Samsung SyncMaster 2433BW user manual
LCD Monitor
User Manual
SyncMaster 2433BW
Safety Instructions
Notational
Note
These safety instructions must be followed to ensure your safety and prevent property damage.
Make sure to read the instructions carefully and use the product in the correct manner.
Warning / Caution
Otherwise, it may result in death or personal injury.
Otherwise, it may result in personal injury or property damage.
Notational Conventions
Power
Prohibited
Do not disassemble
Do not touch
When not used for extended period of time, set your computer to DPM.
If using screen saver, set it to active screen mode.
The images here are for
countries).
Shortcut to Anti-Afterimage Instructions
Do not use a damaged power cord or plug or a damaged or loose power
outlet.
reference only, and are not applicable in all cases (or
Important to read and understand at all times
Disconnect the plug from the
outlet
Ground to prevent an electric
shock
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock or fire.
Do not touch the power plug with wet hands when removing or plug-
ging the plug into the outlet.
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock.
Make sure to connect the power cord to a grounded power outlet.
• Otherwise, it may result in electric shock or personal injury.
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Safety Instructions
Ensure that the power plug is plugged into the power outlet firmly and
correctly.
• Otherwise, this may result in fire.
Do not forcefully bend or pull the power plug and do not place any
heavy material on it.
• Otherwise, this may result in fire.
Do not connect multiple appliances to the same power outlet.
• Otherwise, this may cause fire due to overheating.
Do not disconnect the power cord while using the product.
Installation
• Otherwise, this may result in
shock.
To disconnect the apparatus from the mains, the plug must be pulled
out from the mains socket,
erable.
• This may cause electric shock or fire.
Use only the power cord provided by our company. Do not use the
provided power cord of another product.
• Otherwise, this may result in fire or electric shock.
Be sure to contact an authorized Service Center when installing your monitor
a location with heavy dust, high or low temperatures, high humidity, and exposed
to chemical substances and where it operates for 24 hours such as at airports,
train stations etc.
Failure to do so may cause serious damage to your monitor.
damage to the product due to electric
therefore the mains plug shall be readily op-
in
Do not drop the monitor when moving it.
• This may cause damage to the product or the person carrying it.
Ensure that at least two persons lift and move the product.
• Otherwise, it may be dropped
age the product.
When installing the product in a cabinet or rack, make sure that the
front end of the bottom of the product does not project out.
• Otherwise, it may fall or cause personal injury.
• Use a cabinet or rack of a size appropriate to the product.
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and cause personal injury, and/or dam-
Safety Instructions
DO NOT PLACE CANDLES, MOSQUITO REPELLANT, CIGARETTES AND ANY HEATING APPLIANCES
UCT.
• Otherwise, this may result in fire.
Keep heating appliances as far away from the power cord or the product as possible.
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock or fire.
Do not install it in a badly ventilated location such as a bookcase or
closet.
NEAR TNE PROD-
• Otherwise, this may result in
temperature.
Put down the monitor carefully.
• Failing to do so may damage the monitor.
Do not place the front of the product on the floor.
• Otherwise, this may result in damage to the screen display.
Ensure that an authorized installation company installs the wall mount.
• Otherwise, it may fall and cause personal injury.
• Make sure to install the specified wall mount.
Install your product in a well ventilated location. Ensure that there is
a clearance of more than 10 cm from the wall.
• Otherwise, it may result in
perature.
Ensure that the packaging vinyl is kept away from children.
fire due to an increase in the internal
fire due to an increase in the internal tem-
Clean
• Otherwise, it may result in
with it.
If the height of your monitor is adjustable, do not place any object or
part of your body on the stand when lowering it.
• This may cause damage to the product or the person carrying it.
When cleaning the monitor case or the surface of the TFT-LCD screen, wipe
with a slightly moistened, soft fabric.
Do not spray cleaner directly onto the surface of the product.
• Otherwise, this may result in
structure and the screen surface may peel off.
serious harm (suffocation) if children play
the discoloration and distortion of the
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Safety Instructions
Clean the product using a soft cloth with a monitor cleaner only. If
you must use a cleaner
at a ratio of 1:10.
When cleaning the power plug pins or dusting the power outlet, clean
it with a dry cloth.
• Otherwise, it may result in fire.
When cleaning the product, make sure to disconnect the power cord.
• Otherwise, it may result in electric shock or fire.
When cleaning the product, disconnect the power cord and clean it
softly with a dry cloth.
other than the monitor cleaner, dilute it with water
Others
• (Do not use chemicals
quito repellant, lubricant, or cleaner.) These may change the appearance of the product surface and peel off the indication labels on the
product.
Since the product housing is easily scratched, make sure to use the
specified cloth only.
• Use the specified cloth adding
be scratched if there is any foreign material on the cloth, make sure
to shake it thoroughly before using it.
When cleaning the product, do not spray water directly onto the main
body of the product.
• Ensure that water does not enter the product and that it is not wet.
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock, fire or a malfunction.
The product is a high voltage product. Ensure that users do not disassemble, repair or modify the product themselves.
• Otherwise, this may result in
needs to be repaired, contact a Service Center.
If there is a strange smell or a strange sound or smoke is coming from
the product, disconnect the power
Center.
such as wax, benzene, alcohol, thinner, mos-
only a little water. As the product may
electric shock or fire. If the product
plug immediately and contact a Service
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock or fire.
Do not place this product in a location exposed to moisture, dust,
smoke, water, or in a car.
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock or fire.
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Safety Instructions
When you drop the product or the case is broken, turn the power off
and disconnect the power cord. Contact a Service Center.
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock or fire.
If thunder or lightening is occurring, do not touch the power cord or
antenna cable.
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock or fire.
Do not try to move the monitor by pulling only the wire or the signal
cable.
• Otherwise, it may fall and
product or fire due to damage to the cable.
Do not lift or move the product back and forwards or right and left
while only holding the power cord or signal cables.
• Otherwise, it may fall and
product or fire due to damage to the cable.
Make sure that the ventilating opening is not blocked by a table or
curtain.
• Otherwise, it may result in
perature.
Do not place any containers containing water, vases, flowerpots, medicines as well as any metal on the product.
• If water or a foreign
cord and contact a Service Center.
• This may result in a product malfunction, electric shock, or fire.
Do not use or keep combustible spray or flammable material near the
product.
• Otherwise, this may result in an explosion or fire.
material enters the product, disconnect the power
result in electric shock, damage to the
result in electric shock, damage to the
fire due to an increase in the internal tem-
Do not insert any metal, such as chopsticks, coins, pins and steel, or
flammable objects, such as matches
the ventilating openings, input and output terminals, etc).
• If water or foreign material enters the product, disconnect the power
cord and contact a Service Center.
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock or fire.
When using a fixed screen for a long time, an afterimage or stain may
occur.
• If you are not using
sleep mode or use a moving screen saver.
Set a resolution and frequency appropriate to the product.
• Otherwise, your eyesight may be damaged.
your product for a long period of time, put it into
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or paper, inside the product (through
Safety Instructions
If you continually move closer to the product screen, your eyesight
may be failing.
To ease eye strain, take at least a five-minute break after every hour
of using the monitor.
Do not install it in an unstable location such as an unstable rack or
uneven surface or a location exposed to vibrations.
• Otherwise, it may fall and
product.
• If you use the product in a location exposed to vibrations, it may
damage the product and result in fire.
When moving the product, turn the power off and disconnect the power
plug, antenna cable, and all the cables connected to the product.
• Otherwise, it may result in electric shock or fire.
Ensure that children do not hang onto the product or climb up onto the
product.
• The product may fall and cause personal injury or death.
If you do not use the product for a long period of time, disconnect the
power cord from the power outlet.
• Otherwise, this may result in
result in fire due to electric shock or leakage.
Do not place any heavy items or toys or confectionery, such as cookies
etc. that may attract the attentions of children onto the product.
• Your children may hang onto
may result in personal injury or death.
Do not turn the product upside down or move it while holding only
the stand.
cause personal injury and/or damage the
overheating or fire due to dust, and may
the product causing it to fall and this
• Otherwise, it may fall and
the product.
Do not place the product in a location exposed to direct sunlight or
near any heat such as a fire or heater.
• This may reduce the lifetime of the product, and may result in fire.
Do not drop any objects onto the product or cause any impact to the
product.
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock or fire.
result in personal injury and/or damage to
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Safety Instructions
Do not use a humidifier or kitchen table near the product.
• Otherwise, this may result in electric shock or fire.
When there is a gas leak, do not touch the product or the power plug
but ventilate immediately.
• If a spark occurs, it may cause an explosion or fire.
If the product has been turned on for a long time, the display panel
becomes hot. Do not touch it.
• Keep the small accessories in
Be careful when adjusting the angle of the product or the height of the
stand.
• This may result in personal
come caught.
• Also, if you tilt the product too far, it may fall and cause personal
injury.
Do not install the product in a location low enough for children to
reach.
• Otherwise, it may fall and result in personal injury.
• Since the front
level and stable surface.
Do not put any heavy objects on the product.
• This may result in personal injury and/or damage to the product.
Good Postures When Using the Monitor
part of the product is heavy, install the product on a
a location out of the reach of children.
injury as your hand or fingers may be-
When using the product, use it in the correct position.
• Keep your back straight while looking at the product.
• The distance between
be between 45 to 50 cm. Look at the screen from a
slightly higher location than the height of the screen.
• When using the product, use it in the correct position.
• Adjust the angle so that light is not reflected on the
screen.
• Place your arms perpendicular to your sides and allow
your arms to be level with the back of the hand.
• Keep your elbow at 90 degrees.
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your eyes and the screen should
Safety Instructions
• Keep your knees at greater than 90 degrees, and keep
your heels firmly on
than your heart.
the floor. Keep your arms lower
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Introduction
Package Contents
Note
Please make sure the following items are included with your monitor.
If any items are missing, contact your dealer.
Contact a local dealer to buy optional items.
Unpacking
Monitor
Manuals
Quick Setup Guide Warranty Card
(Not available in all loca-
Cables
D-Sub Cable Power Cord DVI Cable (option)
Others
User's Guide
tions)
Cleaning Cloth Cable holding ring
Note
This is only provided for highly polished black products as a product feature.
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Your Monitor
Initial Settings
Select the language using the up or down key.
The displayed content will disappear after 40 seconds.
Turn the Power button off and on. It will be displayed again.
Introduction
Front
It can be displayed up
the maximum count.
Note
The resolution displayed on the screen is the optimal resolution for this product.
Adjust your PC resolution so that it is the same as the optimal resolution for this product.
to three (3) times. Make sure to adjust the resolution of your PC before reaching
MENU button [MENU/ ]
Opens the on-screen menu and exits from the menu. Also use to exit the OSD menu
or return to the previous menu.
Brightness button [ ]
When OSD is not on the screen, push the button to adjust brightness.
>> Click here to see an animation clip
Customized Key[ ]
You can customize key assignment for the Custom button according to your preferences.
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Note
Introduction
You can configure the customized key
tomized Key.
Adjust buttons [ ]
These buttons allow you to adjust items in the menu.
Enter button [ ]
Activates a highlighted menu item.
Push the ' ', then selects the video signal while the OSD is off. (When the
button is pressed to change the input mode, a message appears in the upper left of
the screen displaying the current mode -- analog or digital input signal.)
Note
If you select the digital mode,
DVI port using the DVI cable.
>> Click here to see an animation clip
AUTO button
Use this button for auto adjustment.
>> Click here to see an animation clip
Power button [
]
you must connect your monitor to the graphic card's
for a required function via Setup > Cus-
Rear
Use this button for turning the product on and off.
Power Indicator
This light is lit when operating normally, and blinks once when your adjustments
are saved.
Note
See PowerSaver described in the manual
saving functions. For energy conservation, turn your monitor OFF when it is not
needed or when leaving it unattended for long periods.
Note
The configuration at the back of the monitor may vary from product to product.
for further information regarding power
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POWER port
Introduction
Connect the power cord for
monitor.
DVI IN port
Connect the DVI Cable to the DVI IN port on the back of your monitor.
RGB IN port
Connect the D-sub cable to the 15-pin, RGB IN port on the back of your monitor.
Kensington Lock
The Kensington lock is a
public place. (The locking device has to be purchased separately.) For using a locking
device, contact where you purchase it.
Note
The location of the Kensington Lock may be different depending on its model.
your monitor to the POWER port on the back of the
device used to physically fix the system when using it in a
Using the Anti-Theft Kensington Lock
1.
Insert the locking device into the Kensington slot on the Monitor and turn it
in the locking direction .
2. Connect the Kensington Lock cable.
3. Fix the Kensington Lock to a desk or a heavy stationary object.
Note
See Connecting Cables for further information regarding cable connections.
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Introduction
Cable holding ring
Fix the cables using the holding ring, as shown in the figure.
•
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Connections
Connecting Cables
Connect the power cord for your monitor to the power port on the back of the monitor.
Plug the power cord for the monitor into a nearby outlet.
Use a connection appropriate for your computer.
Using the D-sub (Analog) connector on the video card.
• Connect the signal cable to the 15-pin, D-sub port on the back of your monitor.
[RGB IN]
Using the DVI (Digital) connector on the video card.
• Connect the DVI Cable to the DVI IN Port on the back of your Monitor.
[DVI IN]
Connected to a Macintosh.
• Connect the monitor to the Macintosh computer using the D-sub connection cable.
Note
If the monitor and the computer are connected, you can turn them on and use them.
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Using the Stand
Folding the base
Connections
Note
You can tilt the monitor upwards at an angle of -1° to16°.
Attaching a Base
This monitor accepts a 100 mm x 100 mm VESA-compliant mounting interface pad.
A. Monitor
B. Mounting interface pad (Sold separately)
( ±1.0°)
1. Turn off your monitor and unplug its power cord.
2. Lay the LCD monitor face-down on a flat surface
3. Remove four screws and then remove the stand from the LCD monitor.
4. Align the mounting interface pad with the holes in the rear cover mounting pad and secure it with
four screws that came with the arm-type base, wall mount hanger or other base.
• Do not use screws longer than the standard dimension, as they may damage the
inside of the Monitor.
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with a cushion beneath it to protect the screen.
Connections
• For wall mounts that do not comply with VESA standard screw specifications,
the length of the screws may differ depending on their specifications.
• Do not use
tions.
Do not fasten the screws too tightly, as this may damage the product or cause the
product to fall, leading to personal injury.
Samsung is not liable for these kinds of accidents.
• Samsung is not liable for product damage or personal injury when a non-VESA
or non-specified wall mount is used or the consumer fails to follow the product
installation instructions.
• To mount the monitor on a wall, you should purchase the wall mounting kit that
allows you to mount the monitor at least 10 cm away from the wall surface.
• Contact the nearest
Electronics will not be responsible for damages caused by using a base other than
those specified.
• Please use Wall Mount according to the International standards.
screws that do not comply with the VESA standard screw specifica-
Samsung Service Center for more information. Samsung
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Using the Software
Monitor Driver
Note
When prompted by the operating system for the monitor driver, insert the CD-ROM
included with this monitor. Driver
system to another. Follow the directions appropriate for the operating system you
have.
Prepare a blank disk and download the driver program file at the Internet web site
shown here.
Internet web site :
http://www.samsung.com/ (Worldwide)
Installing the Monitor Driver (Automatic)
1. Insert CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Click "Windows".
3. Choose your monitor model in the model list, then click the "OK" button.
installation is slightly different from one operating
4. If you can see following message window, then click the "Continue Anyway" button. Then click
"OK" button (Microsoft® Windows® XP/2000 Operating System).
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