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Table of Contents

• Trinitron is a regi st e red trade ma rk of
Sony Co rporatio n.
• Macin tosh is a trademark licensed to
Apple Com puter, Inc., registere d in the
U.S.A. and othe r countries.
• Windows and MS-DOS are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
the United States and other countries.
• IBM PC/AT and VGA are registered
trademarks of IBM Cor poration of the
U.S.A.
• VESA and DDC are trademarks of the
Video Electronic s Standard
Association.
•ENERGY STAR is a U.S. re gi ste red
mark.
• All ot he r product names mentione d
herein may be the trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
• Furthermore, “” and “” are not
mentio ned in eac h case in th is manual.
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Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Identifying parts and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Step 1: Connect your monitor to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 2: Connect the power cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 3: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANGUAGE/
INFORMATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adjusting the brightness and contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjusting the centering of the picture (CENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjusting the size of the picture (SIZE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Enlarging or reducing the picture (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the shape of the picture (GEOMETRY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Additional settings (SCREEN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Resetting the adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Preset and user modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

If thin lines appear on your screen (damper wires). . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Preset mode timing table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
TCO’99 Eco-document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
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