How to Use the On Screen Display (OSD)

Color Temperature window

9300˚ K / 6500˚ K

Your monitor has two preset options you select: 9300˚ K or 6500˚ K. Computer Aided Design (CAD) usually works best with the 9300˚ K setting. Desktop Publishing (DTP) usually works best with the 6500˚ K setting. The screen will change as you scroll between these two settings. Select

the one that works best for you, or set up your own setting under USER 1 or USER 2 on the next page.

1Press the ON SCREEN DISPLAY button.

2 Press "-" or "+" button until the COLOR

TEMPERATURE window

is highlighted. Then press the ON SCREEN DISPLAY button.

5After the preset setting is saved, the on screen

display automatically returns to the Main Menu. To exit, press the ON

SCREEN DISPLAY button.

3Press "-" or "+" button until 9300˚ K or 6500˚ K is highlighted. Note: a checkmark appears beside the current selection.

4Press the ON SCREEN DISPLAY button. A

checkmark appears by your selection. Press the ON SCREEN DISPLAY button a second time to save your selection.

Smart Help

After returning to Main Menu . . .

. . . to continue to USER 1 or USER 2, press "-" or "+" button until COLOR TEMPERATURE is highlighted. Next, follow steps 2 - 7 under COLOR TEMPERATURE on the next page.

. . . to select the other preset setting (9300˚ K or 6500˚ K), press the OSD button and repeat steps 2 -5.

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Philips 17B2402H appendix 9300˚ K / 6500˚ K, Press the on Screen Display button. a, After returning to Main Menu

17B2402H specifications

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