Philips 248C3L User Manual

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248C3L

EN User manual 1

Customer care and warranty 35

Troubleshooting & FAQs 40

Table of Contents

1. Important ......................................................... 1

1.1 Safety precautions and maintenance ...............1

1.2 Notational Descriptions .........................................2

1.3 Disposal of product and packing material.... 3

2. Setting up the monitor .................................. 4

2.1 Installation ....................................................................... 4

2.2 Operating the monitor ...........................................5

2.3 Remove the Base Stand .........................................7

3. Image Optimization........................................ 8

3.1 SmartImage ....................................................................8

3.2 SmartKolor ...................................................................10

3.3 SmartContrast .............................................................10

3.4 SmartSharpness .......................................................... 11

3.5 Philips SmartControl Premium ..........................11

3.6 SmartDesktop Guide ............................................... 19

4 Technical Specifications ................................. 24

4.1 Resolution & Preset Modes..................................27

5. Power Management .......................................28

5.1 Automatic PowerSaving ..........................................28

6 Regulatory Information ................................. 29

7 Customer care and warranty ......................35

7.1 Philips' Flat Panel Monitors Pixel Defect

Policy ..................................................................................35

7.2 Customer Care & Warranty ................................37

8 Troubleshooting & FAQs .............................. 40

8.1 Troubleshooting ..........................................................40

8.2 SmartControl Premium FAQs ............................ 42

8.3 General FAQs ..............................................................44

1. Important

1. Important

This electronic user’s guide is intended for anyone
who uses the Philips monitor. Take time to read
this user manual before you use your monitor.
It contains important information and notes
regarding operating your monitor.

The Philips guarantee applies provided the
product is handled properly for its intended use,
in accordance with its operating instructions and
upon presentation of the original invoice or cash
receipt, indicating the date of purchase, dealer’s
name and model and production number of the
product.

1.1 Safety precautions and maintenance

Warnings

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.

Operation

Please keep the monitor out of direct sunlight, •
very strong bright lights and away from
any other heat source. Lengthy exposure
to this type of environment may result in
discoloration and damage to the monitor.
Remove any object that could fall into •
ventilation holes or prevent proper cooling of
the monitor’s electronics.
Do not block the ventilation holes on the •
cabinet.
When positioning the monitor, make sure the •
power plug and outlet are easily accessible.
If turning off the monitor by detaching the •
power cable or DC power cord, wait for 6
seconds before attaching the power cable or
DC power cord for normal operation.
Please use approved power cord provided •
by Philips all the time. If your power cord is

missing, please contact with your local service
center. (Please refer to Customer Care
Consumer Information Center)
Do not subject the monitor to severe •
vibration or high impact conditions during
operation.
Do not knock or drop the monitor during •
operation or transportation.

Maintenance

• To protect your monitor from possible
damage, do not put excessive pressure on the
monitor panel. When moving your monitor,
grasp the frame to lift; do not lift the monitor
by placing your hand or fingers on the monitor
panel.
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 may be
wiped with a dry cloth when the power is off.
However, never use organic solvent, such as,
alcohol, or ammonia-based liquids to clean
your monitor.
To avoid the risk of shock or permanent •
damage to the set, do not expose the monitor
to dust, rain, water, or excessive moisture
environment.
If your monitor gets wet, wipe it with dry cloth •
as soon as possible.
If foreign substance or water gets in your •
monitor, please turn the power off immediately
and disconnect the power cord. Then, remove
the foreign substance or water, and send it to
the maintenance center.
Do not store or use the monitor in locations •
exposed to heat, direct sunlight or extreme
cold.
In order to maintain the best performance of •
your monitor and use it for a longer lifetime,
please use the monitor in a location that falls
within the following temperature and humidity
ranges.

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Temperature: 0-40°C 32-95°F

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Humidity: 20-80% RH

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1. Important

IMPORTANT: Always activate a moving screen •
saver program when you leave your monitor
unattended. Always activate a periodic screen
refresh application if your monitor will display
unchanging static content. Uninterrupted
display of still or static images over an
extended period may cause “burn in”, also
known as “after-imaging” or “ghost imaging”,
on your screen.
"Burn-in", "after-imaging", or "ghost imaging" •
is a well-known phenomenon in monitor
panel technology. In most cases, the “burned
in” or “after-imaging” or “ghost imaging” will
disappear gradually over a period of time after
the power has been switched off.

Warning
Severe” burn-in” or “after-image” or “ghost image”
symptoms will not disappear and cannot be
repaired. The damage mentioned above is not
covered under your warranty.

Service

The casing cover should be opened only by •
qualified service personnel.
If there is any need for any document for •
repair or integration, please contact with
your local service center. (please refer to the
chapter of "Consumer Information Center")
For transportation information, please refer to •
"Technical Specifications".
Do not leave your monitor in a car/trunk •
under direct sun light.

1.2 Notational Descriptions

The following subsections describe notational
conventions used in this document.
Notes, Cautions and Warnings
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.

Note
Consult a service technician if the monitor does
not operate normally, or you are not sure what
procedure to take when the operating instructions
given in this manual have been followed.

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1. Important

1.3 Disposal of product and packing

material

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment­WEEE

This marking on the product or on its packaging
illustrates that, under European Directive 2002/96/
EC governing used electrical and electronic
appliances, this product may not be disposed
of with normal household waste. You are
responsible for disposal of this equipment through
a designated waste electrical and electronic
equipment collection. To determine the locations
for dropping off such waste electrical and
electronic, contact your local government office,
the waste disposal organization that serves your
household or the store at which you purchased
the product.

Recycling Information for Customers

Your display is manufactured with high quality
materials and components which can be recycled
and reused.
To learn more about our recycling program please
visit www.philips.com/about/sustainability/recycling.

Your new monitor contains materials that can be
recycled and reused. Specialized companies can
recycle your product to increase the amount of
reusable materials and to minimize the amount to
be disposed of.

All redundant packing material has been omitted.
We have done our utmost to make the packaging
easily separable into mono materials.

Please find out about the local regulations on how
to dispose of your old monitor and packing from
your sales representative.

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2. Setting up the monitor

2. Setting up the monitor

2.1 Installation

2. Attach the monitor base stand to the base

column then fasten base stand.

Package contents

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DVI cable (optional)

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Use only the AC/DC adapter model:
APD-DA-36Q12-AAAA/Darfon-BC36-1201-06.

Install base stand

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Connecting to your PC

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Kensington anti-theft lock
DC power input
DVI-D input
VGA input

1. Place the monitor face down on a smooth

and soft surface taking care to avoid scratching
or damaging the screen.

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2. Setting up the monitor

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Kensington anti-theft lock
DC power input
HDMI audio out

HDMI input

VGA input

Connect to PC

1. Connect the power adapter cable to the

back of the montior f

irmly.

2. Turn off your computer and unplug its

power cable.

3. Connect the monitor signal cable to the

video connector on the back of y
computer.

4. Plug the power cable into the power

adaptor and into a nearb

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urn on your computer and monitor. If

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the monitor displays an image, installation
is complete.

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2.2 Operating the monitor

Front view product description

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: To access OSD menu.
: Return to previous OSD level.
: To use the Turbo function.
: To switch monitor’s power on and off.
: To adjust the OSD menu.

: To change the signal input.

: SmartImage. There are 7 modes to

be selected: Text, Office, Photo, Movie,
Game, Economy and Off.

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2. Setting up the monitor

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Description of the On Screen Display

What is On-Screen Display (OSD)?

On-Screen Display (OSD) is a feature in all Philips
monitors. It allows an end user to adjust screen
performance or select functions of the monitors
directly through an on-screen instruction window.
A user friendly on screen display interface is
shown as below:

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248C3LH

Basic and simple instruction on the control keys

In the OSD shown above users can press
buttons at the front bezel of the monitor to move
the cursor, OK to confirm the choice or change.

The OSD Menu

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.

Input

Picture

Audio

(Optional)

Color

Language

OSD Settings

Setup

VGA

DVI (Optional)

HDMI 1 (Optional)

HDMI 2 (Optional)

Picture Format

Brightness

Contrast

SmartKolor

SmartTxt

SmartResponse

SmartContrast

Gamma

Stand Alone

Mute

Color Temp.

sRGB

User Define

English,Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano,

Português, Русский,

Horizontal

Vertical

Transparency

OSD Time out

Auto

Power LED

H. Position

V. Position

Phase

Clock

Resolution Notification

Reset

Information

Wide screen, 4:3

0~100

0~100

On, Off

On, Off

On, Off

On, Off

1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6

On, Off

On, Off

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Red: 0~100

Green: 0~100

Blue: 0~100

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0~100

0~100

Off, 1, 2, 3, 4

5 s, 10 s, 20 s, 30 s, 60 s

0~4

0~100

0~100

0~100

0~100

On, Off

Yes, No

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2. Setting up the monitor

Resolution notification

This monitor is designed for optimal performance
at its native resolution, 1920x1080@60Hz.
When the monitor is powered on at a different
resolution, an alert is displayed on screen: Use
1920x1080@60Hz for best results.
Display of the native resolution alert can be
switched off from Setup in the OSD (On Screen
Display) menu.

Physical Function

Tilt

20˚

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2.3 Remove the Base Stand

Remove the Base Stand

Before you start disassembling the monitor base,
please follow the instructions below to avoid
damage or injury.

1. Place the monitor face on a safe surface, then
loose the screw form the base.

2. Release the screw of base stand then pull the base
away from the monitor.

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3. Image Optimization

3. Image Optimization

3.1 SmartImage

What is it?

SmartImage provides presets that optimize
display for different types of content, dynamically
adjusting brightness, contrast, color and sharpness
in real time. Whether you're working with text
applications, displaying images or watching a
video, Philips SmartImage delivers great optimized
monitor performance.

Why do I need it?

You want a monitor that delivers optimized display
all your favorite types of content, Smar tImage
software dynamically adjust brightness, contrast,
color and sharpness in real time to enhance your
monitor viewing experience.

How does it work?

SmartImage is an exclusive, leading edge Philips
technology that analyzes the content displayed
on your screen. Based on a scenario you select,
SmartImage dynamically enhances the contrast,
color saturation and sharpness of images to
enhance the contents being displayed - all in real
time with the press of a single button.

How to enable SmartImage?

1. Press to launch the SmartImage on screen
display;

2. Keep pressing to toggle between Text,
Office, Photo, Movie, Game, Economy and Off;

3. The SmartImage on screen display will remain
on screen for 5 seconds or you can also
press”OK” to make confirmation.

4. When SmartImage is enabled, the sRGB
scheme is disabled automatically. To use sRGB
you need to disable SmartImage with the
button at the front bezel of your monitor.

Except using
press

buttons to choose and press “OK” to

confirm selection and close the SmartImage OSD.

key to scroll down, you can also

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3. Image Optimization

There are seven modes to be selected: Text,
Office, Photo, Movie, Game, Economy and Off.

• Text: Helps improve reading of text based
application like PDF ebooks. By using a special
algorithm which increases the contrast and
boundary sharpness of text content, the
display is optimized for a stress-free reading
by adjusting the brightness, contrast and color
temperature of the monitor.

• Office: Enhances text and dampens brightness
to increase readability and reduce eye strain.
This mode significantly enhances readability
and productivity when you're working with
spreadsheets, scanned articles or other general
office applications.

• Photo: This profile combines color saturation,
dynamic contrast and sharpness enhancement
to display photos and other images with
outstanding clarity in vibrant colors - all
without artifacts and faded colors.

• Movie: Ramped up luminance, deepened
color saturation, dynamic contrast and razor
sharpness displays every details in darker
areas of your videos without color washout in
brighter areas maintaining a dynamic natural
values for the ultimate video display

• Game: Turn on over drive circuit for best
response time, reduce jaggy edges for fast
moving objects on screen, enhance contrast
ratio for bright and dark scheme, this profile
delivers the best gaming experience for
gamers.

• Economy: Under this profile, brightness,
contrast are adjusted and backlighting fine­tuned for just right display of everyday office
applications and lower power consumption.

• Off: No optimization by SmartImage.

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3. Image Optimization

3.2 SmartKolor

What is it?

SmartKolor is a special color extension technology
that is able to enhance visual color range to
deliver vivid and rich picture performance.

Why do I need it?

You want the rich, vibrant images for experiencing
the outstanding photos or videos.

How does it work?
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SmartKolor will dynamically enhance color
saturation and extend visual color range to enrich
color quality and performance of your viewing
images. SmartKolor is turned off automatically; for
example, in Text mode or Office mode, where it is
not required.

3.3 SmartContrast

What is it?

Unique technology that dynamically analyzes
displayed content and automatically optimizes a
monitor's contrast ratio for maximum visual clarity
and viewing enjoyment, stepping up backlighting
for clearer, crisper and brighter images or dimming
backlighting for clear display of images on dark
backgrounds.

Why do I need it?

You want the very best visual clarity and viewing
comfort for every type of content. SmartContrast
dynamically controls contrast and adjusts
backlighting for clear, crisp, bright gaming and
video images or displays clear, readable text for
office work. By reducing your monitor's power
consumption, you save on energy costs and
extend the lifetime of your monitor.

How does it work?

When you activate SmartContrast, it will analyse
the content you are displaying in real time to
adjust colors and control backlight intensity. This
function will dynamically enhance contrast for a
great entertainment experience when viewing
videos or playing games.

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3. Image Optimization

3.4 SmartSharpness

What is it?

Smart technology that enhances sharpness when
you need it for ultimate display performance and
more entertainment fun when you are viewing
videos or photos.

Why do I need it?

You want the ultimate in sharpness for more
entertainment fun when viewing photos or videos.

How does it work?

Smart technology enhances sharpness when you
need it for ultimate display performance and more
entertainment fun when you are viewing videos or
photos in the Movie or Game mode. It is turned
off for top quality display of office applications
and in the Economy mode to reduce power
consumptions.

3.5 Philips SmartControl Premium

The new SmartControl Premium software
by Phillips allows you to control your monitor
via an easy to use on-screen graphic interface.
Complicated adjustments are a thing of the past as
this user friendly software guides you through fine­tuning resolution, Color calibration, Clock/Phase
adjustments, RGB White point adjustment, etc.

Installation

• Follow the instruction and complete the
installation.

• You can launch after installation is completed.

• If you want to launch later, you can either click
the shortcut on desktop or toolbar.

First launch -Wizard

• The first time after installation of
SmartControl Premium, it will automatically
go to Wizard for first time launch.

• The wizard will guide you through adjustment
your monitor performance step by step.

• You can go to Plug-in menu to launch wizard
later on as well.

• You can adjust more options without wizard
by Standard pane.

Equipped with latest technology in core algorithm
for fast processing and response, this Windows
7 compliant eye catching animated Icon based
software is ready to enhance your experience
with Philips monitors!

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3. Image Optimization

Start with Standard pane:

Adjust menu:

• Adjust Menu allow you to adjust Brightness,
Contrast, Focus, Position and Resolution.

• You can follow the instruction and do the
adjustment.

• Cancel prompts user if you want to cancel
installation.

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3. Image Optimization

Color menu:

• Color Menu allow you to adjust RGB, Black
Level, White Point, Color Calibration, and
SmartImage (Please refer to SmartImage
section).

• You can follow the instruction and do the
adjustment.

• Refer to below table for sub-menu item base
on your input.

• Example for Color Calibration

1. "Show Me" starts color calibration tutorial.

2. Start - starts the 6-step color calibration

sequence.

3. Quick View loads the before/after images.

4. To return to Color home pane, click the

Cancel button.

5. Enable color calibration - by default is on. If
unchecked, does not allow for color calibration
to happen, dimes out start and quick view
buttons.

6. Must have patent info in calibration screen.

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