Philips 150B User Manual

Philips 150B Electronic User's Manual

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Safety and Troubleshooting Information

Safety Precautions and Maintenance • Installation Locations • Correct Handling of the LCD Monitor • FAQs • Troubleshooting • Regulatory Information • Other Related Information

Safety precautions and maintenance

WARNING: Use of controls, adjustments, or procedures other than those specified in this documentation may result in exposure to shock, electrical hazards, and/or mechanical hazards.

Read and follow these instructions when connecting and using your computer monitor:

Unplug the monitor, if you are not going to use it for an extensive period of time.● Unplug the monitor, if you need to clean it with a slightly damp cloth. Wiping the screen with a dry

cloth is possible when the power is off. However, never use alcohol, solvents, or ammonia-based liquids.

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Consult a service technician if the monitor does not operate normally when following the instructions in this manual.

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The casing cover should be opened only by qualified service personnel.● Keep the monitor out of direct sunlight and away from stoves or any other heat source.● Remove any object that could fall into the vents or prevent proper cooling of the monitor’s electronics.● Do not block the ventilation holes on the cabinet.● Keep the monitor dry. To avoid electric shock, do not expose it to rain or excessive moisture.● When positioning the monitor, make sure the power plug and outlet are easily accessible.● If turning off the monitor by detaching power cable or DC power cord, wait for 6 seconds, then attach

the power cable or DC power cord for normal operation.

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To avoid the risk of shock or permanent damage to the set, do not expose the monitor to rain or excessive moisture.

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When positioning the monitor, make sure the power plug and outlet are easily accessible.●

Consult a service technician if the monitor does not operate normally when operating instructions of this manual are followed.

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Installation Locations

Avoid Heat and Extreme Cold● Do not store or use the LCD monitor in locations exposed to heat, direct sunlight, or extreme cold.● Avoid moving the LCD monitor between locations with large temperature differences. Choose a site●

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falling within the following temperature and humidity ranges.

Temperature: 5-35°C 41-95°F❍ Humidity: 20-80% RH❍

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

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Take care not to mishandle this product by either knocking or dropping during operation or transportation.

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Do not store or use the LCD monitor in locations exposed to high humidity or a dusty environment. Also do not allow water or other liquids to spill on or into the LCD monitor.

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Correct handling of the monitor

When handling the monitor, grip the bottom firmly with both hands and ensure that the front panel faces outward before lifting. Please refer to the diagram on the right.

Handling the monitor with care prevents scratching and damage. If the monitor becomes damaged, immediately disconnect the power from the unit and have it checked by a qualified service person before using it again.

To prevent fire or electrical shock, do not drop the monitor.3.

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When moving the monitor, be sure to unplug all power cords in order to avoid injury or damage to the equipment.

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About This Electronic User's Manual

About This Guide • Other Documents You May Need • Notational Descriptions

About This Guide

This electronic user's guide is intended for anyone who uses the Philips 150B LCD Monitor. It describes the LCD monitor's features, setup, operation and other pertinent information. Its contents are identical to the information in our printed version.

Sections are as follows:

Safety and Troubleshooting Information provides tips and solutions for common problems as well as

other related information you may need.

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About This Electronic User's Manual gives an overview of information included, along with notation icon descriptions and other documentation for your reference.

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Product Information gives an overview of the monitor's features and as well as the technical

specifications for this monitor.

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Installing Your Monitor describes the initial setup process and gives an overview of how to use the

monitor.

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On Screen Display provides information on adjusting the settings on your monitor.● Customer Care and Warranty contains a list of worldwide Philips Consumer Information Centers along

with help desk phone numbers and information on the warranty applicable to your product.

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Glossary defines technical terms.● Download and Print Option transfers this entire manual to your hard drive for easy reference.●

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150B Product Information

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• Input signal levels 700m Vpp

• Sync input signal

Separate sync Composite sync

• Sync polarities Positive and negative

• Input Frequency

XGA Hsync 48- 60 KHz, Vsync 60 - 75 Hz (N.I.) SVGA Hsync 35- 50 KHz, Vsync 56 - 75 Hz (N.I.) VGA Hsync 31- 38 KHz, Vsync 60 - 75 Hz (N.I.)

• Video interface Analog (D-Sub)

OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Contrast ratio 250 (typ.)

• Brightness 200 nits (typ.)

• Peak contrast angle 6 o'clock

• White Chromacity x: 0.281 y: 0.311 (at 9300° K) x: 0.312 y: 0.338 (at 6500° K)

• Viewing Angle (C/R >5)

Upper >50 ° (typ.) Lower >75° (typ.) Left >75 ° (typ.) Right >75 ° (typ.)

• Response time <=50ms (typ.)

* These information are subject to change without notice.

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Resolution & Preset Modes

• Maximum 1024 x 768 at 75Hz

• Recommended 1024x768 at 60Hz

14 USER DEFINABLE MODES

14 factory preset modes:

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dot rate

(MHz)

H. freq (KHz) Mode Resolution V. freq (KHz)

25.175 31.469 IBM VGA 10h 640*350 70.086

28.322 31.469 IBM VGA 3h 720*400 70.087

25.175 31.469 IBM VGA 12h 640*480 59.940

30.200 35.000 MACINTOSH 640*480 67.000

31.500 37.861 VESA 640*480 72.809

31.500 37.500 VESA 640*480 75.000

36.000 35.156 VESA 800*600 56.250

40.000 37.879 VESA 800*600 60.317

50.000 48.077 VESA 800*600 72.188

49.500 46.875 VESA 800*600 75.000

57.300 49.700 MACINTOSH 832*624 75.000

65.000 48.363 VESA 1024*768 60.004

75.000 56.476 VESA 1024*768 70.069

78.750 60.023 VESA 1024*768 75.029

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Automatic Power Saving

If you have VESA's DPMS compliance display card or software installed in your PC, the monitor can automatically reduce its power consumption when not in use. And if an input from a keyboard, mouse or other input device is detected, the monitor will automatically "wake up". The following table shows the power consumption and signaling of this automatic power saving features:

Power Management Definition

VESA Mode Video H-sync V-sync Power Used

Power

Saving (%)

LED color

ON Active Yes Yes < 27W 0 % Green Stand-by Blanked No Yes < 5W 83.3% Amber Suspend Blanked Yes No < 5W 83.3% Amber

OFF Blanked No No < 3W 90% Amber

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This monitor is ENERGY STAR® compliant. As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, PHILIPS has determined that this product meets the

ENERGY STAR

guidelines for energy efficiency.

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Physical Specifications

• Dimension (WxHxD) 387 x 375 x 183 mm (incl. Pedestal)

• Weight 5.0 Kg

• Power supply 100 — 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz

• Power consumption 27 W

• Temperature (operating) 0° C to 35° C

• Relative humidity 20% to 80%

• System MTBF 50K hrs (excluding LCD panel, CCFL)

* These information are subject to change without notice.

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Pin Assignment

The 15-pin D-sub connector (male) of the signal cable:

No.

Assignment

No.

Assignment

1 Red video input 9 No pin 2 Green video input 10 Logic ground

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3 Blue video input 11

Identical output - connected to pin 10

12 Serial data line (SDA)

5 Self test 13 H. Sync / H+V 6 Red video ground 14 V. Sync (VCLK for DDC) 7 Green video ground 15 Data clock line (SCL)

8 Blue video ground

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Views

Follow the links to see various views of the monitor and its components.

Front View Product Description

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Installing your LCD Monitor

Your LCD Monitor : Front View Product Description • Connecting to Your PC • Getting

Started • Optimizing Performance

Accessories (optional) : Installing the Protective Cover • Installing the Wall Mount Kit

Front View

UP and DOWN buttons are used when adjusting the OSD of your monitor

LEFT and RIGHT buttons, like the UP and DOWN buttons, are also used in adjusting the OSD of your monitor.

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BRIGHTNESS hotkey. When the UP and DOWN arrow buttons are pressed, the adjustment controls for the BRIGHTNESS will show up.

.OK button which when pressed will take you to the OSD controls

POWER button switches your monitor on

Automatically adjust the horizontal position, vertical position, phase and clock setting.

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Optimizing Performance

For best performance, ensure that your display settings are set at 1024x768@60Hz (for 15") or 1280x768, 60Hz (for 18").

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Note: You can check the current display settings by pressing the OSD "OK" button

once. Go into the Product Information. The current display mode is shown on the item called RESOLUTION.

You can also install the Flat Panel Adjust (FP Adjust) program, a program for getting the best performance out of your monitor, included in this CD. A step-by-step instructions is provided to guide you through the installtion process. Click on the link to know more about this program.

More about

FPadjust Program

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On-Screen Display

Description of the On-Screen Display • The OSD Tree • The OSD Controls

Description of the On Screen Display

What is the On-Screen Display?

This is a feature in all Philips LCD monitors which allows an end-user to adjust screen performance of monitors directly through an on-screen instruction window. The user interface provides user-friendliness and ease-of-use when operating the monitor.

Basic and simple instruction on the control keys.

On the front controls of your monitor, once you press the

button, the On Screen Display (OSD) Main

Controls window will pop up and you can now start making adjustments to your monitor's various features. Use the

or the keys to make your adjustments within.

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The OSD Tree

Below is an overall view of the structure of the On-Screen Display. You can use this as reference when you want to later on work your way around the different adjustments.

On-Screen Display

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Customer Care & Warranty

PLEASE SELECT YOUR COUNTRY/AREA TO REVIEW DETAILS OF YOUR WARRANTY COVERAGE

WESTERN EUROPE: Austria • Belgium • Cyprus • Denmark • France • Germany • Greece •

Finland • Ireland • Italy • Luxembourg • the Netherlands • Norway • Portugal • Sweden • Switzerland • Spain • United Kingdom

EASTERN EUROPE: Czech Republic • Hungary • Poland • Russia • Turkey LATIN AMERICA: Antilles • Argentina • Brasil • Chile • Colombia • Mexico • Paraguay • Peru

• Uruguay • Venezuela

NORTH AMERICA: Canada • USA PACIFIC: Australia • New Zealand ASIA: Bangladesh • China • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Japan • Korea • Malaysia •

Pakistan • Philippines • Singapore • Taiwan • Thailand

AFRICA: Morocco • South Africa MIDDLE EAST: Dubai • Egypt

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Glossary

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Color temperature

A way of describing the color of a radiating source in terms of the temperature (in degrees Kelvin) of a black body radiating with the same dominant frequency as the source.

Most Philips monitors offer the possibility of setting the color temperature to any desired value.

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Energy Star Computers Programme

An energy conservation programme launched by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the primary aim of promoting the manufacture and marketing of energy-efficient office automation equipment. Companies joining this programme must be willing to commit themselves to manufacturing one or more products capable of going into a low -power state (< 30 W) either after a period of inactivity or after a predetermined time selected by the user.

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LCD Liquid Crystal Display

An alphanumeric display using the unique properties of liquid crystal to form characters. The latest flat-panel displays comprise a matrix of hundreds or thousands of individual LCD cells that generate text and colorful graphics on a screen. They consume little power though they do require external lighting to make them legible to the user.

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Glossary

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Vertical refresh rate

Expressed in Hz, it is the number of frames (complete pictures) written to the screen every second.

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Download and Print

Download and Printing Instructions • Installing FPadjust Program • Installing your LCD monitor driver

This page provides an option to read the manual in .pdf format. PDF files can be downloaded into your hard disk, then viewed and printed with Acrobat Reader or through your browser.

If you do not have Adobe¨ Acrobat Reader installed, click on the link to install the application. Adobe®

Acrobat Reader for PC / Adobe® Acrobat Reader for Mac.

Download instructions:

To download the file:

1. Click-and-hold your mouse over the icon below. (Win95/98 users right-click)

Download

140S.pdf

Download

150B.pdf

Download

150P.pdf

2. From the menu that appears, choose 'Save Link As...', 'Save Target As...' or 'Download Link to Disk'.

3. Choose where you would like to save the file; click 'Save' (if prompted to save as either 'text' or 'source', choose 'source').

Printing instructions:

To print the manual:

1. With the manual file open, follow your printer's instructions and print the pages you need.

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Installing FPadjust Program

The FP Adjust program generates alignment patterns which will help you adjust monitor settings such as

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CONTRAST, BRIGHTNESS, HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL POSITION, PHASE and CLOCK.

System requirements:

PC running Window 95, Window 98 or later

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To install FPadjust Program:

Click on the link or icon to install FPadjustment Program.

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Click-and-hold your mouse over the icon. (Win95/98 users right-click)●

Download

FPadjust (SETUP.EXE)

From the menu that appears, choose 'Save Link As...', 'Save Target As...' or 'Download Link to Disk'.● Choose where you would like to save the file; click 'Save' (if prompted to save as either 'text' or

'source', choose 'source').

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Exit your browser and install the FPadjust Program.●

Read the "ReadMe.txt" file before installing.

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Installing Your LCD monitor driver

System requirements:

PC running Window 95, Window 98 or later

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To install the .inf/.icm driver:

Click on the link or icon to install the driver for this LCD monitor.

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Click-and-hold your mouse over the icon. (Win95/98 users right-click)●

Download

Driver (PHILIPS.EXE)

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'source', choose 'source'). Exit your browser and install the .inf/.icm file.●

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Read the " ReadMe.txt" file before installing .● You may be required to restart your PC once the driver installed.●

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FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

Safety and Troubleshooting • General FAQ • Screen Adjustments • Compatibility with Other Peripherals • LCD Panel Technology • Ergonomics, Ecology, and Safety Standards • Troubleshooting • Regulatory Information • Other Related Information

General FAQs

When I install my monitor how do I do if the screen shows "Cannot display this video mode"?

A: Recommended video mode for Philips 150P/150B/140S: 1024x768 @60Hz for Philips 181AS

1280x1024@60Hz.

Unplug all cables, then connect your PC to the monitor that you used previously and which displayed correctly.

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In the Windows Start Menu, select Settings/Control Panel. In the Control Panel Window, select the Display icon. Inside the Display Control Panel, select the " Settings " tab. Under the setting tab, in box labeled " desktop area ", move the slidebar to 1024x768 pixels .

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Open " Advanced Properties " and set the Refresh Rate to 60Hz, then click OK.● Restart your computer and repeat step 2 and 3 to verify that your PC is set at 1024x768, 60Hz.● Shut down your computer, disconnect your old monitor and reconnect your Philips LCD monitor.● Turn on your monitor and then turn on your PC●

Q: What does "refresh rate" mean to me in an LCD monitor?

A: For LCD monitors, the refresh rate is much less relevant. LCD monitors display a stable,

flicker-free image at 60Hz. There is no visible differences between 85Hz and 60Hz.

Q: What are the .inf and .icm files on the setup disk & CD-ROM? How do I install the drivers (.inf and

.icm)?

A: These are the driver files for your monitor. Follow the instructions in your user manual to install

the drivers. You computer may ask you for monitor drivers (.inf and .icm files) or a driver disk when you first install your monitor. Follow the instructions to insert the driver disk (either floppy or CD-ROM) included in this package. Monitor drivers (.inf and .icm files) will be installed automatically.

Q: How do I adjust resolution?

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A: Your video card/graphic driver and monitor together determine the available resolutions. You

can select desired resolution under Window 95/98 with the "Display properties/Settings" control panel

Q: What if I get lost when making monitor adjustments?

A: Simply press the OSD button, then select "Reset" to recall all original settings.

Q: What is the Auto function?

A: The AUTO adjustment key restores optimal screen position, phase and clock settings with the

press of a single button – without navigation through OSD menus and control keys.

Q: My Monitor has no power (Power LED does not light) ? What should I do?

A: Make sure the DC Jack in the pedestal is connected to the Monitor.

Q: Will the LCD monitor accept an Interlaced signal?

A: No If an Interlace signal is used, the screen displays both odd and even horizontal scanning lines

at the same time, distorting the picture.

Q: Does Refresh Rate mean to LCD?

A: Unlike CRT display technology in which the speed the electron beam is swept from the top to the

bottom of the screen determines flicker, an active matrix display uses an active element (TFT) to control each individual pixel and thus refresh rate is not really applicable to LCD technology.

Q: Will the LCD screen resistant scratches?

A: A protective coating is applied onto the surface of the LCD, which is durable up to a certain

extent of hardness (approximately up to the hardness of a 2H pencil). In general, it is recommended not to expose the panel surface to any excessive shocks or scratches. An optional protective cover with greater scratch resistance is also available.

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