Symptom

Check these items

Picture is ghosting

• Eliminate the use of video cable extensions and/or video switch boxes.

 

• Check that all plugs are firmly seated in their sockets.

 

 

Picture is not centered or sized

• Adjust the size or centering (page 10). Note that some video modes do not fill the screen

properly

to the edges.

 

 

Edges of the image are curved

• Adjust the shape of the picture (page 10).

 

 

Wavy or elliptical pattern (moire)

• Cancel the moire (page 12).

is visible

xProblems caused by the connected computer or other equipment

 

 

• Change your desktop pattern.

 

 

Color is not uniform

• Degauss the monitor* (page 12). If you place equipment that generates a magnetic field,

 

such as a speaker, near the monitor, or if you change the direction the monitor faces, color

 

may lose uniformity.

 

 

White does not look white

• Adjust the color temperature (page 11).

 

 

A hum is heard right after the

• This is the sound of the auto-degauss cycle. When the power is turned on, the monitor is

power is turned on

automatically degaussed for 5 seconds.

 

 

*If a second degauss cycle is needed, allow a minimum interval of 20 minutes for the best result. A humming noise may be heard, but this is not a malfunction.

Displaying this monitor’s name, serial number, and date of manufacture (INFORMATION)

1Press the MENU button.

The main MENU appears on the screen.

2Press the +/buttons to highlight LANGUAGE/

INFORMATION and press the ENTER button.

The LANGUAGE/INFORMATION menu appears on the screen.

3Press the ENTER button to select (INFORMATION).

This monitor’s information box appears on the screen.

If the problem persists, call your authorized Sony dealer and give the following information.

Model name: CPD-110EST or CPD-210EST

Serial number

Name and specifications of your computer and graphics board.

GB

Example

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE / INFORMAT I ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MODE L : CPD - 1 1 0 ES T

 

 

SER I A L : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

 

 

MANUF ACTURED : 1 9 9 8

- 5 2

 

SE L ECT

 

EX I T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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