User manual PLANAR PV174 Product Manual

[. . . ] PLANAR LCD MONITOR PV174 MANUAL www. planar. com Preface PREFACE About this manual This manual is designed to assist you in setting up and using the LCD monitor. Information in this document has been carefully checked for accuracy; however, no guarantee is given to the correctness of the contents. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. [. . . ] FunctionSelect Buttons These two buttons allow you to select the control functions in the OSD. Press either button to scroll vertically through the main menu and submenu items. Adjust Control Buttons The button allows you to increase the menu item value. The button allows you to decrease the menu item value. Adjusting the Display The LCD monitor features an intuitive, menu-driven, On-Screen Display (OSD). You can access the OSD any time that the PC is powered up. If the PC is in a power saving mode, or is powered down, the OSD is inaccessible. OSD Main Menu To activate the OSD Main Menu, press the Power/Menu key. To navigate the topline menu, use either the right or left function keys to scroll between the main menu choices. The option that is currently selected is highlighted in yellow and indicated by a pointer. Each main menu has an associated submenu and is further described. 6 Chapter 2 OSD Main Menu (Analog mode) To access the OSD Main Menu, simply press the Power/Menu button. Main menu Description Submenu The 7-topline menus are: The Auto Adjust option lets the monitor determine and select the settings that are most appropriate for your system requirements. This function will tune the display to your computers video card. The Monitor-Control option allows you to adjust the LCD monitor's display characteristics such as the display's horizontal or vertical position, display phase, display clock, and factory reset. Adjusting these settings should only be necessary if the results from Auto-Adjust function are not satisfactory. The OSD-Control option allows you to adjust the position and setting of the monitor's On Screen Display. The MISC-Control option allows you to select the desired text language of the OSD, adjust the monitor speaker volume, and to display the current video information being sent to the monitor from your video card. The Graphic-Control option allows you to adjust the display contrast, brightness, sharpness, and color settings. The Graph/Tex option allows you to switch DOS text resolution from 640x400 and 720x400. This function has no effect within graphic operating systems such as MS WindowsTM. The OSD Exit option closes the On Screen Display. 7 Planar User's Manual Auto Adjust Procedure Pressing the Adjust key while the Auto Adjust topline menu is selected, activates the Auto Adjust procedure. The Auto Adjust procedure takes approximately 2 seconds to complete. Once finished, the OSD menu will disappear after a short time-out period. The Monitor- Control Option Pressing the Adjust key while the Monitor Control icon is selected activates the Monitor Control submenu. Use the Function select buttons to scroll between the submenu items. You should only use this menu item if the results of the Auto Adjust function are not satisfactory. H-Position: Press the V-Position: Press the Adjust Adjust buttons to horizontally move the display image to the desired position. buttons to vertically move the display image to the desired position. Phase: Press the Adjust buttons to fine-tune the displayed image. An improper phase adjustment will result in pixel jitter or display noise. Clock: Press the Adjust buttons to stabilize the display clock timing. An improper clock setting will result in wide vertical bands on the display. [. . . ] In Windows, load a wallpaper bitmap that has vertical lines in it. After the wallpaper has loaded, open the OSD and select the Clock function. Press one of the Adjustment Control buttons until you see vertical dark and light lines across the screen. When you can see distinct light and dark vertical bands, stop pressing the Adjustment Control button. [. . . ]