Dell W2607C User Manual

Dell™ W2607C LCD TV Display

Owner’s Manual

Model W2607C

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Notes, Notices, and Cautions

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your LCD TV display.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the

problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.

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1 About Your LCD TV Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Right Side View

Left Side View

Bottom View

Package Contents

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2 Setting Up Your LCD TV Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Proper Location for Your LCD TV Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting Your LCD TV Display

Connecting Your Computer to the LCD TV Display

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3 Your Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using Your Remote Control

Using Your LCD TV Display With a Universal or Learning Remote Control

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4 Using the TV Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Using Your Remote Control With the TV Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Selecting Your TV Menu Language

Input Select Menu

Picture Settings Menu

Audio Settings Menu

Size Menu

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Contents 3

Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setup Menu

Sleep Timer

Closed Caption

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5 Troubleshooting Your LCD TV Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

General Problems

TV Menu Messages

Remote Control Problems

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Using the Self-Test Feature When Your LCD TV Display is Connected

to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Problems When Using the LCD TV Display as a Monitor

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6 Specifications for Your LCD TV Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

7 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4 Contents

About Your LCD TV Display

Front View

2 1

1 IR receiver Senses the signal from the remote control.

2 Power indicator light (LED) The light is blue when the LCD TV display is on and amber

when the LCD TV display is in power save mode.

About Your LCD TV Display 5

Right Side View

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Press to turn the LCD TV display on and off. The power button

1 Power button

TV Menu menu button Press to enable the TV Menu.

is blue when it is on and amber when it is in power saving mode.

4 Volume button Press to increase the volume.

5 Channel button

Volume button Press to decrease the volume.

Channel button

Input Select button Press to display the Input Select menu.

6 About Your LCD TV Display

Press to select the previous channel or navigate through the TV Menu.

Press to select the next channel or navigate through the TV Menu.

Left Side View

1 2 3

1 AV SIDE (S-Video 2) Connect devices such as a video game system or a VCR.

2 AV SIDE (Composite 2) Connect devices such as a VCR or DVD player.

3 AV SIDE audio connector Use the audio connector if you have connected a device to AV

SIDE connectors.

4 Headphone connector Connect headphones.

About Your LCD TV Display 7

Bottom View

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1 DVI audio connector (L / R) Use the DVI audio connector if you have connected a device

2 VGA Connect your computer.

3 DVI connector Connect your computer or video devices such as a DVD player.

4 Audio connector for VGA or DVI Connect the audio cable from your computer to the LCD TV

5 NTSC/Analog Cable Connect analog cable TV box or an analog antenna.

6 HDTV/Digital Cable Connect digital cable TV box or a digital antenna.

7 Composite out/Audio Out (L/R) Connect to VCR (L/R) audio inputs.

8 Composite out/Video Out Connect to VCR video input.

9 Composite video and audio

connectors (AV1)

10 S-Video video and audio connectors

(AV2)

11 Component video and audio

connectors (AV3)

12 Component video and audio

connectors (AV4)

13 Power connector Connect your power cord.

such as a DVD player to the DVI connector.

Display.

Connect devices such as a VCR or DVD player.

Connect devices such as a video game system or a VCR.

Connect devices such as a DVD player or cable TV box.

8 About Your LCD TV Display

Package Contents

NOTE: If you need additional cables, contact Dell.

Remote control

AAA batteries (2)

Power cord

Component video cable

Audio cable

About Your LCD TV Display 9

Coaxial cable

Documentation:

Setup Guide

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Product Information Guide

Owner's Manual

10 About Your LCD TV Display

Setting Up Your LCD TV Display

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions

located in the

Product Information Guide

Proper Location for Your LCD TV Display

Consider the following environmental factors when you are deciding where to install your LCD TV display:

• Do not store or use the LCD TV display in locations that are exposed to high heat, direct sunlight, or extreme cold.

• Avoid moving the LCD TV display between locations with extreme temperature differences. For more information, see

• Do not subject the LCD TV display to severe vibration or high impact conditions. Do not place the LCD TV display inside a car trunk.

• Do not store or use the LCD TV display in locations where the LCD TV display would be exposed to high humidity or dusty environment.

• Do not place the LCD TV display in a location where water or other liquids could spill on or into the LCD TV display.

"Specifications for Your LCD TV Display"

page 38

Connecting Your LCD TV Display

Your LCD TV display has four standard connectors that can be used to connect devices.

NOTE: Before you connect your LCD TV display, ensure that you have all the proper cables. Some cables

may come with the device you are connecting. For a list of cables that came with your LCD TV display,

"Package Contents" on page 9. To order additional cables, contact Dell.

see

Quality Cable and Connector When to Use

Good Coaxial (RF) carries the video and audio

from one cable. The coaxial connector is labeled, NTSC/Analog Cable or HDTV/Digital Cable on your LCD TV display. To locate the connector, see "Bottom View" page 8.

Setting Up Your LCD TV Display 11

Quality Cable and Connector When to Use

Good Composite carries the video signal through

a single pin. If you are using a composite video connector you also need to connect composite audio connectors. To locate the connector, see "Left Side View"

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Better S-Video splits the video signal into two

signals, black-and-white and color. To locate the connector, see "Left Side View" page 7.

page 7.

Best Component splits the video signal into three

12 Setting Up Your LCD TV Display

signals, two color and one black-and-white. To locate the connector, see "Bottom View" page 8.

Connecting Your Computer to the LCD TV Display

Your LCD TV display has two standard connectors that can be used to connect your computer.

NOTE: The type of connector you use depends on the graphics card your computer supports.

For additional information about graphic cards, see your computer documentation.

Quality Cable and Connector When to Use

Good

A standard graphic display system for computers that uses an analog signal and can support resolutions up to 1360 x 768.

Better

A digital signal that can support digital and convert analog to digital. DVI can be used for high resolution display and can support resolutions up to 1360 x 768.

Connect the audio cable from your computer to the LCD TV Display Audio connector for VGA or DVI.

Setting Up Your LCD TV Display 13

Using NTSC/Analog and HDTV/Digital

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Turn off the LCD TV display and unplug the power cord.

Connect the coaxial cable to the NTSC/Analog Cable connector of the LCD TV display.

Plug in the power cord for the LCD TV display and turn on the LCD TV display.

Enter the TV Menu and select menu, see

Turn off the LCD TV display and unplug the power cord.

Connect the coaxial cable to the HDTV/Digital Cable connector of the LCD TV display.

Plug in the power cord for the LCD TV display and turn on the LCD TV display.

Enter the TV Menu and select menu, see

"Input Selection Menu"

TV Analog

page 24.

TV Digital

page 24.

. For additional information about the

Input Select

14 Setting Up Your LCD TV Display

Using the Composite Connector

Turn off the LCD TV display and unplug the power cord.

Connect video and audio cables from your device to LCD TV.

Plug in the power cords for the LCD TV display and device and turn the power on.

Enter the TV Menu and select the about the

Input Select

menu, see

AV SIDE (Composite 2)

"Input Selection Menu"

. For additional information

page 24.

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Using the S-Video Connector

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Turn off the LCD TV display and unplug the power cord.

Connect video and audio cables from your device to LCD TV.

Plug in the power cords for the LCD TV display and device and turn the power on.

Enter the TV Menu and select the the

Input Select

menu, see

AV SIDE (S-Video 2)

"Input Selection Menu"

. For additional information about

page 24.

Using the Component Connectors

Turn off the LCD TV display and unplug the power cord.

Connect video and audio cables from your device to LCD TV.

Plug in the power cords for the LCD TV display and device and turn the power on.

Enter the TV Menu and select the additional information about the

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AV3 (Component 1)

Input Select

menu, see

AV4 (Component 2)

"Input Selection Menu"

. For

page 24.

Using the DVI Connector

NOTE: Only one connector can be used for a computer, either VGA or DVI.

Connecting a Video Device Connecting a Computer

Turn off the LCD TV display and unplug the power cord.

Connect the white DVI cable to your LCD display TV and to the video device or your computer.

Connect the audio cables.

If you are connecting a video device, use the audio connectors (red and white) or if you are connecting a computer use the stereo connector (green).

NOTE: Some cable TV boxes may have DVI connectors, but do not support using a DVI connection. For

more information, contact your cable TV company.

Plug in the power cords for the LCD TV display and device and turn the power on.

Enter the TV Menu and select the menu, see

"Input Selection Menu"

DVI

. For additional information about the

page 24.

Input Select

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Using the VGA Connector

NOTE: Only one connector can be used for a computer, either VGA or DVI.

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Turn off the LCD TV display and unplug the power cord.

Connect the blue VGA cable to your LCD TV display and to your computer.

Connect the green audio cable to the connector on the LCD TV display and to your computer.

Plug in the power cords for the LCD TV display and computer and turn the power on.

Enter the TV Menu and select the menu, see

"Input Selection Menu"

VGA

. For additional information about the

page 24.

Input Select

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