User manual BENQ FP71V

[. . . ] FP71V/FP71V+ LCD Color Monitor 17. 0" LCD Panel Size User's Manual Welcome i Copyright Copyright © 2005 by BenQ Corporation. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation. ii Disclaimer BenQ Corporation makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, BenQ Corporation reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation of BenQ Corporation to notify any person of such revision or changes. iii Please follow these safety instructions for best performance, and long life for your monitor Power Safety · The AC plug isolates this equipment from the AC supply. · The power supply cord serves as a power disconnect device for pluggable equipment. [. . . ] Click the Browse button and navigate to the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM. This is the CD you loaded in step 1 above. The CD Drive will have a Windows designated drive letter (like D: or E: or F:). Select the drive letter corresponding to the drive you put the CD into. 6. Double-click the folder labelled `Driver'. The contents of the `Driver' folder will display. 7. Click the Open button. This will return you to the Install from Disk window, and it will have entered the address to the BenQ LCD Monitor CD `Driver' folder into the field titled `Copy manufacturer's files from:'. The field will contain something like "D:\Driver", or "E:\Driver", or "F:\Driver". 8. Click the OK button. This will return you to the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard. 9. Select (single-click) the file named BenQ FP71V+, and click the Next button. Click Next. This will copy the appropriate monitor driver files to your computer. 11. Click Finish. On Windows 2000, this will close the wizard and return you to the Monitor Properties window, now renamed `BenQ FP71V+ Properties'. Alternatively, on Windows ME and 98, this will return you to the Advanced Display Properties window, skipping the next step. Should you wish to do so, this is where you can change the screen refresh rate and other monitor properties to suit your needs. In Windows 2000, click Close. This will close the BenQ FP71V+ Properties window and return you to the Advanced Display Properties window. Should you wish to do so, this is where you can change the screen refresh rate and other monitor properties to suit your needs. In Windows 2000, click OK, or in Windows 98 or ME, click Close. 18 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor This will close the Advanced Display Properties window, and return you to the Display Properties window. Should you wish to do so, this is where you can change the screen resolution (area and color). Click OK. This will close the Display Properties window, and if you made any changes to the screen resolution, Windows 2000 will prompt you for confirmation to effect the changes, and further confirmation to accept the changes. Alternatively, Windows ME or 98 will ask you if want to make the changes and reboot or not reboot. You should select the reboot option as this causes Windows to load the new drivers when it next restarts. Getting the most from your BenQ monitor 19 1 15 How to adjust the screen resolution 1 Due to the nature of liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, the picture resolution is always fixed. The best possible picture for your FP71V/FP71V+ is achieved with a resolution of 1280x1024. This is called "Native Resolution" or maximal resolution ­ that is, the clearest picture. Lower resolutions are displayed on a full screen through an interpolation circuit. [. . . ] To return to previous menu, press "Exit. " 32 How to adjust your monitor Audio sub menu Volume: Press or Volume. key to select "ON" or "OFF" How to adjust your monitor 33 9 Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) The image is blurred: Read the How to adjust the screen resolution section, and then select the correct resolution, refresh rate and make adjustments based on these instructions. How do you use a VGA extension cable? Remove the extension cable for the test. If not, optimize the image by working through the instructions in the How to adjust the screen refresh rate section. [. . . ]