LG 22MP55VQ User manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL

IPS LED MONITOR

22MP55VQ

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 LICENSE

4 ASSEMBLINGANDPREPAR-

ING

4 Unpacking

5 Partsandbuttons

6 MovingandLiftingtheMonitor

7 SettinguptheMonitorset

7 - AttachingtheStandBase

7 - DetachingtheStandBase

8 - Mountingonatable

8 - Adjustingtheangle

9 - UsingtheKensingtonlockingdevice

10 - Mountingonawall

11 USINGTHEMONITORSET

11 ConnectingtoaPC

11 - D-SUBconnection

11 - DVI-Dconnection

11 - HDMIconnection

12 ConnectingtoAVDevices

12 - HDMIconnection

12 ConnectingtoExternalDevices

12 - Peripheraldeviceconnection

14 CUSTOMIZINGSETTINGS

15 CustomizingSettings

15 - MenuSettings

16 -Picture

17 -Color

18 -Display

18 -Audio

19 -Others

20 READERSetting

21 SUPERENERGYSAVING

22 TROUBLESHOOTING

24 SPECIFICATIONS 

24 22MP55VQ

25 PresetModes(Resolution)

25 Indicator

26 PROPERPOSTURE

26 ProperpostureforusingtheMonitorset.

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LICENSE

Eachmodelhasdifferentlicenses.Visitwww.lg.comformoreinformationonthelicense.

ThetermsHDMIandHDMIHigh-DefinitionMultimediaInterface,andthe

HDMIlogoaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofHDMILicensingLLC

intheUnitedStatesandothercountries.

ThefollowingcontentisonlyappliedtothemonitorwhichissoldinEuropemarketandwhichneedsto

meettheErPDirective:

*Thismonitorissettobeturnedoffautomaticallyin4hoursafteryouturnedondisplayifthereisno

adjustmenttodisplay.

*Tomakethissettingbedisabled,changetheoptionto‘Off’inOSDmenuof“AutomaticStandby”.

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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

CD(Owner'sManual)/

Card

D-SUBCable

(Thiscableisnot

includedinall

countries.)

DVI-DCable

(Thiscableisnot

includedinall

countries.)

StandBase

PowerCord

StandBody

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Partsandbuttons

PowerIndicator



LightingOn:Turnedon



LightingOff:Turnedoff

Connectionpanel(Seep.11~13)

Button(Seep.14)

(PowerButton)

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MovingandLiftingtheMonitor

Whenmovingorliftingthemonitor,followthese

instructionstopreventthemonitorfrombeing

scratchedordamagedandtoensuresafetrans-

portationregardlessofitsshapeorsize.



Asfaraspossible,avoidtouchingthemoni-

torscreen.Thismayresultindamagetothe

screenorsomeofthepixelsusedtocreate

images.



Itisadvisabletoplacethemonitorinthe

originalboxorpackingmaterialbeforeat-

temptingtomoveit.



Beforemovingorliftingthemonitor,discon-

nectthepowercordandallcables.



Holdthetopandbottomofthemonitorframe

firmly.Donotholdthepanelitself.



Whenholdingthemonitor,thescreenshould

faceawayfromyoutopreventitbeing

scratched.





Whenmovingthemonitor,avoidanystrong

shockorvibrationstotheproduct.



Whenmovingthemonitor,keepitupright,

neverturnthemonitoronitssideortiltit

sideways.

CAUTION

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

Attachthe

StandBody

tothemonitorset.

Attachthe

StandBase

to

StandBody

Tightenthescrewtotheright.

SettinguptheMonitorset

AttachingtheStandBase

 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



StandBase

StandBody

DetachingtheStandBase

 PlacetheMonitorsetwiththescreenside

downonaflatandcushionedsurface.

StandBase

StandBody

Pulloutthe

StandBody

and

StandBase



fromthemonitorset.

Turnthescrewtotheleft.

Pulloutthe

StandBase

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Adjustingtheangle

 Placethemonitormountedonthestandbase

inanuprightposition.

 Adjusttheangleofthescreen.Theangleof

thescreencanbeadjustedupto5°forwards

and25°backwardsforacomfortableviewing

experience.

Mountingonatable

 Liftthemonitorandplaceitonthetableinan

uprightposition.

Installatleast

10cm

awayfromthewallto

ensuresufficientventilation.

 Pressthe (Power)buttononthefrontofthe

monitortoturnonthemonitor.



Unplugthepowercordpriortomovingor

installingthemonitor.Thereisriskofelectric

shock.

CAUTION

FrontSideRearSide

ConnectthePowercordtothemonitor,then

plugthepowercordintothewalloutlet.

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Using the Kensington locking

device

TheconnectorfortheKensingtonlockislocated

ontherearofthemonitor.

Formoreinformationoninstallationandusage,

refertotheKensingtonlockusermanualorvisit

thewebsiteathttp://www.kensington.com.

ConnectthemonitortothetablewiththeKensing-

tonlockcable.



UsingtheKensingtonlockisoptional.The

accessoriescanbepurchasedatyourlocal

electronicsstore.

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.

Donotholdthissetlikebelowpicture.Monitor

screencandetachfromstandbaseandinjure

yourbody.

WARNING

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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.

Please,Usethescrewandwallmountinterface

inaccordancewithVESAStandards.

Ifyouusescrewlongerthanstandard,the

monitormightbedamagedinternally.

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.

VESAcompatibleonlywithrespecttoscrew

mountinginterfacedimensionsandmounting

screwspecifications.

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



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.



Screwlengthfromoutersurfaceofback

covershouldbeunder8mm.



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

BackCover

WallmountPad

BackCover

Standardscrew

Max.8mm

Model

22MP55VQ

VESA(AxB) 100x100

Standardscrew M4

Numberofscrews 4

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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

HDMIconnection

Transmitsthedigitalvideoandaudiosignalsfrom

yourPCtotheMonitorset.ConnectthePCand

theMonitorsetwiththeHDMIcableasshownin

thefollowingillustrations.



IfyouuseHDMIPC,itcancausecompatibility

problem.

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.

(soldseparately)

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

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/HDMI)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

ConnectingtoAVDevices

HDMIconnection

Transmitsthedigitalvideoandaudiosignalsfrom

yourAVdevicestothemonitor.ConnectyourAV

devicetothemonitorwiththeHDMIcableasil-

lustratedbelow.



UsingaDVItoHDMIcablemaycausecom-

patibilityissues.

NOTE

ConnectingtoExternalDevices

Peripheraldeviceconnection

Connectperipheraldevicestothemonitorusing

headphoneports.



Peripheraldevicesaresoldseparately.



Cableswithangledplugsmayhaveclear-

anceissues,usestraightplugswhenpos-

sible.

AngleType StraightType

NOTE



Headphonesorspeakersmaynotworknor-

mally,dependingontheserverPCsettings.

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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)

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CUSTOMIZINGSETTINGS

 PressthedesiredbuttononthebottomoftheMonitorset.

 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.

 Select

EXIT

toleavetheOSDmenu.

MonitorsetButtons

Button Description

Accessesthemainmenus.(Seep.15)

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.20).

UsethisbuttontoenterSUPERENERGYSAVINGmenu.(Seep.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/

HDMI)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

 Press

buttononthebottomoftheMonitorset

todisplaythe

OSD.

 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼

buttons.

 Selectthe"

NextMenu

"buttontoenterthemore

optionsettings.

 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 Analog Digital HDMI Description

Brightness ● ● ●

Toadjustthebrightness,contrastofthescreen.

Contrast ● ● ●

ResponseTime

● ● ●

Youcansetaresponsetimefordisplayedpicturesbasedonthespeed

ofthescreen.Foranormalenvironment,itisrecommendedthatyou

use'Off'.Forafast-movingpicture,itisrecommendedthatyouuse

'High'.

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.

Menu>NextMenu Analog Digital HDMI Description

Picture Sharpness ● ● ●

Toadjusttheclearnessofthescreen

BlackLevel ●

Tosetoffsetlevel

OverScan ●

Toimprovetheclarityandstability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

Audio

Volume ●

Toadjustthevolume

Others Language

● ● ●

Tocustomizethescreenstatusforauser'soperating

environment

PowerIndicator

OffTimeSetting ● ● ●



Analog:

D-SUB(Analogsignal)input.



Digital:

DVI-D(Digitalsignal)input.



HDMI:

HDMI(Digitalsignal)input.

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Picture

 Press

buttononthebottomoftheMonitorset

todisplaythe

OSD.

 Selectthe"

NextMenu

"buttontoenterthemore

optionsettings.

 Enterto

Picture

bypressingthe▼button.

 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼

buttons.

 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.

BlackLevel Youcansettheoffsetlevel.Ifyouselect'High',thescreenwillbebrightandif

youselect‘Low’,thescreenwillbedark.(onlyforHDMIinput)

*Offset?Asthecriteriaforvideosignal,itisthedarkestscreenthemonitorcan

show.

OverScan ToselecttherangeofoutputimageforDTVtiminginHDMIinput.(onlyforHDMI

input)RecommendoverscanfunctiontoturnonwhenconnectAVequipment.

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Color

 Press

buttononthebottomoftheMonitorset

todisplaythe

OSD.

 Selectthe"

NextMenu

"buttontoenterthemore

optionsettings.

 Select

Color

bypressingthe►button.

 Enterto

Color

bypressingthe▼button.

 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼

buttons.

 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

device.

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Display

 Press

buttononthebottomoftheMonitorset

todisplaythe

OSD.

 Selectthe"

NextMenu

"buttontoenterthemore

optionsettings.

 Select

Display

bypressingthe►button.

 Enterto

Display

bypressingthe▼button.

 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼

buttons.

 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.

Eachoptionisexplainedbelow.

Menu>NextMenu>Audio Description

Volume ToadjusttheVolumeofheadphone/earphone.(OnlyforHDMIinput)

Audio

 Press

buttononthebottomoftheMonitorset

todisplaythe

OSD.

 Selectthe"

NextMenu

"buttontoenterthemore

optionsettings.

 Select

Audio

bypressingthe►button.

 Enterto

Volume

bypressingthe▼button.

 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►buttons.

 Select

EXIT

toleavetheOSDmenu.

Toreturntotheuppermenuorsetothermenuitems,

usetheuparrow( )button.

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Others

 Press

buttononthebottomoftheMonitorset

todisplaythe

OSD.

 Selectthe"

NextMenu

"buttontoenterthemore

optionsettings.

 Select

Others

bypressingthe►button.

 Enterto

Others

bypressingthe▼button.

 Settheoptionsbypressingthe◄or►or▼

buttons.

 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.

OffTimeSetting Themonitorsetwillswitchtopoweroffmodeafterthetimetobechosenbyuser

(1~24hours)

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READERSetting

 Press

READER

buttononthebottomoftheMonitor

settodisplaythe

ReaderMode

OSD.

 Settheoptionsbypressssing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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