LG 23MP55D User manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL
IPS LED MONITOR
22MP55D
23MP55D
24MP55D
Please read this manual carefully before operating
your set and retain it for future reference.
IPS LED MONITOR MODEL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
3 ASSEMBLINGANDPREPAR-
ING
3 Unpacking
4 Partsandbuttons
5 SettinguptheMonitorset
5 - AttachingtheStandBase
5 - DetachingtheStandBase
6 - Mountingonatable
6 - Usingthecableholder
8 - Mountingonawall
9 USINGTHEMONITORSET
9 ConnectingtoaPC
9 - D-SUBconnection
9 - DVI-Dconnection
11 CUSTOMIZINGSETTINGS
12 CustomizingSettings
12 - MenuSettings
13 -Picture
14 -Color
15 -Display
16 -Others
17 READERSetting
18 FUNC.Setting
18 -SUPERENERGYSAVING
19 -PictureMode
20 -SUPERRESOLUTION+
21 -DUALDISPLAY
21 -DUALWEB
22 TROUBLESHOOTING
24 SPECIFICATIONS 
24 22MP55D
25 23MP55D
26 24MP55D
27 PresetModes(Resolution)
27 Indicator
28 PROPERPOSTURE
28 ProperpostureforusingtheMonitorset.

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ASSEMBLING AND PREPARING
ASSEMBLINGANDPREPARING
Unpacking
Checkyourproductboxforthefollowingitems.Ifthereareanymissingaccessories,contactthelocal
dealerwhereyoupurchasedyourproduct.Theillustrationsinthismanualmaydifferfromtheactualproduct
andaccessories.
 Donotuseanyunapprovedaccessoriestoensurethesafetyandproductlifespan.
 Anydamagesorinjuriesbyusingunapprovedaccessoriesarenotcoveredbythewarranty.
 Theaccessoriessuppliedwithyourproductmayvarydependingonthemodel.
 Productspecificationsorcontentsinthismanualmaybechangedwithoutpriornoticeduetoupgrade
ofproductfunctions.
CAUTION
NOTE
StandBody StandBase
CD(Owner'sManual)/
Card
D-SUBCable
(Dependingonthecountry) (Dependingonthecountry)
PowerCord AC-DCAdapter AC-DCAdapter
or
DVI-DCable
(Thiscableisnotincludedinall
countries.)

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ASSEMBLING AND PREPARING
Partsandbuttons
READER
READER
PowerIndicator
 LightingOn:Turnedon
 LightingOff:Turnedoff
Connectionpanel(Seep.9)
Button(Seep.11)
(PowerButton)

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ASSEMBLING AND PREPARING
AttachtheStandBodytothemonitorset.
AttachtheStandBase.
Tightenthescrewtotheright.
SettinguptheMonitorset
AttachingtheStandBase
1 PlacetheMonitorsetwiththescreenside
downonaflatandcushionedsurface.
Layafoammatorsoftprotectivecloth
onthesurfacetoprotectthescreenfrom
damage.
CAUTION
2
StandBase
StandBody
1
2
3
DetachingtheStandBase
1 PlacetheMonitorsetwiththescreenside
downonaflatandcushionedsurface.
StandBase
StandBase
StandBody
StandBody
2PullouttheStandBodyandStandBase
fromthemonitorset.
Turnthescrewtotheleft.
PullouttheStandBase.
1
2
3
 Thisillustrationdepictsthegeneralmodelof
connection.Yourmonitormaydifferfromthe
itemsshowninthepicture.
 Donotcarrytheproductupsidedownholding
onlythestandbase.Theproductmayfall
andgetdamagedorinjureyourfoot.
CAUTION

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ASSEMBLING AND PREPARING
Mountingonatable
1 LiftandtilttheMonitorsetintoitsupright
positiononatable.
Leavea10cm(minimum)spacefromthewall
forproperventilation.
2 ConnecttheAC-DCAdapterandPowerCord
toawalloutlet.
3 Press (Power)buttononthebottomswitch
paneltoturnthepoweron.
10 cm
10 cm
10 cm
10 cm
Unplugthepowercordbeforemovingthe
Monitortoanotherlocation.Otherwiseelectric
shockmayoccur.
CAUTION
or
Usingthecableholder
Cableholder

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ASSEMBLING AND PREPARING
UsingtheKensingtonsecuritysystem
TheKensingtonsecuritysystemconnectoris
locatedatthebackoftheMonitorset.Formore
informationofinstallationandusing,refertothe
manualsuppliedwiththeKensingtonsecurity
systemorvisit http://www.kensington.com .
ConnecttheKensingtonsecuritysystemcable
betweentheMonitorsetandatable.
TheKensingtonsecuritysystemisoptional.
Youcanobtainitfrommostelectronicsstores.
NOTE
Whenyouadjusttheangle,donotholdthe
bottomoftheMonitorsetframeasshownon
thefollowingillustration,asmayinjureyour
fingers.
Donottouchorpressthescreenwhen
adjustingtheangleofthemonitor.
WARNING
Tiltfrom+20to-3degreesupordowntoadjust
theangleoftheMonitorsettosuityourview.
NOTE
Front Rear
Donotholdthissetlikebelowpicture.Monitor
screencandetachfromstandbaseandinjure
yourbody.

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ASSEMBLING AND PREPARING
Mountingonawall
Forproperventilation,allowaclearanceof10cm
oneachsideandfromthewall.Detailed
instructionsareavailablefromyourdealer,seethe
optionalTiltWallMountingBracketInstallationand
SetupGuide.
IfyouintendtomounttheMonitorsettoawall,
attachWallmountinginterface(optionalparts)to
thebackoftheset.
WhenyouinstalltheMonitorsetusingawall
mountinginterface(optionalparts),attachit
carefullysoitwillnotdrop.
1Please,Usethescrewandwallmountinterface
inaccordancewithVESAStandards.
2Ifyouusescrewlongerthanstandard,the
monitormightbedamagedinternally.
3Ifyouuseimproperscrew,theproductmightbe
damagedanddropfrommountedposition.In
thiscase,LGElectronicsisnotresponsiblefor
it.
4VESAcompatible.
5PleaseuseVESAstandardasbelow.
 784.8mm(30.9inch)andunder
*WallMountPadThickness:2.6mm
*Screw:Φ4.0mmxPitch0.7mmx
Length10mm
 787.4mm(31.0inch)andabove
*PleaseuseVESAstandardwallmountpad
andscrews.
10 cm
10 cm
10 cm
10 cm
 Disconnectthepowercordfirst,andthen
moveorinstalltheMonitorset.Otherwise
electricshockmayoccur.
 IfyouinstalltheMonitorsetonaceilingor
slantedwall,itmayfallandresultinsevere
injury.
 UseonlyanauthorizedLGwallmount
andcontactthelocaldealerorqualified
personnel.
 Donotovertightenthescrewsasthismay
causedamagetotheMonitorsetandvoid
yourwarranty.
 Useonlyscrewsandwallmountsthat
meettheVESAstandard.Anydamages
orinjuriesbymisuseorusinganimproper
accessoryarenotcoveredbythewarranty.
 UsethescrewsthatarelistedontheVESA
standardscrewspecifications.
 Thewallmountkitwillincludeaninstallation
manualandnecessaryparts.
 Thewallmountbracketisoptional.Youcan
obtainadditionalaccessoriesfromyourlocal
dealer.
 Thelengthofscrewsmaydifferdepending
onthewallmount.Besuretousetheproper
length.
 Formoreinformation,refertothe
instructionssuppliedwiththewallmount.
CAUTION
NOTE
Model 22MP55D
23MP55D
24MP55D
VESA(AxB) 75x75 100x100
Standardscrew M4
Numberofscrews 4

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USING THE MONITOR SET
USINGTHEMONITORSET
ConnectingtoaPC
 YourMonitorsetsupportsPlug&Play*.
*Plug&Play:APCrecognizesaconnected
devicethatusersconnecttoaPCandturn
on,withoutdeviceconfigurationoruser
intervention.
D-SUBconnection
TransmitsanalogvideofromyourPCtothe
Monitorset.ConnectthePCandtheMonitorset
withthesuppliedD-sub15pinsignalcableas
showninthefollowingillustrations.
 Macadapter
ForAppleMacintoshuse,aseparateplug
adapterisneededtochangethe15pin
highdensity(3row)D-SUBVGAconnector
onthesuppliedcabletoa15pin2row
connector.
 WhenusingaD-Subsignalinputcable
connectorforMacintosh
NOTE
DVI-Dconnection
TransmitsadigitalvideosignalfromyourPCto
theMonitorset.ConnectthePCandtheMonitor
setwithaDVIcableasshowninthefollowing
illustrations.

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USING THE MONITOR SET
 "SelfImageSetting"Function.
Thisfunctionprovidestheuserwithoptimal
displaysettings.Whentheuserconnects
themonitorforthefirsttime,thisfunction
automaticallyadjuststhedisplaytooptimal
settingsforindividualinputsignals.(Only
supportedinAnalogMode)
 ‘AUTO’Function.
Whenyouencounterproblemssuchas
blurryscreen,blurredletters,screenflicker
ortiltedscreenwhileusingthedeviceor
afterchangingscreenresolution,pressthe
AUTOfunctionbuttontoimproveresolution.
(OnlysupportedinAnalogMode)
NOTE
SelfImageSettingFunction
Pressthepowerbuttononthebottompanelto
turnthepoweron.Whenmonitorpoweristurned
on,the"SelfImageSetting"Functionisexecuted
automatically.(OnlysupportedinAnalogMode)
 Connectthesignal
inputcableandtighten
itbyturningthescrews
clockwise.
 Donotpressthescreenwithyourfingerfor
alongtimeasthismayresultintemporary
distortiononthescreen.
 Avoiddisplayingafixedimageonthe
screenforalongperiodoftimetoprevent
imageburn.Useascreensaverifpossible.
CAUTION
 WhenyouwanttousetwoPCinourMonitor,
pleaseconnectthesignalcable(D-SUB/
DVI-D)respectivelyinMonitorset.
 IfyouturntheMonitorsetonwhileitiscold,
thescreenmayflicker.Thisisnormal.
 Somered,green,orbluespotsmayappear
onthescreen.Thisisnormal.
NOTE

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CUSTOMIZING SETTINGS
CUSTOMIZINGSETTINGS
1 PressthedesiredbuttononthebottomoftheMonitorset.
2 ChangethevalueofthemenuitembypressingthebuttonsonthebottomoftheMonitorset.
Toreturntotheuppermenuorsetothermenuitems,usetheuparrow( )button.
3 SelectEXITtoleavetheOSDmenu.
MonitorsetButtons
Button Description
Accessesthemainmenus.(Seep.12)
OSDLocked/OSD
Unlocked
Thisfunctionallowyoutolockthecurrentcontrolsettings,so
thattheycannotbeinadvertentlychanged.
PressandholdtheMENUbuttonforseveralseconds.Then
OSDof“OSDLock”willappear.Afterthat,usercanselect
lockorunlockbypressingleft/rightbutton.
Ifuserselectsthe“Lock”iconbypressingthe“OK”button,
themessage“OSDLocked”willappear.Otherwise,“OSD
Unlocked”willappear.Afterselectingthe“Lock”,Ifyouwant
tochangetoUnlock,youcanpushthe“MENU”buttonfor
severalseconds.Themessage“OSDUnlocked”willappear.
UsethisbuttontoenterReaderModemenu.Itsfunctionworkstodisplayscreenas
paper-likepictureforEyecomfort.Ifyouwanttomoreinformation(Seep.17).
UsethisbuttontoenterSUPERENERGYSAVING,PictureMode,SUPER
RESOLUTION+,DUALDISPLAY,DUALWEBmenus.(Seep.18~21)
Whenadjustingyourdisplaysettings,alwayspresstheAUTObuttonontheMONITOR
SETUPOSD.(OnlysupportedinAnalogMode)
Thebestdisplaymode 1920x1080
Youcanchoosetheinputsignal.
• Whentwoinputsignalsareconnected,youcanselecttheinputsignal(D-SUB/DVI)
youwant.
• Whenonlyonesignalisconnected,itisautomaticallydetected.Thedefaultsettingis
D-SUB.
EXIT
EXITtheOSD(OnScreenDisplay).
(PowerButton) Turnsthepoweronoroff.
PowerIndicator Thepowerindicatorstayswhiteifthedisplayisrunning
properly(OnMode).IfthedisplayisinSleepMode,thepower
indicatorblinkswhite.

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CustomizingSettings
MenuSettings
1 PressMENUbuttononthebottomoftheMonitorset
todisplaytheMenuOSD.
2 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼
buttons.
3 Selectthe"NextMenu"buttontoenterthemore
optionsettings.
4 SelectEXITtoleavetheOSDmenu.
Toreturntotheuppermenuorsetothermenuitems,
usetheuparrow( )button.
Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.
Menu>NextMenu Analog Digital Description
Picture Sharpness ● ● Toadjusttheclearnessofthescreen.
Color Gamma
●●Tocustomizethecolorofthescreen
ColorTemp
SixColor
ColorReset
Display Horizontal ●Toadjustthepositionofthescreen
Vertical
Clock ●Toimprovetheclarityandstabilityofthescreen
Phase
Others Language ●●Tocustomizethescreenstatusforauser'soperating
environment
PowerIndicator
 Analog:D-SUB(Analogsignal)input.
 Digital:DVI-D(Digitalsignal)input.
Menu Analog Digital Description
Brightness ●●Toadjustthebrightness,contrastofthescreen.
Contrast ● ●
Wide/Original
●●
Wide
Switchtofullscreenmodeaccordingtoinputimagesignal.
Original
Changetheinputimagesignalratiotooriginal.
*ThisfunctionworksonlyifinputresolutionislowerthanMonitorsetratio(16:9).
Reset ●●Restoreallfactorydefaultsettings.Pressthe◄,►buttonstoresetimmediately.

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Picture
1 PressMENUbuttononthebottomoftheMonitorset
todisplaytheMenuOSD.
2 Selectthe"NextMenu"buttontoenterthemore
optionsettings.
3 EntertoPicturebypressingthe▼button.
4 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼
buttons.
5 SelectEXITtoleavetheOSDmenu.
Toreturntotheuppermenuorsetothermenuitems,
usetheuparrow( )button.
Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.
Menu>NextMenu>Picture Description
Sharpness Toadjusttheclearnessofthescreen.

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Color
1 PressMENUbuttononthebottomoftheMonitorset
todisplaytheMenuOSD.
2 Selectthe"NextMenu"buttontoenterthemore
optionsettings.
3 SelectColorbypressingthe►button.
4 EntertoColorbypressingthe▼button.
5 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼
buttons.
6 SelectEXITtoleavetheOSDmenu.
Toreturntotheuppermenuorsetothermenuitems,
usetheuparrow( )button.
Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.
Menu>NextMenu>Color Description
Gamma Setyourowngammavalue.:Gamma0,Gamma1,Gamma2onthemonitor,
highgammavaluesdisplaywhitishimagesandlowgammavaluesdisplay
blackishimages.
ColorTemp Custom
•Red:Setyourownredcolorlevels.
•Green:Setyourowngreencolorlevels.
•Blue:Setyourownbluecolorlevels.
Selectthescreencolor.
Warm:Setthescreentowarmcolortemperature(morered).
Medium:Setthescreentomediumcolortemperature.
Cool:Setthescreentocoolcolortemperature(moreblue).
SixColor Setsandstoresthehueandsaturationforsixcolors(Red/Green/Blue/Cyan/
Magenta/Yellow)tosatisfythecolorrequirementsofauser.
Hue Adjuststhescreenhue.
Saturation Adjuststhecolorsharpnessonthescreen.Lowervaluesmake
thecolorsharpnessweakerandcolorslighterwhilehigher
valuesmakethecolorsharpnessstrongerandcolorsdark.
ColorReset Resetsthecolorsettingstothefactorydefaultsettingsforthecurrentinput
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Display
1 PressMENUbuttononthebottomoftheMonitorset
todisplaytheMenuOSD.
2 Selectthe"NextMenu"buttontoenterthemore
optionsettings.
3 SelectDisplaybypressingthe►button.
4 EntertoDisplaybypressingthe▼button.
5 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼
buttons.
6 SelectEXITtoleavetheOSDmenu.
Toreturntotheuppermenuorsetothermenuitems,
usetheuparrow( )button.
Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.
Menu>NextMenu>Display Description
Horizontal Tomoveimageleftandright.
Vertical Tomoveimageupanddown.
Clock Tominimizeanyverticalbarsorstripesvisibleonthescreenbackground.The
horizontalscreensizewillalsochange.
Phase Toadjustthefocusofthedisplay.Thisitemallowsyoutoremoveanyhorizontal
noiseandclearorsharpentheimageofcharacters.

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Others
1 PressMENUbuttononthebottomoftheMonitorset
todisplaytheMenuOSD.
2 Selectthe"NextMenu"buttontoenterthemore
optionsettings.
3 SelectOthersbypressingthe►button.
4 EntertoOthersbypressingthe▼button.
5 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼
buttons.
6 SelectEXITtoleavetheOSDmenu.
Toreturntotheuppermenuorsetothermenuitems,
usetheuparrow( )button.
Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.
Menu>NextMenu>Others Description
Language Tochoosethelanguageinwhichthecontrolnamesaredisplayed.
PowerIndicator Usethisfunctiontosetthepowerindicatoronthebottomsideofthemonitorto
OnorOff.IfyousetOff,itwillgooff.
IfyousetOnatanytime,thepowerindicatorwillautomaticallybeturnedon.

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READERSetting
1 PressREADERbuttononthebottomoftheMonitor
settodisplaytheReaderModeOSD.
2 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄buttons.
ReaderMode Description
Reader1 Itisamodethatthescreenisadjustedtothebestforthenewspaper.Ifyou
wantscreenmorebright,youcancontrolbrightnessinMenuOSD.
Reader2 Itisamodethatthescreenisadjustedtothebestforthecartoon.Ifyouwant
screenmorebright,youcancontrolbrightnessinMenuOSD.
ReaderOff Itisamodethatreadermodeisoff.
Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.
NOTE
IfoptionofReaderModeisReader1orReader2,PictureModewillautomaticallybeCustomand
SuperEnergySavingwillautomaticallybeOff.

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SUPERENERGYSAVING
1PressFUNC.buttononthebottomoftheMonitorsetto
displaytheFUNC.OSD.
2 EntertoSUPERENERGYSAVINGbypressingthe▼
button.
3 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼buttons.
4 SelectEXITtoleavetheOSDmenu.Toreturntothe
uppermenuorsetothermenuitems,usetheuparrow
( )button.
Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.
SUPERENERGYSAVING Description
High EnablesSUPERENERGYSAVINGyoucansaveenergywiththisenergy-highefficientfunction.
Low EnablesSUPERENERGYSAVINGyoucansaveenergywiththisenergy-lowefficientfunction.
Off DisablesSUPERENERGYSAVING.

 TOTALPOWERREDUCTION:Howmuchpowerissavedwhileusingthemonitor.
 TOTALCO2REDUCTION:ChangetheTOTALPOWERREDUCTIONtoCO2.
 SAVINGDATA(W/h)
546mm
(21.5inch)
584mm
(23inch)
604mm
(23.8inch)
SUPERSAVING(High) 4W/h 4W/h 4W/h
SUPERSAVING(Low) 2W/h 2W/h 2W/h
 SavingDatadependsonthePanel.So,thosevaluesshouldbedifferentfromeachpanelandpanel
vendor.IfoptionofSuperEnergySavingisHighorLow,monitorluminancebecomehigherorlower
dependonsource.
 LGcalculatedthesevaluesbyusing“broadcastvideosignal”
(includingbroadcastvideo:IEC62087)
 SUPERSAVINGreferstohowmuchpowercanbesavedusingtheSUPERENERGYSAVING
function.
 IfoptionofSuperEnergySavingisHighorLow,PictureModewillautomaticallybeCustomand
ReaderModewillautomaticallybeReaderOff.
NOTE
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PictureMode
1 PressFUNC.buttonon thebottomoftheMonitorset
todisplaytheFUNC.OSD.
2 SelectPictureModebypressingthe►button.
3 EntertoPictureModebypressingthe▼button.
4 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►buttons.
5SelectEXITtoleavetheOSDmenu.Toreturntothe
uppermenuorsetothermenuitems,usetheup
arrow( )button.
PictureMode Description
Custom Itisamodethattheusercanadjusteachelement.ItcanadjustthecolormodeoftheMainMenu.
Text Itisamodethatthescreenisadjustedtothebestforthetextworks.
Photo Itisamodethatthescreenisadjustedtothebesttoviewpictures.
Cinema Itisamodethatthescreenisadjustedtothebesttoviewthevideos.
Game Itisamodethatthescreenisadjustedtothebesttoplayagame.
Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.
NOTE
IfoptionofPictureModeisnon-Custom,ReaderModewillautomaticallybeReaderOffandSuper
EnergySavingwillautomaticallybeOff.

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SUPERRESOLUTION+
1 PressFUNC.buttonon thebottomoftheMonitorset
todisplaytheFUNC.OSD.
2 SelectSUPERRESOLUTION+bypressingthe►
button.
3 EntertoSUPERRESOLUTION+bypressingthe▼
button.
4 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►buttons.
5SelectEXITtoleavetheOSDmenu.Toreturntothe
uppermenuorsetothermenuitems,usetheup
arrow( )button.
SUPER
RESOLUTION+
Description
Off Selectthisoptionforeverydayviewing.SUPERRESOLUTION+isturnedoffinthismode.
Low Theoptimizedpicturequalityisdisplayedwhenauserwantssmoothandnaturalimages.It
iseffectiveforslow-movingpicturesorstillimages.
Middle Theoptimizedpicturequalityisdisplayedwhenauserwantsimagesbetweenlowand
highmodesforcomfortableviewing.ItiseffectiveforUCCorSDvideo.
High Optimizedpicturequalityisdisplayedwhenauserwantscrystalclearimages.Itiseffective
forhighqualityvideoorgame.
Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.