Sony SDM-S74 Owner's Manual page 42

Symptom
Picture is fuzzy
Picture is ghosting
Picture is not centered or sized
properly (analog RGB signal only)
Picture is too small
Picture is dark
Wavy or elliptical pattern (moire)
is visible
Color is not uniform
White does not look white
Monitor buttons do not operate
( appears on the screen)
The monitor turns off after a while
Resolution displayed on the menu
screen is incorrect.
After turning off the main power,
the 1 (power) indicator stays
bright for a while
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Check these items
• Adjust the brightness and contrast (page 12).
• Adjust the pitch and phase (analog RGB signal only) (page 13).
x Problems caused by a computer or other equipment connected, and not
caused by the monitor
• Set the resolution to 1280 × 1024 (SDM-S74/SDM-S94) on your computer.
• Eliminate the use of video cable extensions and/or video switch boxes.
• Check that all plugs are firmly seated in their sockets.
• Adjust the pitch and phase (page 13).
• Adjust the picture position (page 14). Note that some video modes do not fill the screen to
the edges.
x Problems caused by a computer or other equipment connected, and not
caused by the monitor
• Set the resolution to 1280 × 1024 (SDM-S74/SDM-S94) on your computer.
• Adjust the backlight (page 12).
• Adjust the brightness (page 12).
• Adjust the gamma using GAMMA menu (page 15).
• It takes a few minutes for the display to become bright after turning on the monitor.
• The screen might turn darker, depends on ECO mode you selected.
• Adjust the pitch and phase (analog RGB signal only) (page 13).
• Adjust the pitch and phase (analog RGB signal only) (page 13).
• Adjust the color temperature (page 14).
• If MENU LOCK is set to ON, set it to OFF (page 16).
xProblems caused by the connected computer or other equipment
• Set the computer's power saving setting to off.
• Depending on the graphics board setting, the resolution displayed on the menu screen may
not coincide with the one set on the computer.
• When the main power is on but the 1 (power) switch is not pressed, or when the monitor
is in the power saving mode, if you turn the MAIN POWER switch off, the 1 (power)
indicator may not turn off right away. This is not a malfunction.