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Your monitor can be connected to a LAN allowing you to 

control it from a PC on the LAN.

You can also configure the monitor to send e-mail notification 

when it has a problem. 

The connection requires a commercially available LAN cable 

(UTP cable, Category 5, straight through).

Hub

LAN terminal

LAN cable (commercially available, straight)

Network (LAN)

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•  You must assign an IP address to the monitor by following 

the procedures in “Settings to connect to a LAN”. (See the 

description on the right.)

•  Your PC must be installed with Internet Explorer (version 7.0 

or later). 

  -  Version 7, 8, or 9 of Internet Explorer is recommended.

  -  Use Internet Explorer Version 10 in compatibility mode.

•  When STANDBY MODE is set to LOW POWER, control is 

not possible in standby mode.

•  Personal information such as e-mail addresses can be 

registered in the monitor. Before transferring or disposing of 

the monitor,  initialize all settings by selecting ALL RESET 

1. (See page 44.) Note that ALL RESET 2 will not initialize 

e-mail addresses and other settings.

Set the monitor’s IP address and subnet mask to match the 

settings of your LAN. 

These settings can be made on either the monitor or a PC 

connected to the monitor.

The settings depend on the configuration of your LAN. Ask 

your LAN administrator for details. 

Set the LAN SETUP on the SETUP menu. (See page 37.)
After setting each item, select SET and press 

ENTER

.

DHCP CLIENT
If your LAN has a DHCP server and you wish to obtain an 

address automatically, change this setting to ON. 

To set the address manually, set this to OFF. 
IP ADDRESS
If the DHCP CLIENT is set to OFF, specify an IP address. 
Press 

 or 

  to select items, and press 

 or 

 to 

change the values.
SUBNET MASK
If the DHCP CLIENT is set to OFF, specify the subnet mask. 
Press 

 or 

  to select items, and press 

 or 

 to 

change the values.
DEFAULT GATEWAY
If the DHCP CLIENT is set to OFF, specify the default 

gateway. 

If you are not using a gateway, specify “0.0.0.0”. 
Press 

 or 

  to select items, and press 

 or 

 to 

change the values.
RESET
Resets the values of the LAN settings to the factory preset 

values. 
Select ON and then press 

ENTER

.

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When the monitor is connected to a PC, LAN settings can be 

configured via PC. 

(1) Connect your monitor to a PC

(2) Specify the PC’s IP address

(3) Configure the monitor’s LAN settings

Connect a commercially available crossover LAN cable 

(UPT cable, Category 5) to the LAN  port on the PC and this 

monitor.

LAN cable 

(commercially available, crossover)

To LAN terminal

PC

LAN terminal

To configure the monitor’s LAN settings, you must temporarily 

change the settings on the PC. 

This explanation is based on Windows 7.

1.  Log on to the PC with an administrator account. 

2.  Click [Start], and then click “Control Panel”.

3.  Click “View network status and tasks” in “Network and 

Internet”.

In “Classic View”, click “Network and Sharing Center”.

4.  Click “Local Area Connection” and then “Properties”.

5.  Click “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)” and then 

“Properties”.

6.  Make a note of the current IP address, subnet mask, and 

default gateway settings. 

Make sure you write this information now as you will 

be changing the IP address, subnet mask, and default 

gateway settings back to these settings afterwards. 

7.  Temporarily change the IP address and subnet mask. 

To access the monitor as it is shipped from the factory, set 

as follows. 

•  IP Address: 192.168.150.1

•  Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

•  Default Gateway: (leave blank)

8.  Click [OK] and then reboot the PC.

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•  This monitor is factory preset as shown below.  

(When DHCP CLIENT is set to OFF)

  IP Address 

: 192.168.150.2

  Subnet Mask 

: 255.255.255.0

  Default Gateway  : 0.0.0.0

Access the monitor using Internet Explorer. 

Controlling the monitor

1.  Turn the power ON to the monitor.

2. Set DHCP CLIENT to OFF in LAN SETUP on the SETUP 

menu.

PC operation

3.  Launch Internet Explorer, in the “Address” box type 

“http://192.168.150.2/” and press the Enter key. 

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4.  Click on “LAN SETUP” under NETWORK. 

5.  Specify the “DHCP CLIENT”, “IP ADDRESS”,etc. 

DHCP CLIENT
If your LAN has a DHCP server and you wish to obtain an 

address automatically, change this setting to “ON”. 

To set the address manually, set this to “OFF”. 
IP ADDRESS
If the DHCP CLIENT is set to “OFF”, specify an IP address.
SUBNET MASK
If the DHCP CLIENT is set to “OFF”, specify the subnet mask.
DEFAULT GATEWAY
If the DHCP CLIENT is set to “OFF”, specify the default gateway. 

If you are not using a default gateway, specify “0.0.0.0”.

6.  When the setting is changed, click [Apply].

7.  Check the message and click [OK].

8.  Exit Internet Explorer. 

9.  Restore the PC’s IP address jotted in Step 6, “(2) 

Specifying the PC’s IP address”. 

10. Connect the monitor and the PC to the LAN.

TIPS

•  Wait 10 seconds after clicking [OK] before proceeding.

•  When operating using the remote control unit or similar,

click [Refresh].

TIPS

•  For security, set a USER NAME and PASSWORD.

You use Internet Explorer on a PC on the LAN  to control the 

monitor.

1.  Launch Internet Explorer on the PC.

2.  In the “Address” box, type “http://” followed by your monitor’s 

IP address followed by “/”, then press the Enter key. 

You can confirm the IP address with the DISPLAY function.

When prompted to enter a user name and password, type 

the user name and password that you specified in the

security settings (see page 49.), and click [OK].

3.  You can check, control, and change the monitor’s status 

and settings by clicking the menu items on the left side of 

the screen. 

•  If you see an [Apply] button next to a setting, click it after

you change that setting.

TIPS

•  See pages 48 to 52 for details on each setting.

•  If you click [Refresh] before the screen finishes updating

the current display, the “Server Busy Error” will appear. 

Wait for a moment before operating your monitor again. 

•  You cannot operate the monitor while it is warming up.
•  If “DHCP CLIENT” is set to “ON”, press

DISPLAY

 on the 

remote control unit two times and then check the monitor’s 

IP address. 

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Information about this monitor appears. 

You can control the operations corresponding to the buttons  
(

POWER

 

INPUT

 

SIZE

) on the remote control unit. (See page 25.)

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•  In standby mode and whiteboard standby mode, the only

operation that can be performed is Power ON.

•  When MONITOR POWER is set to OFF, the monitor enters

standby mode.

•  Save any data you need in advance. The power will turn off

even if there is unsaved data. (The data will be lost.)

You can adjust these settings which are also available on the 

monitor’s menu. 

•  SCREEN (See page 33.)

•  PICTURE (See pages 34 to 35.)

•  AUDIO (See page 36.)

•  SETUP (See pages 36 to 37.)

•  MONITOR (See page 38.)

•  SCHEDULE (See page 42.)

•  PIP/PbyP (See page 39.)

•  OTHERS (See page 40.)

•  FUNCTION (See page 44.)

TIPS

•  After changing DISPLAY COLOR PATTERN to OFF in

PICTURE menu, click [Refresh] to correctly retrieve the 

status of the monitor.