Acer LCD Monitor User Guide
English Copyright © 2021. Acer Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Acer LCD Monitor User Guide Original Issue: 07/2021 Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication without obligation to notify any person of such revisions or changes. Such changes will be incorporated in new editions of this manual or supplementary documents and publications.
English Information for your safety and comfort Safety instructions Read these instructions carefully. Keep this document for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Acer monitor is purposed for video and visual display of information obtained from electronic devices. Special notes on LCD monitors The following are normal with the LCD monitor and do not indicate a problem. • Due to the nature of the fluorescent light, the screen may flicker during initial use.
English Accessibility Be sure that the power outlet you plug the power cord into is easily accessible and located as close to the equipment operator as possible. When you need to disconnect power from the equipment, be sure to unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet. Safe listening To protect your hearing, follow these instructions. • Gradually increase the volume until you can hear it clearly and comfortably and without distortion.
If an extension cord is used with this product, make sure that the total ampere rating of the equipment plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating. Also, make sure that the total rating of all products plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed the fuse rating. • Do not overload a power outlet, strip or receptacle by plugging in too many devices. The overall system load must not exceed 80% of the branch circuit rating.
English Note: Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions, since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal condition. Potentially explosive environments Switch off your device in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere and obey all signs and instructions.
LCD pixel statement English The LCD unit is produced with high-precision manufacturing techniques. Nevertheless, some pixels may occasionally misfire or appear as black or red dots. This has no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfunction. This product has been shipped enabled for power management: • Activate display’s Sleep mode within 5 minutes of user inactivity. • Wake the monitor when it is in Active Off mode,move the mouse or press any keyboard key.
English Taking care of your vision Long viewing hours, wearing incorrect glasses or contact lenses, glare, excessive room lighting, poorly focused screens, very small typefaces and low-contrast displays could stress your eyes. The following sections provide suggestions on how to reduce eyestrain. Eyes • Rest your eyes frequently. • Give your eyes regular breaks by looking away from the monitor and focusing on a istant point. • Blink frequently to keep your eyes from drying out.
English Acer Incorporated 8F, 88, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi New Taipei City 221, Taiwan Declaration of Conformity We, Acer Incorporated 8F, 88, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi, New Taipei City 221, Taiwan And, Acer Italy s.r.l. Viale delle Industrie 1/A, 20020 Arese (MI), Italy Tel: +39-02-939-921 ,Fax: +39-02 9399-2913 www.acer.
English Acer America Corporation 333 West San Carlos St., San Jose Suite 1500 CA 95110, U. S. A. Tel : 254-298-4000 Fax : 254-298-4147 www.acer.com Federal Communications Commission Supplier's Declaration of Conformity This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
English ENERGY STAR® Acer’s ENERGY STAR qualified products save you money by reducing energy costs and helps protect the environment without sacrificing features or performance. Acer is proud to offer our customers products with the ENERGY STAR mark. What is ENERGY STAR? Products that are ENERGY STAR qualified use less energy and prevent greenhouse gas emissions by meeting strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
English TCO Certified 12 61
3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 10 10 12 Unpacking Connecting the Power cord Power saving 14 17 17 Installation User Controls Troubleshooting 21 22 35 Display Data Channel (DDC) 19-pin color display signal cable* 20-pin color display signal cable* 24-pin USB 3.
English Unpacking Please check that the following items are present when you unpack the box, and save the packing materials in case you need to ship or transport the monitor in the future. LCD monitor Quick start guide LCD Monitor CB3 series/CB243Y USER GUIDE *HDMI Cable (Optional) *DP Cable (Optional) *USB Type C cable (Optional) *USB cable (Optional) *Also the Replaceable parts required by the TCO Certified. *Type-c power support profile 3A at 5V,9V,15V; 4.
SCREEN POSITION ADJUSTMENT • Attaching the Base Note: Remove the monitor and monitor base from its packaging.Carefully place the monitor face-down on a stable surface -- use a cloth to avoid scratching the screen. • Tilt Please see the illustration below for an example of the tilt range. Only at the highest point can 35 degrees of recline be offered for the angle of elevation. -5° 35° 15 English In oder to optimize the best viewing position, you can adjust the tilt of the monitor.
• Height Adjustment English After pressing the top of the monitor then you can adjust the height of the monitor. 1 2 150mm • Swivel With the built-in pedestal, you can swivel the monitor for the most comfortable viewing angle. o 178 • o 178 Monitor Pivot Before rotating the display,lift it to the top position and then push it back to the utmost degree. Rotate clockwise until the monitor stops at 90°.
Connecting the Power cord Check first to make sure that the power cord you use is the correct type required for your area. • The monitor has a universal power supply that allows operation in either 100/120 V AC or 220/240 V AC voltage area. No user-adjustment is required. • Plug one end of the AC power cord to the Adapter, and plug the other end into an AC outlet. • For units using 120 V AC: Use a UL-listed cord set, type SVT wire and plug rated 10 A/125 V.
English Display Data Channel (DDC) To make installation easier, so long as your system supports the DDC protocol, the monitor is able to plug-and-play. The DDC is a communication protocol through which the monitor automatically informs the host system about its capabilities; for example, supported resolutions and corresponding timing. The monitor supports the DDC2B standard. 19-pin color display signal cable* PIN No. Description PIN No.
GND 12 Lane3(n) Config1 14 Config2 15 AUX_CH (n) 16 GND 17 AUX_CH (p) 18 Hot Plug Detect 19 DP Power_Return 20 DP Power English 11 13 * only for certain models 24-pin USB 3.1 Type C cable PIN No. Signal Assignment A1 GND A2 A3 PIN No.
English Standard timing table MODE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 VGA MAC VESA SVGA SVGA XGA XGA VESA SXGA VESA WXGA WXGA+ WSXGA+ UXGA UXGA VESA MODE Resolution 640x480 640x480 720x400 800x600 800x600 1024x768 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1280x720 1280x800 1440x900 1680x1050 1920x1080 1920x1080 60Hz 66.
Installation 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Turn off your computer and unplug your computer's power cord. Connect the signal cable to the HDMI (optional) and /or DP (optional) input socket of the monitor, and the HDMI (optional) and /or DP (optional) output socket of the graphics card on the computer. Then tighten the thumbscrews on the signal cable connector.
User Controls English 1 2 3 4 5 External controls 1 Power button 2 Function key / 3 Function key 4 Function key / /X 5 Function key / Turns the monitor on/off.Blue indicates power on. Amber indicates standby, power saving and OSD locked. a. Press to view Main page. Press again to enter hotkey1 function. b. When the Function Menu is active, press this key to view the basic information for your monitor and current input or reset the custom color settings to the factory defaults. a.
Using the Shortcut Menu The OSD (onscreen display) can be used to adjust the settings of your LCD monitor. Press the MENU key to open the OSD. You can use the OSD to adjust the picture quality and general settings. For advanced settings, please refer to following page: Main page Mode Standard Brightness 70 1. Hot Key1 (Modes, Volume, Brightness,Gamma, Contrast, Low Blue Light, Over Drive) 2. Hot Key2 (Modes, Volume, Brightness,Gamma, Contrast, Low Blue Light, Over Drive) 3. Input selection 4.
English Selecting the input Open the Input control and select HDMI(2.0), DP, DP ALT or Auto Source. When you are done, press the joystick to exit current page and store. Input Input HDMI(2.0) Auto Source On Move OK Exit The Function page Open the Function page to adjust the functions, settings which you want using the arrows. When you are done, toggle the joystick to the left or right to go back one level or use X to exit current page and store.
Rheinland Low Blue Light Hardware Solution certification under factory reset/default setting (Low Blue Light=Standard, Brightness: 80%, Contrast: 50%, CCT: Warm). ACM: Turn ACM on or off. ‑---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: Set to "On", will be based on the current screen to dynamic contrast adjustment. 10. HDR: can control off, HDR 10 and auto, the default is off, set to auto will automatically detect and deal with HDR signal.
Color Mode - User English Picture Color Gamma 2.2 Colour Temp. Warm Audio R Gain 50 Pertormance G Gain 50 OSD B Gain 50 R Bias 50 G Bias 50 B Bias 50 System Save Settings to... Move X Enter Mode - User Picture Modes Color Color Space Audio Grayscale Mode Pertormance 6-axis Hue OSD 6-axis Saturate General Off X System Save Settings to... Move Enter 1. Press the MENU key to open the OSD. 2. Toggle the joystick to the up or down to select Color from the OSD.
English • • • • • • • • CIE 1931 positive and negative error of 0.05, ("HDR" according to current Panel to fine-tune). Color Space = HDR, the Modes = HDR, Picture page HDR = Auto. Modes = (Action/Racing/Sports/User/Standard/ECO/Graphics) is selected; the color space is auto set to “General”. Color Space = (sRGB/Rec.709/HDR/EBU/DCI/SMPTE-C), If to adjust the parameter the Modes will not jump to User mode, but the Color Space = “General” except. Color Space = (sRGB/Rec.
Audio Mode - Stardard Picture Volume Color Mute 70 Off Audio Pertormance OSD X System Save Settings to... Move Enter 1. Press the MENU key to open the OSD. 2. Toggle the joystick to the up or down to select Audio from the OSD.Then toggle to the right to navigate to the element you wish to adjust and press the joystick to enter it. 3. Toggle to the left or right to adjust the sliding scales. 4. Volume: Adjust the volume 5. Mute:To choose mute on/off .
7. VRB: To choose whether to support dynamic picture more clean control, default is Off. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: 1. PIP/PBP mode is not support VRB. 2. HDR setting: "Auto" is not support VRB. 3. VRB set "On", when to turn on AMD FreeSync, will auto set VRB is "Off". 4. VRB set "On", when to adjustment (Brightness, Blue Light, ACM), will auto set VRB is "Off". 5.
7. OSD Lock:To choose OSD lock on/off. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: OSD Locked: • Set the OSD Lock to "On" by the OSD option and press "Enter" to execute the All Key lock function. • The "OSD Locked" message will be displayed in the middle of the screen. • LED lights will be changed from blue light to orange light. • Press any Key screen to prompt "OSD Locked" message.
Setting the KVM Mode - Standard Picture Input HDMI Color Auto Source On Full Audio Wide Mode Pertormance Hot Key Assignment OSD DDC/CI System HDMI Black Level Normal Quick Start Mode Off On USB Port Select Save Settings to...
System Mode - Standard Picture Input HDMI Color Auto Source On Audio Wide Mode Full Pertormance Hot Key Assignment OSD DDC/CI System HDMI Black Level On Quick Start Mode Save Settings to... Move USB Port Select Normal X Off C-Type Enter Mode - Standard Picture USB 3.0 Off Color Power-off USB change Off Audio Pertormance X OSD System Save Settings to... Move Enter 1. Press the MENU key to open the OSD. 2. Toggle the joystick to the up or down to select System from the OSD.
10. Quick start mode: Select Off or On. Turn on to speed up boot speed. 11. USB Port Select:Select the USB Port from B-Type and C-Type. 12. USB 3.0: Default is “Off”.You can choose "On",when resolution support 1920x108075Hz.(DP ALT only). 13. Select Power-off USB charge ON/OFF to enable/disable Power-off USB charge function.
Save Setting to…(User mode only) Mode - User Picture Mode - Standard Color Mode - ECO Audio Mode - Graphic Pertormance Mode - Movie OSD X System Save Settings to... Move Enter 1. Press the MENU key to open the OSD. 2. Toggle the joystick to the up or down to select "Save Setting to..." from the OSD.Then toggle to the right to navigate to the element you wish to adjust and press the joystick to enter it. 3. Save Setting to some mode: There are four user-defined profiles available.
Troubleshooting Before sending your LCD monitor for servicing, please check the troubleshooting list below to see if you can self-diagnose the problem. DP/HDMI Mode (Optional) Problem No picture visible LED status Remedy Blue Using the OSD menu, adjust brightness and contrast to maximum or reset to their default setting. Off Check the power switch. Check if the AC power cord is properly connected to the monitor. Amber Check if the video signal cable is properly connected at the back of monitor.
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