Table Of Contents - Sony SDM-S74 Owner's Manual

Table of Contents

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Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Identifying parts and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Setup 1: Connect the video signal cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Setup 2: Connect the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setup 3: Secure the cords and close the back cover. . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setup 4: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setup 5: Adjusting the tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting the input signal (INPUT button). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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) (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). . . . . . . . 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
(analog RGB signal only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
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