Sony GDM-F400 Operating Instructions (primary manual) - Page 7

Step

2:

Connect

the

power

cord

Step

3:Turn

on

the

monitor

and

computer

First

turn

on

the

monitor,

then

turn

on

the

computer.

With

the

monitor

and

computer

switched

off,

first

connect

the

power

cord

to

the

monitor,

then

connect

it

to

a

power

outlet.

to

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power

cord

(supplied)

'4

to

a

power

outlet

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The

installation

of

your

monitor

is

complete.

If

necessary,

use

the

monitor's

controls

to

adjust

the

picture.

If

no

picture

appears

on

your

screen

•

Check

that

the

monitor

is

correctly

connected

to

the

computer.

•

If

NO

INPUT

SIGNAL

appears

on

the

screen,

try

changing

the

input

signal

(page

9),

and

confirm

that

your

computer's

graphic

board

is

completely

seated

in

the

correct

bus

slot.

•

If

you

are

replacing

an

old

monitor

with

this

model

and

OUT

OF

SCAN

RANGE

appears

on

the

screen,

reconnect

the

old

monitor.

Then

adjust

the

computer's

graphic

board

so

that

the

horizontal

frequency

is

between

30

-107

kHz

(GDM-F400)

or

30

-121

kHz

(GDM-F500),

and

the

vertical

frequency

is

between

48

-

160

Hz.

For

more

information

about

the

on

-screen

messages,

see

"Trouble

symptoms

and

remedies"

on

page

16.

For

customers

using

Windows

95/98

To

maximize

the

potential

of

your

monitor,

install

the

new

model

information

file

from

the

supplied

Windows

Monitor

Information

Disk

onto

your

PC.

This

monitor

complies

with

the

"VESA

DDC"

Plug

&

Play

standard.

If

your

PC/graphics

board

complies

with

DDC,

select

"Plug

&

Play

Monitor

(VESA

DDC)"

or

this

monitor's

model

name

as

the

monitor

type

in

the

"Control

Panel"

of

Windows

95/98.

If

your

PC/graphics

board

has

difficulty

communicating

with

this

monitor,

load

the

Windows

Monitor

Information

Disk

and

select

this

monitor's

model

name

as

the

monitor

type

-

For

customers

using

Windows

NT4.0

Monitor

setup

in

Windows

NT4.0

is

different

from

Windows

95/98

and

does

not

involve

the

selection

of

monitor

type.

Refer

to

the

Windows

NT4.0

instruction

manual

for

further

details

on

adjusting

the

resolution,

refresh

rate,

and

number

of

colors.

Adjusting

the

monitor's

resolution

and

color

number

Adjust

the

monitor's

resolution

and

color

number

by

referring

to

your

computer's

instruction

manual.

The

color

number

may

vary

according

to

your

computer

or

video

board.

The

color

palette

setting

and

the

actual

number

of

colors

are

as

follows:

•

High

Color

(16

bit)

65,536

colors

•

True

Color

(24

bit)

about

16.77

million

colors

In

true

color

mode

(24

bit),

speed

may

be

slower.

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