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Press the center of the control button to display the main 
MENU on your screen.

Highlight the desired menu by moving the control button 
towards the rear to go up (M), towards the front to go down 
(m), and left (<) or right (,) to move sideways.

Move the control button left (

 

<

 

) or right (

 

,

 

) to make the 

adjustment.

 

Press the center of the control button once to return to the 
main MENU, and twice to return to normal viewing. If no 
buttons are pressed, the menu closes automatically after about 
30 seconds.

 

x

 

Press the RESET button. See page 16 for more information on 
resetting the adjustments.

 

Brightness and contrast adjustments are made using a separate 
BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST menu.
These settings are stored in memory for the signals from the 
currently selected input connector.

 

The BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST menu appears on the 
screen.

 

m

 

M

 

<

 

,

 

6

 

If you selected the sRGB mode in the COLOR menu, the 
following BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST menu appears on the 
screen.

For more information about using the sRGB mode, see 
“Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR)” on page 13.

The menu automatically disappears after about 3 seconds.

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BR I GHTNESS / CONTRAS T

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7 6

s RGB

:

5 6

7 6

BR I GHTNESS / CONTRAS T

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You can easily adjust the picture to fill the screen by using the 

 

(AUTO) item in the SIZE/CENTER menu.

The main MENU appears on the screen.

The SIZE/CENTER menu appears on the screen.

m

M

 

,

 

The picture automatically fills the screen.

 

• This function is intended for use with a computer running Windows or 

similar graphic user interface software that provides a full-screen 
picture. It may not work properly if the background color is dark or if 
the input picture does not fill the screen to the edges (such as an MS-
DOS prompt).

• Pictures with an aspect ratio of 5:4 (resolution: 1280 

 

×

 

 1024, 1600 

 

×

 

 

1280) are displayed at their actual resolution and do not fill the screen 
to the edges.

• The displayed image moves for a few seconds while this function is 

performed. This is not a malfunction.

 

This setting is stored in memory for the current input signal.

 

The main MENU appears on the screen.

 

The SIZE/CENTER menu appears on the screen.

 

m

 

M

 

<

 

,

 

This setting is stored in memory for the current input signal.

 

The main MENU appears on the screen.

 

The SIZE/CENTER menu appears on the screen.

 

m

 

M

 

<

 

,

 

This setting is stored in memory for the current input signal.

 

The main MENU appears on the screen.

 

The SIZE/CENTER menu appears on the screen.

 

m

 

M

 

<

 

,

 

Adjustment stops when either the horizontal or vertical size reaches its 
maximum or minimum value.

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The GEOM settings allow you to adjust the rotation and shape of 
the picture.
The 

 (rotation) setting is stored in memory for all input signals. 

All other settings are stored in memory for the current input 
signal.

The main MENU appears on the screen.

The GEOMETRY menu appears on the screen.

m

M

<

 

,

 

The CONV settings allow you to adjust the quality of the picture 
by controlling the convergence. The convergence refers to the 
alignment of the red, green, and blue color signals.
If you see red or blue shadows around letters or lines, adjust the 
convergence.
These settings are stored in memory for all input signals.

 

The main MENU appears on the screen.

 

The CONVERGENCE menu appears on the screen.

 

m

 

M

 

<

 

,

 

rotate the picture

expand or contract the picture sides

shift the picture sides to the left or right

adjust the picture width at the top of the screen

shift the picture to the left or right at the top of the 
screen

 

horizontally shift red or blue shadows

 

vertically shift red or blue shadows

 

V CONVER TOP

 

vertically shift red or blue shadows at 
the top of the screen

 

V CONVER 
BOTTOM

 

vertically shift red or blue shadows at 
the bottom of the screen

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The SCREEN settings allow you to adjust the quality of the 
picture by controlling the moire and landing.
• If the color is irregular at the corners of the screen, adjust the 

landing.

• If elliptical or wavy patterns appear on the screen, cancel the 

moire.

The CANCEL MOIRE and MOIRE ADJUST settings are stored 
in memory for the current input signal. All other settings are 
stored in memory for all input signals.

The main MENU appears on the screen.

The SCREEN menu appears on the screen.

m

 

M

 

<

 

,

 

• Moire is a type of natural interference which produces soft, wavy lines 

on your screen. It may appear due to interference between the pattern 
of the picture on the screen and the phosphor pitch pattern of the 
monitor.

 

The picture may become fuzzy when CANCEL MOIRE is set to ON.

 

The COLOR settings allow you to adjust the picture’s color 
temperature by changing the color level of the white color field. 
Colors appear reddish if the temperature is low, and bluish if the 
temperature is high. This adjustment is useful for matching the 
monitor’s color to a printed picture’s colors.

 

The main MENU appears on the screen.

 

The COLOR menu appears on the screen.

 

<

 

,

 

There are three types of adjustment modes, EASY, EXPERT 
and sRGB.

 

m

 

M

 

<

 

,

 

Adjust the selected mode according to the following 
instructions.

 

m

 

M

 

1

 

<

 

,

 

The preset color temperatures are 5000K, 6500K, and 9300K. 
Since the default setting is 9300K, the whites will change 
from a bluish hue to a reddish hue as the temperature is 
lowered to 6500K and 5000K.

 

m

 

M

 

2

 

<

 

,

 

If you fine tune the color temperature, the new color settings 
are stored in memory for each of the three color temperatures 
and item 

 

1

 

 of the on-screen menu changes as follows.

• [5000K]

 

t

 

[

1]

• [6500K]

 

t

 

[

2]

• [9300K]

 

t

 

[

3]

 

LANDING

 

reduce any color irregularities in the 
screen’s top left corner to a minimum.

 

LANDING

 

reduce any color irregularities in the 
screen’s top right corner to a 
minimum.

 

LANDING

 

reduce any color irregularities in the 
screen’s bottom left corner to a 
minimum.

 

LANDING

 

reduce any color irregularities in the 
screen’s bottom right corner to a 
minimum.

 

 

CANCEL MOIRE*

 

turn the moire cancellation function 
ON or OFF.

 (MOIRE ADJUST) appears in 

the menu when you select ON.

 

MOIRE ADJUST

 

adjust the degree of moire 
cancellation until the moire is at a 
minimum.

Example of moire

EASY

EXPERT

s

B

G

R

5 0 0 0 K

6 5 0 0 K

9 3 0 K

0

5 0

K

0

0

I MAGE

RES TORA T I ON

ON

COLOR

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You can make additional adjustments to the color in greater detail 
by selecting the EXPERT mode.

m

M

1

<

,

m

 

M

 

2

 

<

 

,

 

This adjusts the dark areas of an image.

 

m

 

M

 

3

 

<

 

,

 

This adjusts the light areas of an image.

You can adjust the R (red), G (green), B (blue) component of 
the input signal when making changes to items 

 

2

 

 and 

 

3

 

.

If you fine tune the color temperature, the new color settings 
are stored in memory for each of the three color temperatures 
and item 

 

1

 

 of the on-screen menu change as follows.

• [5000K]

 

t

 

[

1]

• [6500K]

 

t

 

[

2]

• [9300K]

 

t

 

[

3]

 

You can set the fine tuning of the color temperature in EASY or 
EXPERT mode for each of the video input connectors (HD15 and 
BNC).

 

The settings are stored in memory for each of the HD15 and 
BNC connectors.

For information on how to select the connector, see page 8.

 

The sRGB color setting is an industry standard color space 
protocol designed to correlate the displayed and printed colors of 
sRGB compliant computer products. To adjust the colors to the 
sRGB profile, simply select the sRGB mode in the COLOR menu. 
However, in order to display the sRGB colors correctly (

 

γ

 

=2.2, 

6500K), you must set your computer to the sRGB profile and 
adjust the brightness (

) and contrast (

 

6

 

) to the numbers shown 

in the menu. For information on how to change the brightness 
(

) and contrast (

 

6

 

), see page 10.

 

Your computer and other connected products (such as a printer), must be 
sRGB compliant.

EASY

EXPERT

s

B

G

R

5 0 0 0 K

6 5 0 0 K

9 3 0 K

0

R B I AS

0

5

G B I AS

0

5

B B I AS

0

5

R GA I N

0

5

G GA I N

0

5

B GA I N

0

5

COLOR

EASY

EXPERT

s

B

G

R

: 5 6

: 7 6

FOR

s

B

G

R

I MAGE

RES TORA T I ON

ON

COLOR

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The colors of most display monitors tend to gradually lose brilliance 
over several years of service. The IMAGE RESTORATION feature 
found in the EASY and sRGB menus allows you to restore the color 
to the original factory quality levels. The explanation below 
explains how to restore the monitor’s color from the EASY menu.

<

,

m

M

 

,

 

The picture disappears while the color is being restored (about 
2 seconds). After the color is restored, the picture reappears 
on the screen again.

 

• Before using this feature, the monitor must be in normal operation 

mode (green power indicator on) for at least 30 minutes. If the monitor 
goes into power saving mode, you must return the monitor to normal 
operation mode and wait for 30 minutes for the monitor to be ready. 
You may need to adjust your computer’s power saving settings to keep 
the monitor in normal operation mode for the full 30 minutes. If the 
monitor is not ready, the following message will appear.

• The monitor may gradually lose its ability to perform this function due 

to the natural aging of the picture tube.

 

You can manually degauss (demagnetize) the monitor, change the 
menu position, and lock the controls.

 

The main MENU appears on the screen.

 

The OPTION menu appears on the screen.

 

m

 

M

 

Adjust the selected item according to the following 
instructions.

 

The monitor is automatically demagnetized (degaussed) when the 
power is turned on.

 

m

 

M

 

,

 

The screen is degaussed for about 2 seconds. If a second degauss 
cycle is needed, allow a minimum interval of 20 minutes for the 
best result.

 

Change the menu’s position if it is blocking an image on the 
screen.

 

m

 

M

 

<

 

,

 

m

 

M

 

,

 

Only the 

 

1

 

 (power) switch, EXIT, and 

 (CONTROL LOCK) 

of the 

 OPTION menu will operate. If any other items are 

selected, the 

 mark appears on the screen.

 

Repeat the procedure above and set 

 (CONTROL LOCK) to OFF.

EASY

EXPERT

s

B

G

R

5 0 0 0 K

6 5 0 0 K

9 3 0 K

0

5 0

K

0

0

I MAGE

RES TORA T I ON

AVA I L AB L E
A F T ER WARM UP

COLOR

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This monitor has the following three reset methods. Use the 
RESET button to reset the adjustments.

Use the control button to select the adjustment item you want to 
reset, and press the RESET button.

Press the RESET button when no menu is displayed on the screen. 
Note that the following items are not reset by this method:
• on-screen menu language (page 8)
• adjustment mode in the COLOR menu (EASY, EXPERT, 

sRGB) (page 13)

• on-screen menu position (page 15)
• control lock (page 15)

Press and hold the RESET button for more than two seconds.

The RESET button does not function when 

 (CONTROL LOCK) 

is set to ON.

When the monitor receives an input signal, it automatically 
matches the signal to one of the factory preset modes stored in the 
monitor’s memory to provide a high quality picture at the center of 
the screen. (See Appendix for a list of the factory preset modes.) 
For input signals that do not match one of the factory preset modes, 
the digital Multiscan technology of this monitor ensures that a 
clear picture appears on the screen for any timing in the monitor’s 
frequency range (horizontal: 30 – 121 kHz, vertical: 48 – 160 Hz). 
If the picture is adjusted, the adjustment data is stored as a user 
mode and automatically recalled whenever the same input signal 
is received.

For Windows users, check your video board manual or the utility 
program which comes with your graphic board and select the 
highest available refresh rate to maximize monitor performance.

 

This monitor meets the power-saving guidelines set by VESA, 

 

E

 

NERGY 

 

S

 

TAR, and NUTEK. If the monitor is connected to a 

computer or video graphics board that is DPMS (Display Power 
Management Signaling) compliant, the monitor will automatically 
reduce power consumption in three stages as shown below.

 

*

“Sleep” and “deep sleep” are power saving modes defined by the 
Environmental Protection Agency.

** When your computer enters a power saving mode, the input signal is 

cut and NO INPUT SIGNAL appears on the screen. After a few 
seconds, the monitor enters a power saving mode.

 

1

 

normal 
operation

 

≤

 

 145 W

green

1 standby

 

≤

 

 100 W

green and orange 
alternate

2 suspend
(sleep)*

 

≤

 

 15 W

green and orange 
alternate

3 active off**
(deep sleep)*

Approx. 1 W

orange

power off

0 W

off

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Before contacting technical support, refer to this section.

The lines you are experiencing on your screen are normal for the 
Trinitron monitor and are not a malfunction. These are shadows 
from the damper wires used to stabilize the aperture grille and are 
most noticeable when the screen’s background is light (usually 
white). The aperture grille is the essential element that makes a 
Trinitron picture tube unique by allowing more light to reach the 
screen, resulting in a brighter, more detailed picture.

If there is something wrong with the input signal, one of the 
following messages appears on the screen.

For more information, see “Trouble symptoms and remedies” on 
page 18.

1

 

This message shows the currently selected connector 
(HD15 or BNC).

 

2

 

This indicates that no signal is input, or that no signal is input 
from the selected connector.

Damper wires

MON I TOR

I S WORK I NG

HD 1 5

:

NO

I NPUT

S I GNA L

WH I T E

RED
GREEN
B L UE

I NFORMA T I ON

 

1

 

This message shows the currently selected connector 
(HD15 or BNC). If the monitor recognizes the frequencies of 
the current input signal, the horizontal and vertical 
frequencies are also displayed.

 

2

 

This indicates that the input signal is not supported by the 
monitor’s specifications.

 

3

 

CHANGE SIGNAL TIMING appears on the screen. If you 
are replacing an old monitor with this monitor, reconnect the 
old monitor. Then adjust the computer’s graphic board so that 
the horizontal frequency is between 30 - 121 kHz, and the 
vertical frequency is between 48 - 160 Hz.

MON I TOR

I S WORK I NG

BNC

: 1 3 0 . 0 k H z /

H

5

7

OUT OF SCAN RANGE

CHANGE S I GNA L

T I M I NG

WH I T E

RED
GREEN
B L UE

I NFORMA T I ON

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