Planar PXL2790MW User manual

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USER'S GUIDE
LED LCD Monitor
PXL2790MW

Content
Operation Instructions...................................................................................................................................................1
Safety Precautions...........................................................................................................................................................2
Package Overview ...........................................................................................................................................................3
Front View of the Product ............................................................................................................................................4
Rear View of the Product ..............................................................................................................................................5
Quick Installation .............................................................................................................................................................6
Basic Operation.................................................................................................................................................................7
Advanced Operation—OSD Menu............................................................................................................................9
Supporting Timing Modes ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Technical Information................................................................................................................................................. 15
Wall-Mount Installation Instructions..................................................................................................................... 16
Care and Maintenance ............................................................................................................................................ 17
Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................................................ 17
Planar Support ............................................................................................................................................................... 18

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Operation Instructions
Thank you for purchasing the PXL2790MW 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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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.

Never try to repair your LED LCD Monitor yourself. Always call your service center or a
qualified technician to fix it.

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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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 Power Cord
DVI Cable (Dual Link) Audio-in Cable
Display Port Cable User’s Guide

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Front View of the Product
①②③④⑤⑥
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 7.

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Rear View of the Product
①②③④⑤⑥⑦
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:
Power cable
VGA cable
(not supplied)
PC
Audio cable
Display Port cable
Earphone
(not supplied)
HDMI cable
(not supplied)
DVI 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 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:
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.
VESA 1280 x 800 @ 60Hz

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Technical Information
Panel 27” TFT (with LED backlight)
Power Management On: 63 Watts (typical), 95 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 supportsup to 1920 x 1080
Pixel Dimension 0.3114 x 0.3114 mm
Display Color 16.7M
Tilt -5°~25° (±2°)
Active Display Area 597.89 mm x 336.31 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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Wall-Mount Installation Instructions
Preparing To Install The Optional Wall Mount Arm (not included)
This LED LCD Monitor can be attached to a wall mounting arm
you can purchase separately.
Turn the power OFF then disconnect the cables from the LED
LCD Monitor before performing the procedure below.
1. Lay the LED LCD Monitor face down on a soft surface.
2. Remove the 4 screws holding the stand to the hinge.
3. Remove the stand.
Attaching The Optional Wall Mount Arm (not supplied)
Follow these steps to finish installing the wall mounting arm:
1. Place the wall mounting arm onto the back of the LED LCD
Monitor. Line up the holes of the arm with the holes in the
back of the monitor.
2. Insert the 4 screws into the holes and tighten.
3. Reconnect the cables. Refer to the User’s Guide that came
with the optional wall mounting arm for instructions on
attaching it to the wall.
NOTE
• 100mmx100mm VESA high hole (n=4), M4, pitch =0.7
mm screw mounting kit not included.
4mm, 0.7 pitch
threaded holes x 4
100mm x 100mm Screw
Mounting Options

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Care and Maintenance
Care
 Avoid exposing your LED LCD Monitor directly to sunlight or other heat source. Place
your LED LCD Monitor away from the sun to reduce glare.
 Put your LED LCD Monitor in a well ventilated area.
 Do not place any heavy things on top of your LED LCD Monitor.
 Make certain your LED LCD Monitor is installed in a clean and moisture-free area.
 Keep your LED LCD Monitor away from magnets, motors, transformers, speakers, and
TV sets.
Note
 Move the LCD out of the package and take off the plastic bag and Polystyrene Foam.
 Pull the base from Parallel versus Panel to Vertical.
 Adjust the Panel within -5 degree leaning forward and 25 degree leaning backward.
You must bend harder to exceed 25 degree backward but this range is for packing
the unit to a small size for storage only.
Safety Tips
 If smoke, abnormal noise or odor came out from your LED LCD Monitor, caution you
should remove the power cord immediately and call your service center.
 Never remove the rear cover of your LED LCD Monitor cabinet. The display unit inside
contains high-voltage parts and may cause electric shock to human bodies.
 Never try to repair your LED LCD Monitor yourself. Always call your service center or a
qualified technician to fix it.
Troubleshooting
No power

Make sure A/C power cord is securely connected to the power adapter and the power supply
is firmly connected to the LED LCD Monitor.

Plug another electrical device into the power outlet to verify that the outlet is supplying
proper voltage.
 Make sure all signal cables are installed.
Power on but no screen image

Make sure the video cable supplied with the LED LCD Monitor is tightly secured to the video
output port on back of the computer. If not, tightly secure it.
 Adjust brightness.
Wrong or abnormal colors

If any colors (red, green, blue) are missing, check the video cable to make sure it is securely
connected. Loose or broken pins in the cable connector could cause an improper connection.
 Connect the LED LCD Monitor to another computer.
WQHD resolution not supported
 Make sure your hardware, operating system, content, and graphics card supports up to 2560
x 1440 resolution.
 Only use DVI-dual link and Display Port inputs and cables. VGA and HDMI inputs and cables
are not supported.

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Planar Support
Planar Support
Tel: 1-866-PLANAR1 (866-752-6271) or [phone] outside the US.
Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Toll or long distance charges may apply.