Samsung SYNCMASTER 172T, SYNCMASTER 152T User Manual

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BN68-00150M-00

SyncMaster 152T/172T/192T

Contents

English

Safety Instructions

Unpacking Your Monitor

Setting up Your Monitor

Connecting Your Monitor

Self-Test Feature Check

Warning Messages

Environment

Useful Tips

Adjusting Your Monitor

User Controls

Brightness

Contrast

Image Lock

Fine

Coarse

H-Position

V-Position

Reset

Geometry Reset

Color Reset

Color Temperature

Halftone

Language

Menu Position

H-Position

V-Position

Menu Display Time

Display Mode

Source Select

Auto Adjustment

OSD Lock/Unlock

MagicBright

Power Saver

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Display Modes

Safety Instructions

1. Do not use a damaged or loose plug.

2. Do not pull the plug out by the wire nor touch the plug with wet hands.

3. Use only a properly grounded plug and receptacle.

4. Do not excessively bend the plug and wire nor place heavy objects upon them, which could cause damage.

5. Do not connect too many extension cords or plugs to an outlet.

6. Put your monitor in a location with low humidity and a minimum of dust.

7. Do not drop the monitor when moving it.

8. Place the monitor on a flat and stable surface.

9. Set down the monitor carefully.

10. Do not place the monitor face down.

11. Installing a wall bracket must be done by a qualified professional.

12. Do not spray water or detergent directly on the monitor.

13. Use the recommended detergent with a smooth cloth.

14. If the connector between the plug and the pin is dusty or dirty, clean it properly with a dry cloth.

15. Do not remove cover(or back). No user serviceable parts inside.

16. If your monitor does not operate normally - in particular, if there are any unusual sounds or smells coming from it - unplug it immediately and contact an authorized dealer or service.

17. Be careful not to let water drip into the monitor or expose the monitor to moisture.

18. If the monitor is dropped or the casing is damaged, turn the monitor off and unplug the power cord.

19. Keep the power off when there is thunder and lightening outside, or let the monitor remain unused for an extended period of time.

20. Do not try to move the monitor by pulling on the wire or the signal cable.

21. Do not move the monitor right or left by pulling only the wire or the signal cable.

22. Do not cover the vents on the monitor cabinet.

23. Do not place water containers, chemical products or small metal objects on the monitor.

24. Do not use or store inflammable substances near the monitor.

25. Never insert anything metallic into the monitor openings.

26. Do not insert metal objects such as utensils, wire or drill bits, or things that catch fire easily, such as pieces of paper or matches, into the vents or the headphone or A/V ports on the monitor.

27. If you view a fixed screen for an extended period of time, residual image or blurriness may appear.

28. Be careful when adjusting the stand angle.

29. Adjust the resolution and frequency to the levels appropriate for the model.

30. Keep all power adaptors apart.

31. Keep power adaptor away from any other heat source.

32. Remove and discard vinyl bag from power adaptor before use.

33. Always keep power adaptor in well-ventilated area.

34. Keep the volume at a proper level when you use the headphones.

35. Keep a proper distance between your eyes and the monitor screen.

Auto Exit Menu

Source

Power Cord

D-Sub Cable

Sound Cables

Multimedia Speaker Stand

For Multimedia model (Option)

User Manual

DC-Adapter

VESA Mounting Bracket

DVI Cable(Option)

Unpacking Your Monitor

Monitor and Stand

Please make sure the following items are included with your monitor. If any items are missing, contact your dealer.

152T/172T 192T

Setting up Your Monitor

Connecting Your Monitor

1. Connect the DC Adapter for your monitor to the power port on the back of the monitor. Plug the power cord for the monitor into a nearby outlet.

2-1. Using the D-sub (Analogue) connector on the video card.

Connect the signal cable to the 15-pin, D-sub connector on the back of your monitor.

2-2. Using the DVI (Digital) connector on the video card.

Connect the DVI Cable to the DVI Port on the back of your Monitor.

3. Connected to a Macintosh. Connect the monitor to the Macintosh computer using the D-SUB connection cable.

4. In the case of an old model Macintosh, you need to connect the monitor using a special Mac adaptor.

5. Turn on your computer and monitor. If your monitor displays an image, installation is complete.

Rear of Computer

New Model Macintosh

Old Model Macintosh

Rear of Monitor

Setting up Your Monitor

Connecting Your Monitor

Setup-For Multimedia model

1. PC sound connection terminal (Input)

2. Headphone connection terminal (Output)

3. Volume

4. To listen in privacy, connect headphones here.

5. Connect a sound cable from the input source (sound card, computer, CD-ROM drive).

Failure of any of the boxes to appear indicates a problem with your monitor. This box also appears during normal operation if the video cable becomes disconnected or damaged.

4. Turn off your monitor and reconnect the video cable; then turn on both your computer and the monitor.

If your monitor screen remains blank after using the previous procedure, check your video controller and computer system; your monitor is functioning properly.

Self-Test Feature Check

1. Turn off both your computer and the monitor.

2. Unplug the video cable from the back of the computer.

3. Turn on the monitor.

If the monitor is functioning properly, you will see a box with a border and text inside

as shown in the following illustration:

The three boxes inside the border are red, green and blue.

Your monitor provides a self test feature that allows you to check whether your monitor is functioning properly.

Setting up Your Monitor

Warning Messages

If there is something wrong with the input signal, a message appears on the screen or the screen goes blank although the power indicator LED is still on. The message may indicate that the monitor is out of scan range or that you need to check the signal cable.

Environment

The location and the position of the monitor may influence the quality and other features of the monitor.

1. If there are any woofer speakers near the monitor, unplug and relocate the

woofer to another room.

2. Remove all electronic devices such as radios, fans, clocks and telephones that

are within 3 feet (one meter) of the monitor.

Useful Tips

A monitor recreates visual signals received from the PC. Therefore, if there is trouble with the PC or the video card, this can cause the monitor to become blank, have poor coloring, noise, Video mode not supported, etc. In this case, first check the source of the problem, and then contact a service center or your dealer.

Judging the monitor's working condition If there is no image on the screen or an “Video mode not supported” message comes up, disconnect the cable from the computer while the monitor is still powered on.

If there is a message coming up on the screen or if the screen goes white, this means the monitor is in working condition.

In this case, check the computer for trouble.

Adjusting Your Monitor

User Controls

1 2 3 4

152T/172T

1 2 3 4

192T

1. Auto button:

Use this button to auto adjustment direct access.

2. Exit button:

Use this button to Exit the active menu or the OSD.

Source button:

When push the 'Source' button, then Selects the Video signal while the OSD is off. (When the Source button is pressed to change the input mode, a message appears in the center of the screen displaying the current mode -- analog or digital input signal.)

3. Adjust buttons:

These buttons allow you to highlight and adjust items in the menu.

MagicBright button(192T Only):

MagicBright is a new feature providing optimum viewing environment depending on the contents of the image you are watching. Currently three different modes are available: Text, Internet, and Entertain. Each mode has its own pre-configured brightness value. You can easily select one of three settings by simply pressing MagicBright control buttons.

4. Menu button:

Use this button to open the OSD and activate a highlighted menu item.

Adjusting Your Monitor

Brightness

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the

Contrast screen is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the

Contrast adjustment screen.

4. Use the + button to increase the contrast or - button

to decrease the contrast.

Note: Not Available

This function doesn't work in Digital input.

Contrast

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the

Brightness adjustment screen.

3. Use the + button to increase the brightness or - button

to decrease the brightness.

Direct Access Feature :

When OSD is not on the screen, Push the + or - button to adjust brightness.

Adjust the Contrast.

Adjust the Brightness.

Adjusting Your Monitor

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the Image Lock screen

is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button twice to open the

Fine adjustment screen.

4. Use the - or + buttons to remove any noise.

Note: Not Available

This function doesn't work in Digital input.

Image Lock is used to fine tune and get the best image by removing noises that creates unstable images with jitters and shimmers. If satisfactory results are not obtained using the Fine adjustment, use the Coarse adjustment and then use Fine again.

Image Lock

Fine

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the Image Lock screen

is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button again and then

press the - or + button until the Coarse screen appears. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the Coarse adjustment screen.

4. Use the - or + buttons to remove any noise.

Note: Not Available

This function doesn't work in Digital input.

Coarse

Adjusting Your Monitor

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the H-Position screen

is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the

H-Position adjustment screen.

4. Use the - and + buttons to change the horizontal position

of the monitor's viewing area.

Note: Not Available

This function doesn't work in Digital input.

Follow these instructions to change the horizontal position of the monitor's entire display.

H-Position

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the V-Position screen

is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the

V-Position adjustment screen.

4. Use the - and + buttons to change the vertical position

of the monitor's viewing area.

Note: Not Available

This function doesn't work in Digital input.

Follow these instructions to change the vetical position of the monitor's entire display.

V-Position

Adjusting Your Monitor

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the Reset screen

is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button twice to open the

Geometry Reset adjustment screen.

4. Push the + button to select Yes.

If you don't want to reset the monitor, use the - button to select No.

Note: Not Available

This function doesn't work in Digital input.

Geometry parameters are replaced with the factory default values.

Reset

Geometry Reset

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the Reset screen

is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button again and then

press the - or + button until the Color Reset screen appears. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the Color Reset adjustment screen.

4. Push the + button to select Yes.

If you don't want to reset the monitor, use the - button to select No.

Color parameters are replaced with the factory default values.

Color Reset

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the Color Temperature

screen is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the

Color Temperature adjustment screen.

4. Press the - or + button to select User Adjusted, Reddish,

Bluish or sRGB (When you adjust the Brightness and Contrast after sRGB mode is selected, sRGB mode exits.)

Note: Not Available

This function doesn't work in Digital input.

Color temperature is a measure of the "warmth"of the image colors.

Color Temperature (152T/172T)

Adjusting Your Monitor

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the Color Temperature

screen is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the

Color Temperature adjustment screen.

4. Press the - or + button to select User Adjusted, Reddish,

Bluish.

Note: Not Available

This function doesn't work in Digital input. But sRGB mode works in Digital input.

Color temperature is a measure of the "warmth"of the image colors.

Color Temperature (192T)

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the Halftone screen is

displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the Halftone selection

screen.

4. Use the - button or + button to select On or Off.

Change the opaqueness of the background of the OSD.

Halftone

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the Languages screen

is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the languages

selection screen.

4. Use the - button or + button to select the language

you would like to use.

Follow these steps to change the language used in the menu. You can choose one of ten languages. (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean)

Language

Note

The language chosen affects only the language of the OSD. It has no effect on any software running on the computer.

Adjusting Your Monitor

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the H-Menu Position

screen is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button twice to open the

H-Position adjustment screen.

4. Use the - and + buttons to place the menu in the

horizontal position you prefer.

You can change the horizontal position where the OSD menu appears on your monitor.

Menu Position

H-Position

1. Push the Menu ( ) button.

2. Push the - button or + button until the V-Menu Position

screen is displayed.

3. Push the Menu ( ) button again and then press

the - or + button until the V-Position screen appears. Push the Menu ( ) button to open the V-Position adjustment screen.

4. Use the - and + buttons to place the menu in the

vertical position you prefer.

You can change the vertical position where the OSD menu appears on your monitor.

V-Position

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