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BenQ FP241VW User Manual

BenQ FP241VW User Manual

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  • Page 1 FP241VW 24" Wide-Screen LCD Monitor User Manual Welcome...

  • Page 2: Power Safety

    Copyright Copyright © 2007 by BenQ Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Detaching the top-mount monitor shelf ...12 Using the monitor wall mounting kit ...12 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor ... 14 How to install the monitor on a new computer ...16 How to upgrade the monitor on an existing computer ...17 How to install on Windows Vista systems ...18...

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    1. Getting started Your FP241VW will provide the optimal display performance of the video resolution standard of 1920 x 1200. Please ensure that your graphic card supports the resolution of 1920 x 1200. When unpacking please check you have the following items. If any are missing or damaged, please contact the place of purchase for a replacement.
  • Page 5 USB cable (optional) HDMI cable (optional) Consider keeping the box and packaging in storage for use in the future when you may need to transport the monitor. The fitted foam packing is ideal for protecting the monitor during transport. Getting started...

  • Page 6: Getting To Know Your Monitor

    2. Getting to know your monitor Front view (1) Getting to know your monitor 1. Top-mount monitor shelf The detachable shelf is space saving and stylishly designed, gaining extra desk space for you. You can put small stationery items or toy collectibles on the shelf to keep the desk roomy.

  • Page 7: Front View (2)

    Front view (2) Left-side view 1. Power 2. ENTER / PIP / Brightness Contrast 5. MENU / EXIT 6. Mode 7. Game Mode 8. Input / Swap 9. PerfectMotion 10. i key For more information about these keys, please refer to control panel on page 1.

  • Page 8: Back View (1)

    Back view (1) Back view(2): locations of plugs & sockets Getting to know your monitor 1. Rear cover: VESA mount inside The back of your LCD monitor has a VESA standard mount with 100mm pattern, allowing the installation of a wall mount bracket.

  • Page 9: How To Assemble Your Monitor Hardware

    3. How to assemble your monitor hardware If the computer is turned on you must turn it off before continuing. Do not plug-in or turn-on the power to the monitor until instructed to do so. 1. Unpack the monitor and place it on a stable surface.
  • Page 10 4. Connect the power cable to the monitor. Plug one end of the power cord into the socket labelled ‘POWER IN’ on the rear of the monitor. Do not connect the other end to an electric outlet just yet. 5. Attach the top-mount monitor shelf. Fit the tenon joints at the rear of the shelf to the mortises on top of the monitor.

  • Page 11: Adjusting The Monitor Angle

    Turn on the computer too, and follow the instruc- tions in Section 4: Getting the most from your BenQ monitor on page 14 software. Adjusting the monitor angle For comfortable viewing of images on the screen, you may tilt the monitor upward to 12 degrees and downward to -5 degrees.

  • Page 12: Detaching The Top-Mount Monitor Shelf

    Detaching the top-mount monitor shelf It’s easy to detach the top-mount monitor shelf from the monitor and no removal tool is needed. Before you begin, take away all the items displayed or hung on the shelf. Then, hold both sides of the shelf assembly and gently pull the it upward away from the monitor. Using the monitor wall mounting kit The back of your LCD monitor has a VESA standard mount with 100mm pattern, allowing the installation of a wall mount bracket.
  • Page 13 2. Follow the instruction manuals of the wall mount bracket you purchased to complete the installation. How to assemble your monitor hardware...

  • Page 14: Getting The Most From Your Benq Monitor

    How do I gain the most benefit from my new monitor? To gain the most benefit from your new BenQ color LCD flat screen monitor, you should set the graphics card to the native resolution of 1920 x 1200 at first, and then you may start to install the custom BenQ LCD Monitor driver software as provided on the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM.
  • Page 15 Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group in order to install the monitor driver software. Furthermore, if your computer is connected to a network which has security access requirements, network policy settings may prevent you from installing software on your computer. Getting the most from your BenQ monitor...

  • Page 16: How To Install The Monitor On A New Computer

    BenQ LCD Monitor is the first ever monitor to be connected to it. If you are adding the BenQ LCD Monitor to an existing computer that has already had another monitor connected to it (and has monitor driver software installed), you should not be following these instructions.

  • Page 17: How To Upgrade The Monitor On An Existing Computer

    The BenQ LCD Monitor driver for your model may well function perfectly with other versions of Windows, however, as at the time of writing, BenQ has done no testing of this driver on other versions of Windows and cannot guarantee its operation on those systems.

  • Page 18: How To Install On Windows Vista Systems

    7. In the Update Driver Software window, select the option ‘Browse my computer for driver software’ . 8. Click ‘Browse’ and select Driver > Windows Vista > FP241VW from the CD, and click the Next button. This will copy and install the appropriate monitor driver files to your computer.

  • Page 19: How To Install On Windows Xp System

    The Monitor Properties window will display. If the driver provider is listed as BenQ, and the model matches that of your new monitor, the proper drivers are already installed, and you need do nothing further. Cancel out of these property windows.

  • Page 20: How To Adjust The Screen Resolution

    Due to the nature of liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, the screen resolution is always fixed. The best possible picture for your FP241VW is achieved with a resolution of 1920 x 1200. This is called “Native Resolution” or maximal resolution – that is, the clearest picture. Lower resolutions are displayed on a full screen through an interpolation circuit.

  • Page 21: How To Adjust The Screen Refresh Rate

    6. How to adjust the screen refresh rate You don’t have to choose the highest possible refresh rate on an LCD display, because it is not technically possible for an LCD display to flicker. The best results are obtained by using the factory modes already set in your computer.

  • Page 22: Picture Optimization

    If you wish, you can always adjust the screen geometric settings manually using geometry menu items. To assist you in this endeavour, BenQ has provided a screen test image utility which you can use to check for screen color, grayscale and line gradient display.

  • Page 23: How To Adjust Your Monitor

    8. How to adjust your monitor The control panel 1. “Power”: Turn the power on or off. 2. “ENTER/PIP” key: Enter sub menus and select items. The key is also the hot key for activating the PIP (Picture-in-Picture) function and selecting a video input source for the PIP window. (Up) key: For Up/Increase adjustment.

  • Page 24: On Screen Display (Osd) Menu Structure

    On Screen Display (OSD) menu structure DISPLAY PICTURE Hue and Saturation are not available for use when the input source is D-Sub or DVI-D. PICTURE ADVANCED AUDIO The Audio menu is only available when the HDMI cable is connected to the monitor and HDMI is set to be the input signal for the main window.
  • Page 25 SYSTEM Input Display Mode OSD Settings DDC/CI Information Reset All D-sub English French HDMI German Component Italian Composite Spanish S-Video Polish/Japanese Czech/Traditional Chinese Hungarian/Simplified Full Chinese Aspect Serbo-croatian 1: 1 Romanian Dutch Language Russian H. Position Swedish V. Position Portuguese Display Time OSD Lock 5 sec.

  • Page 26: Hot Key Mode

    Hot key mode The monitor keys perform as hot keys to provide direct access to particular functions whenever the menu isn't currently displaying on-screen. Brightness hot key Contrast hot key PIP hot key This command can bring up a window from a second image source. Thus you can watch images from 1 computer graphic/PC video source (D-sub, DVI, HDMI*, or Component) and 1 video source (Composite or S-video).
  • Page 27 • If the input source of the main window is from the computer graphic/PC video signals (D-sub, DVI, HDMI, or Component), you will cycle through the following messages indicating the video input sources for the PIP window. PIP off and Exit •...
  • Page 28 Game Mode hot key Input /Swap hot key • When the PIP function is OFF, select between the computer graphic/PC video input sources and video input sources. To specify the input signal, release the key while the message displays. The input signal messages will be displayed in sequence as below: How to adjust your monitor Press the key continually to switch between the 3 modes for the main window, including...
  • Page 29 • When the PIP function is ON, select between various input sources of the current video type (Computer Graphic/PC video or Video) for the main window. The cycle will be performed in a specific sequence. Keeping pressing the key will swap the current main window’s signal source with the current PIP window’s signal source.

  • Page 30: Main Menu Mode

    Main menu mode You can use the OSD (On Screen Display) menu to adjust all the settings on your monitor. Press the MENU key to display the following main OSD menu. There are 14 different menu languages, see details. For more information on each menu, please refer to the following pages: •...
  • Page 31 Display menu The current picture mode is displayed in the top right corner of the main menu. See page 35 to learn more information. Item Function Auto Optimizes and adjusts the Adjustment screen settings automatically for you. The i key is a ‘hot-key’ for this function.
  • Page 32 H. Position Adjusts the horizontal position of the screen image. V. Position Adjusts the vertical position of the screen image. Pixel Clock Adjusts the pixel clock frequency timing to synchronize with the analog input video signal. Not applicable to a digital input signal.
  • Page 33 Picture menu Item Function Brightness Adjusts the balance between light and dark shades. Contrast Adjusts the degree of difference between darkness and lightness. Sharpness Adjusts the clarity and visibility of the edges of the subjects in the image. Color - Press ENTER to enter the Color menu. Normal Allows video and still photographs to be viewed...
  • Page 34 User Mode Tailors the image color tint. The blend of the Red, Green and Blue primary colors can be altered to change the color tint of the image. The default start setting is 50. Decreasing one or more of the colors will reduce their respective influence on the color tint of the image.
  • Page 35 Picture Advanced menu Item Function Picture Mode Selects a picture mode that best suits the type of images shown on the screen. • Standard - for basic PC application. • Movie - for viewing videos. • Dynamics - for viewing landscape-specific videos.
  • Page 36 *BenQ's PerfectMotion technology is introduced to well prevent you from ghosting or motion blur effects while viewing fast moving objects on your LCD monitor. The solution to such a problem can be explored from two aspects, one is from the LCD technology itself, and the other is from human visual perception.
  • Page 37 PIP (Picture-in-Picture) menu Item Function Input Selects the video input for PIP viewing window. Use this to change the input to that appropriate to your video cable connection type. See also PIP hot key on page 26 Size Adjusts the size of the PIP window.
  • Page 38 Contrast Adjusts the degree of difference between darkness and lightness of the images in the PIP window. Sharpness Adjusts the clarity and visibility of the edges of the subjects in the images displayed in the PIP window. How to adjust your monitor Press the key to increase the contrast and press the...
  • Page 39 Audio menu The Audio menu is only available when the HDMI cable is connected to the monitor and HDMI is set to be the input signal for the main window. Item Function Volume Adjusts the level of volume. Mute Mutes the audio input. 1.
  • Page 40 System menu Item Function Input Selects the video input for the main window. Use this to change the input to that appropriate to your video cable connection type. See also key on page 28 How to adjust your monitor 1. Press the MENU key to display the main menu.
  • Page 41 Display Mode Adjusts the screen image to fit into the size you pre- fer when the input video images may have different native aspect ratios. • Full - Displays the image across the complete width and height of the screen. This mode may cause distortion of the image.
  • Page 42 H. Position Adjusts the horizontal position of the OSD menu. V. Position Adjusts the vertical position of the OSD menu. Display Time Adjusts the display time of the OSD menu. OSD Lock Prevents all the monitor settings from being accidentally changed. When this function is activated, the OSD controls and hotkey...

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting

    9. Troubleshooting Frequently asked questions (FAQ) The image is blurred: Read the How to adjust the screen resolution on page 20 resolution, refresh rate and make adjustments based on these instructions. How do you use a VGA extension cable? Remove the extension cable for the test. Is the image now in focus? If not, optimize the image by working through the instructions in the is normal for blurring to occur due to conduction losses in extension cables.

  • Page 44: Need More Help

    “OSD Settings” menu (under SYSTEM), and all OSD controls will be accessible. Need more help? If your problems remain after checking this manual, please contact your place of purchase or e-mail us at: Support@BenQ.com Troubleshooting section and then select the correct section and then select the correct keys to select “OFF”...

  • Page 45: Supported Pc Timings

    10. Supported PC Timings Resolution Horizontal Frequency (KHz) 640 x 350 31.47 720 x 400 31.47 640 x 480 31.47 640 x 480 35.00 640 x 480 37.86 640 x 480 37.50 800 x 600 37.88 800 x 600 48.08 800 x 600 46.87 832 x 624...

  • Page 46: Specifications

    Max. power consumption Standby power consumption Input signals Synchronization Temperature (operating) Air humidity (operating) Certifications Specifications FP241VW 24.0”, active, TFT 611.32 mm 1,920 x 1200 16.7 million 1000:1 / 500 cd/m 16 ms 6 ms (GTG*) 12 ms (MPRT*, PerfectMotion* Level 3) 178, 178 (CR>10)
  • Page 47 LCD panel may generally be 30 to 40 ms while the “Response Time” is 12 ms. *MPRT: Motion Picture Response Time. *BenQ's PerfectMotion technology is introduced to well prevent you from ghosting or motion blur effects while viewing fast moving objects on your LCD monitor. The solution to such a problem can be explored from two aspects, one is from the LCD technology itself, and the other is from human visual perception.

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