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Controls and Indicators: Dell™ P1130 Color Monitor User's Guide

OverviewSelecting the Input SignalOn Screen Display (OSD) Menu SystemRecall FeaturesAutomatic SaveOn-Screen MessagesLED Indicators


Overview

Use the control buttons on the front of the monitor to adjust the characteristics of the image being displayed. As you use these buttons to adjust the controls, an on-screen display (OSD) shows their numeric values as they change.

Detail

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NOTE: This monitor may also be available in other colors.

and buttons
These buttons are used to make adjustments to the monitor in the desired menu items.
 
() and () buttons
These buttons display the CONTRAST () /BRIGHT () menu. These buttons are also used to navigate the menu.
 
(MENU/OK) button
This button is used to display the main menu on your screen. This button is also used to select the menu items and to activate the adjustment.
 
(INPUT) button
This button selects the INPUT 1 (video input 1 connector: 1) or INPUT 2 (video input 2 connector: 2) video input signal.

Displaying this monitor's name, serial number, and date of manufacture.

While the monitor is receiving a video signal, press and hold for more than five seconds to display this monitor's information box.

 
(power) button and LED indicator
This button turns the monitor on and off. The LED indicator lights up in green when the monitor is turned on, and lights up in amber when the monitor is in power saving mode. If the monitor is in the power save mode and the power is turned off with the power switch, it may take up to 10 seconds for the LED to go black.

Selecting the Input Signal

You can connect two computers to this monitor using the video input 1 ( 1) and the video input 2 ( 2) connectors. To select one of the two computers, use . Each time you press this button, the input signal alternates between video input 1 and video input 2. When the button is pressed, INPUT 1 is selected; press the button again to select INPUT 2.

Press .

    INPUT 1 (video input 1 connector: 1)
    INPUT 2 (video input 2 connector: 2)

The selected connector appears on the screen for 3 seconds.

"INPUT 1" (video input 1 connector: 1) or "INPUT 2" (video input 2 connector: 2) appears on the screen.

NOTE: If no signal is input to the selected connector, NO SIGNAL appears on the screen. After 60 seconds, the monitor enters the power saving mode. If this happens, switch to the other connector.

On Screen Display (OSD) Menu System

Accessing the Menu System

EXIT
Select to close the menu.
CONTRAST/BRIGHT
Select to adjust the contrast and brightness of the picture.
SIZE/CENTER
Select to adjust the size and centering of the picture.
GEOMETRY
Select to adjust the rotation and shape of the picture.
CONVERGENCE
Select to adjust the horizontal and vertical convergence of the picture.
SCREEN
Select to adjust the quality of the picture. You can degauss the screen, adjust the moire cancellation, and adjust the landing.
COLOR
Select to adjust the color temperature of the picture. You can use this to match the colors of a picture on the monitor to the colors of a printed picture.
OPTION
Select to adjust the options of the monitor. The options include:
  • locking the controls
  • choosing the language of the on-screen menus
  • changing the on-screen menu position
  • setting the color temperature adjustment mode
  • RESET
    Select to restore the adjustments.

    The resolution of the current input signal

    The refresh rate of the current input signal

    1. Press to display the menu on your screen.
    2. Press or to highlight the desired menu item, then press to select the menu item.
    3. Press or to select the desired adjustment item. Press or to make the adjustment, then press to activate the adjustment.
    4. Press twice to return to the main menu. The default selected item is . Each time you select and press , the menu exits. If no buttons are pressed, the menu closes automatically after about 30 seconds.
    Menu

    Icon

    Adjustment

    CONTRAST:

    Adjusts the contrast between the foreground and background of the picture. Press () when no menu is displayed on the screen.

    Press to decrease the contrast.

    Press to increase the contrast.

    NOTE: If you selected the sRGB mode in (COLOR MODE) of the (OPTION) menu, the (CONTRAST/BRIGHT) menu for the sRGB mode appears and you cannot adjust the contrast nor the brightness on this screen. For more information about using the sRGB mode, see sRGB mode in the (COLOR) menu.

    BRIGHTNESS:

    Adjusts the background brightness of the picture. Press () when no menu is displayed on the screen.

    Press to decrease the brightness.

    Press to increase the brightness.

    NOTE: If you selected the sRGB mode in (COLOR MODE) of the (OPTION) menu, the (CONTRAST/BRIGHT) menu for the sRGB mode appears and you cannot adjust the contrast nor the brightness on this screen. For more information about using the sRGB mode, see sRGB mode in the (COLOR) menu.

    SIZE/CENTER:

    This icon accesses a group of controls that adjust the horizontal and vertical size and centering of the picture, both manually and automatically.

    Horizontal Centering:

    Adjusts the horizontal position of the picture.

    Press to move the picture to the left.

    Press to move the picture to the right.

    Horizontal Size:

    Adjusts the horizontal size of the picture.

    Press to decrease the picture size.

    Press to increase the picture size.

    Vertical Centering:

    Adjusts the vertical position of the picture.

    Press to move the picture down.

    Press to move the picture up.

    Vertical Size:

    Adjusts the vertical size of the picture.

    Press to decrease the picture size.

    Press to increase picture size.

    AUTO:

    Automatically adjusts the size and position of the picture to fill the screen.

    Press or to select OK to activate this function.

    NOTE: This function is intended for use with a computer running an operating system that provides a full-screen picture. It may not work properly if the background color is dark or if the input picture does not fill the screen to the edges.

    NOTE: The displayed image may move for a few seconds while this function is performed. This is not a malfunction.

    GEOMETRY:

    This icon accesses a group of controls that adjust the rotation and shape of the picture.

    Rotation:

    Rotates the picture.

    Press to rotate the picture counterclockwise.

    Press to rotate the picture clockwise.

    Pincushion:

    Expands or contracts the sides of the picture.

    Press to expand the sides of the picture.

    Press to contract the sides of the picture.

     

    Pin Balance:

    Shifts the sides of the picture to the left or right.

    Press to move the sides of the picture to the left.

    Press to move the sides of the picture to the right.

    Keystone:

    Adjusts the picture width at the top of the screen.

    Press to decrease the width of the picture at the top.

    Press to increase the width of the picture at the top.

    Key Balance:

    Shifts the picture to the left or right at the top of the screen.

    Press to move the top of picture to the left.

    Press to move the top of picture to the right.

    RESET:

    Restores your geometry adjustments to the factory setting.

    Press or to select OK to restore these adjustments.

    CONVERGENCE:

    This icon accesses a group of controls that adjust the horizontal and vertical convergence of the picture. Convergence refers to the alignment of the red, green, and blue signals. If you see red or blue shadows around letters or lines, adjust the convergence.

     

    Horizontal Convergence:

    Horizontally shifts red or blue shadows.

    Press to shift red shadows to the left and blue shadows to the right.

    Press to shift red shadows to the right and blue shadows to the left.

    Vertical Convergence:

    Vertically shifts red or blue shadows.

    Press to shift red shadows down and blue shadows up.

    Press to shift red shadows up and blue shadows down.

    T

    Vertical Convergence TOP:

    Vertically shifts red or blue shadows at the top of the screen.

    Press to shift red shadows down and blue shadows up at the top of the screen.

    Press to shift red shadows up and blue shadows down at the top of the screen.

    B

    Vertical Convergence BOTTOM:

    Vertically shifts red or blue shadows at the bottom of the screen.

    Press to shift red shadows down and blue shadows up at the bottom of the screen.

    Press to shift red shadows up and blue shadows down at the bottom of the screen.

    RESET:

    Restores your convergence adjustments to the factory setting.

    Press or to select OK to restore these adjustments.

    SCREEN:

    This icon accesses a group of controls that adjust the quality of the picture by controlling the degauss, moire, and landing features of the monitor.

    DEGAUSS:

    Manually degausses the monitor.

    Press or to select OK to degauss the monitor.

    The screen is degaussed for about 2 seconds. If a second degauss cycle is needed, allow a minimum interval of 20 minutes for the best result.

    note.gif (1135 bytes) NOTE: The monitor is automatically degaussed (demagnetized) when the power is turned on.

    CANCEL MOIRE*:

    If elliptical or wavy patterns appear on the screen, cancel the moire.

    Press or to adjust the degree of cancellation until the moire is at a minimum.

    * Moire is a type of natural interference which produces soft, wavy lines on your screen. It may appear due to interference between the pattern of the picture on the screen and the phosphor pitch pattern of the monitor.

    note.gif (1135 bytes) NOTE: The picture may become fuzzy when (CANCEL MOIRE) function is activated.

    LANDING (top left):

    If the color is irregular at the top left corner of the screen, adjust the landing in the top left corner of the screen.

    Press or to reduce any color irregularities in the top left corner of the screen to a minimum.

    LANDING (top right):

    If the color is irregular at the top right corner of the screen, adjust the landing in the top right corner of the screen.

    Press or to reduce any color irregularities in the top right corner of the screen to a minimum.

    LANDING (bottom left):

    If the color is irregular at the bottom left corner of the screen, adjust the landing in the bottom left corner of the screen.

    Press or to reduce any color irregularities in the bottom left corner of the screen to a minimum.

    LANDING (bottom right):

    If the color is irregular at the bottom right corner of the screen, adjust the landing in the bottom right corner of the screen.

    Press or to reduce any color irregularities in the bottom right corner of the screen to a minimum.

    RESET:

    Restores your screen adjustments to the factory setting.

    Press or to select OK to restore these adjustments.

    COLOR:

    This icon accesses a group of controls that adjust the color temperature of the picture by changing the color level of the white color field. Colors appear reddish if the temperature is low, and appear bluish if the temperature is high. This adjustment is useful for matching the colors of a picture on the monitor to the colors of a printed picture.

    There are four types of adjustment modes, PRESET, VARIABLE, EXPERT, and sRGB. The default mode is PRESET.

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    PRESET

    PRESET mode:

    Selects a color temperature from the preset color temperature.

    Press or to select a color temperature from 5000K, 6500K, or 9300K.

    The preset color temperatures are 5000K, 6500K, and 9300K. Since the default setting is 9300K, the white will change from a bluish hue to a reddish hue as the temperature is lowered to 6500K or 5000K.

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    VARIABLE

    VARIABLE mode:

    Adjusts the color temperature from 5000K to 11000K.

    To fine tune the color temperature:

    Press to decrease the color temperature.

    Press to increase the color temperature.

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    EXPERT

    EXPERT mode:

    Adjusts the R (red), G (green), and B (blue) components of BIAS (black level) and GAIN (white level).

    Press or to select the desired adjustment item from the BIAS adjustment rows.

    This adjusts the dark areas of the picture.

    Press to decrease the color temperature.

    Press to increase the color temperature.

    Press or to select the desired adjustment item from the GAIN adjustment rows.

    This adjusts the light areas of the picture.

    Press to decrease the color temperature.

    Press to increase the color temperature.

    RESET:

    Restores the color adjustments to the factory setting.

    Press or to select OK to restore the color adjustment.

    sRGB

    sRGB mode:

    The sRGB color setting is an industry standard color space protocol designed to correlate the displayed and printed colors of sRGB compliant computer products. To adjust the colors to the sRGB profile, simply select the sRGB mode in (COLOR MODE) in the (OPTION) menu. However, in order to display the sRGB colors correctly (γ=2.2, 6500K), you must set your computer to the sRGB profile. If you select sRGB mode, you cannot adjust the contrast nor the brightness of the picture.

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    COLOR RETURN:

    The colors of most display monitors tend to gradually lose brilliance over several years of service. The COLOR RETURN feature, found in the PRESET, VARIABLE, and sRGB modes allows you to restore the color to the original factory quality levels.

    Press or to select OK to restore the color.

    The picture disappears while the color is being restored (about 2 seconds). After the color is restored, the picture reappears on the screen again.

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    OPTION:

    This icon accesses a group of controls that adjusts the monitor's options. You can lock the controls, choose the language of the on-screen menus, change the on-screen menu position, and set the color temperature adjustment mode.

    CONTROL LOCK

    Protects adjustment data by locking the controls.

    Press to select ON.

    Press to select OFF.

    Only the (power) switch, , and (CONTROL LOCK) of the (OPTION) menu will operate. If any other items are selected, the mark appears on the screen.

    note.gif (1135 bytes) NOTE: To cancel control lock, press to set (CONTROL LOCK) to OFF.

    LANGUAGE:

    Selects the language of the on-screen menu. English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Russian and Japanese versions of the on-screen menus are available. The default language is English.

    Press or to select the desired language.

    • ENGLISH
    • FRANÇAISE: French
    • DEUTSCH: German
    • ESPAÑOL: Spanish
    • ITALIANO: Italian
    • NEDERLANDS: Dutch
    • SVENSKA: Swedish
    • : Russian
    • : Japanese

    Horizontal OSD POSITION:

    Changes the position of the menu horizontally if it is blocking an image on the screen.

    Press to move the position of the menu to the left.

    Press to move the position of the menu to the right.

    Vertical OSD POSITION:

    Changes the position of the menu vertically if it is blocking an image on the screen.

    Press to move the position of the menu down.

    Press to move the position of the menu up.

    COLOR MODE:

    Sets the color mode for the (COLOR) menu.

    There are four types of adjustment modes, PRESET, VARIABLE, EXPERT, and sRGB. The default mode is PRESET.

    Press or to select the desired mode.


    Recall Features

    RESET:

    Restores all adjustment data to factory setting.

     

    CURRENT MODE:

    Restores all the adjustment data for the current input signal.

    Press or to select OK to restore the adjustment data.

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    • on-screen menu language
    • color mode setting in the OPTION menu (PRESET, VARIABLE, EXPERT, sRGB)
    • on-screen menu position
    note.gif (1135 bytes) NOTE: The RESET function does not function when (CONTROL LOCK) is set to ON.

     

    ALL MODES:

    Restores all of the adjustment data for all input signals.

    Press or to select OK to restore the adjustment data.

    note.gif (1135 bytes) NOTE: The RESET function does not function when (CONTROL LOCK) is set to ON.

    Automatic Save

    Whenever you open the OSD and allow an adjustment window to remain on screen for about 3 seconds without pressing another button, the monitor automatically saves any adjustments you have made. These changes are saved into a user area in the monitor. User areas are reserved according to the signal frequency of your computer. The monitor can save adjustments for up to 15 user modes. It has 10 preset modes, one for each signal frequency, as listed in Preset Display Modes.

    If you have made no adjustments, the on-screen menu disappears and the monitor does not save anything.


    On-Screen Messages

    If there is something wrong with the input signal, one of the following messages appears on the screen.

    If NO SIGNAL appears on the screen

      

    The selected connector
    This message shows the currently selected connector (INPUT 1 or INPUT 2).
    The input signal condition
    NO SIGNAL
    This indicates that no signal is input, or that no signal is input from the selected connector.
    The remedies
    One or more of the following messages may appear on the screen.
    • If ACTIVATE BY COMPUTER appears on the screen, try pressing any key on the computer, and confirm that your computer's graphic board is completely seated in the correct bus slot.
    • If CHECK SIGNAL CABLE appears on the screen, check that the monitor is correctly connected to the computer.
    • If CHECK INPUT SELECTOR appears on the screen, try changing the input signal using the input selector button.
    note.gif (1135 bytes) NOTE: This message will disappear after 60 seconds and the monitor will go into power save mode (LED will turn amber). This message can be re-activated by pressing any one of the front panel control buttons.

    If OUT OF SCAN RANGE appears on the screen



    The selected connector and the frequencies of the current input signal
    This message shows the currently selected connector (INPUT 1 or INPUT 2). If the monitor recognizes the frequencies of the current input signal, the horizontal and vertical frequencies are also displayed.
    The input signal condition
    OUT OF SCAN RANGE
    This indicates that the input signal is not supported by the monitor's specifications.
    The remedies
    CHANGE SIGNAL TIMING appears on the screen. If you are replacing an old monitor with this monitor, reconnect the old monitor. Then adjust the computer's graphic board so that the horizontal frequency is between 30 - 130 kHz, and the vertical frequency is between 48 - 170 Hz.
    note.gif (1135 bytes) NOTE: This message will stay on the screen and not disappear.

    If AVAILABLE AFTER WARM UP appears in the (COLOR) menu

    Before using the (COLOR RETURN) feature in the (COLOR) menu, the monitor must be in normal operation mode (green power indicator on) for at least 30 minutes. If the monitor goes into power saving mode, you must return the monitor to normal operation mode and wait for 30 minutes for the monitor to be ready. You may need to adjust your computer's power saving settings to keep the monitor in normal operation mode for the full 30 minutes. If the monitor is not ready, the following message will appear.

    Sometimes, no warning message appears, but the screen is blank, which could also indicate that the monitor is not synchronizing with the computer.

    LED Indicators

    State LED color
    Normal operation Green
    Active off Amber
    Failure Flashing amber

    See Troubleshooting for more information.


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