MultiQ 42P2 User manual

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42P2

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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................................10
5-3. Applicable Video Timing for Video Input.............11
6. Screen Adjustment.....................................................13
6-1. Screen Adjustment Operation Procedure ...........13
6-2. Video Input Sources............................................15
6-3. OSD Adjusting and Controls...............................16
6-4. Advanced Functions............................................18
7. Troubleshooting Tips .................................................19
8. Specification...............................................................20
9. Appendix....................................................................21

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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
VGA cable
DVI to HDMI cable (option)
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. HDMI input
Connects to the digital video signals.
2. VGA input
Connects to VGA input of computer
3. SERVICE
USB port is provided for after service/engineering use
ONLY.
4. Power cord

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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):
Connect the signal cable on the rear of the monitor to the 15-pin connector
on the rear of the computer.
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.
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
1
Red Video Signal
9
5V
2
Green Video Signal
10
Ground
3
Blue Video Signal
11
NC
4
NC
12
DDC data
5
Ground
13
Horizontal sync signal
6
Ground for red video signal
14
Vertical sync signal
7
Ground for green video signal
15
DDC clock
8
Ground for blue video signal
2. 19 Pin HDMI Connector
Pin No.
Signal Connector
Pin No.
Signal Connector
1
HDMI_RX2+
11
GND (For +5V)
2
GND (For +5V)
12
HDMI_RXC-
3
HDMI_RX2-
13
NC
4
HDMI_RX1+
14
NC
5
GND (For +5V)
15
RX5V DDC SCL
6
HDMI_RX1-
16
RX5V DDC SDAt
7
HDMI_RX0+
17
GND (For +5V)
8
GND (For +5V)
18
IN_5V
9
HDMI_RX0-
19
RX_HOTPLUG
10
HDMI_RXC+

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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
70
31.469
70.087
28.322
VGA
640*480
60
31.469
59.940
25.175
640*480
72
37.861
72.809
31.500
640*480
75
37.500
75.000
31.500
SVGA
800*600
56
35.156
56.250
36.000
800*600
60
37.879
60.017
40.000
800*600
72
48.077
72.188
50.000
800*600
75
46.875
75.000
49.500
XGA
1024*768
60
48.363
60.004
65.000
1024*768
70
56.476
70.069
75.000
1024*768
75
60.023
75.029
78.750
XGA+
1152x864
75
67.500
75.000
108.000
SXGA
1280*1024
60
63.981
60.020
108.00
1280*1024
75
79.976
75.025
135.00

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5. Hardware Installation
Mode
Resolution
Refresh
Rate
(Hz)
Horizontal
Vertical
Nominal
Pixel
Clock
(MHz)
Nominal
Frequency
+/- 0.5 kHz
Nominal
Frequency
+/- 1 Hz
1360*768
60
47.712
60.015
85.500
@
720*480i
60
15.734
59.940
27.000
@
720*576i
50
15.625
50.000
13.500
@
720*480P
60
31.469
59.940
27.000
@
720*576P
50
31.250
50.000
27.000
@
1280*720P
50
37.500
50.000
74.250
1280*720P
60
45.000
60.000
74.250
@
1920*1080i
50
28.125
50.000
74.250
@
1920*1080i
59
33.716
59.940
74.176
@
1920*1080i
60
33.750
60.000
74.250
@
1920*1080P
50
56.250
50.000
148.352
1920*1080P
60
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
menu
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. Screen Adjustment
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
adjustments 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.
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 fleshtone. 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
3DNR
To improve the quality of the picture in the case of poor reception. There are four
settingstochoosefrom;(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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6. Screen Adjustment
FORMAT
Use to change various screen with modes. There are two modes to choose
from: (1) 16:9 (2) 4:3
When the input source is HDMI and the resolution is one of below table, there
are three modes to choose from: (1) 16:9 (DVD), (2) 16:9 (PC), (3) 4:3
720x480I@60Hz
1920x1080I@60Hz
720x480P@60Hz
1920x1080P@60Hz
1280x720P@60Hz
(1) 16:9 (DVD), the image on the screen is stretched to over the entire screen.
(2) 16:9 (PC), the display is a widescreen image on the native 16:9 aspect
ration screen
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.
AUTO ADJUST
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 usedto adjustthe gain and offset of the Red,Green andBluechannelson the ADC
automatically.

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6. Screen Adjustment
6-4. Advanced Functions
The “SYSTEM” menu provides the user with some functions regarding the
menu language, menu timeout, menu background, backlight and software
version.
Figure 6-2. OSD-SYSTEM Menu
MENULANGUAGE
Only English is available.
MENUTIMEOUT
It is used to set the timeout of the OSD menu. There are four options for the
automatic timeout: 5, 10, 30 and 60 seconds.
MENU BACKGROUND
It is used to change the Menu background color, there are three background
colors can be choice: GRAY, OPAQUE, CLEAR
S/W VERSION
The software version program into the MCU.

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7. Troubleshooting Tips
In the event that you experience trouble with your Monitor, check the following
items before contacting the dealer from whom the Monitor was purchased. The
most common problems usually involve an incorrect connection from the Graphics
card or equipment to the Monitor. Do not exceed the maximum refresh rate
recommended for the monitor.
Problem
Troubleshooting Tip
No image on monitor
screen?
1. Check that power cord of the Computer or device
has been plugged securely into wall outlet.
2. Check that power switch of the Monitor has been
pressed and LED on the front of the Monitor is lit.
3. Check that the video input from the Graphics card
falls within the timing range (listed in the table of
section 5) of the Monitor.
Abnormal image.
1. Check that the video input from the Graphics card
falls within the timing range (listed in the table of
section 5) of the Monitor.
2. Check that Video (Signal) or HDMI cable from the
computer or device has been securely and
correctly connected.
Colours of image on
screen are abnormal
1. Check the signal cable has been securely
property.
Image doesn’t fill up
the full size of the
screen
1. Use the format options in the menu to select the
size of the picture.
Disturbances on
Screen
1. OSD adjustment is incorrect. Please consult
section 6 for OSD screen adjustment procedures.
2. Check the signal cable has been securely
property.
The remote control
buttons don’t work
1. Change the batteries.
2. Put the selection switch on the correct position.