Philips MGD403, MGD203 User Manual

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USER MANUAL

MGD203
MGD403

I FCC NOTICE - COPYRIGHT

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 (U.S. Federal Communications Commission)
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, 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.
The monitor described in this user manual has been
certified/registered by the safety agencies/regulatory
authorities as model n° MD0709BRM.

Modification

The FCC requires the user to be notified that any changes
or modifications made to this device that are not expressly
approved by the manufacturer may void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.

Cables

Connections to this device must be made with shielded
signals cables with metallic RFI/EMI connector hoods to
maintain compliance with FCC Rules and Regulations.

The lighting flash with arrowhead symbol is intended
to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated “dangerous
voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be suffi­cient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to
people.

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the presence of important operating and maintenance
(servicing) instructions in literature accompanying the
appliance.

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK,

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK)

NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK

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ATTENTION

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NE PAS OUVRIR

WARNING:

TO PREVENT DAMAGE WHICH MAY RESULT
IN FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT
EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR
EXCESSIVE MOISTURE.

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The manufacturer declares that this product
satisfies the basic requirements of Electromagnetic
Compatibility and Safety of the Directive:

- 93/42/EEC Medical Device regarding risk Class I

device.

- As having been designed and tested in conformity with

the requirements of the following Reference Standards:

- EN55011 - Limits and methods of measurements of

radio interference characteristics of Industrial Scientific
and Medical (ISM) radio-frequency equipment; Class B

- EN60601-1-2 (1993) Medical electrical equipment -

Part 1: General requirements for Safety - 2 - Collateral
Standard: Electromagnetic compatibility ­Requirements and tests.

- EN60601-1 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1:

General requirements for Safety.

- EN60950 (Safety of Information Technology equipment,

including electrical business equipment).

Conformity with the above basic requirements is certified
by means of the CE Marking shown on the product.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE 2

INTRODUCTION 2 - 3

MAIN FEATURES 4 - 5

SETTING UP YOUR NEW MONITOR 6 - 9

Inspection and unpacking 6

Connecting your monitor 7 - 9

INFORMATION AND USE OF THE CONTROL PANEL

Control location and functions 10

HARDWARE OSD

Adjustment: size position, geometry and special
functions 11 - 22

Technical Specification APPENDIX 1

Mechanical Specification APPENDIX 2

Note for UK APPENDIX 3

Factory Pre-Set Video Timings APPENDIX 4

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Thank you for purchasing the new MGD 203/MGD 403 high brightness monochrome
monitor. We hope you will enjoy using it and we are confident that this quality product will
meet your highest expectations.

This user manual contains the following informations:

‘ An introduction to the product features
‘ Instructions for unpacking and connecting to a computer: this allows you to quickly set-

up and receive the best performance from your new monitor

‘ Guide to the On Screen Display
‘ Instructions for the care and maintenance of the monitor to extend its service life
‘ Trouble shooting information in case you encounter any difficulties while you are

installing or using the monitor

‘ Technical performance

PREFACE

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The new MGD 203/MGD 403 is a very high brightness, high resolution digitally controlled
autoscan monochrome monitor, based on the CyberScreen technology. ®

This new monitor, specifically designed for medical applications, gives unique performances
in term of brightness, resolution and spot size.
Typical applications are X-ray display systems, Tele Radiology (TR), Picture Archiving and
Communications Systems (PACS), Radiology Information Systems (R.I.S.)
Cardiac Workstation, etc.
A rich set of functions allows quick installation, flexible user preference customization and
easy maintenance.

Specifically designed for very high-end medical imaging applications, the new MGD 203/ MGD
403 monitor is capable of working with all the formats available from the most
different monochrome as well as color video cards of both Apple and PC environments
and from all the high-end workstations.

This monitor incorporates a DDC1/DDC2B function that allows bidirectional communications
between the monitor and PC system for optimal video configuration.

It is also possible to use up to 15 of these monitors in Daisy Chain Mode, as explained later
in this manual.

Almost all the internal functions of the monitor are digitally controlled, and they can be stored
in a resident memory which may contain up to 28 different formats, 12 of which are factory pre­set. The monitor can store also five different ref. settings (all user adjustable) wich can be
recalled at any moment.

The power saving is operating ONLY when used with VESA DPMS compliant PC’s and/or
video controllers. By reducing power consumption to less than 15 W in suspend or stand­by mode and about 3 W in off mode, the monitor also complies with the Energy Star
Computers Program initiated by the EPA.

INTRODUCTION

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The monitor will automatically sychronise within a wide range of scanning frequencies and
determine the specific operating mode.

Monitor behaviour (degauss & reset), image quality and screen geometry adjustments can
be changed or selected via the hardware OSD by means of the front panel push-buttons.

Your new monitor provides special features as:

´ Very high contrast, high definition image.
´ Digital brightness uniformity control (higher than 90%).
´ Automatic correction of the effect of the horizontal magnetic field.
´ Digital correction of geometric distortions.
´ Automatic calibration (with optional light probe and software tool).
´ Incredible high contrast (750 cd/sqm for 21” - 900 cd/sqm for the 17”).
´ Universal power supply.
´ Interactive On Screen Display with a rich set of functions for easy installation and cus-

tomization.

´ Fully autoscan from 30 to 95 KHz (Horizontal Frequency)

50 to 170 Hz (Vertical Frequency).

´ Most common video modes already factory stored in the monitor memory.
´ Large number of free memory locations to store up to 16 user-defined video modes.
´ Full compatibily with all mono and color video cards, progressive and interlaced timing
´ Black Level Stabilization for quick warm-up (4 min.) and perfect contrast stability over

time.

´ Integrated Ambient Light Compensation control function.
´ RS 485 - like ’Daisy chain’ bus connection (up to 15 monitors), allows simultaneous

adjustment of each enabled monitor from each monitor’s keyboard.

´ RS 232 serial connection to host computer or service laptop.
´ Large number of functions available through the interactive On Screen

Display, (including also Hours of Operating, Horizontal Scan Rate,
Vertical Refresh Rate) to allow easy installation and optimal operation.

´ Orbiting function to increase CRT lifetime.
´ Loop-through input facility makes the connection of more monitors to the same video

source easy and economical.

´ Flexible inputs selection: 3 BNCs (for mono drivers), 5 BNCs or 15 pin D-sub (for color

drivers).

´ Six user selectable combinations of max Brightness and max Contrast

(5 preset + 1 available to the user).

´ Direct key access for most commonly used user commands:

BRIGHTNESS up/down, CONTRAST up/down, REF. SETTING,
USER SETTING, USER STORE, KEYBOARD UNLOCK.

´ Automatic Brightess Control programmable.
´ Multi-level Keyboard lock facility.
´ Number of hours of operation recorded and readable at any time.
´ Power Saving (VESA DPMS) function according to latest Environmental

Regulations & Reccomendations, including also the Power Factor (IEC 555-2) control cir­cuit.

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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

The MGD 203/MGD 403 monitor includes the following advanced technologies:

- CYBERSCREEN®: digital technology that allows the optimization of the picture quality
all over the screen, corners included.

- MAGNETOMETER: the magnetic field inside your monitor may dramatically change
whenever you tilt or swivel the monitor, or when you bring a magnetic object, e.g. an audio
speaker, close to the monitor. Changes to the magnetic field around a monitor can cause
distortion of the image displayed on the screen. The automatic magnetic field compensation
circuitry (horizontal component of earth magnetic field) of your MGD 203/
MGD 403 monitor, immediately correct these effects thus keeping the image always sharp.

- ABC: Automatic Brightness Control (ABC) function, when enabled, adjusts automatical­ly Brightness and Contrast according to the ambient light.

- Black Level Stabilization: The circuit reduces the time necessary to have a stabilized
brightness level from 20 minutes to less than 4 minutes. The BLS circuit also automatically
compensates the normal brightness decay due to the aging of the CRT.

- Digital Brightness Uniformity: thanks to the CyberScreen Technology, the screen
brightness can be digitally controlled all over the screen, making possible to have a >90%
brightness uniformity.

- Digital Control: all the monitor parameters, and display functions are accessible either
via the Service Software package or by means of a set of direct commands, making it easy
to remotly control the unit either from the System Console or from the Application
Program.

- Digital Geometry Control:
Full digital control of all geometry parameters to improve
the overall performances (geometry up to 1% - linearity up to 5%)

- Brightness Calibrator:
The optional MAP 201 HW/SW tool allows you to recalibrate the unit and to even
improve the brightness uniformity of the image all other the screen.

- Input Connection:
Your new monitor can be operated either through the 3 (5) BNC input or via the 15
pin mini D-sub inputs to give you the maximum flexibility.

AGAS

The CRT of your new MGD203/MGD403 is finished with “AGAS” treatment, one of the most
effective Anti-Glare/Anti-Static screen coating. With this treatment the intensity of reflected
light is reduced to less than 0,5%, the picture contrast and sharpness remains unimpaired,
and cleaning the screen is made easier.

MAIN FEATURES

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AUTOSCAN

This feature allows you to use your monitor with a wide range of video cards: the MGD
203/MGD 403 monitor will automatically synchronize at all horizontal frequencies in the
range 30 - 95 KHz and vertical frequencies in the range 50-170 Hz, and will automatical­ly discriminate the specific operating mode.

CATHODE RAY TUBE

This new monitor incorporates a special monochrome 17”/21” CRT for brilliant and high
contrast image (approximately three times the brightness of a standard monochrome
CRT). The Flat Square screen has P45 phosphor for best performance, high resolution in­line electron polygon DAF (Dynamic Astigmatism and Focusing) triple gun and AGAS
coating.

DDC (DISPLAY DATA CHANNEL)

This feature allows your operating system and application software to retrieve the display
identity information directly from the display device.

Note: the DDC feature works only if the monitor is connected to the PC by a mini D-Sub
15 pins / mini D-Sub 15 pins video signal cable as explained in the chapter Connecting
your monitor’ .

ENVIRONMENT

All the package materials are recyclable. This monitor does not contain any:
Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), Polyc. Diphenylether (PCDE), Polybromated
Diphenylether (PBDE), Asbestos and Cadmium.
The complete manufacturing process of the monitor does not emit the following sub­stances: Chlorinated Fluorohydrocarbons (CFC), Acrylonitrile, Styrol, Phenol, Benzol and
Heavy Metals.

HARDWARE OSD (ON SCREEN DISPLAY)

An easy to use OSD menu allows the user to control and adjust some monitor parame­ters: Tilt, Hor. & Vert. Phase, Hor. and Vert. Size.

Plug

and

Play

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1GUN / 3 GUNS BRIGHTNESS

This function allows to select (via OSD menu) between Low Brigtness Mode (even better
picture sharpness and reduced eye strain) and High Brightness Mode (full brightness).

WARNING: This function is available only if “1-BNC” input is selected since it has no much
sence with color video cards.

MAP 201 - Calibration Package (optional)

Specifically designed for the Triple Gun monochrome monitor series, this package con­sists of a calibration software and an high sensitivity light probe sensor.
The calibration package allows precise calibration of: brightness uniformity across the
entire area, black level and white level, moreover it allows the user to correct the beam
convergence from edge to edge for optimum display sharpness and accuracy.

ORBITING

The MGD 203/MGD 403 monitor includes a circuit specifically developed to increase the
Cathode Ray Tube phosphors life-time by slightly moving, on a circular orbit, the entire dis­played image.

DAISY CHAIN INTERFACE

The two 9-pin DSUB (male and female) connectors are parallel-wired RS485-like Multi­Point Serial Interface to allow the connection of up to 15 units in daisy chained configura­tion, each one having unique address in the range from 1 to 15.
The maximum total cable lenght between monitors is 15 m.
If Daisy Chain Mode is ENABLED the RS232, KEYBOARD and ABC controls are trasmit­ted to all the other monitors and at the same time executed inside the monitors.
(see specific chapter for details)

AUTOMATIC BRIGHTNESS CONTROL

The ABC feauture automatically adapts the contrast/brightness level to the ambient light
(measured with a special sensor).
The ABC function is selectable in one of the following three modes:

Active control range : 10 - 1000 lux ambient on the photo-sensor

ABC - FULL Adjustable Reduction Effect via OSD (20% - 100%)
ABC - REDUCTION Derived from ABC - FULL
ABC - OFF No reduction (100%)
In case of daisy chain connection only one unit can be allowed to be “ABC master” (fly­ing master concept). See also pages 18 and 25 of this user manual.

SHOW CONFIGURATION

Via OSD it is possible to display the monitor unit information:
firmware release, total working hours (to keep track of the real usage of the monitor),
active video mode, horizontal and vertical frequencies.

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Note:

REFERENCE SETTING

Five different ‘pairs’of brightness and contrast combinations can be defined, and stored
in the monitor and selected via OSD menu. This feature is particularly attractive for
OEMs using the monitor with multiple systems wich will save a lot of time in the facto­ry and in the field as well (‘tailoring’ of the monitor adjustments on the specific system
is no more needed).

POWER MANAGEMENT

The MGD 203/MGD 403 is ENERGY STAR compatible (requires “VESA DPMS”
compliant signalling).
The Power Management feature operates automatically by gradually powering down
the monitor in three different status:
ON: Display in full operation (GREEN/YELLOW/RED)

depending on reference setting status - see also’ LED
LIGHT MEANING TABLE’.

SUSPEND OR STAND-BY: Either Hsync or Vsync is missing, the power con sum-

ption is less than 15 W, (Yellow blinking LED).

OFF: Both H & V signals are inactive, the power consum-

ption is about 3 W, LED off).
This function can be easily disabled in a safe and permanent way through the Hardware
OSD (Mode/Power Saver).
The manufacturer is a partner in the EPA’s Energy Star computer program.
The Energy Star emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or ser­vice.

PRE-SET MODES

The monitor memory can store the geometry display parameters of each operating
mode up to 28 modes (12 of them are factory pre-set; see appendix 4), thus allowing
to auto-size the picture for the detected mode.
For any “not found” mode, the microprocessor will automatically store the geometry set­tings as adjusted by the user in the first free location.
The user has the possibility to change the adjustments at any time.

RESOLUTION

The maximum resolutions displayable on the screen are:
MGD203 : 1280 x 1024 @ 90 Hz
MGD403 : 1600 x 1280 @ 72 Hz

UNIVERSAL POWER SUPPLY

This unit will automatically detect and power up at any line voltage and frequency all
over the world with no intervention of the operator.