Dell E551 User Manual
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Observe the following safety guidelines when connecting and using your monitor:
• Be sure that your monitor i s electrically rated to operat e with t he AC power available in your location.
• Locate your monitor near an easily accessible electrical outlet.
• Place the monitor on a s ol i d surface and treat it carefull y. The screen can be damaged if dropped, s harpl y
hit, or touched with a sharp or abrasive implement.
• Put your monitor in a location with low humidity and a minimum of dust.
• Never use your monitor if the power cable has been damaged. Do not allow anything to rest on t he power
cable, and keep the cable away from where people coul d trip over it.
• Never insert anything metallic into the monitor openings. Doing so may create the danger of electric shock.
• To avoid electric shock, never touch the inside of the monitor. Only a qualified techni cian should open the
monitor’s case.
• Be sure to hold the plug, not the cable, when disconnecting the m oni t or from an electrical outl et.
• Openings in the monitor cabi net are provided for ventilation. To prevent overheat i ng, these openings
should not be blocked or covered. A l so, avoid using the monitor on a bed, sofa, rug, or other soft surface.
Doing so may block the ventilation openings in the bottom of the cabinet. If you put the monitor in a
bookcase or some other enclosed space, be sure to provide adequat e ventilation.
• Do not expose the monitor to rain or use it near water. If the monitor accidentally gets wet, unplug it and
contact an authorized dealer im mediately. You can cl ean t he exterior of the monitor with a damp clot h
when necessary, but be sure to unplug the monitor first.
• If your monitor does not operat e normally—in particular, if t here are any unusual sounds or smells coming
from it—unplug the m oni t or i mmediately and contact an authorized dealer or service center.
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1. Turn off your computer and unplug your computer’s power cable.
2. Connect the blue connector of t he monitor’s signal cabl e t o the blue video connector on the back of your
computer. Tighten the c onnector screws finger-tight. Do not overtighten.
3. Fully insert the monitor power cable i nto the power port on the back of the monitor.
4. Plug the power cables of your computer and your monitor into a nearby electri cal outlet.
5. Turn on your computer and monitor. If the monitor does not di splay an image, refer to the t roubl eshooting
section of this guide.
Dell E551 Color Monitor Quick Setup Guide
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Power button
1.
Power indicator
2.
ADJUST -/+
3.
SELECT -/+
4.
Function indicators
5.
Use this button to turn the monitor on and off.
This light glows green during normal operation.
These buttons allow you to adjust the settings to lower or higher value of the
These buttons allow you to select from the various functions.
selected function.
The indicator will turn green when you select the respective function.
The description of functi on i ndi cators is as below:
Brightness:
Contrast:
Horizontal size:
Horizontal position:
Vertical size:
Vertical position:
Pincushion:
Trapezoid:
Rotation:
adjusts the background bright ness of the screen image.
adjusts the contrast between the foreground and background of the screen image.
adjusts screen width.
adjusts screen height.
moves screen im age up or down.
straightens the left and ri ght vertical edges of the dis pl ay.
adjusts the width of the top and bot t om of the screen.
adjusts the viewing area when it is tilted left or right.
moves screen im age t o t he l eft or right.
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Use the monitor CD to ins tall the appropriate monitor dri ver f or your operating system.
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To manually install or update t he dri ver, perform the following steps:
1. Click
2. In the
3. Click the
4. When the
5. Insert the monitor CD i nto the CD-ROM drive, type
6. Close the
Start−> Settings−> Control Panel
Display Properties
Monitor
Update Device Driver Wizard
device,” and click
drive if it is not drive D) in the
complete the installation.
Display Properties
window, click the
tab, and then click
Next>
.
and then double-click Disp l ay.
Settings
PropertiesÆ DriverÆ Update Driver
dialog box appears, choose “Search for a suitable driver for my
Copy manufacturer’s files from:
window.
tab, and then click
d:\
(change the drive letter to m atch your CD-ROM
Advanced
.
box, and click
Next>
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Windows 98 automat i cally detects the new monit or and di splays the
the monitor driver is not al ready i nstalled.
1. Insert the monitor CD i nto the CD-ROM drive, and click
dialog box appears.
2. Click the
3. Confirm that the driver was found on t he CD, and click
4. Click
To manually install or update t he dri ver, perform the following steps:
5. Click
6. In the
7. Click the
CD-ROM drive
Finish
to exit the
Start−> Settings−> Control Panel
Display Properties
Monitor
box to install the drivers from the CD and then click
Add New Hardware Wizard
window, click the
tab, and then click
Change
Next>
dialog box.
and then double-click
Settings
tab, and then click
.
Add New Hardware Wizard
Next>
twice when the
twice to install the driver.
Display
.
Advanced
Add New Hardware Wizard
Next>
.
and then
.
.
Finish
to
dialog box if
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