Once the monitor has chosen the appropriate video mode to use, you may need to adjust or “fine-tune” the screen image using the SELECT and UP and DOWN digital buttons. These buttons control the distortion, width, height, and horizontal and vertical positions of the image on the screen. Every time you adjust one of these screen parameters, the monitor redefines the video mode to reflect your new settings. In this way, you continually customize the monitor’s video modes to suit your screen images.
Although the monitor allows you to modify the screen parameter settings of any video mode, the microprocessor sets aside three of the predefined modes-called factory recall modes-in permanent memory as well, in case you ever need to recall them. If the monitor is using a factory recall video mode, and you find you have over-adjusted the screen parameters, you can recall the original factory settings and retry the adjustment. You won’t be able to tell if your monitor is using a factory recall mode until you try to recall the original settings, how ever.
To try the RECALL feature, first turn off the monitor (keep the computer on), then turn it on again. Next, press the RECALL buttons (UP and DOWN buttons). If your monitor is using a factory recall mode, your screen restores the appropriate original factory recall settings. If not, your screen won’t change. You have to keep readjusting your parameter settings until they meet your requirements.
For more detailed instructions on how to save and adjust certain screen parameter settings, see the “Adjusting Monitor Controls” section on page 11, or the “Adjusting the Screen Image” section below.
You probably will never need more than 12 video modes. Should the monitor find it necessary to create a new (user-defined) video mode when all of its 12 memory locations are full, it replaces the oldest video mode that isn’t one of the three factory recall video modes.
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