Multiq 42ds User manual

42DS / 52DS

TINSE3245Y1----

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Table of Contents

1. Cautions and Warnings................................................ 2

2. Product Safety Precautions ......................................... 3

3. Introduction .................................................................. 4

4. Overview......................................................................5

4-1. Unpacking .............................................................5

4-2. Front/Lateral Panel Controls.................................6

4-3. Rear Panel Controls..............................................7

4-4. Remote Control Button.......................................... 8

5. Hardware Installation...................................................9

5-1. Installation.............................................................9

5-2. Video Input Pin Assignment................................ 11

5-3. Applicable Video Timing for Video Input.............13

6. Screen Adjustment.....................................................15

6-1. Screen Adjustment Operation Procedure ...........15

6-2. Video Input Sources............................................17

6-3. OSD Adjusting and Controls............................... 18

6-4. Advanced Functions............................................20

7. Troubleshooting Tips .................................................22

8. Specification...............................................................23

9. Appendix....................................................................25

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1. Cautions and Warnings

CAUTION !!

RISKOFELECTRICSHOCK

DONOTOPEN

CAUTION:Toreducetheriskofelectricshock,donot

removecover(orback).

Nouserserviceablepartsinside.

Referservicingtoqualifiedpersonnel.

WARNING

TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS MONITOR TO RAIN

OR MOISTURE.

“HIGH VOLTAGE EXISTS ON THE BACK LIGHT POWER LEAD OF THIS MONITOR.

BEFORE SERVICING, DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF HIGH VOLTAGE BY

CONNECTING THE H.V. METER BETWEEN THE BACK LIGHT POWER LEAD AND

CHASSIS ONLY.“

WARNING: To prevent overturn when moving, transport the equipment on flat surface only.

Do not put on unstable position.

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2. Product Safety Precautions

Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product.

Do not use this product near water - e.g. near a bathtub, washbasin, swimming

pool, kitchen, laundry tub or in a wet basement.

This monitor should be installed on a solid horizontal base.

When cleaning, use only a neutral detergent cleaner with a soft damp cloth. Do

not spray with liquid or aerosol cleaners.

Do not expose this monitor to direct sunlight or heat. Hot air may cause damage

to the cabinet and other parts.

Adequate ventilation must be maintained to ensure reliable and continued

operation and to protect the monitor from overheating. Do not block ventilation

slots and openings with objects or install the monitor in a place where ventila-

tion may be hindered.

Do not install this monitor near a motor or transformer where strong magnetism

is generated. Images on the monitor will become distorted and the colour

irregular.

Do not allow metal pieces or objects of any kind to fall into the monitor through

ventilation holes.

Do not attempt to service this unit yourself. Removal of the monitor cover may

expose you to dangerous voltage or other risks. Refer all servicing to qualified

service personnel.

Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service

personnel in the event that:

Liquid is spilled into the product or the product is exposed to rain or water.

The product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are

followed.

The product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged.

The product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for

service.

Power cord or plug is damaged or frayed.

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3. Introduction

Welcome to enjoy the fantastic world of LCD-monitors. This new technology will

bring you a whole new feeling for your “monitor”. We show here some of the major

advantages of the LCD monitor. You will most certainly find some other advan-

tages when you use it.

The character of low radiation and less flicker reduce the probability of harm for

your health compared to traditional CRT monitor.

The LCD monitor’s compact size requires only minimal desktop space. These

two merits make it easy to use in almost any environment and easy to transport.

The LCD monitor has a low power consumption and offers savings on power

bills and the earth’s resources.

The design of the LCD cabinet is both attractive and ergonomic.

The usage of the LCD monitor is the same as the CRT monitor. There is no

need to change the hardware of your computer, just plug and play.

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4. Overview

This chapter will guide you through the correct installation procedures of your LCD

monitor.

4-1. Unpacking

After you unpack your LCD Monitor, please make sure that the following items are

included in the carton and in good condition. If you find that any of these items are

damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately.

One LCD Monitor

AC power cord

DVI-D cable

HDMI cable (option)

This user manual

Remote control

Two Batteries

Warranty folder

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4. Overview

4-2. Front/Lateral Panel Controls

1. POWER button

Turns power on/off from standby

mode, there is a wait period between

on/off cycles.

2. Adjust buttons

Use these buttons to adjust value of

selected item or change setting On

Screen Display menu.

3. Select buttons

Use these buttons to navigate

through the On Screen Display menu.

4. MENU button

Enters or exits the OSD (On Screen

Display) menus. It also exits from the

submenu back to the previous menu.

This type of cancellation will not save

the previous changes.

5. INPUT button

Use this button to switch between

available inputs.

6. Power indicator

Solid green- Power on.

The LED will illuminate in orange

color if the display is shut-off but the

main power cord is plugged into the

back of the monitor.

7. Remote control sensor

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4. Overview

4-3. Rear Panel Controls

The following picture provides the connection outline.

1. Power cord

2. HDMI

Connects to the digital video signals.

3. DVI

Connect to the DVI-D digital signals.

4. VGA-IN

Connects to VGA input of computer

5. VGA-OUT

VGA signal output, connects to VGA input of another monitor.

6. SERVICE

USB port is provided for after service/engineering use ONLY.

7. RS232-OUT

RS232 signal output, connects to RS232-IN of another monitor.

8. RS232-IN

Connects to RS-232 port of computer for functional control.

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4. Overview

4-4. Remote Control Button

4. ADJ

Use these buttons to adjust value of selected item or change setting On Screen

Display menu

5. Direct input selection keys

Direct change input signal selection by pressing the appropriate key.

6. INPUT

Press to select input signal modes sequentially.

7. RECALL

Recalls default picture settings.

1. Standby power on/off

Push this button to turn on the display from Standby

mode. Push it again to turn off to Standby mode.

2. SEL

Use SEL button up or down to navigate through the on

screen display menu.

3. MENU

Engages the OSD menu.

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5. Hardware Installation

5-1. Installation

1. Power off both the Computer/equipment and Monitor before making any

connections.

2. Install monitor on a solid surface such as a VESA metal.

3. Connect the power cable to the back of the LCD monitor.

4. The LCD monitor connection.

a) Analog signal (D-sub 15 pin Cable):

There is one set analog signal input (VGA-IN) and output (VGA-OUT)can be

used.

VGA-IN is for analog signal input, connect the signal cable on the rear of the

monitor to the 15-pin connector on the rear of the computer.

VGA-OUT is for analog signal output, connect the signal cable connector

from this monitor to input connector of another monitor.

Note: This LCD monitors DOES NOT require any special drivers. Necessary

drivers are supplied by the graphics card manufacturer and may be found on

the diskettes/CD supplied with the graphics card that came with your

computer. Windows drivers for both the monitor and the graphics card are

supplied on the Windows CD or diskettes. You may use the standard

resolution 1920x1080@60 as the monitor type. The graphics card must also

be set up correctly in Windows and make sure the video output of the

graphics card is listed in Section 6.1 or check your Graphics card manual or

Windows ReadMe file for further information on Graphics card. HDMI signal.

b). HDMI signal

Connect the HDMI connector from the back of the equipment to the HDMI

connector located on the back of the display.

If the external device has DVI output only, use a DVI to HDMI adapter cable

to connector to the HDMI terminal.

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c). DVI-D signal

Connect one of the signal cable to the DVI input on the rear of the monitor;

and the other end to the DVI connector on the rear of the computer. If the

external device has DVI output only, use a DVI to HDMI adapter cable to

connector to the HDMI terminal. (only support to DVI-D function.)

d). RD232 signal (D-sub 9 pin Cable):

There is one set RS232 signal input (RS232-IN) and output (RS232-OUT)

can be used.

RS232-IN is for RS232 signal input, connect the signal cable on the rear of

the monitor to the 9-pin connector on the rear of the computer.

RS232-OUT is for RS232 signal output, connect the signal cable connector

from this monitor to RS232 input connector of another monitor.

5. Switch on power to the PC system or equipment, then the LCD monitor.

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5. Hardware Installation

5-2. Video Input Pin Assignment

This section describes the pin assignments of the D-sub and HDMI connector.

1. 15 Pin D-sub Connector

Pin No.

Signal Connector

Pin No.

Signal Connector

Red Video Signal

Green Video Signal

Ground

Blue Video Signal

DDC data

Ground

Horizontal sync signal

Ground for red video signal

Vertical sync signal

Ground for green video signal

DDC clock

Ground for blue video signal

2. 19 Pin HDMI Connector

Pin No.

Signal Connector

Pin No.

Signal Connector

HDMI_RX2+

GND (For +5V)

HDMI_RXC-

HDMI_RX2-

HDMI_RX1+

GND (For +5V)

RX5V DDC SCL

HDMI_RX1-

RX5V DDC SDAt

HDMI_RX0+

GND (For +5V)

IN_5V

HDMI_RX0-

RX_HOTPLUG

HDMI_RXC+

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3. 24 Pin DVI-D Connector.

9 1 8

17 24

Pin No.

Signal Connector

Pin No.

Signal Connector

T.M.D.S. Data2-

Hot Plug Detect

T.M.D.S. Data2+

T.M.D.S. Data0-

T.M.D.S. SGND

T.M.D.S. Data0+

T.M.D.S. Data4- N.C.

T.M.D.S. SGND

T.M.D.S. Data4+ N.C.

T.M.D.S. Data5- N.C.

DDC CLK

T.M.D.S. Data5+ N.C.

DDC DAT

T.M.D.S. CLK GND

A_VSYNC

T.M.D.S. CLK+

T.M.D.S. Data1-

T.M.D.S. CLK-

T.M.D.S. Data1+

T.M.D.S. SGND

T.M.D.S. Data3- N.C.

T.M.D.S. Data3+ N.C.

DDC POWER +5 V

GND

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5. Hardware Installation

5-3. Applicable Video Timing for Video Input

The following table lists the supported display quality modes that the LCD monitor

provides. If other video modes are used, the monitor will stop working or display

unsatisfactory picture quality.

MQ42 series model

Mode

Resolution

Refresh

Rate

(Hz)

Horizontal

Vertical

Nominal

Pixel

Clock

(MHz)

Nominal

Frequency

+/- 0.5 kHz

Nominal

Frequency

+/- 1 Hz

DOS

720*400

31.469

70.087

28.322

VGA

640*480

31.469

59.940

25.175

640*480

37.861

72.809

31.500

640*480

37.500

75.000

31.500

SVGA

800*600

35.156

56.250

36.000

800*600

37.879

60.017

40.000

800*600

48.077

72.188

50.000

800*600

46.875

75.000

49.500

XGA

1024*768

48.363

60.004

65.000

1024*768

56.476

70.069

75.000

1024*768

60.023

75.029

78.750

XGA+

1152x864

67.500

75.000

108.000

SXGA

1280*1024

63.981

60.020

108.00

1280*1024

79.976

75.025

135.00

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Mode

Resolution

Refresh

Rate

(Hz)

Horizontal

Vertical

Nominal

Pixel

Clock

(MHz)

Nominal

Frequency

+/- 0.5 kHz

Nominal

Frequency

+/- 1 Hz

1360*768

47.712

60.015

85.500

720*480i

15.734

59.940

27.000

720*576i

15.625

50.000

13.500

720*480P

31.469

59.940

27.000

720*576P

31.250

50.000

27.000

1280*720P

37.500

50.000

74.250

1280*720P

45.000

60.000

74.250

1920*1080i

28.125

50.000

74.250

1920*1080i

33.750

60.000

74.250

1920*1080P

56.250

50.000

148.352

1920*1080P

67.500

60.000

148.500

Notes:

1). This Display does not support Macintosh resolutions.

2). “@”: Only for HDMI

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6. Screen Adjustment

6-1. Screen Adjustment Operation Procedure

Accessing the OSD menu via remote control or lateral panel.

1). To access the OSD menu, press “MENU”button on the lateral panel of

monitor or press key on the remote control

2). Navigation through the OSD menu can be accomplished using the arrow

keys on the remote control.

(Please refer to section 7)

Various Picture adjustments can be set using the picture adjustment OSD

1). Press the MENU key on the lateral panel or remote control.

2).Various picture settings are available from the menu. Use the SEL keys to

select the option that you wish to adjust and press ADJ keys to change or

confirm selection.

To restore picture settings to factory default, simply press the RECALL key

from the remote control.

Using lateral panel or remote control to change

INPUT sources.

1). Press the INPUT key on the panel or the

remote control.

2). Press the INPUT key will cycle the display

through all available input signal sources.

3). Or simply select the input that you would like to

switch on the remote control.

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6. Screen Adjustment

The on-screen status display shows detailed information regarding the

operational status of the display. The status display automatically appears

whenever there is a change in the status of the display such as input change.

The status display will automatically disappear after a timeout period.

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6-2. Video Input Sources

The following OSD main menu shows the OSD functions that are supported by

different video input sources.

Please make sure which video source you are using, then select the correct func-

tions in the MENU display.

Note: 1). H-POSITION, V-POSITION, CLOCK, PHASE, AUTO ADJUST and AUTO

COLOR ADJUST are only available in VGA input. Not available

selections will be grayed out for DVI-D input.

2). COLOR, SHARPNESS, TINT, 3D NR and MPEG NR adjustments are

only available in HDMI input.

3). The OVERSCAN MODE doesn’t support to VGA input.

For HDMI input For VGA/DVI-D input

Figure 6-1. OSD Main Menu

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6. Screen Adjustment

6-3. OSD Adjusting and Controls

Explanation of each available picture control settings are listed in the below:

PICTUREMODE

There are four preset picture modes that you can choose from to optimize the video

picture according to the type of programming you are watching: (1) USER (2)

STANDARD(3)CINEMA(4)VIVID.

Note: each mode has its own picture settings, when Picture Mode is set as

STANSARD, CINEMA, and VIVID; the CONTRAST, BRIGHTNESS, COLOR,

SHARPNESSarenotadjustable.

CONTRAST

AdjustContrasttoincreasethelevelof“white”inthe videopicture.Increasing contrast

will make the white area of the video picture brighter..

BRIGHTNESS

Adjust brightness to enhance the level of dark area in the video picture.

Increasing brightness will male dark areas more visible.

COLOR

Use color to adjust the color saturation of the picture. Increase color will make

the color more intense, reducing color setting make the color less intense.

SHARPNESS

Use sharpness to adjust the amount of detail enhancement to the video

picture. Increase the setting will enhance the edges of objects in the video

picture, decreasing the setting will reduce enhancement.

TINT

Use it to adjust the color of flesh tones. Increasing color will make the picture

with more red in appearance. Decreasing setting in left direction will shift the

picture with more green in appearance

3D NR

To improve the quality of the picture in the case of poor reception. There are four

settings to choose from;(1) OFF (2) LOW (3) MIDDLE (4) HIGH

MPEGNR

To reduce the noise of the video. There are three settings to choose from; (1) OFF (2)

LOW (3) HIGH

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FORMAT

Use to change various screen with modes. There are two modes to choose

from: (1) 16:9 (2) 4:3

COLORTEMP.

Configure the image color. There are three modes to choose from: (1)

NORMAL (2) WARN (3) COOL

H-POSITION

H-Position is used to adjust the horizontal image position manually. Increase

to shift the picture to right, decrease to shift the picture to the left.

V-POSITION

V-Position is used to adjust the vertical image position manually. Increase to

shift the picture to up, decrease to shift the picture down.

CLOCK

Reduce vertical stripes in the screen image.

PHASE

Reduce horizontal stripes in the screen image.

AUTOADJUST

The "Auto adjust” is used to perform automatic configuration of the Brightness,

Contrast, Vertical & Horizontal Position, Pixel clock frequency, Video signal

amplification and Tune.

If you are still not satisfied with the picture quality, you could choose

CONTRAST in the OSD Menu and adjust it. You can also manually adjust

PHASE, CLOCK, etc. in the menu.

AUTOCOLOR

It is used to adjust the gain and offset of the Red,Green and Blue channels on the ADC

automatically.

OVERSCAN MODE

The original image is proportionally stretched to over the screen. There are two

settingstochoosefrom;(1)ENABLE(2)DISABLE

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