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• Macintosh is a trademark licensed to
Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the
U.S.A. and other countries.
• Windows
is registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and other countries.
• IBM PC/AT and VGA are registered
trademarks of IBM Corporation of the
U.S.A.
• VESA and DDC
are trademarks of the
Video Electronics Standards
Association.
•
ENERGY STAR is a U.S. registered
mark.
• Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of
Adobe Systems Incorporated.
• All other product names mentioned
herein may be the trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
• Furthermore, “” and “” are not
mentioned in each case in this manual.
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Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Identifying parts and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Setup 1: Pull the stand lock pin out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Setup 2: Connect the video signal cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setup 3: Connect the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setup 4: Secure the cords and close the back cover. . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setup 5: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setup 6: Adjusting the height and tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting the input signal (INPUT button) (SDM-S74E only) . . . . . 10
Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the backlight (BACKLIGHT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6 Adjusting the contrast (CONTRAST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the black level of an image (BRIGHTNESS). . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the picture’s sharpness and centering (SCREEN)
(SDM-S73E/S74E analog RGB signal only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the color temperature (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Changing the gamma setting (GAMMA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing the menu’s position (MENU POSITION) . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing the input automatically (INPUT SENSING)
(SDM-S74E only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANGUAGE). . . . . . 15
0 Resetting the adjustment data to the defaults (RESET) . . . . . . 15
Locking the menus and controls (MENU LOCK) . . . . . . . . . . 16
Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Reducing the power consumption (ECO mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Automatic picture quality adjustment function (SDM-S73E/S74E
analog RGB signal only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
TCO’99 Eco-document (for the black model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
TCO’03 Eco-document (for the gray/silver model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii