High Temperature Warning - Planar m40L Installation Manual

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absolute value. You may get different ambient light values with a handheld light meter.
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levels. This time delay prevents flickering if the ambient light level is near the ambient
threshold.

High Temperature Warning

The m40L/m46L has a feature that allows the display to recognize when it is too hot
and to automatically reduce the backlight intensity in an effort to cool itself down.
When this occurs, the display will show a warning message on the
CONTROL
message includes the temperature and the backlight intensity the display is actually
using. See "Normal Use Thermal Guidelines" on page 5 for more information about
temperature guidelines.
Ba ck lig h t C on t r o l
Set the
AMBIENT THRESHOLD
changes intensity. If the current
below the threshold, the backlight dims; if it rises above the threshold, the
backlight brightens.
Ambient light is a relative value, and is pertinent only to the m40L/m46L. It is not an
The m40L/m46L has a nominal time delay of three minutes before it changes light
menu to let you know the display is not as bright as you want it to be. This
A u to B ac kl ig h t on
Tu rn B ac kli g ht O f f W h e n No S ou rc e (D PMS )
D P MS D ela y
B ac kli g ht C o n tr o l M o d e
B ac kli g ht I n te n sit y
B ac kli g ht E xt en d ed R an g e
Un i t is t oo h o t ( 51 ºC). A ctua l In te n sity is 5 .
m40L/m46L Installation Guide
to an ambient light level at which the backlight
(shown on the bottom line) drops
AMBIENT LIGHT
1 h r
Ma nua l
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High Temperature Warning
BACKLIGHT
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