HP P920 19 INCH CRT User Manual

Important Safety Instructions

What Your New Monitor Offers

Setting Up Your Monitor

How to Install the Drivers

Using Your Monitor

Adjusting Your Monitor

Troubleshooting

Technical Specifications

Care and Cleaning

Environmental Information

Hardware Warranty

Regulatory Information

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19-inch Color Monitor

(18-inch Viewable Image)

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0.24 mm Aperture grille pitch for excellent graphics

Full scan screen that gives an edge-to-edge image

NF Diamondtron®, anti-reflective and anti-static

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screen coating

On/Off switch

Status indicator

Access to On-Screen Menu

Image adjustment controls to operate on-screen display menus

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(18-inch Viewable Image)

User's Guide

Notice

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Important Safety Instructions

WARNING

Working in Comfort

CAUTION The monitor is quite heavy (the weight is shown in the technical

For your safety always connect equipment to a grounded wall outlet. Always use a power cord with a properly grounded plug, such as the one provided with the equipment, or one in compliance with your national safety standards. This equipment can be disconnected from the power by removing the power cord from the power outlet. This means the equipment must be located close to an easily accessible power outlet.

To avoid electrical shock, do not open the monitor's cover. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Only qualified service personnel should service these parts.

Make sure your PC is powered off before connecting or disconnecting a display peripheral.

Thank you for selecting HP monitor equipment. To optimize your comfort and productivity, it's important that you

set up your work area correctly and use your HP equipment properly. With that in mind, we have developed some setup and use recommendations for you to follow based on established ergonomic principles.

You can consult the online version of Working in Comfort preloaded on the hard disk of HP computers, or visit HP's Working in Comfort web site at:

http://www.hp.com/ergo/

specifications). We recommend you ask the assistance of a second person when lifting or moving it.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, situated within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" which may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

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What Your New Monitor Offers

Your HP monitor is an NF Diamondtron® 19-inch (18-inch viewable image), high resolution, multi-synchronous color monitor. Multisynchronous means that the monitor supports a range of video modes. It is optimized for use with all Hewlett-Packard computers.

Your HP color monitor has the following features:

• A 19-inch NF Diamondtron screen with an 18-inch viewable image.

0.24mm aperture grill pitch for excellent graphics and an antiglare coating to minimize reflection.

• Supports video modes up to 1600 x 1200 at 85 Hz refresh rates.

• Image adjustment using on-screen display menus. Includes color

temperature adjustment and image manipulation controls to optimize the quality and position of the image.

• Monitor power management system (VESA

from suitably equipped HP computers to automatically reduce the power consumption of the monitor. As an ENERGY STAR2 partner, HP has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.

• Monitor Plug and Play capability (VESA DDC1/2B standard) that

enables the monitor to identify itself to suitably equipped HP computers.

• Compliance with ISO 9241-3/-7/-8 ergonomic standards.

• Complies with MPRII guidelines for upper limits of electrostatic

and magnetic field emissions, from the Swedish National Board for Measurement and Testing.

• Your HP monitor complies with TCO99 requirements. (Refer to

“TCO99 Ecology Energy Emissions Ergonomics” on page 36).

standard) controlled

1. VESA is the Video Electronics Standards Association

2. ENERGY STAR is a trademark of United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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Setting Up Your Monitor

Where to Place the Monitor

Place your monitor on a flat sturdy surface. Ensure the operating site is free from excessive heat, moisture, and sources of electromagnetic fields. Sources of electromagnetic fields include transformers, motors and other monitors.

Connecting the Cables

1 Before you connect any cables, refer to the safety instructions at

the beginning of this manual. Make sure your computer and monitor are switched off.

2 Connect the video cable (it has a 15-pin plug) to the video outlet

on your computer. Tighten the thumbscrews on the plug.

Connect the power cord to the monitor.

Plug the power cord into the power outlet.

Video

Power

NOTE The location of your computer's video cable connector may be

different to the one shown. Refer to the manual that came with your computer, if necessary.

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How To Install The Drivers

Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 Operating Systems:

In order to take advantage of the Plug & Play functionality of your Windows 95/98/2000 operating systems, HP Monitors come with a driver that lets you optimize your monitor.

To install this driver follow these steps:

Windows 95 and Windows 98 Users

Windows 2000 Users only

1 Click on the Start  2 Double Click on Display.

3 Click on Settings tab. 4 Click on Advanced... and select the Monitor tab. 5 Click on Change... in order to select the model of the HP Monitor

you are using.

6 Click on Have Disk... 7 Click on Browse... to find the

under the

Select your monitor type in the Models box and click on OK to install

the selected monitor.

1 Click on the Start  2 Double Click on Display. 3 Click on Settings tab. 4 Click on Advanced... and select the Monitor tab. 5 Click on Properties. 6 Click on Driver tab. 7 Click on Update Driver... and click on Next.

Select the Recommended option and click on Next.

Check the Specify a location box.

Find and open the

the

\Drivers

11 Click on Next to install the selected monitor.

Your operating system and your HP Monitor are now set up to work in optimum conditions.

\Drivers directory and click on OK.

directory and click on OK.

Settings  Control Panel

HPMON_XX.INF

Settings  Control Panel

HPMON_XX.INF

file on your CD-ROM under

file on your CD-ROM

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How To Install The Drivers

If the installation procedure of your monitor driver on your Windows 95/98/2000 version is different or you need more detailed installation information, please refer to your Windows 95/98/2000 user’s manual.

HP regularly updates the HPMON_XX.INF driver each time a new monitor is released. To download the latest up-to-date version, visit our HP Monitors Support web site at:

http://www.hp.com/go/monitorsupport

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Using Your Monitor

The illustration below shows the location of the function keys which operate the monitor.

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Power Button

 Use this button to turn the monitor on or off.

Power Indicator

 The power indicator is green when the monitor operates

normally. If the monitor is in DPM (Energy Saving) mode (standby / suspend / power off) the indicator color changes to amber.

Menu Button

 Use the Menu button to enter or exit the on-screen display

menu. This button also allows you to go back to the previous menu.

Control Buttons

 Use these buttons to select or adjust screen parameters from the

on-screen display menu. You can also use these buttons to directly adjust the contrast and brightness.

Enter Button

 Use this button to enter a selection in the on-screen display

menu.

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Using Your Monitor

NOTE After 3 seconds all menus will automatically save your settings.

If the power management function of your computer is working properly, you do not need to switch the monitor off or on. This occurs automatically.

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Adjusting Your Monitor

User Controls

Your monitor allows you to easily adjust the characteristics of the image being displayed. All of these adjustments are made using the control buttons on the front of the monitor. These buttons operate the on-screen menu, which shows you the monitor’s settings and allows you to change those settings.

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Menu - Control and Adjustment

Making adjustments to the image size, position and operating parameters of the monitor are quick and easy with the Menu facility. A quick example is given below to familiarize you with the use of the controls.

NOTE Allow the monitor to stabilize for at least 30 minutes before making

image adjustment.

To make adjustments follow these steps:

Press the Menu button. The menu appears.

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Adjusting Your Monitor

2 To access a sub-menu (Pos itio n/Size/Geometry/Color/Screen etc),

press / buttons to highlight the required icon.

3 To access a function press / buttons. When the icon you

require is highlighted press the Enter button.

4 Use the / or / buttons to adjust the item to the

desired level.

5 Exit the menu or go to the previous menu by pressing the Menu

button.

Automatic Save

Whenever you open the on-screen menu and allow an adjustment window to remain active for 3 seconds without pressing another button, the monitor automatically saves any adjustments you have made. These changes are saved into a user area in the monitor. User areas are reserved according to the signal frequency from your computer. The monitor can save adjustments for up to 10 user modes. It has 10 factory presets, one for each signal frequency as listed in Display Modes on page 24.

If you have made no adjustments, the on-screen menu disappears and the monitor does not save anything. To exit without saving the changes you have made, press the Menu button before the 3 seconds have elapsed.

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