Table Of Contents - Sony CPD-G500 Marketing Operating Instructions Manual

Table of Contents

• Trinitron is a registered trademark of
Sony Corporation.
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Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the
U.S.A. and other countries.
• Windows and MS-DOS are registered
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• VESA and DDC are trademarks of the
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• NERGY TAR is a U.S. registered
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• 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
Selecting the on-screen menu language (LANG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Selecting the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjusting the brightness and contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Automatically sizing and centering the picture (AUTO) . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the size of the picture (SIZE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the centering of the picture (CENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Enlarging or reducing the picture (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the shape of the picture (GEOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the convergence (CONV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the quality of the picture (SCREEN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Additional settings (OPTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Resetting the adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Preset and user modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
If thin lines appear on your screen (damper wires). . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Preset mode timing table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
TCO'99 Eco-document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
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