ Ha ve D is k ” butt on in the bottom right co rner . Another window a ppears. Select the “ Bro wse ” button. 7. In ser t th e s upplied CD into your comp uter . Se lect t he C D-dri ve fr om the d rop-down me nu. 8. In the field abov e the drive selection, change to the [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 11 9. By pr essing “ OK ” again in the next windo w you will be giv en a list of compatible devices. Select “ FP 591” fr om the li st and pr ess “ OK ” again. 10. Now y ou are back to “ Advanced Disp la y Pr oper ties ”. C lose this window by clicking “ OK ” and confirm the follow[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 12 Wind o ws 9 8 T o manually install or upd ate the d river , perform the following steps: 1. Open the co ntro l panel and double -click " Displa y " icon. 2. F rom the " Displa y Pr operties " window , select the " Set tings " tab. Click th e " Advanced... " [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 13 3. S ele ct the " Monitor " ta b. Click th e " Ch ang e " button i n the top rig ht corner . 4. T he " Update De vice Dri v er Wizar d " opens. C onfirm by clicking " Next ".[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 14 5. S ele ct " D ispla y a list of all driv ers in a specific location, so you can select the driver y ou want. " and pr ess " Ne xt ". 6. Now click the “ Ha ve D is k ” butt on in the bottom right co rner . Another window a ppears. Select the “ Bro wse ” button.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 15 7. Insert the supplied CD into y our computer . Se lect th e CD -drive from the drop-down m enu. 8. By pr essing “ OK ” again in the next windo w you will be giv en a list of compatible devices. Select “ FP 591” fr om the list and pr ess “ Ne xt ” again. 9. A n “ I nser t Di sk ” d[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 16 10. C los e “ Update De vice Driver Wizard ” by clicking “ Finish ” to com plete the installa tion.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 17 Windo ws 2000 The first time y ou star t Windows with a new monitor , the system will d etect it and automatically start the “ Ad d Ne w Ha r dwar e Wi zar d ”. Carry out the instructions beginning at step 4. 1. I nse r t “ BenQ LC D Monitor ” CD-R OM into y our CD-R OM Driver . 2. Click ?[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 18 4. F rom the “ Displa y Pr operties ” window , select the “ Set ting s ” ta b. Cli ck the “ Advanced Properties " butt on in the bo ttom r ight cor ner . 5. S ele ct “ Monitor ” then click “ Pr ope rties ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 19 6. S ele ct “ Driver ” tab then click “ Update Driver ”. 7. T he “ Upgrade De vice Driver Wiza rd ” will pop up. Then click “ Next ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 20 8. S ele ct “ Displa y a list of the known driv ers for this devi ce so tha t I can choose a spe- cific driv er ” then click “ Next ”. 9. In the next window , click “ Ha v e Disk ”, then “ Install Fr om Disk ” w indow will pop up. Click “ Br o wse ", the “ Located F ile ?[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 21 10. Scroll down and select yo ur CD R OM Driver , then click “ Next. ” .[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 22 11. In the list of folders w ithin the CD-R OM, select “ Drivers ” f older then click “ Open ” twice , then click “ OK ”. Select y o ur LCD Mode (FP591) fr om the list in the next window then click “ Next ” twice. 12. The ne w driv ers are now installed on y our computer .[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 23 Wind o ws M E T o manually install or update the driver , perform the following steps: 1. Click “Star t”, “ S ettings ”, “ Control P anel ” and then double-click “ Displ a y ”. 2. In the D ispla y Prop erties window , click t he “ Settings ” tab and click “ Advanced... ”. 3[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 24 5. C hoo se “ Disp la y a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so y ou can select the driver you want ” and click “ Next ”. 6. C hoo se “ Mo nitor ” fr om the lis t and then click “ Ne xt ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 25 7. C hoo se “ Disp la y a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so y ou can select the driver you want. ”. 8. Click “ Ha ve d isk ” and then click “ Bro wse ... ”. 9. I nse r t “ B enQ LCD Monito r’ s CD ” into your CD-R O M and type d: (change th e driver let- ter to [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 26 10. Click “ OK ” on the “ Install Fr om Di sk ” window . The dialogue box “ Update De vice Driver Wizard ” appears. Choose the model from the list, then click “ Next ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 27 11. Click “ Ne xt ”. 12. Click “ Fini sh ” to complete the installation.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 28 Wind o ws XP 1. Right click mouse on the desktop and choose “ Pr oper ties ”. Select “ Settings ” t ab and click the “ Advanced ” button. A sm all window will pop up. Select the “ Monitor ” tab in th e new windo w and then click “ Properties ”. 2. S ele ct “ Driver ” tab an[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 29 3. T he “ H ar d w a re U p d at e W i z a rd ” w ill pop up. Then click “ Next ”. 4. S ele ct “ Don’ t search. I will choos e the dr iver to install ” and then click “ Next ”.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 30 5. In the next windo w , click “ Ha ve D is k… ”, an “ Install F r om Disk ” window will pop up . Click “ Br o wse ”. The “ Locate File ” wind ow will pop up .[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 31 6. Select your driv er and then click “ Next ”. 7. The new drivers ar e now installed to your computer . Click “ Finish ” to exit installati on.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 32 B. Choosing t he best r esolut ion Due to the natu r e of LC display technology , the resolution is alwa ys fix ed. For the FP591 this is a r esolution of 10 24x768. This is called the "Nativ e Reso lution", which also r epresents the max imal r esolutio n. Lower resolutions are displa y[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 33 4. In the subseq uent windows, pr ess " OK " and " Ye s " 5. Y ou can now close " Display Pr o per ties ".[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 34 C . Refresh Rate Selection Ther e is no need t o choose the highest pos sible refr esh rate on an LC displa y . It is not technicall y possible for an LC displa y to flicker . Even at a refr esh rate of 60 Hz yo u will get an abs olutely flick er - fr ee image . More impor tant is t hat you mak e [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 35 3. S ele ct the " Adap ter ” t ab. The r efr esh rate select ion field is located in th e center at the bo t- tom o f th e win dow . 4. Choose a r efr esh rate fr om the table with the factor y modes, which can be found in the user’ s guide, and select this in the settings field . 5. In t[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 36 D . Picture Optimization The ea siest way to obtain an optim al disp la y is to us e the ikey fu nction. Pr ess the “ ike y ” on the control p anel and the monitor will adjust automatically . If you ar e still not s atisfied with the result, you can still adjust the image m anually . 1. Run th[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 37 Adjusting the Monitor A Look at the Control P anel Ther e are 6 k eys f or user’ s contr ol including “ iK ey ”, “Exit”, “Enter”, “<” and “>” k e y and a pow er swith.The followin g d escriptio ns are t he in troduction of these ke ys & switch . 1. “Po wer”: T u[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 38 Hot K ey Mode K e y , Brightness Le vel hot k ey K ey , Brightness and Contrast hot k ey K ey , Audi o hot key Press to enter Brightness Level selection menu, press or k ey to select one Brightness Level and press ke y t o e x i t OSD . Press o r key to select Bright nes s or Contra st and press k[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 39 K ey , OSD Lo ck hot k ey Press and hold k ey for 3 seconds to acti- vate hot k ey . OSD lock: Press and hold ke y for 3 sec- onds to l ock O SD . OSD unlock: Pr ess and hold k ey f or 3 seconds to r elease OSD lock.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 40 Main Menu Mode Contr ol Functions A vailable in Main Menu Main Menu Luminance sub menu Pr ess or k e y to sele ct one Brig htness Lev el and press k ey to return to previous menu.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 41 Press or key to adjust the degr ee of Brightnes s, pr ess ke y to retu rn to pr evi- ous menu . Press or key to adjust the degr ee of Contrast, pr ess k ey to r eturn to pr evious menu. Geometr y sub me nu Press or k e y to adjust the Horizontal P osition , press ke y to return to previous menu.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 42 Press or ke y to adjust the V er tical P osition , press ke y to return to previous menu. Pr ess or ke y to adj ust the va lue of the Pix el Clock, pr ess ke y to r eturn to pr evi - ous menu . Press or key to adjust the degr ee of Phase, press k ey t o return t o pre vious menu.[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 43 Color sub menu User Pr eset: User ma y set the color balance of Red, Gr een and B lue. OSD su b menu[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 44 Press or k e y to adjust the Horizontal P osition of the OSD , press k ey to return to previous menu. Press or ke y to adjust the V er tical P osition of the OSD , press k ey to return to previous menu. Pr ess or ke y to a djust t he displa y time of the OS D , p ress k ey to r eturn to p revi- ou[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 45 Recall sub menu Press or k ey to confirm P osition Recall, pr ess ke y to recall position set- tings, or pr ess k ey to r eturn to pr evio us menu. Press or k ey to confirm Co lor Recall, press k ey to r ecall color s ettings, or pr ess k ey to r eturn to pr evi ous men u. Press or key to confirm [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 46 D P F s ub me n u Select Car d: User ma y select from the following kinds of memor y cards: Compact Flas h, Security Disk/Multi Media Card and Smar t Media. Press or ke y to select car d, press k ey to confirm, or press ke y to return to previous me nu. File Manag em ent s ub menu . Press or k ey[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 47 Rota te Phot o: Rotates pho tos fr om landscape mode to por- trait mo de . Miscellaneous sub menu Pr ess or k ey to select input signal, press ke y to confirm, or press key to return to previous m enu. Sharpness: When the resoluti on o f the VGA card is not nativ e solution (1024x768 ), users ma y[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 48 Press key to return to previous m enu. Audio sub menu Press or key to adjust the V olum e, pr ess k ey to r eturn to pr eviou s men u. Press or k ey to turn on/o ff SRS func- tion, press k ey to return to previous menu. Press or key to turn on/ off M ute f unc- tion, press k ey to return to previo[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 49 T r oubleshooting F r equently Ask ed Questions (F A Q) ✓ The ima ge is b lurr ed: ☞ Read the Installation/Adjustmen t section, and then select the corr ect resolution, r efr esh rate and m ak e adjust men ts ba sed o n the se i nstru cti ons. ☞ Ho w do you use a V GA extension cable? Remov [...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 50 ☞ Is the pr ompt on the disp la y illuminated in orange? If the LED is illuminated in orange, the pow er mana gement mode is activ e . Press a ny button on the computer k e yboard or mov e the mouse. If that does not help , check the signal cable connectors. If an y pin is bent or br ok en off,[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 51 Suppor ted operating modes h Modes not lis ted in the abo ve table m a y not be supported. For an op timal pictur e, we r ecom- mended y ou choose a mode listed in the table abov e. h There ar e 12 a vailable modes that ar e compatible with Windows. h Image disruption ma y occur as a result of sig[...]

BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 52 Specifications Model FP591 591Displa y type Viewable diagonal Native (maximum) resolution Colo rs Contrast / Bright ness Response time Viewing angle (left/right, up/do wn) 15.0" ,activ e , TFT 38.1 cm 1,024X768 16. 2 m illion 450:1 (Max. 550:1) / 500 cd/m² 16 ms 70/70, 6 0/60 (CR=10) 80/80,[...]