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BenQ FP557s 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.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 2 Unpacking ............ ....................... ........................ ....................... ....................... ... 3 Views of th e Monito r ......................................... .........
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 3 Unpacki ng Please check y ou ha ve the f ollowing items. If the y are missing or are damaged, please contact the dealer immediately at which y o u pur c hased the g ood.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 4 Vie ws of th e Monitor Fron t Vi ew Back View (1) Exit En ter.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 5 Back View (2): Locations o f plugs & sockets 1. P ow er cord 2. Signal cable 2 1.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 6 Installa tion Har dware Ins tallation A. Mak e sure that the computer and monitor’ s pow e r ar e both turne d off. Please f ollow the steps to ins tall y our LCD monitor . B. Connect the signal cable to the V GA out put of the gra phics car d on the comp uter .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 7 Softwar e Installation A. M icr osoft ® Windo ws ® 95 / 98 / 2000 If y ou are us ing Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 as an op erating system, yo u ha v e to set up the correct monito r driver .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 8 4. F rom the “ Displa y Pr operties ” window , select the “ Set ting s ” ta b. Cli ck the “ Advanced Properties ” button in the botto m 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 9 6. Now click the “ Ha v e Disk ” button in the bottom ri ght corner . When the next window appears, select the “ Br o wse ” button. . 7. In ser t th e s upplied CD into your comp uter . S elect the CD-dr ive from the d rop-down me nu.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 10 9. By pr essing “ OK ” again in the next windo w you will be giv en a list of compatible devices. Select “ F P 5 5 7 s ” f r o m the li s t a nd p r e s s “ O K ” aga i n . 10. Y ou are no w back at “ Advanc ed D ispl a y Pr operties ”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 11 Wind o ws 9 8 T o m anually install or upda te the driver , 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 “ Settings ” tab.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 12 3. S ele ct the “ Monitor ” tab. Click the “ Chang e ” butt on in the to p right co rner . 4.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 13 5. S ele ct “ Displa y a list of all drive rs in a specific location, so y ou can select the driver y ou want. ” and p ress “ Next ”. 6. Now click the “ Ha ve D is k ” butt on in the bottom right co rner .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 14 7. Insert the supplied CD into y our computer . Se lect the C D-d rive 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.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 15 10. Clos e “ Upd ate Device Driver Wizard ” by clicking “ Finis h ” to complete the installation.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 16 Windo ws 2000 The first time y ou star t Windows with a new monitor , the system will detect it and automatically start the “ Ad d Ne w Ha r dwar e Wi zar d ”. Carry out the instructions beginning at step 4.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 17 4. F rom the “ Displa y Pr operties ” window , select the “ Settings ” tab. Cl ick the “ Advanced... ” button in the bot tom right corner . 5. S ele ct “ Monitor ” then click “ Pr ope rties ”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 18 6. S ele ct the “ Driv er ” tab, then click “ Upd ate Driver ”. 7. T he “ Upgrade De vice Driver Wiza rd ” will pop up.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 19 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 ”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 20 10. Scroll do wn and select your CD R OM D river , then click “ Next. ” ..
BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 21 11. In the list of CD-R O M, select “ Driv er s ” folder then click “ Open ” twice , t hen click “ OK ”, Select the y o ur LCD Mo d e (F P 557 s ) f r o m t h e li s t in t he n e xt w i nd o w then cli c k “ N e x t ” t w i c e .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 22 13. The new dr iver s are no w 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 t he driver , perform t he following steps: 1. Click “ Start ”, “ Settings ”, “ Cont rol P a nel ” and then double-click “ Displa y .” 2. In the D ispla y Prop erties window , click t he “ Settings ” tab and click “ Advanced.
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 ” then click “ Next ”. 6. C hoo se “ Mo nitors ” fr om the list, the n click “ Next ”.
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.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 26 10. Click “ OK ” on the “ Instal l Fr o m Disk ” window . The dialogue bo x “ Update Device Driver Wizard ” appears.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 27 11. Click “ Next ”. 12. Click “ Fini sh ” to complete the installation..
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 28 B. Choosing t he best r esolut ion Due to the technolo g y of an LC display , it a lwa ys pro vides a fix e d resolution. F or the FP557s this is a r esolution of 1024x768. This is called the "Native Resolution ", which also r epr esents the maxi mal r esolutio n.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 29 3. Select a resolutio n of 1024x768. Then click " Ap pl y ." . 4. In the subseq uent windows, pr ess “ OK ” and “ Ye s ”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 30 C . Refresh Rate Selection Ther e is no need to choose the highest possible re f resh rate on a LC displa y . It is not technically possible for an LC displa y to flicker . Eve n at a refr esh r ate of 60 Hz yo u will get an abs olutely flick er - fr ee image .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 31 3. S ele ct the “ Adapter ” tab. The r efresh rat e selection field is located in the cent er at the bot- 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 .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 32 D . Picture Optimization The easiest wa y to obtain an optimal pictur e is by using the ik ey function. The funtion w orks cor- r ectly if using the supplied adjustment software (auto .exe) and provided th e device is in a factor y- mode .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 33 Adjusting th e M onitor 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 ey and a p ow er swith.The followin g d escriptio ns are t he in troduction of these ke ys & switch .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 34 Main Menu Mode Contr ol Functions A vailable in Main Menu Press “<”or “>” k ey to select this item and pr ess “ Enter ” to enter sub-men u. Ther e are tw o items fo r lum inan ce adju stmen ts.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 35 2. Geometr y Press “<”or “>” k ey to select this item and press “ Enter ” to enter sub -menu. Ther e are fo ur items for geometr y adjust ments. H. (Horizontal) P osition: adjusts the horizontal position of the displa y .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 36 Press “<”or “>” k ey to select this item and press “ Enter ” to enter sub-men u. Ther e are f our items for color adjustmen ts. Ther e ar e thre e items to adjust . Pre ss “<”or “> ”k e y to select a color and pr ess “ Ente r ” to adjust color temperature.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 37 Language: to s elect OSD language. OSD Time: to set the s tandby time of O SD . H. (Horizontal) P osition: adjusts the OSD horizontal position of the displa y . V . (V er tical) Position: adjusts the OSD v er tical position of the dis- pla y .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 38 5. Information “Information” sub men u the OSD displa y the resolution, hori- zontal and v er tical ref resh rate.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 39 T r oubleshooting F r equently Ask ed Questions (F A Q) ✓ The ima ge is b lurr ed: ☞ Rea d the chapt er , "Instal lati on/Adjus tment" and se lect the cor r ect r esol ution, r efr esh rat e and make adjustmen ts based o n these instructio ns.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 40 ✓ The ima ge is distorted, flashes or flick ers: ☞ Read the chap ter , "Instal latio n/Adjustment" and then select the co rrec t reso l ut io n, ref res h rate and m ak e adju stmen ts b ased o n the se i nstr ucti ons.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide English 41 Supp or ted operatin g modes h Modes, which are not listed in the abov e table, ma y not be supported. F o r an o ptimal pictur e it is recommended to choose a mode list ed in th e table . h There ar e 12 a vailable modes that ar e compatible with Windows.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor Us er's Guide English 42 Specification s Model FP557s Displa y type Viewable diagonal Native (maximum) resolution Colo rs Contrast / Bright ness Response time Viewing angle (horizontal, vert ical) 15.0" ,activ e , TFT 38.
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