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•Windowsis 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 DDCare trademarks of the Video Electronics Standards Association.

•ENERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark.

•Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

•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.

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Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Identifying parts and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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

Setup 1: Connect the video signal cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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

Setup 3: Secure the cords and close the back cover. . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setup 4: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setup 5: Adjusting the tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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

Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Adjusting the backlight (BACKLIGHT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6 Adjusting the contrast (CONTRAST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Adjusting the black level of an image (BRIGHTNESS). . . . . . . 11 Adjusting the picture’s sharpness and centering

(SCREEN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 GB

Adjusting the color temperature (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Changing the gamma setting (GAMMA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Changing the menu’s position (MENU POSITION) . . . . . . . . . 14 Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANGUAGE). . . . . . 14

0 Resetting the adjustment data to the defaults (RESET) . . . . . . 14 Locking the menus and controls (MENU LOCK) . . . . . . . . . . 14

Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Reducing the power consumption (ECO mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Automatic picture quality adjustment function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

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