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

• Select PIN/PIN BALANCE, KEY/KEYBALANCE, or ROTATION, and adjust the

 

picture’s shape and rotation (page 10, 11).

 

 

Wavy or elliptical pattern (moire)

• Select CANCEL MOIRE and adjust the moire cancellation effect (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 five 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 center of the control button.

The main MENU appears on the screen.

2Move the control button m/M to highlight

LANGUAGE/INFORMATION and press the center of the control button again.

The LANGUAGE/INFORMATION menu appears on the screen.

3Move the control button m/M 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-E100P

• Serial number

• Name and specifications of your computer and graphics board.

GB

 

Example

LANGUAGE / INFORMAT I ON

MODE L CPD - E 1 0 0 P

 

 

SER I A L

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

 

 

MANUF ACTURED

2 0

0

0 - 5 2

SE L ECT

E

I T

 

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Sony CPD-E100P Symptom Check these items Picture is ghosting, Picture is not centered or sized, Properly