Sony HMD-A100 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 3: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Connecting Universal Serial Bus (USB) compliant peripherals . . . . 7 Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANGUAGE/INFORMATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

•Trinitron ® 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.

•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 Corporation of the U.S.A.

•VESA and DDC ™ 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, “ ™” and “ ®” are not mentioned in each case in this manual.

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

Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Adjusting the brightness and contrast (BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adjusting the horizontal size or centering of the picture

(H-SIZE/CENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 US Adjusting the vertical size or centering of the picture

(V-SIZE/CENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adjusting the curvature of the picture’s sides

(PIN/PIN BALANCE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adjusting the angle of the picture’s sides

(KEY/KEY BALANCE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Adjusting the picture’s rotation (ROTATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enlarging or reducing the picture (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Additional settings (DEGAUSS/CANCEL MOIRE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Resetting the adjustments (RESET). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Preset and user modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

If thin lines appear on your screen (damper wires). . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

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

Preset mode timing table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i

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