TROUBLESHOOTING (continued)

Symptoms That Appear to be Failures (continued)

Symptom

Point to check

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• The temperature of the display panel surface is high.

• The plasma display panel is lighting the phosphors by the

 

 

discharge of internal energy. In some cases, this may cause the

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temperature of the panel surface to increase. Please note that this

 

 

 

is not a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

• There are locations on the screen that are different from the

High-precision technology is used to manufacture the plasma

 

periphery (*).

display panel. However in some cases, there are minor defects in

 

*Points that do not light, points with brightness different

some parts of the screen. Please note that this is not a

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from that of the periphery, points with color different from

malfunction.

 

that of the periphery, etc.

 

 

Vertical stripes appear, depending on the screen contents. • The plasma display panel is lighting the phosphors by the discharge of internal energy. Depending on the screen

 

contents, in rare cases, this may cause vertical stripes to appear

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because the phospors fail to light. Please note that this is not a

 

 

malfunction.

 

 

 

 

• Coarse horizontal stripes appear in FULL display.

• Adjusting the Clock Phase will reduce the horizontal stripes.

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(RGB input)

 

 

 

• Flickering in the form of horizontal lines oscillating up and

• If the direct frequency from the computer is below 85Hz, try a

 

down.

higher frequency (upper limit 85Hz). There may be a slight

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(PC INPUT MODE only)

attenuation of the current image.

 

• Try turning the Vertical Filter On. For this case however, the

 

 

vertical resolution will drop.

 

 

 

 

• The fan motor is noisy. (Only for models with fan.)

• The fan lowers the temperature of this unit. If the ambient air

 

 

temperature increases, the fan RPMs increase and motor

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noise increases. This is not a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

 

• The top of the monitor heats up.

• When used for long periods of time, the top of the monitor may

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heat up. This is not a malfunction.

 

 

 

• Text characters are displayed with varying thicknesses.

• The thicknesses of characters and lines may vary if images with a

 

 

vertical resolution greater than 512 lines are displayed.

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This is not a malfunction.

 

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