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Philips 150B4CG/150B4CB/150B4CS Electronic User's Manual
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Safety & Troubleshooting
Safety and Troubleshooting Information
Safety Precautions and Maintenance • Installation Locations • 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. The screen many be wiped with
a dry cloth when the power is off. However, never use alcohol, solvents or ammonia-based liquids.
● Consult a service technician if the monitor does not operate normally when you have followed the
instructions in this manual.
● 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 before
attaching the power cable or DC power cord for normal operation.
● To avoid the risk of shock or permanent damage to the set do not expose the monitor to rain or
excessive moisture.
● When positioning the monitor, make sure the power plug and outlet are easily accessible.
● IMPORTANT: Always activate a screen saver program during your application. If a still image in high
contrast remains on the screen for an extended period of time, it may leave an 'after-image' or 'ghost
image' on front of the screen. This is a well-known phenomenon that is caused by the shortcomings
inherent in LCD technology. In most cases the after-image will disappear gradually over a period of
time after the power has been switched off. Be aware that the after-image symptom cannot be
repaired and is not covered under warranty.
Consult a service technician if the monitor does not operate normally when the operating instructions given
in this manual have been followed.
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Safety & Troubleshooting
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Installation Locations
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Avoid exposure to heat and extreme cold
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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
that falls within the following temperature and humidity ranges.
❍
Temperature: 5-40°C 41-104°F
❍
Humidity: 20-80% RH
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Do not subject the LCD monitor to severe vibration or high impact conditions. Do not place the LCD
monitor inside a car boot.
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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 where there is a high level of humidity or in dusty
environments. Do not allow water or other liquids to spill on or into the LCD monitor.
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About This Electronic User's Manual
About This Manual
About This Guide • Notational Descriptions
About This Guide
This electronic user's guide is intended for anyone who uses the Philips LCD Monitor. It describes the LCD
monitor's features, setup, operation and other important information. Its contents are identical to the
information in our printed version.
It includes the following sections:
● Safety and Troubleshooting Information provides tips and solutions for common problems as well as
other related information you may need.
● About This Electronic User's Manual gives an overview of information included, along with notation
icon descriptions and other documentation for your reference.
● Product Information gives an overview of the monitor's features as well as the technical
specifications for this monitor.
● Installing Your Monitor describes the initial setup process and gives an overview of how to use the
monitor.
● 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.
● Glossary defines technical terms.
● Download and Print Option transfers this entire manual to your hard drive for easy reference.
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Notational Descriptions
The following subsections describe notational conventions used in this document.
Notes, Cautions and Warnings
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About This Electronic User's Manual
Throughout this guide blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold or italic type.
These blocks contain notes, cautions or warnings. They are used as follows:
NOTE: This icon indicates important information and tips that help you make better
use of your computer system.
CAUTION: This icon indicates information that tells you how to avoid either potential
damage to hardware or loss of data.
WARNING: This icon indicates the potential for bodily harm and tells you how to
avoid the problem.
Some warnings may appear in alternate formats and may not be accompanied by an icon. In such cases,
the specific presentation of the warning is mandated by the relevant regulatory authority.
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©2003 Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
All rights reserved. Reproduction, copying, use, modification, hiring, renting, public performance, transmission and/or
broadcasting in whole or in part is prohibited without written consent of Philips Electronics NV
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Product Information
Product Information
Product Features • Technical Specifications • Resolution & Preset Modes • Philips Pixel
Defect Policy • Automatic Power Saving • Physical Specification • Pin Assignment •
Product Views • Physical Function
Product Features
150B4CG / 150B4CB / 150B4CS
Ultra Slim Frame
● 15-inch color LCD monitor with excellent display performance
● Standard VGA analog input
● Embedded universal AC power supply
● Adjustable viewing height
● AUTO adjustment optimizes picture quality
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Technical Specifications*
LCD PANEL
• Type TFT LCD
• Screen size 15" visual
• Pixel Pitch 0.297 x 0.297mm (15.0")
• LCD Panel type
1024 x 768 pixels
R.G.B. vertical stripe
Anti-glare polarizer, hard coated
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• Effective viewing area 304.1 x 228.1mm (15.0")
• Display Colors 16.7M colors
SCANNING
• Vertical refresh rate
56Hz-76Hz
• Horizontal frequency 30kHz-61kHz
VIDEO
• Video dot rate 80 MHz
• Input impedance
- Video
75 ohm
- Sync
2K ohm
• Input signal levels 700m Vpp
• Sync input signal
Separate sync
Composite sync
Sync on Green
• Sync polarities Positive and negative
• Input Frequency
XGA Hsync 48- 61 kHz, Vsync 60 - 76 Hz (N.I.)
SVGA Hsync 35- 50 kHz, Vsync 56 - 75 Hz (N.I.)
VGA Hsync 31- 38 kHz, Vsync 60 - 76 Hz (N.I.)
• Video interface Analog (D-Sub)
OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• Contrast ratio
400 (typ.)
• Brightness
250 cd/m
2
(typ.)
• Peak contrast angle 6 o'clock
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Product Information
• White Chromacity
x: 0.283 y: 0.297 (at 9300° K)
x: 0.313 y: 0.329 (at 6500° K)
• Viewing Angle (C/R >5)
Upper >50° (typ.)
Lower >60° (typ.)
Left >75 ° (typ.)
Right >75 ° (typ.)
• Response time <=25ms (typ.)
* This data is subject to change without notice.
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Resolution & Preset Modes
• Maximum
1024 x 768 at 75Hz
• Recommended 1024 x 768 at 60Hz
14 user definable modes
14 factory preset modes:
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Product Information
H. freq (kHz) Resolution V. freq (Hz)
31.469 640*350 70.086
31.469 720*400 70.087
31.469 640*480 59.940
35.000 640*480 67.000
37.861 640*480 72.809
37.500 640*480 75.000
35.156 800*600 56.250
37.879 800*600 60.317
48.077 800*600 72.188
46.875 800*600 75.000
49.700 832*624 75.000
48.363 1024*768 60.004
56.476 1024*768 70.069
60.023 1024*768 75.029
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Automatic Power Saving
If you have VESA DPMS compliance display card or software installed in your PC, the monitor can
automatically reduce its power consumption when not in use. If an input from a keyboard, mouse or other
input device is detected, the monitor will 'wake up' automatically. The following table shows the power
consumption and signaling of this automatic power saving feature:
Power Management Definition
VESA Mode Video H-sync V-sync Power Used LED color
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ON Active Yes Yes < 30W Green
OFF Blanked No No < 1W Amber
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 incl. Pedestal
(WxHxD) *
343 x 297 x 218 mm (in lowest position)
• Weight * 3.6 kg
• Height adjustment rang 70 mm
• Tilt (Forward / Backward) - 5° / 25°
• Power supply 100 — 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
• Power consumption 18 W (typ.)
• Temperature (operating) 5° C to 40° C
• Relative humidity
20% to 80%
• System MTBF
50K hrs (CCFL 30Khrs)
• Cabinet color
150B4CG: Light Gray
150B4CB: Black
150B4CS: Black and silver
* This data is subject to change without notice.
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Pin Assignment
The 15-pin D-sub connector (male) of the signal cable:
Pin
No.
Assignment
Pin
No.
Assignment
1
Red video input
9
DDC +5V
2
Green video input
10
Logic ground
3
Blue video input
11
Identical output - connected
to pin 10
4
Identical output - connected
to pin 10
12
Serial data line (SDA)
5
Cable detect
13
H. Sync / H+V
6
Red video ground
14
V. Sync
7
Green video ground
15
Data clock line (SCL)
8
Blue video ground
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Product Views
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Product Information
Follow the links to see various views of the monitor and its components.
Front View Product Description
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Physical Function
1) Tilt
2) Height adjustment
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Installing your LCD Monitor
Installing your LCD Monitor
Your LCD Monitor : Front View Product Description • Connecting to Your PC • The Base •
Getting Started • Optimizing Performance
Front View Product Description
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.
BRIGHTNESS hotkey. When the UP and DOWN arrow buttons are
pressed, the adjustment controls for the BRIGHTNESS will show up.
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Installing your LCD Monitor
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 (for14"/15") or
1280x1024, 60Hz (for17"/18").
Note: You can check the current display settings by pressing the '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. This included on this CD. Step-by-step instructions are provided to
guide you through the installtion process. Click on the link to know more about this program.
More about FP_setup04.exe
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On-Screen Display
On-Screen Display
Description of the On-Screen Display • The OSD Tree
Description of the On Screen Display
What is the On-Screen Display?
This is a feature in all Philips LCD monitors. It allows an end user to adjust screen performance of the
monitors directly though an on-screen instruction window. The user interface provides user-friendliness and
ease-of-use when the user is operating the monitor.
Basic and simple instruction on the control keys.
When you press the button on the front control of your monitor, the On-Screen Display (OSD) Main
Controls window will pop up and you can then start making adjustments to your monitor's various features.
Use the
or the keys to make your adjustments.
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The OSD Tree
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On-Screen Display
Below is an overall view of the structure of the On-Screen Display. You can use this as a reference when
you want to work your way around the different adjustments later on.
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On-Screen Display
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Customer Care and Warranty
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
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
C
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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D
D-SUB
Your monitor comes with a D-Sub cable.
Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) specification provides a high-speed digital connection for visual data types
that is display technology independent. The interface is primarily focused at providing a connection between
a computer and its display device. The DVI specification meets the needs of all segments of the PC industry
(workstation, desktop, laptop, etc.) and will enable these different segments to unite around one monitor
interface specification.
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The DVI interface enables:
1. Content to remain in the lossless digital domain from creation to consumption.
2. Display technology independence.
3. Plug and play through hot plug detection, EDID and DDC2B.
4. Digital and Analog support in a single connector.
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E
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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L
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
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legible to the user.
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U
USB or Universal Serial Bus
A smart plug for PC peripherals. USB automatically determines resources (like driver software and bus
bandwidth) required by peripherals. USB makes necessary resources available without user intervention.
● USB eliminates "case angst" -- the fear of removing the computer case to install add-on peripherals.
And USB also eliminates adjustment of complicated IRQ settings when installing new peripherals.
● USB does away with "port gridlock." Without USB, PCs are normally limited to one printer, two Com
port devices (usually a mouse and modem), one Enhanced Parallel Port add-on (scanner or video
camera, for example) and a joystick. More and more peripherals for multimedia computers arrive on
the market every day. With USB, up to 127 devices can run simultaneously on a computer.
● USB permits "hot plug-in." There's no need to shut down, plug in, reboot and run set-up to install
peripherals. And no need to go through the reverse process to unplug a device.
In short, USB transforms today's "Plug-and-Pray" into true Plug-and-Play!
Hub
A Universal Serial Bus device that provides additional connections to the Universal Serial Bus.
Hubs are a key element in the plug-and-play architecture of USB. The Figure shows a typical hub. Hubs
serve to simplify USB connectivity from the user's perspective and provide robustness at low cost and
complexity.
Hubs are wiring concentrators and enable the multiple attachment characteristics of USB. Attachment points
are referred to as ports. Each hub converts a single attachment point into multiple attachment points. The
architecture supports concatenation of multiple hubs.
The upstream port of a hub connects the hub towards the host. Each of the other downstream ports of a
hub allows connection to another hub or function. Hubs can detect, attach and detach at each downstream
port and enable the distribution of power to downstream devices. Each downstream port can be individually
enabled and configured at either full or low speed. The hub isolates low speed ports from full speed
signaling.
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A hub consists of two portions: the Hub Controller and Hub Repeater. The repeater is a protocol-controlled
switch between the upstream port and downstream ports. It also has hardware support for reset and
suspend/resume signaling. The controller provides the interface registers to allow communication to/from
the host. Hub specific status and control commands permit the host to configure a hub and to monitor and
control its ports.
Device
A logical or physical entity that performs a function. The actual entity described depends on the context of
the reference. At the lowest level, device may refer to a single hardware component, as in a memory device.
At a higher level, it may refer to a collection of hardware components that perform a particular function, such
as a Universal Serial Bus interface device. At an even higher level, device may refer to the function
performed by an entity attached to the Universal Serial Bus; for example, a data/FAX modem device.
Devices may be physical, electrical, addressable, and logical.
Downstream
The direction of data flow from the host or away from the host. A downstream port is the port on a hub
electrically farthest from the host that generates downstream data traffic from the hub. Downstream ports
receive upstream data traffic.
Upstream
The direction of data flow towards the host. An upstream port is the port on a device electrically closest to
the host that generates upstream data traffic from the hub. Upstream ports receive downstream data traffic.
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V
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 Print
Installing your LCD monitor driver • Download and Printing Instructions • Installing FPadjust
Program
Installing Your LCD monitor driver
System requirements:
●
PC running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 , Windows Me, Windows XP or later
● Find your driver ".inf/.icm/.cat" at : /PC/drivers/
Read the "Driver_install02.txt" file before installing.
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. (Win95/98/2000/Me/XP users right-click)
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150B4CG.pdf
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150S4FB.pdf
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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
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The FP Adjust program generates alignment patterns which will help you adjust monitor settings such as
CONTRAST, BRIGHTNESS, HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL POSITION, PHASE and CLOCK.
System requirements:
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PC running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Winodws Me, Windows XP or later
To install FPadjust Program:
●
Click on the link or icon to install FPadjustment Program.
or
●
Click-and-hold your mouse over the icon. (Win95/98/2000/Me/XP users right-click)
Download
FP_setup04.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').
● Exit your browser and install the FPadjust Program.
Read the "FP_Readme04.txt" file before installing.
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