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Hope Industrial Systems, Inc.
15” Industrial LCD Monitor
Model No. HIS-ML15
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Safety and Regulation Information ........................... 3
Factory Preset Timing ............................................... 4
Panel Controls and OSD Functions .......................... 5
Brightness/Contrast Cont rol s .................................... 6
OSD main menu ....................................................... 7
Phase and Pitch Adjustments ................................... 8
Horizontal and Vertical Centering ............................. 9
Color and Language Functions ............................... 10
Option Function ....................................................... 11
Option Function ...................................................... 10
OSD Information ..................................................... 13
Installation Instructions ........................................... 14
Cleaning ................................................................. 16
Troubleshooting ...................................................... 17
Drawings ................................................................ 18
Specifications ......................................................... 20
Warranty Statement ................................................ 23
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Safety and Regulatory Information
Warning
To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.
Dangerously high voltages are present inside the unit. Do not disassemble the
unit. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.
This equipment is not intended for use in critical applications where its failure
to operate would create immediate life threatening circumstances. Applications includ ing but no limited t o nuclear reactor co ntrol, aerospace navigation
systems and life support systems are not appropriate for this product.
This product is intended to be mounted in a suitable cabinet or other enclosure.
The NEMA 4, 4x or 12 ratings are applicable only when properly installed in a
like rated enclosure.
This product is a UL Recognized Component and must be used with a listed
computer.
FCC Notice
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case
the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Any changes or modifi cations not expressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the user’s authority to operate
the device.
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Factory Preset Timing
Resolution
Horizontal
Freq. (KHz)
Vertical
Freq. (Hz)
Scan
Type
Pixel Frequency
640 x 350 31.469 70 ** N.I. 25.175
720 x 400 31.469 70 N.I. 28.322
640 x 400 24.83 56 N.I. 21.053
640 x 480 31.469 60 N.I. 25.175
640 x 480 35.000 66.67 N.I. 30.24
640 x 480 37.861 72 N.I. 31.50
640 x 480 37.500 75 N.I. 31.50
800 x 600 37.879 60 N.I. 40.00
800 x 600 48.077 72 N.I. 50.00
800 x 600 46.875 75 N.I. 49.50
832 x 624 49.715 74.536 N.I. 57.272
960 x 720 44.80 60 N.I. 56.00
*1024 x 768 48.363 60 N.I. 65.00
1024 x 768 56.476 70 N.I. 75.00
1024 x 768 60.023 75 N.I. 78.75
* Factory recommended timing for best picture quality
** N.I. = non-interlaced
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Panel Controls a nd O S D Func t ions
Controls Description
Power On/Off switch* Soft power on/off button.
Adjacent LED is lit when on.
OSD button Press to access On-Screen-Display Main Menu and
save the setting (if any).
Contrast/Adjust button To increase or decrease the panel back light lumin-
ance.
Brightness/Adjust button
To increase or decrease display brightness.
Auto Auto-synchronize and scale down display to any valid
factory preset timings.
Power Indicator
• GREEN ......................................................... ON
• ORANGE ......................................................... STANDBY
• ORANGE ......................................................... SUSPEND
• Off ..................................................................... OFF
* Note: This unit has “Energy Star” capability – you can leave device power in the on state when
the computer is powered off.
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Brightness and Contrast Controls
Instant Brightness Control
• Press the “up” or “down” button to display the “ Brightness” icon.
• Press the “up” or “down” button again to increase or decrease the video raster luminance.
Instant Contrast Control
• Press the “+ ” or “- ” button to display the “ Contrast” icon.
• Press the “+ ” or “- ” button again to increase or decrease the back light luminance, r espectively.
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OSD (On-Screen Display) Main Menu
• Press the OSD button to display the OSD menu icons.
• Press the “up” or “down” button to select a desired function from the menu, then press the OSD
button again to activate the selected function.
• The OSD menu will disappear after 20 seconds if no activity has been detected. To manually
close the OSD menu, select “Exit” from the menu, and then press the OSD button again, o r press
the OSD button twice while in any sub menu.
• The OSD main menu incl udes the following functio ns: Exit, Phase , Pitch, H-Center, V-Center,
Zoom, Color , Language, and Option. (The Zoom function is no t available on the HIS ML-15.)
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Phase and Pitch Adjustment s
Phase Adjustment
• Note: Adjust the “Pitch” function first before adjusting the “Phase” function!
• Select the “Phase” function from the OSD main menu.
• Press the “+” and “-“ buttons to eliminate noise and jitter from the display.
Pitch Adjustment
• Select the “Pit ch” function from the OSD main menu.
• In Windows, go to START - “Shut Down Windows”.
• Press the “+” or “-“ buttons on monitor keypad to remove a moving vertical black bar.
• Return to normal computer operation by selecting “Cancel” from the “Shut Down Windows”
dialog box.