Digital home theater component, digital sound projector, digital audio server, digital audio terminal, optional speaker system, plasma display monitor, digital cinema projector, digital home theatre receiver, dvd player, dvd changer, home theatre speaker (44 pages)
Summary of Contents for Yamaha High Definition Plasma Monitor
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NOTE: The information in this manual is subject to change without notice. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT VGA and XGA are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. APPLE and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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USER'S MANUAL Thank you very much for purchasing the Yamaha High Definition Plasma Monitor. Before using your monitor, please carefully read the "SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS" and this "USER'S MANUAL" so you will know how to operate the monitor properly. Keep this manual in a safe place. You will find it useful in the future.
YOUR Yamaha High Definition Plasma Monitor Our reputation has been built on the quality, performance, and ease of service of Yamaha High Definition Plasma Monitor. Safety is also foremost in our minds in the design of these units. To help you operate these products properly, this section illustrates safety tips which will be of benefit to you.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment 15. Monitors are designed to comply with the recommended Follow all warnings and instructions marked on this monitor. safety standards for tilt and stability. Read these instructions. Do not apply excessive pulling force to the front, or top, of Keep these instructions.
Important FEATURES Please read this User's Manual thoroughly, especially the Important Safety Instructions on Page 2 to 3 and 6 to 10. Mis-use may cause Large-screen, high-definition plasma display damage to your plasma monitor, which could shorten its lifespan, or panel cause injury to yourself.
CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS OTHER FEATURES FEATURES Automatic Store SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Signal Check COMPONENT NAMES Power Save Mode IMAGE RETENTION OF Main Unit PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL Remote control NOTES Loading Batteries TROUBLESHOOTING Handling the Remote Control INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Symptoms That Appear to be Failures Installation Actions to Correct Abnormal Displays PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS...
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This Plasma monitor has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards, but like any electrical equipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. Before using this product, please read and understand the Safety Instructions thoroughly to ensure correct usage, and follow all the instructions. About the Symbols Various symbols are used in this manual, the user’s manual and on the product itself to ensure correct usage, to prevent danger to the user and others, and to prevent property damage.
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS(continued) WARNING Be cautious of the power cord connection. Incorrect connection of the power cord could result in fire or electrical shock. • Do not touch the power cord with a wet hand. • Check that the connecting portion of the power cord is clean (with no dust), before using. Use a soft and dry cloth to clean the power plug. •...
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS(continued) CAUTION Be careful in moving the monitor. Neglect could result in an injury or damage. • Do not move the monitor during use. Before moving, disconnect the power plug and all external connections. • You are advised to move the monitor with two persons. •...
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS(continued) • Prevention of an obstacle to Radio receivers This monitor has been designed pursuant to the international EMI standards. This is to prevent a problem to Radio receivers. - Keep the monitor away from Radio. - Adjust Radio antennas in order for the monitor not to receive interference. - The antenna cable of Radio should be kept away from the monitor.
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COMPONENT NAMES Front Main Unit Cabinet Panel (front frame) Pedestal (option) Control panel • Adjustment buttons are located on the bottom. • The back cover is provided with Remote-control indications to distinguish the receiver adjustment buttons. Indicating lamp • The main power switch is located at the back, on the lower surface.
COMPONENT NAMES (continued) Remote control POWER OFF button POWER ON/OFF button POWER ON button MUTE button VOLUME UP/DOWN buttons RGB/VIDEO buttons RGB 1 RGB 2 MUTE SIZE button PinP button AUTO button RECALL button AUTO PinP SIZE RECALL MENU MENU button RETURN button OK button SELECT/ADJUST buttons...
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Installation • If you have purchased the model without the pedestal attached: When installing the monitor, use the optional pedestal. The pedestal has been used for the illustrations in this manual. WARNING Use one of the special mount units to install this product. A mount of insufficient strength or inadequate design can cause overturning or dropping and result in fire, electrical shock or injury.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (continued) Read SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ( ) carefully to ensure maximum safety before proceeding to these steps: • Choose an appropriate site and install the product on a level table. Choose a safe, level location to install the product. •...
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (continued) Power Cord Connection Connect the power cord after completing all other connections. Connect the power cord to this device. Connect the power cord plug to the power outlet. (The type of plug is different from this drawing for some countries.) CAUTION •...
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Turning Power On and Off • To turn the monitor power on, press the main power switch on the monitor main unit to ON, and then press the SUB POWER button or the ON/OFF or ON button on the remote control.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) Volume Adjustment The volume can be adjusted by pressing the VOL+ and VOL- buttons of the remote control (or the L and M volume buttons of the monitor unit). Volume setting value Volume 15 VOLUME UP/DOWN buttons INPUT SELECT button Adjustment status guide display •...
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) RGB 1 RGB 2 MUTE AUTO PinP SIZE RECALL RECALL button MENU SIZE button ID SET RECALL button SIZE button Size Switching Each time the SIZE button of the remote control or the monitor is pressed, the screen display area will change in sequence and the status will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) Using the Menu Screen (On-screen display system) RGB 1 RGB 2 MUTE When the MENU button is pressed, the adjustment menu screen will be displayed; from there, PC signal adjustment and setting is possible by using the SELECT button, RETURN buttons AUTO PinP...
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) PICTURE MENU Picture Picture Audio Contrast : + 31 MENU Timer Brightness : – 31 Function Color Tint : + 31 Setup Language Picture Enhancement : Off Select Color Temperature : Normal Color Temp.Adjust Reset Reset Contrast + 31 Select Return...
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) FUNCTION MENU Picture Function Audio Screen Saver Timer Screen Wipe On 60Min. Function Black Side Panel MENU Setup Video Power Save Language Freeze Mode Split Select Default Zoom Panoramic OK Set Reset Reset Select Return Function Panel Life Normal Mode Display ID Number...
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) SETUP MENU Picture Setup Audio Auto Adjust Adjust Timer Horizontal Position MENU Function Vertical Position + 31 Setup Horizontal Clock – 20 Language Clock Phase Select Reset Reset OK Set Select Return Exit Horizontal Position Next / Prev Adjust Return Setup...
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) LANGUAGE MENU Language Picture English Audio Français Timer Español Function MENU Setup Language Select Select Return Exit OK Set Select a language using the M L SELECT buttons and press the OK button. OTHER FEATURES Automatic Store Approximately 1 sec.
OTHER FEATURES (continued) Signal Check Changes in the signal status are displayed on the screen as they arise. Status Display Action When Mode Display is set to ON, A guide is displayed for the input RGB2 the input signal is switched or terminal and the horizontal and when the RECALL button is vertical sync frequency.
IMAGE RETENTION OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL There are different characteristics that result in panel image retention depending on how the plasma monitor is used. Situations and effective usage methods related to ghosting are provided below. Image retention characteristics of a plasma display panel The image retention phenomenon of a plasma display panel occurs due to partial phosphor degradation arising from partial character and figure display.
TROUBLESHOOTING Symptoms That Appear to be Failures Make the checks suggested below depending on the symptoms observed. If the symptoms remain uncorrected, contact your dealer. WARNING Customer servicing can be hazardous. Symptom Point to check See page • No picture with the power-indicating lamp •...
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TROUBLESHOOTING (continued) Symptoms That Appear to be Failures (continued) Symptom Point to check See page • The temperature of the display panel surface is high. • Plasma display panel is lighting the phosphors in the display panel by the discharge of internal radiation. In some cases, this may cause the temperature of the panel surface to increase.
TROUBLESHOOTING (continued) Actions to Correct Abnormal Displays Depending on the kind of system equipment used, images may not be displayed normally. In this case, make the adjustments suggested below. (only for RGB2) Text displayed across the screen appears vertically streaked, with some characters blurred (figure 1). Symptom 1 The display image appears flowing (figure 2) (RGB input).
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Product specifications and designs are subject to change without notice. Display Approx. 42 inches (922 (H) x 522 (V) mm, diagonal 1059mm) dimensions Panel Resolution 1024 (H) x 1024 (V) pixels Net dimensions 1030 (W) x 636 (H) x 91 (D) mm (excluding pedestal) Net weight 34.9kg...
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (continued) Signal Input (continued) DVI terminal (DVI-D) Input signal Input signal T.M.D.S. Data2- +5V Power T.M.D.S. Data2+ Ground (for+5V) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 T.M.D.S. Data2/4 Shield Hot Plug Detect 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 T.M.D.S.
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PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (continued) Recommended Signal List (continued) With Analog RGB signal input (RGB2 input) Signal mode Horizontal Dot clock frequency Remarks Vertical frequency frequency (kHz) (MHz) Signal Name Resolution (Hz) • The type of video board or connecting cable used may not allow for correct display adjustment of Horizontal Position, Vertical Position, Horizontal Clock and Clock Phase.
Optional Video Unit Function Additional functions when the optional video unit is installed are as follows: ( INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Connecting to a Video Imaging Device (1) Make sure that the power switch of the monitor is turned off. (2) Make sure that the power switch of the imaging device is turned off. (3) Use a commercially available cable and connector to connect the signal input terminal on the rear panel of this device and the signal output terminal of the imaging device.
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS RGB 1 RGB 2 MUTE RGB/VIDEO buttons SIZE button AUTO PinP SIZE RECALL MENU INPUT SELECT button SIZE button Input Switching Input can be switched by pressing the AV1, AV2, AV3, AV4, RGB1 or RGB2 buttons of the remote control. Input can be switched in the sequence of AV1 RGB1 RGB2 by pressing the INPUT...
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Vertical picture position can be adjusted for [Panoramic], [Zoom] and [Cinema] mode as follows. 1. Press the SIZE button and SELECT buttons during picture size display. 2. The position display will appear. 3. The adjustment range of each picture size is as shown below. [Panoramic] - 12 to + 12 [Zoom] and [Cinema]...
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) Displaying MULTI PICTURE If the PinP button on the remote control is pressed MULTI PICTURE will display. Activating the P-in-P mode from the RGB input screen Pressing the PinP button once time will display 2 pictures. • This mode can be available from RGB1(DVI-PC) and RGB2(RGB) input.
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) PICTURE MENU Picture Picture Picture Mode Audio Contrast Timer Brightness MENU Function Color Setup Sharpness Language Tint Select Color Temperature Normal Contrast Mode Normal Reset Reset Picture Mode Select Return Next/Prev Select Return Picture Picture Mode Contrast Brightness Color Sharpness...
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) PICTURE MENU (continued) Selected characters Setup hint Day: This setting is best for very bright ambient lighting. Picture Mode Night Night: This setting is for normal lighting conditions. Adjust for maximum visibility to suit the ambient brightness. This can be adjusted further till [+40] by pressing and holding cursor button at [+31].
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) PICTURE MENU (continued) Selected characters Setup hint Turn On when the original balance of each color is required to adjust Color Management to suit user preferences. Magenta Magenta is weakened. Magenta is strengthened. Red is weakened. Red is strengthened. Yellow Yellow is weakened.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) SETUP MENU Picture Setup Setup Audio System System 2 Color System Timer Color System MENU Function Video Input Auto Setup NTSC-M Audio Input Language Scart Output Monitor PAL-M Select PAL-N RGB1 DVI-STB OK Set RGB2 Component HDTV Select Return Select...
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) SETUP MENU (continued) Selected characters Setup hint Audio Input This should correspond to the audio signal from the equipment that is Stereo L/Mono connected to the AV1 audio input terminal. If the signal is monaural audio, set this to L/Mono. (Same to AV1) Scart Output Not Available (grayed out)
TROUBLESHOOTING Symptoms That Seemingly Appear to be Failures Make the checks suggested below depending on the symptoms observed. If the symptoms remain uncorrected, contact your dealer. WARNING Customer servicing can be hazardous. Symptom Point to check See page • This sometimes occurs when a component output VCR such as the 480i is connected.
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PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (continued) Signal Input RGB terminal (D-sub 15-pin connector) Input signal R (P G or sync on green (Y) B (P No connection • When different kinds of input signals are simultaneously input to the monitor via a graphics board or the like, the monitor will No connection automatically select the signals in the following priority order: R.GND (P...
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PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (continued) Recommended Signal List With Digital RGB signal input (RGB1 input) Signal mode Setup Menu Condition Horizontal Dot clock frequency frequency Remarks Vertical frequency Signal Name Resolution DVI-PC DVI-STB (kHz) (MHz) (Hz) WVGA type : On EIA-861 EIA-861 EIA-861 With Composite Input(AV1~AV4 input) and S-video Input (AV3 input).