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 (page 10) or centering (page 10). Note that some video modes do not fill

properly

the screen to the edges.

 

 

Edges of the image are curved

• Adjust the geometry (page 11).

 

 

Wavy or elliptical pattern (moire)

• Select MOIRE ADJUST 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).

 

 

Letters and lines show red or blue

• Adjust the convergence (page 12).

shadows at the edges

 

 

 

Monitor buttons do not operate

• If the control lock is set to ON, set it to OFF (page 13).

(

appears on the screen)

 

A hum is heard right after the power is turned on

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

While the monitor is receiving a video signal, press and hold the center of the control button for more than five seconds to display this monitor’s information box.

MENUExample

 

I NFORMA T I ON

 

 

b

MODE L : CPD - E 4 0

0

 

SER NO : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

 

MANUF ACTURED :

1

9 9 9 - 5 2

 

 

 

 

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

US

the following information.

•Model name: CPD-E400

•Serial number

•Name and specifications of your computer and graphics board.

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