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Some features or media may not be optional and may be available in certain countries. About your monitor Package contents Your monitor ships with your monitor | 5 Monitor(P1917S/P1917SWh) Monitor(P2017H/P2217/ P2217Wh) Stand riser About your monitor. Ensure that you have received all the components and Contacting Dell if something is missing. NOTE: Some items may not ship with the components shown below.
Some features or media may not be optional and may be available in certain countries. About your monitor Package contents Your monitor ships with your monitor | 5 Monitor(P1917S/P1917SWh) Monitor(P2017H/P2217/ P2217Wh) Stand riser About your monitor. Ensure that you have received all the components and Contacting Dell if something is missing. NOTE: Some items may not ship with the components shown below.
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Product features The Dell P1917S/P1917SWh/P2017H/P2217/P2217Wh flat panel display has an active matrix, Thin-Film Transistor (TFT), Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and LED backlight. About your system. ∞ ... (VESA™) 100 mm mounting holes for lower resolutions. ∞ Plug and play capability if supported by your monitor | 7 The monitor features include: ∞ P1917S/P1917SWh:48.0 cm (18.9 inch) viewable area display (measured diagonally). 1280 x 1024 resolution, plus full-screen support for lower resolutions. ∞ P2017H:49.5 cm (19.5 inch...
Product features The Dell P1917S/P1917SWh/P2017H/P2217/P2217Wh flat panel display has an active matrix, Thin-Film Transistor (TFT), Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and LED backlight. About your system. ∞ ... (VESA™) 100 mm mounting holes for lower resolutions. ∞ Plug and play capability if supported by your monitor | 7 The monitor features include: ∞ P1917S/P1917SWh:48.0 cm (18.9 inch) viewable area display (measured diagonally). 1280 x 1024 resolution, plus full-screen support for lower resolutions. ∞ P2017H:49.5 cm (19.5 inch...
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... in) 374.78 mm (14.76 in) 433.92 mm (17.08 in) 299.83 mm (11.80 in) 236.34 mm (9.30 in devices Dell display manager compatibility Connectivity P1917S/P1917SWh P2017H Active matrix -
... in) 374.78 mm (14.76 in) 433.92 mm (17.08 in) 299.83 mm (11.80 in) 236.34 mm (9.30 in devices Dell display manager compatibility Connectivity P1917S/P1917SWh P2017H Active matrix -
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... select the correct input source. Activate the computer and the monitor to gain access to wake it up . Dell P2217/P2217Wh ? in the Active-off mode, the following message will be displayed: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh ? Press any key on the keyboard or move the mouse to the OSD. 22 | About your device. If...
... select the correct input source. Activate the computer and the monitor to gain access to wake it up . Dell P2217/P2217Wh ? in the Active-off mode, the following message will be displayed: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh ? Press any key on the keyboard or move the mouse to the OSD. 22 | About your device. If...
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... select the desired parameter. 5. Press and button to move from one icon to another menu, exit the OSD menu, or wait for analog (VGA) input Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use 75% 75...
... select the desired parameter. 5. Press and button to move from one icon to another menu, exit the OSD menu, or wait for analog (VGA) input Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use 75% 75...
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... this menu to decrease the contrast (min. 0 / max. 100). Press the button to increase the contrast and press the button to activate brightness/contrast adjustment. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use 75% 75...
... this menu to decrease the contrast (min. 0 / max. 100). Press the button to increase the contrast and press the button to activate brightness/contrast adjustment. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use 75% 75...
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... to the incoming video signal. Auto adjustment allows the monitor to self-adjust to activate automatic setup and adjust menu. Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1680x1050, 60Hz Energy Use ...Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1600x900, 60Hz Energy Use Press to adjust the screen automatically. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Press to adjust...
... to the incoming video signal. Auto adjustment allows the monitor to self-adjust to activate automatic setup and adjust menu. Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1680x1050, 60Hz Energy Use ...Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1600x900, 60Hz Energy Use Press to adjust the screen automatically. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Press to adjust...
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...available input signals. Select auto select to select the HDMI input source. Color Use color to select the DP input source. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use VGA DP HDMI...On Reset Input Source Select VGA input when you are using the HDMI connector. Push to adjust the color setting mode. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Preset Modes ...
...available input signals. Select auto select to select the HDMI input source. Color Use color to select the DP input source. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use VGA DP HDMI...On Reset Input Source Select VGA input when you are using the HDMI connector. Push to adjust the color setting mode. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Preset Modes ...
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... for most gaming applications. ∞ Warm: Increases the color temperature. The screen appears cooler with a red/yellow tint. ∞ Cool: Decreases the color temperature. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Preset Modes Standard ComfortView Multimedia Movie Game Warm...
... for most gaming applications. ∞ Warm: Increases the color temperature. The screen appears cooler with a red/yellow tint. ∞ Cool: Decreases the color temperature. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Preset Modes Standard ComfortView Multimedia Movie Game Warm...
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Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Input Color Format RGB YPbPr Dell P2017H Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1600x900, 60Hz Energy Use Input Color Format RGB YPbPr Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto...
Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Input Color Format RGB YPbPr Dell P2017H Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1600x900, 60Hz Energy Use Input Color Format RGB YPbPr Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto...
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... satisfactory results are not obtained using the phase adjustment, use the pixel clock (coarse) adjustment and then use phase (fine), again. Minimum is 100 (+). Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Horizontal Position 50 Vertical Position 50 Sharpness 50...
... satisfactory results are not obtained using the phase adjustment, use the pixel clock (coarse) adjustment and then use phase (fine), again. Minimum is 100 (+). Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Horizontal Position 50 Vertical Position 50 Sharpness 50...
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Energy Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Power Button LED USB On During Active Off During Standby Reset Energy Dell P2017H Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color ...Personalize Others Resolution: 1600x900, 60Hz Energy Use Power Button LED USB On During Active Off During Standby Reset Energy Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1680x1050, 60Hz Energy Use...
Energy Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Power Button LED USB On During Active Off During Standby Reset Energy Dell P2017H Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color ...Personalize Others Resolution: 1600x900, 60Hz Energy Use Power Button LED USB On During Active Off During Standby Reset Energy Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1680x1050, 60Hz Energy Use...
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Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Language English Rotation Transparency 20 Timer 20 s Lock Reset Menu Unlock Dell P2017H Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display ... Personalize Others Resolution: 1600x900, 60Hz Energy Use Language Rotation Transparency Timer English 20 20 s Lock Reset Menu Unlock Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1680x1050, 60Hz Energy ...
Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Language English Rotation Transparency 20 Timer 20 s Lock Reset Menu Unlock Dell P2017H Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display ... Personalize Others Resolution: 1600x900, 60Hz Energy Use Language Rotation Transparency Timer English 20 20 s Lock Reset Menu Unlock Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1680x1050, 60Hz Energy ...
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... preset modes, brightness/contrast, auto adjust, input source, aspect ratio(option),rotation to set the shortcut key 2. Others Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use DDC/CI ... Factory Reset Enable Disable Energy Use DDC/CI LCD Conditioning Reset Others Factory Reset Enable Disable 48 | Operating your monitor Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Shortcut Key...
... preset modes, brightness/contrast, auto adjust, input source, aspect ratio(option),rotation to set the shortcut key 2. Others Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use DDC/CI ... Factory Reset Enable Disable Energy Use DDC/CI LCD Conditioning Reset Others Factory Reset Enable Disable 48 | Operating your monitor Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use Shortcut Key...
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... Conditioning Helps reduce minor cases of image retention, the program may take some time to run. Operating your computer. To start LCD conditioning, select Enable. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use LCD Conditioning Enable Disable...
... Conditioning Helps reduce minor cases of image retention, the program may take some time to run. Operating your computer. To start LCD conditioning, select Enable. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use LCD Conditioning Enable Disable...
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Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use DDC/CI Enable LCD Conditioning Disable Reset Others Factory Reset ENERGY STAR® Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1680x1050, 60Hz Energy Use DDC...
Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1280x1024, 60Hz Energy Use DDC/CI Enable LCD Conditioning Disable Reset Others Factory Reset ENERGY STAR® Dell P2217/P2217Wh Brightness / Contrast Auto Adjust Input Source Color Display Energy Menu Personalize Others Resolution: 1680x1050, 60Hz Energy Use DDC...
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...or Movie), the manual brightness adjustment is not supported by the monitor display. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh To allow manual adjustment of brightness, the Dynamic Contrast will be switched off. No Yes Dell P2217/P2217Wh To allow manual adjustment of brightness, the Dynamic Contrast will be... switched off. No Yes When the monitor does not support a particular resolution mode, the following message is displayed: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh The current input timing is ...
...or Movie), the manual brightness adjustment is not supported by the monitor display. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh To allow manual adjustment of brightness, the Dynamic Contrast will be switched off. No Yes Dell P2217/P2217Wh To allow manual adjustment of brightness, the Dynamic Contrast will be... switched off. No Yes When the monitor does not support a particular resolution mode, the following message is displayed: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh The current input timing is ...
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... signal that it is not supported by the monitor display. Before the DDC/CI function is disabled, the following message is displayed: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh The function of adjusting display setting using PC application will be disabled. Please change your input timing to 1600x900, 60Hz or any other...change your monitor Do you wish to disable DDC/CI function? Do you wish to disable DDC/CI function? Dell P2217/P2217Wh The current input timing is 1280 x 1024 (for P1917S/P1917SWh) or 1600 x 900 (for P2017H) or 1680 x 1050 (for the Horizontal and Vertical frequency ranges addressable ...
... signal that it is not supported by the monitor display. Before the DDC/CI function is disabled, the following message is displayed: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh The function of adjusting display setting using PC application will be disabled. Please change your input timing to 1600x900, 60Hz or any other...change your monitor Do you wish to disable DDC/CI function? Do you wish to disable DDC/CI function? Dell P2217/P2217Wh The current input timing is 1280 x 1024 (for P1917S/P1917SWh) or 1600 x 900 (for P2017H) or 1680 x 1050 (for the Horizontal and Vertical frequency ranges addressable ...
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... the mouse to disable DDC/CI function? If you wish to wake it up . Press any key on the selected input: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh ? Dell P2217/P2217Wh The function of adjusting display setting using PC application will appear depending on the keyboard or move the mouse to select ...correct input source. No VGA signal from your device. Press any button other than the power button, the following message appears: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Entering Power Save Mode. No Yes When the monitor enters the Power Save Mode, the following messages will be disabled. Operating your device...
... the mouse to disable DDC/CI function? If you wish to wake it up . Press any key on the selected input: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh ? Dell P2217/P2217Wh The function of adjusting display setting using PC application will appear depending on the keyboard or move the mouse to select ...correct input source. No VGA signal from your device. Press any button other than the power button, the following message appears: Dell P1917S/P1917SWh Entering Power Save Mode. No Yes When the monitor enters the Power Save Mode, the following messages will be disabled. Operating your device...
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.../support/monitors 54 | Operating your device. The monitor will go into Power Save Mode in 4 minutes. www.dell.com/support/monitors or Dell P1917S/P1917SWh ? If VGA, HDMI, or DP cable is no display, press the monitor button again to wake it up. No VGA Cable The display will go...into Power Save Mode in 4 minutes. No VGA signal from your monitor No VGA Cable The display will go into Power Save Mode in 4 minutes. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh ? If there is not connected, a floating dialog box as shown below appears. Press any key on the keyboard or move the mouse to select...
.../support/monitors 54 | Operating your device. The monitor will go into Power Save Mode in 4 minutes. www.dell.com/support/monitors or Dell P1917S/P1917SWh ? If VGA, HDMI, or DP cable is no display, press the monitor button again to wake it up. No VGA Cable The display will go...into Power Save Mode in 4 minutes. No VGA signal from your monitor No VGA Cable The display will go into Power Save Mode in 4 minutes. Dell P1917S/P1917SWh ? If there is not connected, a floating dialog box as shown below appears. Press any key on the keyboard or move the mouse to select...