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Color Plasma Display Model P42 USER'S MANUAL P42 with optional stand. Read the instructions inside carefully. Keep this user manual for future reference. Serial No. ______________________ The serial number is located on the rear of the monitor.
SAFETY GUIDELINES • If something smells strange or smoke comes from the monitor: • Do not drop water or a foreign substance on to the monitor. • Do not put the monitor on an unstable place.
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SAFETY GUIDELINES(continued) • Do not apply shock to the monitor. • Do not use monitor if glass is broken or damaged. • Do not disassemble or modify the monitor. • Do not use the monitor in wet environment. • Do not damage or modify the power cord. •...
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• Do not touch the power plug with wet hands. • Do not obstruct a ventilation hole. • Disconnect the power plug from the mains when you move the monitor. • When you disconnect the power plug. • Disconnect the power plug from the mains when you don't use the monitor for a long time.
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SAFETY GUIDELINES(continued) • Do not coil or wind the power cord. • Caution for 200 - 240V operation only INFORMATIVE EXAMPLES OF PROTECTIVE DEVICES IN SINGLE - PHASE EQUIPMENT OR SUB - ASSEMBLIES Case A: Equipment to be connected to POWER SYSTEMS with earthed neutral reliably identified, except for Case C below.
• Installation environment • How to view the monitor. • Note on image retention • How to clean the monitor.
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SAFETY GUIDELINES(continued) • Prevention of an obstacle to Radio receivers • Precautions for the monitor • Precaution during transportation...
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• FCC (Federal Communications Commission) STATEMENT WARNING WARNING Instructions to Users CAUTION According to 47CFR, Part 2 and 15 for Class B Personal Computers and CPU Boards and Power Supplies used with Class B Personal Computers: Hitachi America, Ltd. Computer Division Located at: 2000 Sierra Point Parkway, Brisbane,CA 94005-1835, U.S.A.
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SAFETY GUIDELINES ... I CONTENTS ... 1 FEATURES ... 2 STANDARD ACCESSORIES ... 2 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ... 3 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ... 9 OTHER FEATURES ... 20 TROUBLESHOOTING ... 23 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ... 27 Notes about This Manual...
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Large-screen, high-definition plasma display panel Multimedia input support Multiscan converter and Flexible Control LSI Easy-to-use remote controller and on screen display system Power saving system • Color Plasma Display Monitor USER MANUAL CMP4121HDU BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG SIZE VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 RGB 1 RGB 2 VOLUME+ MUTE...
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495-38 • WARNING • • CAUTIONS • CAUTIONS 651-61 or 651-62 10cm (4 inches) or more Clamp Cord chain Wood screw Two places...
Panel Control panel VOLUME button SELECT button MENU button INPUT SELECT button Front The stand is an Optional SUB-POWER button Cabinet (front frame) Remote-control receiver 8 Indicating lamp Main power switch...
Caution when moving the main unit Handgrips External speaker terminals External device connection terminals VIDEO 2 COMPONENT COMPOSITE S AUDIO IN AUDIO IN R L/MONO L/MONO Video input terminals POWER ON/OFF button RGB/VIDEO button 10 MUTE button MENU button Handgrips Rear VIDEO 1 RGB 1...
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (continued) Installation and Cabling Connecting to a PC Speaker (R) RGB 1 Power D-SUB IN cable Monitor rear panel Power cable connector AUDIO IN RGB 2 To signal To signal input input terminals terminals To signal To signal output output terminal...
Connecting to Video Equipment Monitor rear panel Speaker (R) Power cable connector VIDEO 2 Power COMPONENT AUDIO IN AUDIO IN cable R L/MONO L/MONO To audio/ To component input terminals video input terminals • • • Video equipment (such as a video disc player, a DVD player, and a video camera) VIDEO 1 COMPOSITE S...
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• • CAUTIONS • • • TIPS • • With in 30 With in 30 degrees degrees About 3m About 3m About 5m SIZE VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 RGB 1 RGB 2 VOLUME+ MUTE VOLUME- MENU RECALL...
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• Indicating lamp Power status Lights red (standby) Lights or blinks green • TIPS Operating When the main power switch OFF. When the main power switch ( and the button on the remote control or the SUB POWER button on the underside of the front of the frame is OFF.
→ → → • • → Remote controller VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 RGB 1 RGB 2 Main unit INPUT SELECT VOLUME+ VOLUME- Remote controller VOLUME+ VOLUME+ VOLUME- VOLUME- Main unit VOLUME Remote controller VOLUME- MUTE VOLUME+ When using INPUT SELECT RGB1 (D-sub input) RGB2...
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•RGB signal input NORMAL FULL ZOOM •VIDEO signal input PANORAM. MOVIE1 FULL MOVIE2 VIDEO Remote controller Input horizontal frequency Remote controller SIZE VIDEO VIDEO2 [COMPONENT] Remote controller RECALL RGB1 [D-SUB] H : 46.5kHz, V : 60.0Hz Input horizontal frequency CONTRAST : 100 Contrast setting CONTRAST : 100 kHz, V :...
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• HINTS • Pink Remote controller MENU Main unit MENU Pink when brightness is selected SELECT VOLUME MAIN MENU PICTURE SOUND DISPLAY FUNCTION Menu selection mark PICTURE MENU CONTRAST : 127 BRIGHTNESS COLOR TINT SHARPNESS PICTURE MODE : SUPER OPTIONS RETURN Guidance...
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MAIN MENU PICTURE SOUND DISPLAY FUNCTION Selected characters Narrows the gap between CONTRAST brightness and darkness. Black is subdued for BRIGHTNESS increasedoverall darkness. COLOR Lightens colors. Enhances red and TINT weakens green. SHARPNESS Softens display images. PICTURE MODE Set to NORMAL PICTURE MENU PICTURE MENU CONTRAST...
MAIN MENU PICTURE SOUND DISPLAY FUNCTION Selected characters COOL COLOR SELECT GAMMA VIDEO LEVEL Set to 0.7 V. VIDEO ENHANCE Set to OFF R-GAIN * Red is weakened. G-GAIN * Green is weakened. B-GAIN * Blue is weakened. *The respective individual R.G.B. setting can not be under 255. Selected characters VOLUME Turns down the volume.
MAIN MENU PICTURE SOUND DISPLAY FUNCTION Selected characters NORMAL DISPLAY AREA AUTO ADJUST Set to YES. INTERPOLATION Set to DOUBLE. WIDE MODE Set to OFF. Set to YES. DISPLAY INIT. Clears all DISPLAY MENU adjustment values exept DISPLAY AREAand exits to the DISPLAY MENU.
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MAIN MENU PICTURE SOUND DISPLAY FUNCTION Selected characters Moves the horizontal position to left. H.POSITION Moves down the vertical position. V.POSITION Reduces the dot clock frequency (shrinks the right side). CLOCK Slows the dot clock phase (shifts slightly to left). PHASE MAIN MENU PICTURE...
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Set the display When you want to Play a 4:3 image in a 16:9 screen faithfully. Play a 4:3 image in a 16:9 screen with the height and width of the middle of the screen enlarged on (Panoramic) equal scales and with both sides appearing somewhat enlarged.
MAIN MENU PICTURE SOUND DISPLAY FUNCTION Selected characters ENG.(ENGLISH) LANGUAGE Set to OFF AUTO FREQ. The frequency of a new (RGB input only) signal is not displayed as it is received. MODE (RGB input only) LINE INTP. Set to OFF. 3D COMB Set to OFF.
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MAIN MENU PICTURE SOUND DISPLAY FUNCTION Selected characters COMPONENT SD1 (480i) COMPONENT SD2 (European SDTV) COMPONENT HD1 Set to Cb/Cr to suit (480p) the Y/Cb/Cr signals. COMPONENT HD2 (720p) COMPONENT HD3 (1080i) MAIN MENU PICTURE LANGUAGE SOUND AUTO FREQ DISPLAY SCREEN SAVER FUNCTION RETURN...
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Item Sound volume VOLUME Sound balance BALANCE Treble TREBLE Bass BASS Mute volume MUTE LEVEL Input status automatic AUTO FREQ. display Line correction LINE INTP. Three-dimensional Y/C 3D COMB separation HD signal COMPONENT Language selection LANGUAGE Contrast CONTRAST Brightness BRIGHTNESS Color temperature COLOR SELECT Gamma correction...
DISPLAY menu item Horizontal position Vertical position Dot clock frequency Dot clock phase Vertical size Status Display The input signal was • The input terminal and the switched or the horizontal and vertical RECALL button was frequencies are displayed in pressed after AUTO a guidance image.
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Horizontal RGB sync signal Video signal Operation mode Indicating lamp Power consumption Video signal Screen display Operation mode Indicating lamp Power consumption Vertical Active (normal display) Lights green 360W (Sound off) Active (normal display) Lights green 360W (Sound off) Blank (no video) Blinks green 5W or less Blank (no video)
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WARNING Symptom • No picture with the power- indicating lamp off. • The message “POWER SAVE” is displayed. • No picture with the power indicating lamp flickering in green. • The message “OUT OF FREQUENCY” is displayed. • The power indicating lamp is normally lit but no picture .
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Symptom • The temperature of the display panel surface is high. • There are locations on the screen that are different from the periphery (*). *Points that do not light, points with brightness different from that of the periphery, points with color different from that of the periphery, etc.
Text displayed across the screen appears vertically streaked, with some characters blurred Symptom 1 (figure 1). The display image appears flowing (figure 2) (RGB input). Figure 1 Example 1) Press MENU button to open the MAIN MENU. 2) Press SELECT button 3) Press to open the DISPLAY MENU.
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Text displayed across the screen appears blurred in its entirety (figure 2). Symptom 2 A fine pattern flickers when displayed on the screen (figure 3). Figure 2 Example 1) Press MENU button to open the MAIN MENU. 2) Press SELECT button 3) Press 4) Press 5) Press...
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Type Display Approx. 42 inches (922 mm (H), vertical 522 mm (V), diagonal 1059 mm) dimensions Panel Resolution 1024 (H) x 1024 (V) pixels RGB one-line two input terminals RGB audio two-line two input terminals Input terminals Input signals 0.7 V/1.0 Vp, analog RGB Video (horizontal: 24kHz to 107kHz, signals...
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Input signal G. video or sync on green No connection No connection No connection No connection H. sync or H/V composite sync V.sync. [V.CLK] H. sync or H/V V.sync. composite sync Input signal Frame Input signal No connection No connection No connection No connection No connection...
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RGB signal input (RGB1 or RGB2 signal input) Signal mode Signal Name Resolution 640 X 400 640 X 480 W-VGA 864 X 480 640 X 480 640 X 480 640 X 480 800 X 600 800 X 600 800 X 600 800 X 600 1024 X 768 1024 X 768...
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Composite / S input (VIDEO 1 input) Signal mode Signal Name Resolution NTSC NTSC-4.43 M-PAL N-PAL SECAM Component input (VIDEO 1 input) Signal mode Signal Name Resolution 480/60i 575/50i 480/60p 720/60p 1080/60i 1080 1035/60i 1035 Horizontal frequency 24 kHz to 52 kHz Horizontal timing Horizontal frequency...
LEGAL INFORMATION TWO-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY This Dukane LCD projector is warranted to the original purchaser for a period of five (2) years from the original purchase date - in normal use and service - against defects in material and workmanship. DUKANE CORPORATION EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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