Princeton Digital (USA) VL2018W important safety instructions Troubleshooting, Blank Screen

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TROUBLESHOOTING

Blank Screen

Power indicator is off

￿

Make sure the power cable and the power adapter are connected properly

 

(see section “Connecting ).

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

Make sure that the monitor was turned on using the power switch (see

 

section

￿ Startup ).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power indicator lights orange

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

A screen saver may have activated automatically after a certain period of

 

inactivity. Press any key on your keyboard or move the mouse.

“Check signal cable message

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

Is the signal cable connected to the monitor and the PC’s graphics port

 

(see section ￿

Connecting )?

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

Is the PC turned

on (see



your PC’s documentation)?

 

 

Display Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image is displaced to the left/right or to the top/bottom

 

 

￿

If the image appears normal but off-center, you can adjust it using the

 

OSD functions. For further information, see chapter ￿ Basic Setup ,

 

section

￿ Auto Image

Adjustment .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image flickers or is shaky

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

Perhaps setup file chosen for the monitor is incorrect. For information on

 

monitor

setup

 

under

 

Windows®9x/ME/2000/NT/XP

consult the

 

￿ Configuration



section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image is blurred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

Check brightness and contrast settings (see chapter ￿ OSD Menu

 

Functions , section ￿

Brightness/Contrast ).

 

 

 

￿

Check the resolution setting (see ￿ Other



functions in the

￿

OSD Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Functions section).

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Color problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

If the colors are off (e.g. white is not really displayed as white, etc.), you

 

should

adjust

 

the

color

 

temperature

(see ￿ Color function

in section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

￿ OSD Menu Functions ).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Introduction Princeton Digital USA CorpWarranty Revision D 12/31/04 Table of Contents Safety instructions for operation Impportant InformationCaring for Your LCD Monitor Wall MountingConnecting UnpackingTo connect the monitor to your PC Connecting the audio cable To connect the monitor to the power sourceTo connect the monitor to the multimedia source Basic Setup Automatic Image AdjustmentShortcut for adjusting brightness and contrast StartupImage Settings Using the OSD Menu Further  adjustments as neededImage Control OSD Control Troubleshooting Blank ScreenTechnical Specifications 1050 / 1280X768