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•Windowsand 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 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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Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Adjusting to the desired brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adjusting the backlight (BACKLIGHT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Adjusting the contrast (CONTRAST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 US Adjusting the black level of an image (BRIGHTNESS). . . . . . . . . . 11 Adjusting the picture’s sharpness and centering (SCREEN) . . . . . 12 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 Additional settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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

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

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

On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

For details on the specifications of the SDM-HS73P, refer to the supplementary document “Quick Setup Guide.”

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