HP 18.1” LCD Color Monitor User’s Guide
Configuring Your Monitor
Protected OSD
When this mode is selected the user can adjust the brightness/ contrast and OSD Manager only. To enable or disable protected OSD mode:
1Select PROTECTED OSD to enter the PROTECTED OSD submenu.
2Select each digit of the six figure password1using the 
control, pressing
each time to confirm your selection.
3When you have selected the correct password a sub menu is displayed.
Select YES or NO to select or deselect Protected OSD, then press 
to exit.
Setting the Amount of Displayed Information
To set the amount of displayed information, change the screen resolution of your computer. The higher the screen resolution, the more information you can see on the screen. It is recommended that you use a resolution of 1280×1024.
It is recommended that you use a refresh rate of 60 Hz. The image refresh rate is the number of times per second that the image is redrawn.
To find out which resolutions and refresh rates are supported by your monitor, refer to “Supported Video Modes” on page 16. To change the screen resolution, please refer to the manual that came with your computer or your operating system.
Your monitor has a Plug and Play capability (VESA DDC1, DDC2B, DDC2Bi standard) that enables it to identify itself to suitably equipped HP computers.
NOTE | LCD technology does not cause any flicker at low refresh rates. |
1.The default password is 040990