Dell W1900 User manual

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Dell™ W1900 LCD TV Display
Owner’s Manual
Model W1900

Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your TV display.
NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the
problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
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October 2004 Rev. A01

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Contents
1About Your TV Display
Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bottom View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2Setting Up Your TV Display
Proper Location for Your TV Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting Your TV Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting Your Computer to the TV Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3Using Your Remote Control
Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using Your TV Display With a Universal or Learning Remote Control . . . . . 22
4Using the On-Screen Display
Using Your Remote Control With the OSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting Your OSD Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Input Select Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Picture Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PIP/POP/PBP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4Contents
Closed Caption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
OSD Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5Troubleshooting Your TV Display
Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
OSD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Self-Test Feature When Your TV Display is
Connected to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Problems When Using the TV Display as a Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6Specifications for Your TV Display
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

About Your TV Display 5
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About Your TV Display
Front View
1IR receiver Senses the signal from the remote control
2Power indicator light (LED) The light is blue when the TV display is on and amber when the
TV display is in power save mode
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6About Your TV Display
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Right Side View
1Power button Push to turn the TV display on and off. The power button is
blue when it is on and amber when it is in power saving mode.
2OSD menu button Push to enable the on-screen display (OSD)
3Volume button Push to decrease the volume
4Volume button Push to increase the volume
5Channel button Push to select the previous channel or navigate through the
OSD
6Channel button Push to select the next channel or navigate through the OSD
7Input Select button Push to display the Input Select menu
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Left Side View
1Composite out / Video out Connect a VCR
2Composite audio connector Use the audio connector if you have connected a device to
composite connector (AV1)
3Composite connector (AV1) Connect devices such as a VCR or DVD player
4S-Video connector (AV2) Connect devices such as a video game system or a VCR
5S-Video audio connector Use the audio connector if you have connected a device to
S-Video connector (AV2)
6Subwoofer out connector Connect a Subwoofer
7Headphone connector Connect headphones
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8About Your TV Display
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Bottom View
1Power connector Connect your power cord
2DVI audio connector (L / R) Use the DVI audio connector if you have connected a device
such as a DVD player to the DVI connector
3DVI connector Connect your computer or video devices such as a DVD player
4Audio connector for VGA or DVI Connect the audio cable from your computer to the TV display
5Component video and audio
connectors (AV3) Connect devices such as a DVD player or cable TV box
6ANT/Cable Connect cable TV box or an antenna
7Component video and audio
connectors (AV4) Connect devices such as a DVD player or cable TV box
8VGA Connect your computer
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About Your TV Display 9
Package Contents
NOTE: If you need additional cables, contact Dell.
Remote control
AAA batteries (2)
Power cord
Composite video cable
Audio cable

10 About Your TV Display
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VGA cable
DVI cable
Computer audio cable
S-Video cable
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