Table of Contents

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

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

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

Step 1: Use the stand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 2: Connect the display to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 3: Connect the power cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Step 4: Secure the cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Step 5: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Adjusting the tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Selecting the input signal (INPUT button)

(SDM-E76D/SDM-E96D only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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

Windowsis registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

VESA and DDCare trademarks of the Video Electronics Standards Association.

ENERGY STARis 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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Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Adjusting the backlight (BACKLIGHT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adjusting the contrast (CONTRAST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adjusting the black level of an image (BRIGHTNESS). . . . . . . . . . 11 Adjusting the picture’s sharpness and centering (SCREEN)

(analog RGB signal only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Adjusting the color temperature (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Changing the gamma setting (GAMMA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Adjusting the sharpness (SHARPNESS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Changing the menu’s position (MENU POSITION) . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Changing the input automatically (INPUT SENSING)

(SDM-E76D/SDM-E96D only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANGUAGE). . . . . . . . . 14 Additional settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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

Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Automatic picture quality adjustment function

(analog RGB signal only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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

On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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

TCO’03 Eco-document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i

3 (GB)