User Manual BDL4631V/00
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NOTE
NOTE
1:
IMAGE
PERSIST ENCE
Please
be
aware
that
LCD
T
echnology
may
experien ce
a
phenom ena
known
as
Image
Persist ence.
Image
Persisten ce
occurs when r
esidual
or
“ghost”
image of
a
pr
evious
image r
emains
visible on the scr
een.
Unlike
CRT
monitors,
LCD
monitors’
image persistence is not perman ent, but constant images b eing displayed for
a
long period of time should be avoided.
T
o
alleviate
image persistence, turn off the monitor for
as
long
as
the pr
evious
image was displayed.
For
example, if
an
image was on the monitor f or
one
hour and
a
r
esidual
image r
emains,
the monitor should be turned off for
one
hour to
erase
the image.
As
with
all
personal display devices,
PHILIPS
recommends displaying m oving images and using
a
moving panel savi ng at r
egular
intervals
whenev er
the scr
een
is idle or turning off the monitor when not in
use.

Please
set
“POWER
SAVE”,
“PANEL SAVING”,
“DA
TE
AND
TIME” and “SCHEDULE” function s to further reduce the risk of
Image
persistence.
For long life use of Public Display

< Image

Sticking

of LCD Panel >

When
LCD
panel
is operated continuousl y for long hours,
a
trace of electric char
ge
r
emains
near
the electrode inside
LCD,
and r
esidual
or
“ghost”
image of pr
evious
image may be observed.
(Image
Persisten ce)
Image
Persist ence
is not permanent, but when fixed image is displayed for l ong period, ionic impuritie s inside
LCD
are
accumulated along
the displayed image, and it i s observed permanently.
(Image
Sticking)

< Recommendations >

For
preventing the fast tran sition to
Image
Sticking, and for l onger life
usage
of
LCD,
following
are
recommended.
1. Fixed image should not be displayed f or long period, and changed to another i mages with short cycle.
2. In case a fixed image is di splay for a long time, it is advised to acti vate the pixel shift feature that will periodic ally move the image in four
directions
3.
When
no
use,
please
turn off the monitor by remote c ontrol, or
use
Power Management Function of monitor or
use
Schedule
Function of monitor.
4. Reducing the
envir
onmental temperatur
e
is
ef
fective for long life
use.
When
Pr
otection board
(glass,
acryl)
is installed
over
the
LCD
surface, enclosed into the box
/
wall, or stack the monit or,
please
utilize
the
temperatur
e
sensors
inside monitor.
T
o reduce the
envir
onmental temperatur
e,
the monitor should be set Low Brightness or Co oling
Fan
“ON” by using Scr
een sever
Function.
5.
Please
use
"Panel savi ng Mode" of monitor.
NOTE
2:
HOW TO
SETUP
SCHEDULE
Using the “SCHEDULE” functi on allows you to set up to
seven
dif
fer
ent scheduled time inte rvals when the
LCD
Monitor will be a ctivated.
Y
ou can select the time the monitor turns on and tur ns off, the day of week the m onitor is activated, and wh ich input source the monito r will
use
for
each
scheduled activati on period.
A
check mark in the b ox next to the number of the sch edule indicates that the selecte d schedule is in
ef
fect.
T
o select which schedule to set,
use
the up/down
arr
ows to move the number
(1
to
7)
of the schedule.
Use
the
(+)
and
(-)
buttons to move the cur sor horizontally within the particu lar schedule.
Use
the
(
)
and
(
)
buttons to incr
ease
time
and select input p ort.
The
“SET” button i s used to make
a
selection.
If you cr
eate
a
schedule but do not want to
use
a
power on time, select
“--”
in the “ON ” time slot.
If you do not want to
use
a
power off time select
“--”
in the
OFF
time slot.
If ther
e
is no input selected
(“--”
showing in the input spot) the input from the pr
evious
schedule will be used.
The
selection of
EVER
Y
DAY
within
a
schedule takes priority
over
other schedules that
are
set up to operate weekly.
When
schedules
are
overlapping, scheduled Power
ON
time
has
priority
over
scheduled Power
OFF
time.
If ther
e
are
two schedules prog rammed for the
same
time, then the highest n umbered schedule
has
priority.
When
the “SLEEP
TIMER
”
is set, the “SCHEDULE” fun ction is disabled.