Sony CPD-G420 Operating Instructions (primary manual) - Page 3

Table of Contents, Setup .. .6, Customizing Your Monitor ..10, Technical Features ..18

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Table of Contents • Trinitron® is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation. • Macintosh is a trademark licensed to Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and other countries. • Windows® and MS-DOS are 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 Standard Association. • ENERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark. • 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. Precautions 4 Identifying parts and controls 5 Setup 6 Step 1: Connect your monitor to your computer 6 Step 2: Connect the power cord 7 Step 3: Turn on the monitor and computer 7 Connecting Universal Serial Bus (USB) compliant peripherals . . . . 8 Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANGUAGE 8 Selecting the input signal 9 Customizing Your Monitor 10 Navigating the menu 10 Adjusting the picture quality (PICTURE EFFECT 11 Adjusting the brightness and contrast (CONTRAST/BRIGHT) . . . . 12 Adjusting the centering of the picture (SIZE/CENTER 12 Adjusting the size of the picture (SIZE/CENTER 12 US Automatically sizing and centering the picture (AUTO 13 Adjusting the shape of the picture (GEOMETRY 13 Adjusting the convergence (CONVERGENCE 14 Adjusting the picture quality (SCREEN 14 Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR 15 Additional settings (OPTION 17 Resetting the adjustments (RESET 18 Technical Features 18 Preset and user modes 18 Power saving function 18 Troubleshooting 19 If thin lines appear on your screen (damper wires 19 On-screen messages 19 Trouble symptoms and remedies 20 Self-diagnosis function 22 Specifications 22 Appendix i Preset mode timing table i TCO'99 Eco-document i 3

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Table of Contents
Trinitron
is a registered trademark of
Sony Corporation.
Macintosh is a trademark licensed to
Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the
U.S.A. and other countries.
Windows
and MS-DOS are 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 Standard
Association.
E
NERGY
S
TAR is a U.S. registered
mark.
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.
US
Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Identifying parts and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Step 1:
Connect your monitor to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Step 2:
Connect the power cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Step 3:
Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Connecting Universal Serial Bus (USB) compliant peripherals . . . . 8
Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANGUAGE). . . . . . . . . . 8
Selecting the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Navigating the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the picture quality (PICTURE EFFECT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the brightness and contrast (CONTRAST/BRIGHT). . . . 12
Adjusting the centering of the picture (SIZE/CENTER) . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the size of the picture (SIZE/CENTER). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Automatically sizing and centering the picture (AUTO) . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the shape of the picture (GEOMETRY) . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Adjusting the convergence (CONVERGENCE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the picture quality (SCREEN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Additional settings (OPTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Resetting the adjustments (RESET). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Preset and user modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
If thin lines appear on your screen (damper wires). . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Preset mode timing table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
TCO’99 Eco-document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i