eMachines Flat Panel Monitor manual

Flat P anel Monitor User Guide[...]

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Cont ents i Using Your eMachines Flat-Panel Moni tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Unpacking the monit or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Connecting the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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1 • C onnecting t he mo nit or • Sett i n g u p th e o p t io na l s t an d • Sett i n g u p th e o p t io na l s pe aker ba r • Starting t he monitor • A d ju s t i n g m o n i to r s ett i n g s • Pow e r m a na g e m e n t • Maintaining • T roubleshooting • Specif ications U sing Y our eMac hines Flat -P anel Monit or[...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 2 Unpac king t he monit o r Y our monitor box should contain the f ollowing it ems: • Monitor (w ith neck at tached) • Bas e • Thi s Us er Gu ide • VGA c ab le • Po we r c or d If y ou ar e mi ss ing an y it ems, ca ll C ust omer Care . F or t elephone numbers, s ee t he la bel on t he bac k of you[...]

www.emachin es.com 3 C onnec ting the monit or T o s et up the m on it or , fir st atta c h the base , the n make your ca ble conne ction s. At tachi ng th e bas e T o attach the b ase: • Pla c e th e m o n ito r b as e o n a ta b l e to p , th en s l i d e th e m o n i to r n e c k d o wn o n to th e b ase u n t i l it cli cks in to p la ce. Y o[...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 4 C onnec ting video inputs T o connect vid eo sources to y our monit or: 1 P osition y our computer and the monitor s o y ou ca n reach the back of each. 2 If your comput er has a di gital video connector (D VI) , c onnect a D VI video cabl e (not included) to t he white connect or under the back of the dis[...]

www.emachin es.com 5 C onnec ting pow er T o connect po wer: 1 P osition y our monit or so y ou can reach t he bac k, then connect t h e po w e r cor d to t he po wer connect or under the back of t he monit or . (The appearance of y our cable and connec t or ma y v a r y f r o m t h a t s h o w n . ) 2 P lug t he po wer c ord int o a c orr ec tl y [...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 6 Se t t ing up t he optional stand At tachi ng the U SB stand In th e Unite d State s, y ou can buy an adju stable U SB stand f rom www .gate w ay .com . Y ou can a djus t the stand f or height, tilt, and screen rotat ion. When the stand is connected t o your computer’ s USB por t, you can conn ect up t o[...]

www.emachin es.com 7 6 Tight en the t humbsc rew under t he base w ith y our fingers (or a fl at scr ew driv er) to secu re th e nec k int o pla ce . 7 Wit h the stand fac ing you , press t he mounting b r ack et lev er to t he left and hold it, then remove the brack et from the stan d. 8 Attac h the brack et to the L CD pane l using the four s cre[...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 8 9 Sl id e th e n eck ’s b racket sl ot onto th e b racket ’s mou nt ing ta b. 10 Pres s the brack et lev er to t he righ t and hold it, then lower t he neck into place and rele ase the l e ver . Adju sting monit or height t ension Th e stand is fac tory adju st ed to maintain t he height f or you r mon[...]

www.emachin es.com 9 2 Insert a Phillips s c re wdr iv er through the acce s s hole in t he ba se and ont o t he height t ension sc re w (on t he b ack o f th e stand , in t he sl ot abo ve t he U SB In p ort). 3 Adjust the he ight tension scr e w so the monit or stay s in place when you let go. If the monitor lowers by it self when you let g o, tu[...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 10 Ergonomic guidelin es Th e rec ommended s cr een po sitioning is ba s ed upon the f ollo wing guideline s. The s e guideline s ar e based on a vailable sc ientific litera ture and published sta n dards. Scree n he ight The r ecommende d scr een height f or displays (ex cept in special cir cumstances, such[...]

www.emachin es.com 11 Se t ting up t he optional speak er bar Installing t he speak er bar T o install th e speaker bar: 1 Tilt the screen back, then center the speaker bar be lo w the scr een. Mak e sure that the speak ers f ace f orward. 2 Tight en the tw o thumbsc re ws on the back of the speaker bar . 3 Connec t the speak er bar’s USB pow er [...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 12 6 T urn on the speaker bar b y rotating the power/v olume knob cloc kwise . The green LED t o the left of the po wer butt on is lit when po w er has been correct l y connect ed and the speak er bar h a s b een turn ed on. Starting t he monit or To s t a r t t h e m o n i to r : 1 Pre ss the po wer butt on[...]

www.emachin es.com 13 Adju sting monit or se t tings Us e the monit or controls (locat ed on t he monitor its elf) and computer controls (acces sible th rough Windo ws) t o adjust t h e display image . For more inf ormation about computer controls, see “C hanging Window s scr een settings” on page 1 7 . Monit or butt ons This monit or f eatures[...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 14 On-sc r een displa y options Adj usti ng OS D se tti ngs T o adjust the OSD settings: 1 Pres s the Aut o but ton. T he displa y image is a utomatical ly adju ste d to t he ideal se ttin gs f or your curre nt scree n resolut ion. 2 Pres s the Menu button. T he OSD opens . 3 Pr ess th e / (b rig ht nes s ) [...]

www.emachin es.com 15 OSD menus OSD M enu Descr iption Main men u Auto —Auto maticall y adjusts y our monit or to its optim um setti n gs. Pic tur e —Open s the Picture menu, where y o u ca n adjust brightne ss, c ontrast , and gamma. Geomet ry —Opens the Geo metry menu, where y ou c an adjust im age siz e and m inimiz e di st ortio ns. Advan[...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 16 Geometry menu H-Position —Mov es t he displa y ima ge left and righ t. Y ou can al so press t he Auto but ton t o configur e the ho riz ontal position automatically . V-Pos it i on —Mov es the displa y image up and dow n. Y ou can also press the Auto but ton t o conf igure t he vert ical position auto[...]

www.emachin es.com 17 C hanging Wind ow s sc r een se ttings Color depth and sc reen res olution are two of the most ba sic moni tor settings y o u may need to ch ange to suit y our needs. C olor de pt h is the number of c olors your computer us es t o display images on your monit or . Most image s look best displa y ed wit h the maximum number of [...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 18 V ideo mode s Y our monitor supports s ev eral v ideo m odes. If y ou do not use the best mode f o r the monitor , the dis pla y i mage may lo ok slig htly “fuz zy .” Mode Mode name and res ol uti on Hori zontal frequ ency (k Hz) Ve r t i c a l f requency (Hz) A vaila ble in DVI mode ( 1 9-inch model)[...]

www.emachin es.com 19 P ow er management ENER GY ST AR As an ENER G Y ST AR ® Partner , e Machine s has deter mined that this produc t meets the ENERG Y ST AR guid elines f or energy ef ficiency . Th is monitor comp lies w ith th e EP A ’s Int ern ational EN ERG Y ST AR Progr am, whic h is a pr ogram designed to encour age manufac turers of comp[...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 20 Maintaining T o k eep the monitor in optimal w orking order: • Do not b lock t he v entilation h oles. • Do no t ex p ose th e m on ito r to rai n o r us e n ea r wa ter . • Keep th e m on itor away fro m ra di ato rs or h ea t ven t s. • K eep the monitor out of direc t sunlight. • T o clean th[...]

www.emachin es.com 21 • If the power LE D is o r an ge: • Mak e sure that y our c omputer is turned on. • Mov e the mou se or pres s any k ey on the k ey board t o bring the monit or out of sleep mode . • R estart y o ur computer with th e monitor turn ed on. • Mak e sure that the video cable is not damaged. • C heck the end of the vide[...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 22 • If t he image looks stret che d or fuzzy , you mu st adjust the oper ating sy st em’ s displa y se ttings to m a tch th e mo n itor ’s o pt im a l ( na tive ) 1 440 × 900 s etti ng. For inf ormation on adju sting settings, see “Changing Window s screen se ttings” on page 1 7 . • If you are [...]

www.emachin es.com 23 All connec tions are made correctl y and the speak er bar is on, but there is still no sound. • Y our headphone/ speak er jack may ha ve been muted using W indows sound contr ols. T o chec k your headphone/speak e r mute s ettings, cli ck the speake r icon in the Window s taskbar , or clic k ( Start ), Control P anel , Sound[...]

Using Y our eMachines Flat-Panel Monitor 24 Spec ifications Specif ications ar e subject t o c hange wit hout notice or obl igation. Man y pr oducts f or eMachines are cust om engineered by our suppliers to eMac hines speci fications and may v ar y fr om similarl y mark et ed products. 17- i n c h m o d e l 1 9-inch model Pa n e l si z e 1 7 inche [...]

25 S af et y , R egulat ory , an d Le g a l N o t i c e s • Impo rtan t saf e ty information • En vir onme ntal inf ormati on • R e gulat or y co mpliance statements • Notices[...]

Safet y, Regula tory, an d Legal Notices 26 Important s af ety inf ormation Y our Gate wa y product is designed and test ed to meet the latest st a n d a rd s fo r s a fe t y o f i n fo rm a t i o n te ch n o l o g y e q u i p m e n t . H ow e ve r, to e n s u r e s a f e u s e o f t h i s p r o d u c t , i t i s i m p o r t a n t t h a t t h e s a[...]

www.emachin es.com 27 En v ir onmental inf ormation R ecy cling The product y ou have purchas ed cont ains extract ed natural resources t hat have been used in the man ufacturing proces s. This prod uct may contain substa nces known to be hazardous to t he envir onm ent or to huma n health. T o pre v ent release s of harm ful substanc es into t he [...]

Safet y, Regula tory, an d Legal Notices 28 FC C declar ation of conf ormity R esponsib le party: Gate way , Inc. 7565 I r vin e Ce nt er D r ive Irvine, CA 92 6 1 8 US A This de vice complies w ith Par t 15 of the FC C R ules. Operation of this de vice is subject t o the f ollowing two conditions: ( 1 ) thi s de v ic e ma y not cau se harm ful int[...]

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