Sony Color Graphic Display Table of Contents, Specifications, Troubleshooting, Technical Features, Customizing Your Monitor, Step 1:, Step 2:, Step 3:

Step 1: Connect your monitor to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 2: Connect the power cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 3: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANGUAGE). . . . . . . . . . 7

Selecting the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Automatically sizing and centering the picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Adjusting the brightness and contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Adjusting the size of the picture (SIZE/CENTER). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Adjusting the centering of the picture (SIZE/CENTER) . . . . . . . . . 10

Enlarging or reducing the picture (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 US

Adjusting the shape of the picture (GEOMETRY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Adjusting the convergence (CONVERGENCE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Adjusting the quality of the picture (SCREEN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Additional settings (OPTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Resetting the adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15If thin lines appear on your screen (damper wires). . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

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