Planar PXL2780MW User manual

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USER'S GUIDE
LED LCD Monitor
PXL2780MW

Content
Operation Instructions...................................................................................................................................................1
Unpacking Instructions .................................................................................................................................................3
Safety Precautions...........................................................................................................................................................3
Package Overview ...........................................................................................................................................................5
First Setup...........................................................................................................................................................................6
Front View of the Product ............................................................................................................................................7
Rear View of the Product ..............................................................................................................................................8
Quick Installation .............................................................................................................................................................9
Basic Operation.............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Advanced Operation—OSD Menu......................................................................................................................... 12
Supporting Timing Modes ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Technical Information................................................................................................................................................. 18
Wall-Mount Installation Instructions..................................................................................................................... 19
Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................................................ 20
Planar Support ............................................................................................................................................................... 21

Operation Instructions
Thank you for purchasing the PXL2780MW LED LCD monitor. Please read this guide thoroughly
before installation.
FCC RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT
WARNING: (FOR FCC CERTIFIED MODELS)
This LED LCD Monitor has been tested and found compliant with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide proper
protection against harmful interference to a residential installation. This LED LCD Monitor
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy. Harmful interference to radio
communication may be the result if it‘s not properly installed and used. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this LED LCD Monitor
does cause serious interference to radio or television reception, resetting may correct it.
Moreover, users are encouraged to reduce interference by doing one or more of the following:
 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
 Move the LED LCD Monitor and the receiver further away from each other.
 Connect the LED LCD Monitor into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
 Consult your local dealer or a qualified technician.
FCC Warning:
To assure a continued FCC compliance, a user must use a grounded power supply cord and the
provided shielded video interface cable with bonded ferrite cores. Also, any unauthorized
changes or modifications to this LED LCD Monitor would void the user‘s authority to operate this
device.
Note: If necessary, shielded interface cables and AC power cord must be used to meet the
emission level limits.
According to WEEE regulation, this LED LCD Monitor can't be handled as normal trash in Europe when it is
out of usage. Please refer to the recycle information on Planar’s website to handle it.
For more information on how to recycle your product, please visit http://www.planar.com/about/green/
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COMMUNIQUE D’AVERTISSEMENT DE LA FCC CONCERNANT LES INTERFERENCE DE
FREQUENCE RADIO: (SEULEMENT POUR MODELES CERTIFIE PAR LA FCC)
Ce moniteur a été testé et à été trouvé conforme aux limites pour un appareil numérique de
Classe B, suivant la partie 15 des règlements de la FCC. Ces limites ont été développées pour
offrir une protection satisfaisante contre les interférences nuisibles dans une installation
résidentielle. Ce moniteur génère, utilise et peut radier de l’énergie de fréquence radio. Ceci
peut causer des interférences nuisibles à des communication radio si l’appareil n’est pas
convenablement installé et utilisé. Il n’y à néanmoins aucune garantie que des interférences
n’apparaîtront pas dans une installation particulière. Si ce moniteur cause de sérieuses
interférences à la réception de signaux radios ou télévisées, une possibilité est de réinitialiser le
moniteur. Les usagers sont aussi encouragés à corriger les interférences en appliquant une ou
plusieurs des démarches suivantes:
 Réorientez ou déplacez l’antenne de réception.
 Placez le moniteur et le récepteur plus loin l’un de l’autre.
 Connectez le moniteur à une prise différente de celle à laquelle le récepteur est connecté.
 Consultez votre revendeur local ou un technicien qualifié.
Avertissement de la FCC:
Pour assurez une conformité continue au règlements de la FCC, l’utilisateur doit utiliser un
cordon d’alimentation mis à terre et le câble d’interface vidéo protégé avec noyaux en ferrite,
fourni avec l’appareil. Chaque modification ou changement non-autorisé appliqué à ce moniteur
peut faire perdre à l’utilisateur sont droit d’opération de cet appareil.
Note: Si nécessaire, des câbles d’interface protégés et un cordon d’alimentation alternante
doivent être utilisé pour être conforme aux limites d’émission.

Unpacking Instructions
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Remove the LED LCD Monitor out of the package and take off the plastic bag and Polystyrene
Foam.
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Remove base from plastic bag and attach to base.
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Adjust the display between -5° and 20°.
Safety Precautions
Follow all warnings, precautions and maintenance as recommended in this user’s manual to
maximize the life of your unit.
Do:
 Turn off the product before cleaning.
 LED Display screen surface may be cleaned using a soft clean cloth moistened with mild
window glass commercial cleaners or 50/50 mixture of water and isopropyl alcohol.
 Use a soft cloth moistened with mild detergent to clean the display housing.
 Disconnect the power plug from AC outlet if the product is not going to be used for an
extended period of time.
Don’t:
 Do not touch the LED Display screen surface with sharp or hard objects.
 Do not use abrasive cleaners, waxes or solvents for your cleaning.
 Do not operate the product under the following conditions:
o Extremely hot, cold or humid environment.
o Areas susceptible to excessive dust and dirt.
o Near any appliance generating a strong magnetic field.
o In direct sunlight.
 If smoke, abnormal noise or odor emits from your LED LCD Monitor, remove the power cord
immediately and call your service center.
 Never remove the rear cover of your LED LCD Monitor. The display unit inside contains
high-voltage parts and may cause electric shock.
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Never try to repair your LED LCD Monitor yourself. Always call your service center or a
qualified technician to fix it.
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Due to safety concerns, if the VESA mounting kit is purchased separately, please
make sure the mounting kit is UL-listed, and replaceable only by service personnel.
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Consignes de sécurité
Respectez tous les avertissements, les précautions et conseils d’entretien recommandés dans ce
manuel de l’utilisateur pour maximiser la durée de vie de votre appareil.
A faire :
 Éteindre le produit avant de le nettoyer.
 La surface de l'écran tactile peut être nettoyée avec un chiffon doux et propre imprégné d’un
nettoyant doux du commerce pour vitres ou d'un mélange à 50/50 d'alcool isopropylique et
d'eau.
 Utilisez un chiffon doux imprégné d'un détergeant doux pour nettoyer le carter de l'affichage.
 Débranchez la fiche d’alimentation de la prise de courant secteur si le produit ne doit pas être
utilisé pendant une période prolongée.
A ne pas faire :
 Ne touchez pas la surface de l’écran LED avec des objets coupants ou durs.
 N'utilisez pas des produits de nettoyage abrasifs, de la cire ou des solvants pour le nettoyage.
 N’utilisez pas le produit dans les conditions suivantes :
o Environnement extrêmement chaud, froid ou humide.
o Endroits poussiéreux ou sales.
o Près d’appareils générant un fort champ magnétique.
o Sous la lumière directe du soleil.
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Si de la fumée, un bruit anormal ou une odeur s'échappait de votre moniteur LCD LED,
débranchez immédiatement le cordon d'alimentation et appelez votre centre de réparation.
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Ne retirez jamais le couvercle arrière de votre moniteur LCD LED. L’unité d’affichage contient
des éléments où circule un voltage élevé et présentant un risque d'électrocution.
 N’essayez jamais de réparer vous-même votre moniteur LCD LED. Faites toujours appel à votre
centre de service ou à un technicien qualifié pour toute réparation.
 Pour des raisons de sécurité, si vous achetez séparément le kit de fixation VESA,
assurez-vous que celui-ci est certifié UL, et qu’il peut être remplacé uniquement par
un technicien qualifié.
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Package Overview
Congratulations on your purchase of this high performance LED edge lit, LCD monitor.
This LED LCD Monitor comes with the following accessories:
LED LCD Monitor Base
Power Cord DVI Cable (Dual Link)
Audio-in Cable Display Port Cable
User’s Guide
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First Setup
Install the stand base
1. Lay the LED LCD Monitor flat on a table with the LED screen face down. To prevent the LED
LCD Monitor from being scratched, put a piece of soft cloth on the table on which the screen
will be set.
2. Align the monitor with the opening in the base.
3. Turn the screw clockwise to attach the base to the monitor.
4. Stand the LED LCD Monitor up.
Disconnecting the stand base
1. Lay the LED LCD Monitor flat on a table with the LED screen face down. To prevent the LED
LCD Monitor from being scratched, put a piece of soft cloth on the table on which the screen
will be set.
2. 2. Turn the screw counterclockwise to remove the screw that holding your monitor to the
base.
3. Remove the base from the stand.
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Front View of the Product
X
Y
Z
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①OSD Turn On/ Off
②Scroll Down/ Adjust Decrease/ Volume menu *
③Scroll UP/ Adjust Increase/ Brightness menu *
④Input select/ Confirm Selection/ Auto *
⑤Power On/Off
⑥LED Indicator
* Hot keys Instructions please see“Using the OSD Menu”on page 10.
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Rear View of the Product
X
Y
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①Power Input
②Display Port Input (Display Port 20 pin)
③VGA Input (D-Sub 15 pin)
④DVI Input (DVI 24 pin)
⑤HDMI input (HDMI 19 pin)
⑥Audio Input
⑦Headphone Jack
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Quick Installation
1. Connect either DVI or Display Port Video source from the monitor to the computer, using
the included DVI-dual link or Display Port cable. Make sure both monitor and computer are
powered OFF.
Note: VGA and HDMI cables may be sourced separately from a cable supplier.
2. Connect the audio cable from audio output of computer to the audio input of the monitor.
3. Connect the earphone to the earphone output terminal of the monitor. (Earphone sold
separately).
4. Connect power cord to a properly grounded AC outlet, and then to the monitor.
5. Power-ON computer and then POWER-ON the monitor.
6. Set the timing mode on your computer. Recommended resolution and refresh rate is 2560 x
1440 @ 60Hz.
Note: VGA and HDMI inputs do not support 2560 x 1440 resolution. It is only supported on DVI input, using a DVI
dual link cable, and Display Port input, using Display Port cable.
Figure 1:
PC
Earphone
(not supplied)
VGA cable
(not supplied)
Audio cable
Display Port cable
DVI cable
HDMI cable
(not supplied)
Power cable
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Basic Operation
Before using the LED LCD Monitor:
 Connect external equipment properly.
 Insert the power plug, and the power LED indicator will light orange.
Power On/Off
To turn the LED LCD Monitor on/off:
Press Power button on the front of LED LCD Monitor. The power LED indicator light will be
blue when the LED LCD Monitor is on.
Using the OSD Menu
Use OSD menus to adjust settings by using the menu button on the front of the LED LCD
Monitor.
Displays main menu
1 Exits from OSD menu
Selects between VGA, DVI, HDMI, Display Port mode
2 When in VGA mode, press 3 seconds activates Auto Image Adjust
Select the desired item when in OSD menu
▼
When not in OSD menu, directly enters Volume menu
Select the desired item when in OSD menu
▲
When not in OSD menu, directly enters Brightness menu
OSD Lock Out Function
When LED LCD Monitor is in normal mode, the “OSD Lock Out” function can be enabled.
Option 1: OSD lock – all 4 buttons are locked except the “POWER” button.
Press and hold the 1button and the ▲button for 3 seconds to lock the OSD buttons.
The LED LCD Monitor will show an “OSD Locked” message for 3 seconds and the message will
disappear automatically.
Repeat this step to unlock.
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Option 2: OSD & Power button lock – all 5 buttons including the “POWER” button are locked.
Press and hold the 1button and the ▼button for 3 seconds to lock all 5 buttons.
The LED LCD Monitor will show a “Power Button Locked” message for 3 seconds and the
message will disappear automatically.
Repeat this step to unlock.
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Advanced Operation—OSD Menu
You can use the OSD menu to adjust various settings for your LED LCD Monitor.
Press the 1button to display the OSD Menu, and use ▼or ▲to select the desired OSD menu.
Short Cuts Function from the button(s)
Contrast/Brightness: To manually adjust the Brightness, Contrast, ECO, Over Driver and Gamma
of screen image.
• Brightness: To adjust the luminance of the video.
▲: increase brightness, ▼: decrease brightness.
• Contrast: To adjust the foreground white level of screen image.
▲: increase contrast, ▼: decrease contrast.
• ECO: Allows the user to turn the ECO On or Off. Contrast and Brightness adjustment disabled
when ECO is active.
• Over Drive: Allows the user to change the Over Drive strength. Improve the quality of the
motion pictures.
Press ▲or ▼key to adjust the Over Drive strength in five levels.
• Gamma: Allows the user to change the Gamma strength.
Press ▲or ▼key to adjust the Gamma strength in four levels.
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Input Select: When Input Select is pressed, change Input signal to VGA, DVI, HDMI or Display
Port.
Audio Adjust: To adjust the audio functions.
• Volume: To adjust the volume of speaker output.
• Mute: To turn the Mute ON/OFF.
• Audio Adjust: When in HDMI input, select where the audio source comes from Line-in or HDMI.
When in Display Port input, select where the audio source comes from Line-in or Display Port.
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Color Adjust: To select the color for improving brightness and color saturation between 5000K,
5400K, 6500K, 7500K, 9300K, sRGB, and User Color.
5000K: Most warm color temperature.
5400K: More warm color temperature.
6500K: Normal color temperature.
7500K: More cool color temperature.
9300K: Most cool color temperature.
sRGB: This is quickly becoming the industry standard for color management.
Enabling this setting allows the monitor to more accurately display colors the way they were
originally intended. Enabling the sRGB setting will cause the Contrast and Brightness
adjustments to be disabled.
User Color: Individual adjustments for red (R), green (G), blue (B).
1. Press button 2 to select the desired color.
2. Press ▲or ▼button to adjust selected color.
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Information: To display the information, regarding the current input signal coming from the
graphic card in your computer.
Note: See your graphic card user guide for more information about changing the resolution and
refresh rate.
Manual Image Adjust: To manually adjust the H. /V. position, Clock, Phase, Sharpness and
Aspect Ratio.
• H./V. Position: To adjust the horizontal and vertical position of the video.
H. Position: ▲: move screen to the right, ▼: move screen to the left.
V. Position: ▲: move screen up, ▼: move screen down.
• Clock/Phase: To adjust the delay time of data and clock.
Phase: ▲: increase phase strength, ▼: decrease phase strength.
Clock: ▲: expand the screen size from left to right, ▼: narrow the screen size from right to left.
• Sharpness: To adjust the clarity of a non-QHD Resolution (2560x1440) signal with ▲or ▼
button.
• Aspect Ratio: To select the video mode from Full Screen, 4:3, Overscan or 1:1.
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• Color Vision Mode: Provides an optimum display environment depending on the contents
displayed. It contains 5 user-selectable presets.
Standard is for general windows environment and monitor default setting.
Scenery optimized for displaying outdoor scenery images.
Cinema optimized for movie and video environment.
Game optimized for PC game environment.
Text optimized for text editing and viewing in a word processing environment.
Setup Menu: To set up Language Select, OSD Position, OSD Timeout, OSD Background and LED
mode.
• Setup Menu: To set up H. Position, V. Position, OSD Timeout, OSD Background and LED mode.
H. Position: To horizontally adjust the OSD position.
▲:move OSD to the right, ▼:move OSD to the left.
V. Position: To vertically adjust the OSD position.
▲: move OSD up, ▼:move OSD down.
OSD Timeout: To automatically turn off On Screen Display (OSD) after a preset period of time.
OSD Background: Allows the user to turn the OSD background On or Off.
LED: Allows the user to turn the LED Indicator On or Off.
• Language Select: To allow users to choose from available languages.
• Memory Recall: To recall factory settings for Video & Audio controls.
Press button 2 to select the Memory Recall menu option.
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Supporting Timing Modes
STANDARD RESOLUTION
VGA 720 x 400 @ 70Hz
VGA 640 x 480 @ 60Hz
MAC 640 x 480 @ 67Hz
VESA 640 x 480 @ 72Hz
VESA 640 x 480 @ 75Hz
VESA 800 x 600 @ 56Hz
VESA 800 x 600 @ 60Hz
VESA 800 x 600 @ 72Hz
VESA 800 x 600 @ 75Hz
MAC 832 x 624 @ 75Hz
VESA 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
VESA 1024 x 768 @ 70Hz
VESA 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz
VESA 1280 x 720 @ 60Hz
VESA 1280 x 800 @ 60Hz
VESA 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz
VESA 1280 x 1024 @ 75Hz
VESA 1440 x 900 @ 60Hz
VESA 1440 x 900 @ 75Hz
VESA 1680 x 1050 @ 60Hz
VESA 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
VESA 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz
VESA 2048 x 1152 @ 60Hz
VESA
only DVI (dual link) & DP 1920 x 1440 @ 60Hz
VESA
only DVI (dual link) & DP 2560 x 1440 @ 60Hz
Note:
DVI, HDMI and Display Port supports 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p.
Warning: Do not set the graphic card in your computer to exceed these maximum refresh rates.
Doing so may result in permanent damage to your LED LCD Monitor.
Avertissement : Ne réglez pas la carte graphique de votre ordinateur en dépassant ces taux de
rafraîchissement maximaux. Si vous le faites, cela va irrémédiablement détériorer votre moniteur.
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Technical Information
Panel 27” TFT (with LED backlight)
Power Management On: 75Watts (typical), 125 Watts (maximum)
Standby Mode: < 0.5 Watt
Off: < 0.5 Watt
Displayable Resolution QHD 2560 x 1440 max. Vertical Frequency 60Hz max.
PC VGA Support up to 2048 x 1152
HDMI Support up to 1920 x 1080
DVI-D/ DP support up to 2560 x 1440 (non-interlaced)
Compatibility
Mac® VGA Support up to 2048 x 1152
HDMI Support up to 1920 x 1080
DVI-D/ DP Support up to 2560 x 1440
Note: For Mac® OSX 10.8.3, DVI-D only supports up to 1920 x 1080
Pixel Dimension 0.2331 x 0.2331 mm
Display Color 16.7M
Tilt -5°~20° (±2°)
Active Display Area 23.49” x 13.22” (596.74 mm x 335.66 mm)
Temperature Operating: 0°C ~ +40°C
Storage: -20°C ~ + 60°C
Compliance FCC-B, CE, UL/cUL
Power Input Voltage AC100-240 V
Audio Output 2W x 2
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