Symptom

Check these items

Picture is fuzzy

Adjust the brightness and contrast (page 11).

 

Adjust the pitch and phase (page 12).

xProblems caused by a computer or other equipment connected, and not caused by the monitor

• Set the resolution to SXGA (1280 × 1024) on your computer.

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 properly

Adjust the pitch and phase (page 12).

Adjust the picture position (page 13). Note that some video modes do not fill the screen to the edges.

Picture is too small

x Problems caused by a computer or other equipment connected, and not

 

 

caused by the monitor

 

 

 

 

• Set the computer’s resolution to the screen’s resolution.

 

 

 

Picture is dark

• Adjust the brightness using the BRIGHTNESS menu (page 11).

 

 

• Adjust the backlight (page 11).

 

 

 

 

• Adjust the brightness using the

 

button (page 10).

 

 

 

 

 

• It takes a few minutes for the display to become bright after turning on the monitor.

 

 

 

Wavy or elliptical pattern (moire)

• Adjust the pitch and phase (page 12).

is visible

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color is not uniform

• Adjust the pitch and phase (page 12).

 

 

 

White does not look white

• Adjust the color temperature (page 13).

 

 

 

Monitor buttons do not operate

• If the menu lock is set to ON, set it to OFF (page 14).

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appears on the screen)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Displaying this monitor’s information

While the monitor is receiving a video signal, press and hold the MENU button for more than 5 seconds until the information box appears.

Press the MENU button again to make the box disappear.

If any problem persists, call your authorized Sony dealer and give the following information:

Model name: SDM-HS73P

Serial number

Detailed description of the problem

Date of purchase

Name and specifications of your computer and graphics board

MENU

Example

INFORMATION

Model name

MODEL : SDM-HS73P

SER NO : 1234567 Serial number

MANUFACTURED : 2003-52

Week and year of manufacture

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