Product Specific Problems

COMMON SYMPTOMS

No Video

Low Quality DVD playback

Blinking Video

WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE

No signal indicator is displayed

Picture not crisp and some color distortion

Video is blinking or discontinuous

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

•Check Video Input Selection

¡Composite: Yellow colored RCA jack

¡S-Video: Typically a round 4 pin jack

¡Component: Red, Blue, Green colored RCA jacks

•Check DVD connection

¡Composite gives good picture

¡S-Video gives better picture

¡Component: Red, Blue, Green colored RCA jacks

•Check DVD connection

¡Composite gives good picture

¡S-Video gives better picture

¡Component: Red, Blue, Green colored RCA jacks

•Check if DVD player is HDCP compliant.

¡Some non-compliant players may exhibit blinking video and others will display a raster screen.

SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS

WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE	POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Screen image is too small

Cannot adjust the monitor with the buttons on the front panel

The monitor will not go into power saving mode.

No Input Signal when user controls pressed

Image is centered on screen, but does not fill entire viewing area

OSD does not appear on the screen

No picture, the LED light is green. When press "+", "-" or "Menu" key, the message " No S-Video input signal ", " No Composite input signal " or " No Component input signal " will appear.

•Perform monitor reset on "Factory Reset"

•Turn the monitor off and unplug the power cord and then plug back and power on

•Move mouse or hit any key on the keyboard on the computer or activate video player, then access the OSD to set

Audio to " off " state.

•Check the signal source Make sure the Computer is not in power saving by moving mouse or pressing any key on the keyboard.

•Check to make sure Video Source to S- Video, Composite or Component is powered and playing video media.

•Check whether the signal cable is plugged in and seated properly. Re-plug the signal cable if necessary.

•Re-boot the computer or video player.

The monitor will not fill the entire screen.

The picture can't fill the height or width of the screen.

•Due to the non-standard formats of DVDs, the monitor may not show the full screen pictures.

NOTE: When choosing DVI-D, DisplayPort, HDMI, S-Video, Composite or Component video, Auto Adjust function is not available.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Specific Problems

SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS

USB interface is not working

WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE

USB peripherals are not working

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

•Check that your monitor is powered ON.

•Reconnect the upstream cable to your computer.

•Reconnect the USB peripherals (downstream connector).

•Switch off and then turn on the monitor again.

•Reboot the computer.

High Speed USB 2.0 interface is slow.

High Speed USB 2.0 peripherals working slowly or not at all.

•Check that your computer is USB 2.0 capable.

•Verify USB 2.0 source on your computer.

•Reconnect the upstream cable to your computer.

•Reconnect the USB peripherals (downstream connector).

•Reboot the computer.

2408WFP specifications

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