ACUBRITE ™
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Version 2.0
Warranty
The Acubrite™ is protected by a standard limited
warranty.
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High Bright Rugged
15’’ Touch Screen
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AcuBrite™ Manual User’s Manual
Disclaimer
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preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as
to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under
continual improvement and we reserve the right to make
changes without notice. The manufacturer makes no
representations or warranties with respect to the contents
Content
Introduction................................................................................1
Hardware Installation............…..................................................1
Cautions: ....................................…...........................................2
The Display Timing.........……....................................................4
hereof and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. The
manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication
and to make changes from time to time in the content
hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any
person of such revision or changes.
In general, the manufacturer will not be liable for loss
of data or other direct, indirect, special, incidental or
consequential damages arising from the use or inability
The Display Outline Dimensions…............................................5
The Display Controls.....................................….........................5
The Screen Adjustment.............................….........................…7
Installing TouchKit.......................................…........................13
Troubleshooting Tip…..............................................................14
Installation Instructions.........................................................…15
Registration Information (Required)…………………………….17
Notes.....................................................…...........................…17
to use the product or documentation, even if advised of
the possibility of such damages.
Technical Support ...................................................................18
AcuBrite™ Manual User’s Manual
Introduction
Cable (VGA, USB, Serial, Audio)
Welcome to a fantastic sightseeing world. This new technology
will bring you a whole new feeling about LED “monitor”. We
Standard - 12’ cable
show here some of the major advantages of the Acubrite™
15"touch screen high bright LED back-lit monitor.
Hardware Installation
(Optional. 6’,10’ & 15’
available! Contact your
dealer if you require
optional length.)
This section will guide you through the correct installation
procedures of the monitor.
Unpacking
Power
After you unpack your LED Monitor, please make sure that the
cable
Yellow/G --- Ground
Blue --- Ignition
Brown --- +12V Input
following items are included in the carton and in good condition.
If you find that any of these items are damaged or missing,
please contact your dealer immediately.
Acubrite™ 15" touch screen LED monitor
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Pin 1& pin 3 --- Power
Pin 2 --- Gr
Pin 4 --- Ignition
ound
Cautions:
Operating: Use IGNITION wire feature where possible.
No ignition control desired: twist, join, power
and ignition wire together.
Turn off monitor when leaving vehicle.
Do not place over hot areas e.g., Vents.
Clean regularly, annually at a min.
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Installation
1. Turn power off both Computer and Display before
making any connection.
2. Connect the power cable (12v AC/DC adapter or 8v –
30v DC). See “Caution”: Ignition control option (page 2)
The Display Timing
Applicable video timing
The following table lists the better display quality modes that
the LED monitor provides. If the other video modes are input,
the monitor will stop working or display unsatisfactory picture
quality.
3. The LED monitor comes with a 15-pin video cable; (you
may use this cable for both IBM PC’s & compatibles and
Macintosh.)
4. Tighten the screws of the Display cable until the
connectors are fastened securely. (Do not over tighten)
5. Switch on power (#1) to the monitor, then (#2) to the
computer system.
Note: Red LED should be on when the monitor is
powered on or select a error signal source.
Green LED should be on when both monitor and
computer are powered on.
6. Dual Touch Controller:
Serial touch controller (RS 232).
USB touch controller.
Note: Do not use Serial touch port and USB port
simultaneously.
The following picture provides the connection outline
SERIAL TOUCH DVI VGA AUDIO MIC
FUSE
!0 AMP
POWER USB EXT.
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USB TOUCH
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The Display Outline Dimensions
Acubrite™ 15"(Weight: 8.5 pounds)
290mm
The Display Controls
9 - Speaker (Back Side)
350mm
380mm
305mm
55mm Thickness
310mm
228mm
187mm
10 mm
6 - Light Sensor
Control Button
1. Up Key >: Hot key for adjusting bright level. Decrease
item number or item value.
2. Menu Key: Enter to the OSD adjustment menu. It also
used for go back to previous menu for sub-menu, and
the change data don’t save to memory.
3. Down Key <: Hot key for Cycling through 2 different
input sources (1. VGA , 2 . DVI ). Increase item
number or value of the selected item.
4. Power LED: Power ON-RED or Green (Right signal in).
5. POWER SWITCH (RED): Pushing the power switch will
turn the monitor on. Pushing it again to turn the monitor
off.
6. Light Sensor: Automatically adjusting brightness.
7. Microphone: monitor’s own microphone.
8. Dimmer Knob: manually adjusting brightness
9. Speaker: Two monitor’s speakers at back side.
10. USB Extension: Monitor’s USB Ext.at left side.
10 - USB Ext.
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7 – Microphone
8 - Manual Dimmer
Dimmer Knob
Main Power Switch
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Screen Adjustment Operation Procedure
1. Entering the screen adjustment
The setting switches are normally at stand-by.
Push the <Menu-Key> once to display the main menu of the
screen adjustment. The adjustable items will be displayed in the
main menu.
2. Entering the settings
Use the <Down-Key> and < Up-Key > buttons to select the
desired setting icon and push the < Menu-Key > button to enter
sub-menu.
3. Change the settings
After the sub-menu appears:
Use the <Down-Key> and < Up-Key > buttons to change the
setting values.
4. Save
After finishing the adjustment, push the < Menu-Key > button to
Menu key Function:
There ar
e 7 sub pages inside the OSD manual, Brightness,
Signal Source, Sound, Color, Image, Tools, and Exit. See
below:
< Menu-Key >
Contrast &
Setup the contrast and brightness.
Brightness
Signal source You can select signal source.
memorize the setting.
5. Return & Exit the main menu
Exit the screen adjustment; push the “<Menu-Key >” button.
When no operation is done around 30 sec (default OSD
Speaker To adjust the volume of speakers.
timeout), it goes back to the stand-by mode and no more
switching is accepted except <MENU> to restart the setting.
The Screen Adjustment
Main Menu < Menu-Key>
You can adjust the brightness, contrast, display colors, the
horizontal and vertical position of the display and OSD menu,
etc. through the main menu display. The <Down-Key> and
<Up-Key> are used to scroll through items within the menu.
The selected item is highlighted as the scrolling move along.
Color To adjust image colors.
Picture Setup the image position and size
within the panel.
OSD OSD functions
Exit Exit setting
The < Menu-Key > key is used to activate the highlighted
item. During this state, < Menu-Key > key is used to close the
OSD menu from the screen.
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When you press “<Menu-Key >” button, you enter the
“Brightness” sub page. You will see 5 selections:
Change source to VGA
Change source to DVI
OSD Brightness Setup the contrast and brightness.
Adjust the
brightness
Ambient light
sensor
Press “left”dim to “0”, while press
“right” to increase to “100”.
Accompany with ambient light
sensor to auto dimming.
Potentiometer Adjust VR function.
Ambient light
sensor with OSD
Adjust min. luminance to fit your
application.
offset
Contrast Press “menu” and “right” can adjust
the contrast from “0” to“100”
When you press “<Menu-Key >” button, you enter the “Signal
source” sub page. You will see 5 selections:
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When you pr
ess “<Menu-Key >” button, you enter the
“Speaker” sub page. You will see 2 selections:
Audio
Volume
Audio volume adjustment
Mute Mute the speaker
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When you press “<Menu-K y >” button, you enter the “Color”
sub page. You will see 6 selections for color adjustment:
e
Auto just Adjust the optimal frequency of
horizontal and vertical.
Clock Adjust
manually by “Clock”
Phase Adjust “double image” to
make it perfect image
HPos Shift the screen horizontally
Vpos Shift the screen vertically
When you press “<Menu-Key >” button, you enter the “OSD
Tool” ” sub page. You will see 6 selections:
Auto Color Optimal color
performance.
SRGB Windows standard color
setting.
Color Tempture s 3 options in thi
selection.
Color Tempture User
Color
Tempture_6500K
Warm color scheme
Cold color scheme Color
Tempture_93OOK
OSD Control 4 more options
OSD_time Time of OSD from 2 to 16
sec.
PhaseOSD_HPos Move the OSD horizontally
Whe you p ”
n ress “<Menu-Key >
page” sub page. You w see 5 selections:
ill
button, you enter the “Image”
over the screen
OSD_VPos Move the OSD Vertically
over the screen
Factory_Reset ory default Back to the fact
setting
Sharpness Make the characters looks
sharper
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Installing TouchKit Touch Screen Controller
TouchKit is the software which contains drivers of the touch
panel controllers.
Follow these steps to install TouchKit.
1. Insert the CD to CD-ROM.
2. Choose the appropr e OS (for example, if you are
iat
using windows 2000 or XP, choose Win2000 / XP)
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation.
onfiguration Utility
C
There are five property pages
ar
e General, Setting, Edge coefficient, Monitors and
About. Each property page contains differe
users to do the adjustments. Therefore use
in TouchKit utility, and they
nt functions for
rs can easily
manage all the TouchKit controllers through TouchKit utility.
s the functions of
General property page contain
language selection, devices ad
calibration, Draw test and
Advanced.
d/remove, 4 points
There are three functional groups in Setting property
page, and at the upper section of the property
page
is sound option; at the middle section is Mouse
Mode; and at the
Adjustment.
lower section is Double Click
Edge Coefficient property page contains the
functions of Edge Compensation for Top, Bottom,
Left, Right, X Axis and Y Axis.
There are three functions in Monitors property page,
and they are Multiple Monitors, Split Monitors and
One Point Calibration.
Tro
In t
che
wh
pro
Vid
consul
Troubleshoo ure. Do not exceed the maximum
eshooting Tips ubl
he event that you experience trouble with your Display,
the following items before contacting the dealer from
ck
the Display was purchased. The most common
om
blems usually involve an incorrect connection from the
eo Card to the Display. We recommend that you also
t your Video Card User’s manual during the
ting Proced
refresh rate recommended for the display.
Problem bleshootin
No ima e on display
g
screen
Abnormal image
Colors of image on
screen are abnormal
Disturbances on
screen
Trou g Tip
Check that r cord of Computer has been
connected
extension
eck that s
Ch
en press play
be
is lit.
Check
Display
co
nnected.
Ch Video Card is firmly seated in ca
eck that
slot of Com erboard.
Check that the video input from the Video
falls within the timing range
Check that the video input from the Video Card
falls within the timing range.
Check that Video(Signal)Cable from the
Display has
conn
side of the Computer.
C
heck that Video(Signal)Cable from the
dis
plays has been securely and correctly
rear side of the computer
OSD adjustment is incorrect. Please consult
section for OSD screen adjustment procedures.
powe
ed
securely into wall outlet or ground
c
able or strip.
power switch of the Display ha
ed and LED on the front of Dis
that
Video(Signal) cable from the
has
been securely and correctly
puter moth
been securely and correctly
ected to the video connector at the rear
rd
Card
the connected to the 15-pin Video Connector at
About contains the information about TouchKit
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ACURA INS
The following instruction is desi
installing Acura products and make
experience will aid in the installa
installation of any electrical or me
equipment as well as any instru
made available prior to beginning
The installer is required to prepare
mechanical needs of the project
interference are addressed. A rev
needs to be checked off and a c
Customer file. All projects requir
limited.
they are part of a proce
of the project.
Please refer to caution and insta
component or accessory.
In order to receive the best perfo
should be installed in a way that
trainer under regular oper
Please take a moment to ch
installation is complete and
tested please inform the inti im
possible. Follow up with a Corr
proceed)
All parts, components and accessories a e received and prepared for installation
r
stallation
ss of
ating c
ts or con
TALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
gned to assist the technician or customer in the basic steps of
s the assumption that commonsense and previous
n. Safety and caution must always take precedence in the tio
chanical system. The correct tools, parts, fasteners, saf
ctions, diagrams and schematics must be gathered, revie
t
he process of installation.
ork area and see that the electrical or
in advance the w
are in place before starting and that any other possible
iew of the Installation Check List is critical since this list
y sent back to the supplier so it can be attaop ched to the
e the filling out of appropriate forms or else warranty may be
structions are not designed to be exThe list and/or these In
In haustive or restrictive
total quality management and will help the installer to be in control
llation guides provided with each piece of equipment,
rm
ance out of a new Acura computer system all components
all r
ows for ease of operation by customer’s trained personnel o
on
ditions.
eck
off the following boxes so the undersigned can verify that the
opera
onal. If something is not working as initially configured and
staller
mediately so that the problem can be fixed as promptly as
ectiv
e Action Report (CAR) where appropriate.
ditions to watch out for: (Please initial them off as you Below are some poin
ety
wed or
Before
attaching any wiring be sure that power leads are correctly fused and correctly
identified (+ or –) as well as correct voltage and wire size (12 ga power supply
minimum) Caution: Incorrect connection of wires will affect the electronics and
warranty – (Burnt wiring and blown circuitry is evidence of improper installation)
will void
Fasteners will require lock washers, washers, isolation or proper grounding
Computer is adequately hidden and out of the way yet readily accessible with good
ventilation.
ouch screen is mounted securely to the apparatus. T
Touch screen is in a location where desired user/s can comfortab
ly operate the unit
Unit is fully functional while the engine or radio of the apparatus is running and free of
RF
Connections, components or accessories are no imp
Factory operating system (locked) and all factory
t eding the duties of personnel
applications are functional
Areas to receive equipment are clear and free from obstruction
The mounting system selected is r the apparatus.
appro
priate fo
Before attaching brackets make sure there are no hidden fluid or wiring obstructions
Use appropriate fasteners and backing as required.
Ensure Power Sources are identified and adequate to operate system without over
taxing available battery reserve. An Amp hour survey should be completed and
additional battery capacity addressed. Power is direct from battery to a distribution
fused block.
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All service personnel and trainers understand the components and wiring for all
applicable systems as well as In-line fuses are accessible and their locations are
n
know
Administrative controls for systems are in the hands of trained service personnel
Note: Check twice install once.
sistance call your sales and service representative first for guidance. For As
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Customer
Name: ____________________________________
Location: _________________________________
Serial Number: ____________________________
NuVIN mber: ______________________________
Unit Number: ____________
Date Installed: _____________________________
Who Installed: _____________________________
tact Con Number: ___________________________
Notes:
With the unique set of products, Acura Embedded Systems remains
committed to its goal of providing trouble-free and customer-friendly
service. A special customer service unit has been set up specifically to
cater to our esteemed customers' needs.
North American Technical supp rt contact your Salesperson
Technical Support:
o
Cal USA/CANADA: 1-866-528-2214
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support@a dded.com
curaembe
Mailing address:
Acura Embedded Systems Inc.
Unit #1, 77
Ph: (604) 502-9666 Fax: (604) 502-9668
11-128th Street, Surrey, BC V3W 4E6, CANADA
Toll Free 1-866-502-9666
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