User manual BENQ FP93VW

[. . . ] FP93VW 19" Wide-Screen LCD Monitor User Manual Welcome Copyright Copyright © 2006 by BenQ Corporation. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation. Disclaimer BenQ Corporation makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, BenQ Corporation reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation of BenQ Corporation to notify any person of such revision or changes. Please follow these safety instructions for best performance, and long life for your monitor Power Safety · The AC plug isolates this equipment from the AC supply. · The power supply cord serves as a power disconnect device for pluggable equipment. [. . . ] Click Finish. On Windows 2000, this will close the wizard and return you to the Monitor Properties window, now renamed `BenQ FP93VW Properties'. Should you wish to do so, this is where you can change the screen refresh rate and other monitor properties to suit your needs. See How to adjust the screen refresh rate on page 19 for details. 12. In Windows 2000, click Close. This will close the BenQ FP93VW Properties window and return you to the Advanced Display Properties window. 13. In Windows 2000, click OK. This will close the Advanced Display Properties window, and return you to the Display Properties window. Should you wish to do so, this is where you can change the screen resolution (area and color). See How to adjust the screen resolution on page 18 for details. 14. Click OK. This will close the Display Properties window, and if you made any changes to the screen resolution, Windows 2000 will prompt you for confirmation to effect the changes, and further confirmation to accept the changes. Click OK and Yes respectively. Getting the most from your BenQ monitor 17 5. How to adjust the screen resolution Due to the nature of liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, the picture resolution is always fixed. The best possible picture for your FP93VW is achieved with a resolution of 1440 x 900. This is called "Native Resolution" or maximal resolution ­ that is, the clearest picture. Lower resolutions are displayed on a full screen through an interpolation circuit. Image blurring across pixel boundaries can occur with the interpolated resolution depending upon the image type and its initial resolution. To take full advantage of LCD technology you should select the native resolution setting of 1440 x 900 on your PC screen resolution setting as described below. Be aware that not all PC video cards provide this resolution value. If your doesn't, check with the video card manufacturer's website for an updated driver for your particular model PC video card which supports this resolution. Software video drivers are often updated and available for new hardware video resolutions. If necessary, you may need to replace and update the PC video card hardware to be able to support the native resolution of the monitor. 1. Open Display Properties and select the Settings tab. You can open Display Properties by right-clicking on the Windows desktop and selecting Properties from the pop-up menu. 2. Use the slider in the `Screen area' section to adjust the screen resolution. Select the recommended resolution of 1440 x 900 then click Apply. If you select some other resolution, be aware that this other resolution is interpolated and may not accurately display the screen image as well as it could do at the native resolution setting. 3. Close the Display Properties window. 18 How to adjust the screen resolution 6. How to adjust the screen refresh rate You don't have to choose the highest possible refresh rate on an LCD display, because it is not technically possible for an LCD display to flicker. [. . . ] When this function is activated, the OSD controls and hotkey operations will be disabled. Press Menu/Exit to leave the OSD Settings menu. Displays the current moni- Press the Enter key to select Information tor property settings. Resets all mode, color and Press the t or u keys to Reset All geometry settings to the change the settings. factory default values. · Yes · No 30 How to adjust your monitor 9. [. . . ]