BenQ FP591 LCD Color Monitor 15.0" (38.
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BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Unpacking Please check you have the following items. If they are missing or are damaged, please immediately contact the dealer at which you purchased the goods.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Views of the Monitor Front View Back View (1) English 4
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Back View (2): Locations of plugs & sockets 6 5 4 3 2 1 1. Audio connector (Audio input) 2. DVI-D connector 3. D-Sub connector 4. Power AC input jack 5. DC 12V output 6.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Installation Hardware Installation Make sure that the computer and monitor’s power are both turned off. Please follow the steps to install your LCD monitor. 1. Connect signal cable to the LCD monitor. 2. Connect audio cable to the audio jack. 3. Connect the power cord to your LCD monitor.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 4. Connect the other end of signal cable to the signal connector of your computer. Connect audio cable to your computer. 5. Connect power cord to an AC power socket.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Software Installation A. Microsoft® Windows® 95 / 98 / 2000/ XP If you are using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 or XP as an operating system, you have to set up the correct monitor driver. Windows 95. The first time you start Windows with a new monitor, the system will detect it and automatically install the driver for plug and play displays. To install the current driver from CD, proceed as follows: 1. 2. Insert “BenQ LCD Monitor” CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Driver.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 4. From the “Display properties” window, select the “Settings” tab. Click the “Advanced...” button in the bottom right corner. 5. Select the “Monitor” tab. Click the “Change” button in the top right corner.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 6. Now click the “Have Disk” button in the bottom right corner. Another window appears. Select the “Browse” button. 7. 8. Insert the supplied CD into your computer. Select the CD-drive from the drop-down menu. In the field above the drive selection, change to the “Drivers” folder. The current driver files are located there. Press “OK” and the window closes.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 9. By pressing “OK” again in the next window you will be given a list of compatible devices. Select “FP591” from the list and press “OK” again. 10. Now you are back to “Advanced Display Properties”. Close this window by clicking “OK” and confirm the following messages with “Yes”. Click “OK” and “Yes” again. The installation is now completed. You can close “Display Properties”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Windows 98 To manually install or update the driver, perform the following steps: 1. Open the control panel and double-click "Display" icon. 2. From the "Display Properties" window, select the "Settings" tab. Click the "Advanced..." button in the bottom right corner.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 3. Select the "Monitor" tab. Click the "Change" button in the top right corner. 4. The "Update Device Driver Wizard" opens. Confirm by clicking "Next".
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 5. Select "Display a list of all drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want." and press "Next". 6. Now click the “Have Disk” button in the bottom right corner. Another window appears. Select the “Browse” button.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 7. Insert the supplied CD into your computer. Select the CD-drive from the drop-down menu. 8. By pressing “OK” again in the next window you will be given a list of compatible devices. Select “FP591” from the list and press “Next” again. 9. An “Insert Disk” dialogue box appears. Click “OK”, and then click “Skip File”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 10. Close “Update Device Driver Wizard” by clicking “Finish” to complete the installation.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Windows 2000 The first time you start Windows with a new monitor, the system will detect it and automatically start the “Add New Hardware Wizard”. Carry out the instructions beginning at step 4. 1. 2. Insert “BenQ LCD Monitor” CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Driver. Click “Start” then “Settings”. 3. Open the Control Panel and double click on the “Display” icon.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 4. From the “Display Properties” window, select the “Settings” tab. Click the “Advanced Properties" button in the bottom right corner. 5. Select “Monitor” then click “Properties”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 6. Select “Driver” tab then click “Update Driver”. 7. The “Upgrade Device Driver Wizard” will pop up. Then click “Next”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 8. Select “Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver” then click “Next”. 9. In the next window, click “Have Disk”, then “Install From Disk” window will pop up. Click “Browse", the “Located File” will pop up.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 10. Scroll down and select your CD ROM Driver, then click “Next.” .
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 11. In the list of folders within the CD-ROM, select “Drivers” folder then click “Open” twice, then click “OK”. Select your LCD Mode (FP591) from the list in the next window then click “Next” twice. 12. The new drivers are now installed on your computer.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Windows ME To manually install or update the driver, perform the following steps: 1. 2. 3. Click “Start”, “Settings”, “Control Panel” and then double-click “Display”. In the Display Properties window, click the “Settings” tab and click “Advanced...”. Click the “Monitor” tab and then click “Change”. 4. “Update Device Driver Wizard” dialogue box appears. Choose “Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)” and then click “Next”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 5. Choose “Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want” and click “Next”. 6. Choose “Monitor” from the list and then click “Next”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 7. Choose “Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want.”. 8. Click “Have disk” and then click “Browse...”. 9. Insert “BenQ LCD Monitor’s CD” into your CD-ROM and type d:\ (change the driver letter to match your CD-ROM driver if it is not drive D). Enter “Drivers” folder to select the model from the list left. Click “OK”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 10. Click “OK” on the “Install From Disk” window. The dialogue box “Update Device Driver Wizard” appears. Choose the model from the list, then click “Next”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 11. Click “Next”. 12. Click “Finish” to complete the installation.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Windows XP 1. Right click mouse on the desktop and choose “Properties”. Select “Settings” tab and click the “Advanced” button. A small window will pop up. Select the “Monitor” tab in the new window and then click “Properties”. 2.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 3. The “Hardware Update Wizard” will pop up. Then click “Next”. 4. Select “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install” and then click “Next”.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 5. In the next window, click “Have Disk…”, an “Install From Disk” window will pop up. Click “Browse”. The “Locate File” window will pop up.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 6. Select your driver and then click “Next”. 7. The new drivers are now installed to your computer. Click “Finish” to exit installation.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide B. Choosing the best resolution Due to the nature of LC display technology, the resolution is always fixed. For the FP591 this is a resolution of 1024x768. This is called the "Native Resolution", which also represents the maximal resolution. Lower resolutions are displayed on a full screen through an interpolation circuit. Flaws do occur with the interpolated resolution compared to the native resolution.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 4. In the subsequent windows, press "OK" and "Yes" 5. You can now close "Display Properties".
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide C. Refresh Rate Selection There is no need to choose the highest possible refresh rate on an LC display. It is not technically possible for an LC display to flicker. Even at a refresh rate of 60 Hz you will get an absolutely flickerfree image. More important is that you make sure that you use one of the factory modes. In contrast to a modern CRT monitor, which is a multiscan monitor, the LC display is a multi-frequency monitor.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 3. Select the "Adapter” tab. The refresh rate selection field is located in the center at the bottom of the window. 4. 5. Choose a refresh rate from the table with the factory modes, which can be found in the user’s guide, and select this in the settings field. In the subsequent windows press "Change", "OK" and "Yes". 6. You can now close "Display Properties".
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide D. Picture Optimization The easiest way to obtain an optimal display is to use the ikey function. Press the “ikey” on the control panel and the monitor will adjust automatically. If you are still not satisfied with the result, you can still adjust the image manually. 1. Run the test program auto.exe from CD-ROM; this is the best way to observe possible changes. You can also use any other image, such as the desktop of your operating system.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Adjusting the Monitor A Look at the Control Panel i There are 6 keys for user’s control including “iKey”, “Exit”, “Enter”, “<” and “>” key and a power swith.The following descriptions are the introduction of these keys & switch. 1. “Power”: Turn the power on or off. 2. “iKey” : Adjust vertical position, phase, horizontal position and pixel clock automatically. 3. (Exit) key: Back to previous menu or exit OSD. 4.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Hot Key Mode Key, Brightness Level hot key Press to enter Brightness Level selection or menu, press key to select one Brightness Level and press OSD. key to exit Key, Brightness and Contrast hot key Press or key to select Brightness or Contrast and press menu. Brightness: Press or key to adjust the degree of Brightness, press ous menu. Contrast: Press or Contrast, press menu.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Key, OSD Lock hot key Press and hold vate hot key. key for 3 seconds to acti- OSD lock: Press and hold onds to lock OSD. OSD unlock: Press and hold seconds to release OSD lock.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Main Menu Mode Control Functions Available in Main Menu Main Menu Luminance sub menu Press or Level and press menu.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Press or key to adjust the degree of Brightness, press ous menu. Press or Contrast, press menu. key to return to previ- key to adjust the degree of key to return to previous Geometry sub menu Press or Position, press menu.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Press or key to adjust the Vertical Position, press menu. Press or key to return to previous key to adjust the value of the Pixel Clock, press ous menu. Press key to return to previ- or key to adjust the degree of Phase, press menu.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Color sub menu User Preset: User may set the color balance of Red, Green and Blue.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Press or key to adjust the Horizontal Position of the OSD, press to previous menu. Press or key to adjust the Vertical Position of the OSD, press to previous menu. Press or key to return key to return key to adjust the display time of the OSD, press ous menu. key to return to previ- OSD Lock: Locks the OSD and all OSD functions including deactivation of hot keys.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Recall sub menu Press or key to confirm Position Recall, press key to recall position set- tings, or press menu. Press press press or key to return to previous key to confirm Color Recall, key to recall color settings, or key to return to previous menu. Press or press key to recall position and color set- tings, or press menu.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide DPF sub menu Select Card: User may select from the following kinds of memory cards: Compact Flash, Security Disk/Multi Media Card and Smart Media. Press or key to select card, press key to confirm, or press previous menu. key to return to File Management sub menu. Press or key to adjust the time gap of Slide Show, press ous menu.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Rotate Photo: Rotates photos from landscape mode to portrait mode. Miscellaneous sub menu Press or key to select input signal, press key to confirm, or press return to previous menu. key to Sharpness: When the resolution of the VGA card is not native solution (1024x768), users may select the sharpness of the image. Press or key to select Sharpness, press key to return to previous menu.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Press key to return to previous menu. Audio sub menu Press or press key to return to previous menu. Press or tion, press menu. Press key to adjust the Volume, key to turn on/off SRS funckey to return to previous or key to turn on/off Mute func- tion, press menu.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ✓ The image is blurred: ☞ Read the Installation/Adjustment section, and then select the correct resolution, refresh rate and make adjustments based on these instructions. ☞ How do you use a VGA extension cable? Remove the extension cable for the test.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide ☞ Is the prompt on the display illuminated in orange? If the LED is illuminated in orange, the power management mode is active. Press any button on the computer keyboard or move the mouse. If that does not help, check the signal cable connectors. If any pin is bent or broken off, please contact your dealer to get necessary support. ☞ Is the prompt on the display not illuminated at all? Check the power supply mains socket, the external power supply and the mains switch.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Supported operating modes Incoming display mode (Input timing) Resolution Horizontal Frequency (KHz) Vertical Frequency (Hz) Pixel Frequency (MHz) Comment 640x350 31.47(P) 70.08(N) 25.17 DOS 720x400 31.47(N) 70.08(P) 28.32 DOS 640x480 31.47(N) 60.00(N) 25.18 DOS 640x480 37.86(N) 72.80(N) 31.50 VESA 640x480 37.50(N) 75.00(N) 31.50 VESA 800x600 35.16(P) 56.25(P) 36.00 VESA 800x600 37.88(P) 60.32(P) 40.00 VESA 800x600 48.08(P) 72.
BenQ LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Specifications Model FP591 591Display type 15.0" ,active, TFT Viewable diagonal 38.1 cm Native (maximum) resolution 1,024X768 Colors 16.2 million Contrast / Brightness 450:1 (Max. 550:1) / 500 cd/m² Response time 16 ms Viewing angle (left/right, up/down) 70/70, 60/60 (CR=10) 80/80, 70/80 (CR=5) Line frequency 31.47 - 60 kHz Multi- frequency monitor Image frequency 56.25 - 75.
