- SONY Color Computer Display Operating Instruction

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Table of Contents
• Trinitron

is a registered trademark of
Sony Corporation.
• Macintosh is a trademark licensed to
Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the
U.S.A. and other countries.
• Windows

and 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 DDC

are trademarks of the
Video Electronics Standard
Association.
•
E
NERGY
S
TAR is a U.S. registered
mark.
• 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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Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Identifying parts and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Step 1:
Connect your monitor to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 2:
Connect the power cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Step 3:
Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adjusting the brightness and contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the centering of the picture (CENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the size of the picture (SIZE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Enlarging or reducing the picture (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the shape of the picture (GEOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the convergence (CONV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Additional settings (OPTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Helpful hints and information (HELP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Resetting the adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Preset and user modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
If thin lines appear on your screen (damper wires). . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Preset mode timing table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
TCO’99 Eco-document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i