Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SDM-HS73P Sony
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© 2003 Sony Cor poration TFT LCD Color Computer Display US SDM-HS73P Operat ing Instr uctions.
2 Owner’s Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the unit. Record these numbers in the spaces prov ided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your dealer regarding this product. Model No. Serial No. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.
Table of Contents • Macint osh is a trad emark lic ense d to Appl e Comp uter, Inc., register ed in the U.S.A. and ot her count ries. • Windo ws and M S-DOS ar e regi stered tradem arks of Mic rosof t Corp orat ion in the Unite d States and other countr ies.
4 Precautions Warning on power conne ctions • Use the supplied p ower cord. If you use a different power cord, be sure th at it is compati ble with your l ocal power supp ly. For the customers i n the U.S.A. If you do not use the appropri ate cord, th is monitor will not conf orm t o mand ator y FCC s tanda rds.
5 US Identifying par ts and contr ols See the pages in parentheses for further details. The 1 (powe r) switch and the control butto ns are on the lower right part of the fr ont of the mo nitor. 1 1 (Power) switch and ind icator (pag es 9, 15, 1 9) To tu rn the disp lay on or off, press t he 1 (power) switch upward .
6 Rear of t he LCD display 7 Back cov er (page 8) Open t his cover wh en you c onnect/d isconnec t cables o r cords. 8 AC IN connec tor (page 8 ) Connect t he power cord (suppli ed). 9 HD15 (RGB) input c onnector (page 7) This conne ctor in puts RGB vid eo sign als (0.
7 US Setup Before us ing your mo nitor, che ck that the following items are includ ed in your carton: •L C D d i s p l a y • Power cord • HD15-HD1 5 video sign al cable •C o r d s t r a p • .
8 Step 2: Connect the power cor d With the moni tor and compute r switched off, first connec t the power cord to the mon itor, then co nnect it t o a power outlet. Step 3: Secure the cor ds and close the back co ver 1 Bun dle t he ca ble s and c ord s.
9 US Step 4: T urn on the monitor and computer 1 Press the 1 (po wer) switch upward. The 1 (powe r) indicator o f the mon itor lights up in green. 2 Turn on the co mputer. The installatio n of your moni tor is complete. If necessary, u se the monitor’s contro ls to adjust the picture.
10 Customizing Your Monitor You can mak e numerou s adjust ments to you r monito r using the on-scre en menu. Adjusting to the desired brightness Press ing the button, you can c hange the b rightne ss of t he scree n. Each time yo u press the button, the mode changes as follows.
11 US x Using the MENU, M / m , and OK b uttons 1 Display the main me nu. Press the MENU butto n to disp lay the ma in men u on your screen. 2 Select the m enu you want to adju st. Press the M / m button s to displa y the desi red menu . Pres s the OK button to select t he menu ite m.
12 Adjusting the picture’ s sharpness and centering (SCREEN) x Automatic pi cture qu ality adju stmen t functio n When the monitor receives an input signal, it automatic ally adjust s the pict ure’s posit ion and shar pne ss (ph ase/ pit ch), and ensure s tha t a clea r pictur e appears on the scr een (page 15).
13 US x Adjus t the pict ure’ s posi tion manual ly (H CE NTE R/V CENTE R) If the pict ure is not in the center o f the screen , adjust the pi cture’s centering as follows. 1 Load the Utility Disk. 2 Start the Util ity Disk and d isplay th e test pattern.
14 Changing the gamma setting (GAMMA) You can associat e the picture’ s color shade on the screen with the picture’s orig inal color shad e. 1 Press the MENU button. The main me nu appe ars on the screen. 2 Press the M / m buttons to s elect (GAMMA) and press the O K button.
15 US Technical Features P ower saving function This monitor meets the power-s aving guidelines set by VESA, E NER GY S TAR, and NUTEK. If the monitor is connected to a computer or video graphics boar d that is DP MS (Dis play Po wer Management Signaling) compliant, the moni tor will au tomati cally reduce power consumption as s hown below.
16 Troubleshootin g Before co ntacting technical su pport, re fer to this sec tion. On-screen messa ges If there is som ething wro ng with the in put signal, one of th e following m essages appear s on the screen. To solve the problem, see “Tr ouble sym ptoms and remedie s” on page 17.
17 US T roubl e symptoms and remedies If a problem is cau sed by the conn ected comput er or other equi pment, pl ease refer to the con nected equi pment’s ins truction manu al. Use the self-dia gnosis fun ction (pa ge 19) if the fo llowing recom mendation s do not resolve the problem.
18 Displayi ng this monit or’s inform ation While the mo nitor is r eceiving a v ideo signal, press an d hold the MENU but ton for more than 5 seconds unti l the informatio n box appea rs.
19 US Self -diagnos is fun ction This monitor is equ ipped with a se lf-dia gnosis func tion. If the re is a problem with yo ur monitor or com puter(s), the screen will go blan k and th e 1 (powe r) indicato r will either ligh t up in green or flash oran ge.
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