Using Your Gateway Flat Panel Monitor

OSD menus

OSD MenuDescription

 

 

Main menu

Auto—Automatically adjusts your monitor to its optimum settings. (VGA

 

input only)

 

Picture—Opens the Picture menu, where you can adjust brightness,

 

contrast, and gamma.

 

PIP—Opens the PIP Settings menu, where you can adjust the source,

 

position, size, and transparency of the Picture-in-Picture image.

 

Video adjust—Opens the Video Adjust menu, where you can adjust the

 

RGB (red, green, and blue) values of the video image from a source such

 

as composite video, S-Video, or component video. This menu is available

 

only when a video (not computer) source is the main display.

 

Geometry—Opens the Geometry menu, where you can adjust image size

 

and minimize distortions. (VGA input only)

 

Advanced—Opens the Advanced menu, where you can adjust color

 

balance, change the OSD language, and display information about current

 

monitor settings.

 

Reset—Resets the monitor to its factory settings for the currently

 

displayed input.

 

 

Picture menu

Brightness—Adjusts the amount of light in the darkest portion of the

 

picture. Use the lowest brightness setting you are comfortable with to

 

maximize the life of the monitor backlights. You may need to readjust

 

brightness after the monitor warms up.

 

Contrast—Adjusts the level of white between the lightest and darkest

 

portions of an image.

 

Gamma—Customizes the gamma level. High gamma levels increase

 

white levels and low gamma levels increase contrast.

 

 

PIP Settings menu

PIP Display—Toggles the display of the PIP window.

 

Source—Sets the source of the video used in the PIP window.

 

Position—Sets the position of the PIP window on the main screen.

 

Size—Sets the size of the PIP window.

 

Transparency—Sets the transparency of the PIP window. The PIP

 

window can be almost invisible to completely opaque. When the PIP

 

window is transparent, you are able to see through the PIP video display

 

to your Windows desktop, which makes it easier to access your computer

 

programs while watching video.

 

Swap—Switches the PIP image to the main image, and the main image

 

to the PIP image.

 

PIP Picture—Opens a menu where you can set the brightness, contrast,

 

saturation, and tint/hue.

 

 

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