Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PT1704Z 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 been carefully checked for accuracy; however, no guarantee is given to the c orrectness of the con- tents.
Planar User’s Manual ii This digital apparatus does not exceed t he Class B lim its for radio noise emissions from digital apparat us 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 Monitor has been de signed to be versat ile, ergonomic and user-friendly. . The LCD Monitor is capable of display ing most standards, from 640 x 480 VGA to 1280 x 1024 SXGA.
Planar User’s Manual 2 Your New Planar LCD Monitor — Fro nt View 1. LCD Screen This is the LCD moni tor screen. It is a 17-inch diagonal , Acitve Matrix Liquid Cryst al Display (AMLC D). The screen is capa ble of supporting a m aximum resolution of 1280 x 1024 (SXGA).
Chapter 1 3 1. LCD Monitor’s VGA Connector This 1.5 mete r cable has two 15-pin D-Sub VGA connectors used to connect t he monitor to your PC’s VGA card.
Planar User’s Manual 4 Connecting Video 1. Turn off your PC and the LCD Monit or before connecting your LCD Monitor to the com puter. 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 the other end of t he signal cable t o the PC’s VGA port.
5 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 6 The OSD-Control option all ows you to adjust the posi tion an d setting of t he monitor’s On Scre en Display. The MISC-Control option allows y ou to select th e desired text.
Chapter 2 7 Reset: Press the Adjust button to reset the Monitor-Control submenu values t o the factory default v al- ues. Exit: Press the Ad just button key to exit the Mon itor-Cont rol submen u. OSD - Control Opt ion Pressing the Adju st key while the OSD Control icon is selected activates the OSD Con trol submenu.
Planar User’s Manual 8 Graph/Text Opti on Pressing the Adjus t key while the Graph/Text icon is selected toggles the D OS resolution between 64 0x400 and 720x40 0. OSD Exit Pressing the Adjus t key while the Exit icon is selected, deactivates the OSD menu.
9 A PPENDIX A Technical Information Planar TFT LCD Monitor Specifications Model Planar PT1704Z LCD Panel 17” SXGA Control Fu nc ti on s Pow er Software Pow er switch w ith LED indicator (Press to turn off, over 1 sec.
10 A PPENDIX B Supported Timing Timing for Model PT1704Z (SXGA Resolution) Item Standards Resolution Dot Clock (MHz) Vertical Scanning Frequency (Hz) Horizontal Scanning Frequency (kHz) Sync Polarity or composite sync (H/V) Operating Mode 1 NEC PC98 640x400 25.
11 A PPENDIX C Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures This LCD Moni tor was pre-adjusted 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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