OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

Indicating lamp

Main power switch

Turning Power On and Off

To turn the monitor power ON, press the main power switch on the monitor main unit to ON, and then press the SUB POWER button or the ON/OFF or ON button on the remote control.

To turn the monitor power OFF, press the SUB POWER button or the ON/OFF or OFF button on the remote control, and then press the main power switch on the monitor main unit to OFF.

During normal use, the main power switch is set in the ON position, and the monitor can then be turned ON/OFF using the SUB POWER button or the ON/OFF button on the remote control.

Indicating lamp

ENGLISH

SUB-POWER button

Indicating

Power status

Operating

lamp

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Off

When the main power switch is set

to OFF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the main power switch is

 

Off

ON, and the OFF button on the

Lights red

remote control or the SUB POWER

(standby)

 

button on the underside of the

 

 

 

 

front of the frame is OFF.

 

 

 

 

 

When the main power switch is

 

 

ON, and the ON button on the

Lights green

On

remote control or the SUB POWER

 

 

button on the underside of the

 

 

front of the frame is ON.

 

 

 

 

 

When the main power switch is

 

 

ON, and the ON button on the

 

Off

remote control or the SUB POWER

Lights orange

button on the underside of the

(Power Save)

 

front of the frame is ON.

 

 

 

 

However, the state in POWER

 

 

SAVE mode

 

 

 

POWER OFF

 

button

 

POWER ON

POWER ON/OFF

button

button

 

 

VOL

 

RGB 1 RGB 2 MUTE VOL

AV1 AV2 AV3 AV4

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MENU

When the indicating lamp lights in orange or the message “No Sync. Signal”, “Power Save” or “Invalid Scan Freq.” appears on the screen, there is something unusual about the status of reception. See “Power Save Mode” or “Symptoms That Seemingly Appear to be Failures.”

ATTENTION

•Avoid repeatedly turning the monitor on and off at short time intervals. Failures might result from such operation.

•Turn off the main power switch before leaving the monitor out of use for an extended period of time.

•If a power failure occurs while the main unit is running, it would be powered on upon recovery from the failure. Turn off the unit main power switch before leaving the main unit.

OK

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42PMA300A specifications

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