Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product G2400WD BenQ
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W e lc ome G2400WD 24" W ide-Screen L CD M onitor Us e r M a n u a l.
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Table of Contents 3 Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Getting started .......... ............................................................................................................ 4 Getting to know your monitor .............................. ....
4 Getting started 1. Getting star ted W hen unpacking please c heck y ou ha v e the follo w ing items. If an y ar e missing or damaged, please contact the plac e of purc hase for a replacement.
5 Getting started Consider keeping the box and p ackaging in storag e for use in the future when you may need to transp ort the monitor . The fitted foam packing is ideal for protecting t he monitor during transport.
6 Getting to know your monitor 2. Getting to kno w y our monit or Fron t v iew Back view 1. A C po wer input jack 2. DVI-D input soc ket 3. HDMI input sock et 4.
7 How to assemble your monitor hardware 3. H o w t o assemble y our monito r hard war e If the computer is turned on you must turn it of f before continuing. Do not plug-i n or turn-on the p ower to the monitor until instructed to do so. 1. Attac h the monitor base.
8 How to assemble your monitor hardware 2. Connect the PC video cable. Do not use both DVI-D cable and D-Sub cable on the same PC. The only case in which both cabl es can be used is if they are connec ted to two dif ferent PCs with appropriate video systems.
9 How to assemble your monitor hardware 4. Route the cables via the cable clip . R elease the cable retain ing clip by squeezing the clip inwar ds as illustrated. P ositi on the cables together and reinsert the clip o ver them to r etain the cables neatly in place behind the monit or stand.
10 How to assemble your monitor hardware H ow t o detach the stand base 1. Pr epare the monito r and area. T urn off the monit or and the pow er before unplugging the pow er c ab le . T ur n o ff the com put er bef ore un plu gg i ng the monitor signal cable.
11 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor 4. Getting the most fr om y our BenQ monito r T o gain the most benefit from y our new BenQ c olor L CD flat sc r een monitor , you should install the custom BenQ L CD M onit or driv er software as pr o vided on the BenQ L CD M onit or CD-R OM.
12 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor How to in st al l th e m oni tor o n a n ew comp uter This instruction details the procedure for select ing and installing the BenQ L CD Monit or driver software on a new c o mput er which has never h ad a monit or driv er install ed befor e.
13 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor H ow t o upgr ade the monit or on an existing co mputer This instruction details the procedur e for manual ly updating the existing monitor dr iv er software on your M icrosoft W indo ws computer . It is curr ently tested as compatible for W indows XP and W indo ws V ista Operating Syst em (OS).
14 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor H ow t o install on W indows V ista systems 1. Open Displa y Settings . Right-click the desktop a nd select Pe r s o n a l i z e from the po pup menu. Select Display Settings from the P ersonalize appear ance and sounds win d o w .
15 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor H ow t o install on W ind ows XP syst em 1. Open Display P ropert ies . The quickest shortcut to Displ ay Pr ope rties is thr ough the Windo ws desktop . Right-click the desk top and select P roperties from the popu p me nu.
16 Picture optimization 5. Pictur e optimization The easiest way t o obtain an optimal displa y from an analog (D-S u b) input is to use the AU T O ke y function.
17 How to adjust your monitor 6. H o w t o adjust yo ur monitor The co ntro l panel 1. “ A UTO ”: A djust vertical position, phase, hor i zontal position and pix el clock automatically . 2. “MENU” key: Activat e OSD main menu and return to the pr ev ious menu or exit OSD .
18 How to adjust your monitor H ot key mode The monitor k eys perform as hotkeys to pr ovide di r ect access t o particular functions whene v er the menu isn't currently displa ying on-screen. Brightness and Contrast hot keys Mo de h o t ke y Input hot key Pr ess the X k ey to display the Bright ness and Cont ra st indicators.
19 How to adjust your monitor Main menu mode Y ou can use the OSD (On Screen Displa y) menu to adjust all the settings on your monit or . Pr ess the MENU key t o display the following main OSD menu.
20 How to adjust your monitor Display menu 1. Pr ess the MENU key to displa y the main menu. 2. Pr ess the W or X k eys to select DISPLA Y and then press the ENTER k ey to enter t he menu. 3. Pr ess the W or X k eys to move the highlig ht to a men u item and then press the ENTER key t o select that item.
21 How to adjust your monitor H. P osition Ad justs the horizontal position of the screen image. Pr ess the W or X k eys to adjust the value. 0 to 100 V . P osition Ad justs the vertical position of the screen image. 0 to 100 Pix el Clock Ad justs the pix el clock frequency timing t o synchroniz e with the analog input video sig nal.
22 How to adjust your monitor Picture menu 1. Pr ess the MENU key to displa y the main menu. 2. Pr ess the W or X k eys to select PICTURE and then press the ENTER k ey to enter t he menu. 3. Pr ess the W or X k eys to move the highlig ht to a men u item and then press the ENTER key t o select that item.
23 How to adjust your monitor N ormal Allows video and still photographs to be viewed with n atural coloring. This is the factor y default col or . Pr ess the W or X keys to select this option. Bluish Applies a c ool tint to the image and is factor y pre-set to the PC industr y standard whit e color .
24 How to adjust your monitor Picture A dvanced menu The option s under Display Mode wil l be dif ferent depending on the input signal sources. 1. Pr ess the MENU key to displa y the main menu. 2. Pr ess the W or X k eys to select PICTURE ADV ANCED and then press the ENTER key to ent er the menu.
25 How to adjust your monitor Senseye Demo Displays the pr ev iew of screen images under the selected mode from Picture M ode . The screen wil l be di vi ded into two windows; the left w indo w demonstrates images of Standard mode, while the rig ht window pr esents the images under the specified mode.
26 How to adjust your monitor A udio men u 1. Pr ess the MENU key to displa y the main menu. 2. Pr ess the W or X k eys to select A UDIO and then press the ENTER k ey to enter t he menu. 3. Pr ess the W or X k eys to move the highlig ht to a men u item and then press the ENTER key t o select that item.
27 How to adjust your monitor System menu 1. Pr ess the MENU k ey to display the main menu. 2. Pr ess the W or X k eys to select SYSTEM and then press the ENTER k e y to enter t he menu. 3. Pr ess the W or X k eys to mov e the highlig ht to a men u item and then press the ENTER key t o select that item.
28 How to adjust your monitor *DDC/CI, short for Display Data Cha nnel/Command Inte rface, which was develope d by Video Electron ics S t andards Association (VESA). DDC/CI capability allows monito r controls to be sent via the software for remote diag nostics.
29 Troubleshooting 7. T roubleshooting Fr equently ask ed questions (F A Q) The image is blurred: Read the instructions on the link " Adjusting the Scree n Resolution " on the CD, and then select the correct resolution, refresh rate an d make adjustments based on these instructions.
30 Troubleshooting Is the prompt on the display illuminated in o range? If the LED is illuminated in orange, the pow er management mode is activ e. P ress an y button on the comput er keyboard or mo v e the mouse. If that does not help , chec k the signal cable connect ors.
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