User manual PHILIPS 170X6FB

[. . . ] e-Manual Philips LCD Monitor Electronic User's Manual file:///D|/My%20Documents/dfu/X6_model/english/170x6/index. htm2005-06-27 1:26:59 PM Safety and Troubleshooting Information · Safety Precautions and Maintenance · Installation Locations · FAQs · Troubleshooting · Regulatory Information · Other Related Information Safety and Troubleshooting Information Safety precautions and maintenance WARNING: Use of controls, adjustments or procedures other than those specified in this documentation may result in exposure to shock, electrical hazards and/or mechanical hazards. Read and follow these instructions when connecting and using your computer monitor: q q q q q q q q q q q q q q To protect your display from possible damage, do not put excessive pressure on the LCD panel. When moving your monitor, grasp the frame to lift; do not lift the monitor by placing your hand or fingers on the LCD panel. Unplug the monitor if you are not going to use it for an extensive period of time. Unplug the monitor if you need to clean it with a slightly damp cloth. [. . . ] LCD consumes much less power file:///D|/My%20Documents/dfu/X6_model/english/170x6/safety/saf_faq. htm (6 of 9)2005-06-27 1:27:27 PM FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) than LED and gas-displays because it works on the principle of blocking light rather than emitting it. Q: How are LCDs made?A: LCDs are created from two glass plates separated from each other at a distance of a few microns. The plates are filled with liquid crystal and then sealed together. The top plate is colored with an RGB pattern to make the color filter. Polarizers are then glued to both plates. This combination is sometimes called 'glass' or 'cell. ' The LCD cell is assembled into a 'module' by adding the backlight, driver electronics and frame. Q: What is polarization ?A: Polarization is basically directing light to shine in one direction. Electric and magnetic fields oscillate in a direction perpendicular to the propagation of the light beam. The direction of these fields is called the 'polarization direction'. Normal or non-polarized light has fields in several directions; polarized light has a field in only one direction. Q: What differentiates passive matrix LCDs from active matrix LCDs?A: An LCD is made with either a passive matrix or an active matrix display grid. An active matrix has a transistor located at each pixel intersection, requiring less current to control the luminance of a pixel. For this reason, the current in an active matrix display can be switched on and off more frequently, improving the screen refresh time (your mouse pointer will appear to move more smoothly across the screen, for example). The passive matrix LCD has a grid of conductors with pixels located at each intersection in the grid. Q: How does a TFT LCD Panel work?A: On each column and row of the TFT LCD panel, a data source drive and a gate drive are attached, respectively. The TFT drain of each cell is connected to the electrode. The molecular arrangement of liquid crystal elements differ according to whether it is impressed with voltage or not. It varies the direction of polarized light and the amount of light by letting it through different arrays of liquid crystal elements. When two polarized filters are arranged vertically on a polarized light pole, the light that passes through the upper polarized panel is turned 90 degrees along with the spiral structure of the liquid crystal molecules and goes through the polarized filter at the bottom. When impressed with voltage, liquid crystal molecules are arranged vertically from the original spiral structure and the direction of the light is not turned through 90 degrees. In this case, light that comes through the top polarized panel may not go through the polarized panel at the bottom. file:///D|/My%20Documents/dfu/X6_model/english/170x6/safety/saf_faq. htm (7 of 9)2005-06-27 1:27:27 PM FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) Q: What are the advantages of TFT LCD compared with CRT?A: In a CRT monitor, a gun shoots electrons and general light by colliding polarized electrons on fluorescent glass. [. . . ] box 2687Santiago de Chile Phone: (02)-730 2000 Fax : (02)-777 6730 file:///D|/My%20Documents/dfu/X6_model/english/warranty/warcic. htm (4 of 11)2005-06-27 1:28:03 PM Consumer Information Centers COLOMBIA Industrias Philips de Colombia S. A. -Division de Servicio CARRERA 15 Nr. 104-33 Bogota, Colombia Phone:(01)-8000 111001 (toll free) Fax : (01)-619-4300/619-4104 MEXICO Consumer Information Centre Norte 45 No. 669 Col. Industrial Vallejo C. P. 02300, -Mexico, D. F. Phone: (05)-3687788 / 9180050462 Fax : (05)-7284272 PARAGUAY Av. [. . . ]