Sony GDM-FW900 Table of Contents, Specifications, Troubleshooting, Technical Features, Customizing Your Monitor, Step 1:, Step 2:, Step 3:

Table of Contents

Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Identifying parts and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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

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

Step 2: Connect the power cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Step 3: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Connecting Universal Serial Bus (USB) compliant peripherals . . . . 8Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Selecting the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Automatically sizing and centering the picture (AUTO) . . . . . . . . . . 9

•Trinitronâ is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation.

•Macintosh is a trademark licensed to Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and other countries.

•Windowsâ 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 Corporation of the U.S.A.•VESA and DDCä are trademarks of the Video Electronics Standard Association.•ENERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark.

•All other product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

•Furthermore, “ä” and “â” are not mentioned in each case in this manual.

Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adjusting the brightness and contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Adjusting the centering of the picture (CENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adjusting the size of the picture (SIZE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 GB Enlarging or reducing the picture (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adjusting the shape of the picture (GEOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adjusting the quality of the picture (SCREEN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Adjusting the convergence (CONV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Additional settings (OPTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Resetting the adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Preset and user modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

If thin lines appear on your screen (damper wires). . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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

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

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