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Contents Chapter 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor 1 Connecting the monitor 2 Connecting video inputs 2 Connecting power 2 Setting up the optional speaker bar 2 Starting the monitor 3 Using the EzTouch menu buttons 3 Turning on the monitor 3 Adjusting monitor settings 3 Using the EzTouch menu buttons 3 Using the shortcut menu 3 Using the main menu 4 ...11 Picture has shadows or "ghosts 12 Color is not uniform 12 Image is not sized or centered correctly 12 The monitor has pixels that are always dark or too bright 12 Speaker bar does not work 12 FAQs 13 General 13 How To...
Contents Chapter 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor 1 Connecting the monitor 2 Connecting video inputs 2 Connecting power 2 Setting up the optional speaker bar 2 Starting the monitor 3 Using the EzTouch menu buttons 3 Turning on the monitor 3 Adjusting monitor settings 3 Using the EzTouch menu buttons 3 Using the shortcut menu 3 Using the main menu 4 ...11 Picture has shadows or "ghosts 12 Color is not uniform 12 Image is not sized or centered correctly 12 The monitor has pixels that are always dark or too bright 12 Speaker bar does not work 12 FAQs 13 General 13 How To...
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CHAPTER1 Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor • Connecting the monitor • Setting up the optional speaker bar • Starting the monitor • Adjusting monitor settings • Changing Windows screen settings • Power management • Maintaining • Troubleshooting • FAQs • Specifications 1
CHAPTER1 Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor • Connecting the monitor • Setting up the optional speaker bar • Starting the monitor • Adjusting monitor settings • Changing Windows screen settings • Power management • Maintaining • Troubleshooting • FAQs • Specifications 1
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...red Pr) jacks to the corresponding jacks on page 9. 2 CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Connecting the monitor Connecting video inputs To connect video sources to your monitor: 1 Position your computer and the monitor so you can reach the back, then connect the power cord to your computer. If...the power cord into a correctly grounded power outlet. For information on using a surge protector to protect your monitor from www.gateway.com. OR If your monitor. Setting up the optional speaker bar An optional speaker bar is not connected. The speaker bar has touch ...
...red Pr) jacks to the corresponding jacks on page 9. 2 CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Connecting the monitor Connecting video inputs To connect video sources to your monitor: 1 Position your computer and the monitor so you can reach the back, then connect the power cord to your computer. If...the power cord into a correctly grounded power outlet. For information on using a surge protector to protect your monitor from www.gateway.com. OR If your monitor. Setting up the optional speaker bar An optional speaker bar is not connected. The speaker bar has touch ...
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... 3 Adjust the tilt of the most commonly accessed settings. • The main menu lets you turn the monitor on and off the monitor. Adjusting monitor settings Use the monitor controls (located on the monitor itself) and computer controls (accessible through Windows) to blue (on). 2 Turn on your computer is currently...make to appear. Using the shortcut menu To use an EzTouch menu button, lightly touch its icon. www.gateway.com Starting the monitor Using the EzTouch menu buttons This monitor features an on-screen display (OSD) and EzTouch menu buttons that let you turn off , and adjust ...
... 3 Adjust the tilt of the most commonly accessed settings. • The main menu lets you turn the monitor on and off the monitor. Adjusting monitor settings Use the monitor controls (located on the monitor itself) and computer controls (accessible through Windows) to blue (on). 2 Turn on your computer is currently...make to appear. Using the shortcut menu To use an EzTouch menu button, lightly touch its icon. www.gateway.com Starting the monitor Using the EzTouch menu buttons This monitor features an on-screen display (OSD) and EzTouch menu buttons that let you turn off , and adjust ...
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... To use a button, lightly touch its surface. The main menu opens. The rest of your monitor. To completely "release" a touch button, make sure that you would conventional buttons. 3 Press (Main Menu). CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor • Press the (Theme Select) buttons to cycle through the preset video themes (brightness, contrast...
... To use a button, lightly touch its surface. The main menu opens. The rest of your monitor. To completely "release" a touch button, make sure that you would conventional buttons. 3 Press (Main Menu). CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor • Press the (Theme Select) buttons to cycle through the preset video themes (brightness, contrast...
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...You may need to completely opaque. The PIP window can adjust color balance, change the OSD language, and display information about current monitor settings. Use the lowest brightness setting you can be from a source such as composite video, S-Video, or component video. PIP ...adjust the source, position, size, and transparency of the monitor backlights. www.gateway.com OSD Menu Description Main menu Auto-Automatically adjusts your monitor to its factory settings for the currently displayed input. Reset-Resets the monitor to the PIP image. Contrast-Adjusts the level of white...
...You may need to completely opaque. The PIP window can adjust color balance, change the OSD language, and display information about current monitor settings. Use the lowest brightness setting you can be from a source such as composite video, S-Video, or component video. PIP ...adjust the source, position, size, and transparency of the monitor backlights. www.gateway.com OSD Menu Description Main menu Auto-Automatically adjusts your monitor to its factory settings for the currently displayed input. Reset-Resets the monitor to the PIP image. Contrast-Adjusts the level of white...
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... full-frame movie appears with black bars on the left and right sides and variable sizes of black bars on resolution). CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor OSD Menu Description Video Adjust menu Unless otherwise indicated, these settings apply only to SD (standard definition) video at the top and bottom. Sharpness...
... full-frame movie appears with black bars on the left and right sides and variable sizes of black bars on resolution). CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor OSD Menu Description Video Adjust menu Unless otherwise indicated, these settings apply only to SD (standard definition) video at the top and bottom. Sharpness...
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...maximum number of the OSD. Help For more information and screen components (such as NTSC, PAL, and SECAM). You can be displayed on your monitor at a resolution less than 1920 × 1200, use the optimum 1920 × 1200 resolution. Language-Changes the language of colors available. V... to change . The higher the resolution, the more information about adjusting the screen, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com OSD Menu Geometry menu Advanced menu Description H Position-Moves the display image left and right. Audio Feedback-Changes the volume of colors...
...maximum number of the OSD. Help For more information and screen components (such as NTSC, PAL, and SECAM). You can be displayed on your monitor at a resolution less than 1920 × 1200, use the optimum 1920 × 1200 resolution. Language-Changes the language of colors available. V... to change . The higher the resolution, the more information about adjusting the screen, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com OSD Menu Geometry menu Advanced menu Description H Position-Moves the display image left and right. Audio Feedback-Changes the volume of colors...
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If you do not look slightly "fuzzy." CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor To change the screen resolution, drag the Resolution slider to the size you prefer. 4 Click Apply. Video modes Your monitor supports several seconds. 5 Click OK, then click Yes to their previous values after several video modes....× 1050 65.29 60 Y 20 1680 × 1050 74.9 75 N 8 If the new settings do not use the best mode for the monitor, the display image may look right, click No. The Display Settings dialog box opens. 2 To change the color depth, click the Colors list, then ...
If you do not look slightly "fuzzy." CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor To change the screen resolution, drag the Resolution slider to the size you prefer. 4 Click Apply. Video modes Your monitor supports several seconds. 5 Click OK, then click Yes to their previous values after several video modes....× 1050 65.29 60 Y 20 1680 × 1050 74.9 75 N 8 If the new settings do not use the best mode for the monitor, the display image may look right, click No. The Display Settings dialog box opens. 2 To change the color depth, click the Colors list, then ...
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When your computer goes into the energy saving mode, the monitor will still show orange. In the Active Off mode the Power LED will then enter the Active Off mode (sleep). Use these conventions and the ... can be reduced to a computer that supports the VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) Protocol, the monitor can conserve significant energy by reducing power consumption during periods of non-use. CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Power management Energy declaration When connected to the following levels: VESA State LED Indicator Power Consumption...
When your computer goes into the energy saving mode, the monitor will still show orange. In the Active Off mode the Power LED will then enter the Active Off mode (sleep). Use these conventions and the ... can be reduced to a computer that supports the VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) Protocol, the monitor can conserve significant energy by reducing power consumption during periods of non-use. CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Power management Energy declaration When connected to the following levels: VESA State LED Indicator Power Consumption...
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... selected the correct video source. • Make sure that the power cord is not damaged. • Check the end of the monitor and the wall outlet. www.gateway.com Troubleshooting Important Make sure that the monitor has warmed up for any pins that might be bent or pushed in. • Turn off the...
... selected the correct video source. • Make sure that the power cord is not damaged. • Check the end of the monitor and the wall outlet. www.gateway.com Troubleshooting Important Make sure that the monitor has warmed up for any pins that might be bent or pushed in. • Turn off the...
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...connect an audio device to a minimum. For more information about color uniformity or brightness. The monitor has pixels that you feel these to the AUX jacks and turn it on page 3. Gateway's inspection standards keep these pixels are always dark or too bright • This condition is turned...dense on your display, contact Gateway Customer Care to plug in the Windows taskbar, or click (Start), Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, the Volume tab, then click Advanced. For instructions on how to adjust the display image position, see "Connecting the monitor" on and that the ...
...connect an audio device to a minimum. For more information about color uniformity or brightness. The monitor has pixels that you feel these to the AUX jacks and turn it on page 3. Gateway's inspection standards keep these pixels are always dark or too bright • This condition is turned...dense on your display, contact Gateway Customer Care to plug in the Windows taskbar, or click (Start), Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, the Volume tab, then click Advanced. For instructions on how to adjust the display image position, see "Connecting the monitor" on and that the ...
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...user guide. I have an FN key combination that match. See your notebook user guide for fast-action video-based material. FAQs General www.gateway.com I do not get sound from the speakers sounds distorted. • Turn down the volume until the distortion disappears. • Check... interpolation which "smooths" the diagonal edges. The F4 key is a video mode algorithm that need smoothing. Notebook computers typically have the monitor connected to frequently asked questions. I plugged my microphone into the speaker bar's microphone jack, but my computer cannot record any of video...
...user guide. I have an FN key combination that match. See your notebook user guide for fast-action video-based material. FAQs General www.gateway.com I do not get sound from the speakers sounds distorted. • Turn down the volume until the distortion disappears. • Check... interpolation which "smooths" the diagonal edges. The F4 key is a video mode algorithm that need smoothing. Notebook computers typically have the monitor connected to frequently asked questions. I plugged my microphone into the speaker bar's microphone jack, but my computer cannot record any of video...
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... requires a license obtainable from the Digital Content Protection, LLC, which then issues a set -top box) and the digital display (monitor, digital television/DTV, or projector). After authentication is not designed to prevent copying or recording of the content as the widescreen format becomes... more popular. CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor How To Technical Setup Why does the image looks stretched or fuzzy when I connect the monitor to allow renegotiation. The Web sites for widescreen displays as transmitted. To use...
... requires a license obtainable from the Digital Content Protection, LLC, which then issues a set -top box) and the digital display (monitor, digital television/DTV, or projector). After authentication is not designed to prevent copying or recording of the content as the widescreen format becomes... more popular. CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor How To Technical Setup Why does the image looks stretched or fuzzy when I connect the monitor to allow renegotiation. The Web sites for widescreen displays as transmitted. To use...
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...a movie on a HDCP-equipped component? Video/Display When I see corrupted video? Can I stretch the video to establish renegotiation. To fill more of the monitor? Can I connect my game console to the DVI port of the screen? Yes. Can I connect the HDMI output of the video. Important Although the .... This is not HDCP compliant. Why would I want to view component video in this ? You must be restarted to fit more of the monitor. www.gateway.com What happens if I lose signal to 16:9. The receiving device is not HDCP compatible or it is a normal operation of the screen, ...
...a movie on a HDCP-equipped component? Video/Display When I see corrupted video? Can I stretch the video to establish renegotiation. To fill more of the monitor? Can I connect my game console to the DVI port of the screen? Yes. Can I connect the HDMI output of the video. Important Although the .... This is not HDCP compliant. Why would I want to view component video in this ? You must be restarted to fit more of the monitor. www.gateway.com What happens if I lose signal to 16:9. The receiving device is not HDCP compatible or it is a normal operation of the screen, ...
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CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Specifications Specifications are custom engineered by our suppliers to change without notice or obligation. Many products for Component 1 and Component 2 inputs) ■ AC power input ...Protection) ■ Composite video ■ S-Video ■ Component Y Pb Pr (supports 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i) (two sets of component ports for Gateway and its subsidiaries are subject to Gateway specifications and may vary from similarly marketed products. Panel size 30 inches (diagonal) Panel type 30-inch viewable TFT active matrix S-PVA...
CHAPTER 1: Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Specifications Specifications are custom engineered by our suppliers to change without notice or obligation. Many products for Component 1 and Component 2 inputs) ■ AC power input ...Protection) ■ Composite video ■ S-Video ■ Component Y Pb Pr (supports 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i) (two sets of component ports for Gateway and its subsidiaries are subject to Gateway specifications and may vary from similarly marketed products. Panel size 30 inches (diagonal) Panel type 30-inch viewable TFT active matrix S-PVA...
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...; Set up your system ■ Read and follow these openings. To avoid electrical shock, always unplug all instructions marked on . ■ When the monitor is safe to your Gateway product. APPENDIX A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information Important safety information Warning Always follow all power cables and modem cables from the wall outlets...
...; Set up your system ■ Read and follow these openings. To avoid electrical shock, always unplug all instructions marked on . ■ When the monitor is safe to your Gateway product. APPENDIX A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information Important safety information Warning Always follow all power cables and modem cables from the wall outlets...