Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PT1503Z Planar
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Preface i P REFACE About this manua l This manua l is designed to assist y ou in setting up and using your New Planar LC D Monitor. Informati on in this document has bee n carefully checked for accuracy ; however, no guarantee is given t o the correctness of the con- tents.
Planar User’s Manual ii This digita l apparatus does not exceed t he Class B lim its for radio noise emissions from digital appara tus as set out in the R adio Interfe rence Regulati on of the Canadian Departm ent of Com municati ons.
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1 C HAPTER 1 Your New Planar LCD Monitor Your New Planar LCD Monitor! Your New Planar LCD M onitor has been designed to be versatile, ergonomic and user-friendly. Your New Planar LCD Monitor i s capable of displaying m ost standards, from 640 x 480 VGA to 1024 x 768 XGA.
Planar User’s Manual 2 Your New Planar LCD Monitor — Front View 1. LCD Screen This is the LCD moni tor screen. It is a 15-inch diagonal , Acitve Matrix Liquid Cryst al Display (AMLC D). The screen is capable of supporting a maxim um resoluti on of 1024 x 768 (XGA).
Chapter 1 3 3. Audio Li ne In (optional ) Connect your PC’s Line out to this jack to listen t o the PC’s audi o through your New Planar LC D Monitor’s stereo speakers.
Planar User’s Manual 4 Connecting Video 1. Turn off your PC and the LCD Moni tor before connecting your LCD Monitor t o the computer. 2. Connect t he VGA signal ca ble to the D-sub VG A connector locate d at the rear of the monit or. 3. Connect t he other end of t he signal cable t o the PC’s VGA port.
Chapter 1 5 3. You can adjust the sound volume of the stereo speakers by using the speaker volume cont rol function on the OSD (On-Screen D isplay)..
Planar User’s Manual 6 Connecting the Optional Touch Screen (optional) Your LCD Monitor has an optional touch screen feature. If your LC D monitor has t his feature, connect t he LCD Monitor’s PS/2 connector to your PC ’s 9-pin RS232 serial port to enable t he touch screen.
7 C HAPTER 2 The Display Controls Your New Planar LCD Moni tor’s Display Controls This chapter covers y our New Planar LCD M onitor’s On Screen Display (OSD). Using the OSD, you c an adjust the contrast, brightness, display posit ion, display clarit y, and colo r temperat ure.
Planar User’s Manual 8 The OSD-Contro l option allows you to adjust the pos ition and setting of the m onitor’s On Screen Display. The MISC-Control option allows y ou to select th e desired text l.
Chapter 2 9 Exit: Press the Ad just button key to exit the Monitor-Cont rol submen u. OSD - Control Opt ion Pressing the Adjust button on the monitor activa tes the OSD-Control submenu. Use the ▲ FUNCTION ▼ select buttons to scroll betwe en the submenu item s.
Planar User’s Manual 10 Graph/Text Opti on Pressing the Adjus t button on the monitor toggles the DOS resolu tion between 640x400 and 720x400. OSD Exit Pressing the Adjus t butt on on the monit or will exit the OSD menu. The OS D menu will also exit afte r a brief, timout period.
11 A PPENDIX A Technical Information Planar TFT LCD Monitor Specifications Model Planar PT1503Z LCD Panel 15"XGA Control Fu nc tio n s Pow er Software Pow er switch w ith LED indicator (Press to turn off, over 1 sec.
12 A PPENDIX B Supported Timing Timing for Model PT1503Z (XGA Resolution) Item Standards Resolution Dot Clock (MHz) Vertical Scanning Frequency (Hz) Horizontal Scanning Frequency (kHz) 1 NEC PC98 640x400 25.20 70.15 31.50 2 NEC PC98 640x400 21.05 56.42 24.
13 A PPENDIX C Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures This LCD Monitor was pre-adjust ed in the factory with standard VGA ti ming. Due to output tim ing differenc es among various VGA cards, y ou may i nitially experience an unst able or unclear di splay when a new display m ode or new VGA card is sel ected.
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