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PN-R903/R703/R603　SERVICE MENU/VARIOUS SETTING TOOL OPERATING PROCEDURES

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The operating conditions of the White balance setting read tool of the
information display are as follows.

■ When connected to the information display
with an RS-232C cable

The required RS-232C cable is as shown below. Connect the PC’s 
COM port and the RS-232C input terminal of the display with the cable. 

■ When connected to the information display
with a LAN cable

Use a cross cable when connecting directly with the display, and use a
straight cable when connecting via a hub. When connecting directly, the
PC and the information display must be set properly.

When the display is already connected to a network, consult the net-
work administrator on the network setting for the PC to connect to the
network. 

Press [White Balance] button of the Service Tool Launcher.

n

Windows XP

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Windows Vista

n

Windows 7

n

RS-232C port recognized as a COM port 
(Which allows communication in 9600/19200/
38400bps.)

n

LAN

Straight cable (D-SUB 9 pin female - female)

RS-232 straight cable

(commercially available)

To COM port

PC

RS-232C input terminal

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■ HOW TO READ THE SETTINGS

The procedures of reading the White Balance settings with use of the
White Balance Setting Tool are as follows.

1 ) Press [Connection Setting...] button to configure the communica-

tion settings.

2 ) Turn ON the power of Information Display.

3 ) Press [Read & Save...] button.

4 ) When all settings have been read out, the set values are displayed

and the dialogue box of file save appears. At this point, the default file
name is “[Model Name]_[Serial Number]_[Date(YYYYMMDD)].wni”.
After confirming the file name, press [Save] button to save the set-
tings.

5 ) Confirm that the “K” mark does not appear on the upper left of screen.

If the “K” mark is displayed, please perform the reading procedures
once again.

6 ) Confirm that the “Level” values from the read settings are the same

as the values in the above illustration. If the Level values that you’ve
got don’t agree with the above settings, the setting data cannot be
taken over. In this case, refer to the procedures: “WHEN REPLAC-
ING THE PANEL OR WHEN AN OLD PWB DOES NOT OPERATE”
and perform the reset of settings to set the default. (Normally, this
case doesn’t happen unless changes are made individually.)

■ HOW TO WRITE THE SETTINGS

The procedures of writing the settings that have been previously read
out with use of the White Balance Setting Tool are as follows.

1 )  Press [Connection Setting...] button to configure the communication 

      settings.

2 )  Turn ON the power of Information Display.

3 )  Press [LoadFile...] button to select the setting file.

4 )  Press [Write] button, and the set values are written.

5 )  Confirm that the “K” mark does not appear on the upper left of screen.
       If the “K” mark is displayed, please perform the writing procedures 

       once again.

   ・

 When the following messages: “This Monitor is not Support. Is 

         write processing continued?,” “Writing data is not for this monitor. 

         Is write processing continued?,” “Serial Number is different 

         between monitor and writing data. Is write processing continued?,” 

        or “Model Name is different between monitor and writing data. Is 

        write processing continued?” are displayed, the data you are trying 

        to write may not be the one which the display previously read out.  

        Check if it is the right data, and perform the writing once again.

The procedures of resetting the settings to default are as follows.

1 ) Press [Connection Setting] button to configure the communication

settings.

2 ) Turn ON the power of Information Display.

3 ) Press [Reset] button. The White Balance settings are set to default.

4 ) Confirm that the “K” mark does not appear on the upper left of screen.

If the “K” mark is displayed, please perform the resetting proce-
dures once again.

 ・

When the following messages: “This Monitor is not Support. Is 

        write processing continued?,” “Writing data is not for this monitor. 

        Is write processing continued?” or “Model Name is different 

        between monitor and writing data. Is write processing continued?” 

        are displayed, the display which you are trying to insitialize may not 

         be this model. Check if it is the right model, and perform the 

         initialization procedures once again.

   ・

 Check the power state of the connected Information Display.

          If “Read & Save” is executed when the display is in a STANDBY 

          state, it fails in rare cases.  Make sure that the display is in an ON 

          state, and then press [Read & Save...] button again to read the 

          settings.

   ・

 Check that the PC which you use is properly connected to the 

          Information Display via a RS-232C cable.

   ・

 Check if you are trying to use the COM Port which is in use by 

          some other tool. If the COM Port is being used, terminate the tool 

          and then press [Read & Save...] button again to read the setting 

          values.

  ・

The connected display is not the model which this tool supports.  

         Please use the right tool that supports the connected display.

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The Gamma setting is used to correct variability of the half-gradation brightness for each panel. If the panel is not changed, the setting of the panel is
taken over to suppress variability. When the panel is changed, reset to the standard setting. There are two ways of setting: the setting by the Gamma
setting tool and the manual setting with the OSD.

■ Reading the Gamma setting values

Read the Gamma setting values of the information display before
replacement.

1 ) Display any image on the screen.

2 ) Display SERVICE MENU2.

3 ) Select [GAMMA SETTING] with [VOL+ ( 2 )] and [VOL- ( 4 )] but-

tons, and press [ENTER] button. 
The GAMMA SETTING menu is displayed.

4 ) Select [LEVEL] with [VOL+ ( 2 )] and [VOL- ( 4 )] buttons, and press

[ENTER] button. 
The LEVEL menu is displayed.

5 ) Check to confirm that the setting values are same as the above. 

If the setting values are not same as the above, the setting values
cannot be taken over. In such a case, reset the setting values to
the initial data by the procedures described in “When replacing the
panel or when the old PWB does not work.” (Normally this would
not happen, unless the value is changed individually.)

6 ) Select [CANCEL] with [VOL+ ( 2 )], [VOL- ( 4 )], [BRIGHT- ( 1 )],

and  [BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons, and press [ENTER] button. The dis-
play returns to the GAMMA SETTING menu.

7 ) Memorize the set values of VAL1 - VAL5.

8 ) Select [CANCEL] with [VOL+ ( 2 )], [VOL- ( 4 )], [BRIGHT- ( 1 )],

and [BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons, and press [ENTER] button. 

The GAMMA SETTING menu is closed.

■ Writing the Gamma setting values

After replacement of the PWB, write the Gamma setting values which
were read before according to the following procedures.

1 )  Display any image on the screen.

2 )  Display SERVICE MENU2.

3 )  Select [GAMMA SETTING] with [VOL+ ( 2 )] and [VOL- ( 4 )] 

      buttons, and press [ENTER] button. 
      The GAMMA SETTING menu is displayed.

4 )  Select [LEVEL] with [VOL+ ( 2 )] and [VOL- ( 4 )] buttons, and press 

       [ENTER] button.   The LEVEL menu is displayed.

5 )  Select [RESET] with [VOL+ ( 2 )], [VOL- ( 4 )],  [BRIGHT- ( 1 )], 

       and [BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons, and press [ENTER] button.

6 )  Select [OK] with [BRIGHT- ( 1 )] and [BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons, 

      and press [ENTER] button.   The set content is saved and the 

      display returns to the GAMMA SETTING menu.

7 )  Change the values of VAL1 - VAL5 to the memorized values. 
      Select VAL1 - VAL5 with [VOL+ ( 2 )] and [VOL- ( 4 )] buttons. 
       Select the value with [BRIGHT- ( 1 )] and [BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons,  

       and adjust the set value with [VOL+ ( 2 )] and [VOL- ( 4 )] buttons.

8 )  Select [VAL*] on the left edge with [BRIGHT- ( 1 )] and 

       [BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons. Repeat the procedures.

9 ) Check to confirm that all the set values are properly changed.

10) Select [OK] with [VOL+ ( 2 )] and [VOL- ( 4 )] buttons, and press

[ENTER] buttons. 
The set content is saved and the GAMMA SETTING menu is
closed.

11) Read the GAMMA setting values to check that all values are prop-

erly set.

GAMMA LEVEL SETTING

   LEVEL1

 

   LEVEL2

 

   LEVEL3

 

   LEVEL4

 

   LEVEL5

 

 

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Reset the setting to the initial state according to the following proce-
dures.

1 ) Display any image on the screen.

2 ) Display SERVICE MENU2.

3 ) Select [GAMMA SETTING] with [VOL+ ( 2 )] and [VOL- ( 4 )] but-

tons, and press [ENTER] button. 
The GAMMA SETTING menu is displayed.

4 ) Select [LEVEL] with [VOL+ ( 2 )] and [VOL- ( 4 )] buttons, and press

[ENTER] button. 
The LEVEL menu is displayed.

5 ) Select [RESET] with [VOL+ ( 2 )], [VOL- ( 4 )],  [BRIGHT- ( 1 )], and

[BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons, and press [ENTER] button.

6 ) Check to confirm that the set values are changed as shown below.

7 ) Select [OK] with [BRIGHT- ( 1 )] and [BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons, and

press [ENTER] button. 
The display returns to the GAMMA SETTING menu.

8 ) Select [RESET] with [VOL+ ( 2 )], [VOL- ( 4 )],  [BRIGHT- ( 1 )], and

[BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons, and press [ENTER] button.

9 ) Check to confirm that all the set values are changed as shown

below.

10) Select [OK] with [BRIGHT- ( 1 )] and [BRIGHT+ ( 3 )] buttons, and

press [ENTER] button. 
GAMMA SETTING menu is closed.

11) Read the GAMMA setting values to check that all values are prop-

erly set.