ViewSonic NextVision N1700w User manual

ViewSonic N1700w 0

NexTVision

LCD Display

User Guide

Guide de l’utilisateur

Bedienungsanleitung

Guía del usuario

Guida dell’utente

Guia do Usuário

Användarhandbok

Käyttöopas

N1700

w

Full 17.0" Wide Diagonal Viewable Screen

ViewSonic N1700w 1

Contents

Getting Started.................................................................. 3

Pack age Contents 3

Precau tions 3

Quick Installation 4

Installation of Wall Mount (Optional) 5

Using the Display

(PC)

.................................................... 6

Setting the Timing Mode (PC RGB Input) 6

Connecting AV or adding a TV tuner............................... 7

Adjusting the Sc reen I mage 8

Remote Controls 10

Main Menu Controls 12

System Tab 12

VIDEO Tab 16

TV Tab 18

Audio Tab 20

Parental Control Tab 22

OSD Tab 24

OSD and Power Lock Sett ings 27

Other Information ............................................................. 28

Specific ations 28

Tr oubleshooting 29

Customer Suppor t 30

Cleaning the Display 31

Limited Warranty 32

Appendix ........................................................................... 33

Safety Guidelines 33

Compliance In formation for U.S.A. 34

ViewSonic N1700w 2

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Getting Started

Congratu lations on your purchas e of a ViewSonic

®

Nex TVision

®

display.

Important! Save th e or igin al box an d all pac king mate rial for futu re shi pping

needs.

The NexTVision line of displays is the next innovation from ViewSonic.

Through the us e of the new VX P port ( located on the r ear of the monitor)

numer ous expansion options are available for your NexTVi sion display.

Package Contents

Your NexT Vi sion pack age includes :

• NexTVision N1700w Display

• Remote Control (included b attery)

• US Power cord

• Schuk o (Eur ope) Power cord

• Analog VGA Video Cable

• Audio c able (ste reo mini jack)

• AC/DC Adapter

• ViewSonic W izar d CD-ROM and Quick Star t Guide

• The package may also inc lude a VXP Adapt er depending on region of

purch ase

NOTE:Th e Vie wSonic W izar d C D i nclud es the Us er G uide P DF fil es an d INF /ICM d ispl ay

optimi zation f iles . Th e INF fil e ens ures c ompatibil ity with W indows o per ating sys tems, and the

ICM fil e ( Image C olor Ma tching ) ens ure s a ccur ate on- s cre en col or s. Vi ewSonic re comm ends

that you install bot h files.

Precautions



Sit at least 18 " fr om y our N exT Vis ion

dis play.



Avoid touching the screen. Skin oils are

diff ic ult to rem ove.



Never remove the rear cover. Yo ur

Ne xTVi si on dis play c ontains high- voltage

part s. You may be s eri ousl y injur ed if you

touch them.



Avoi d expos ing your NexT Vision d ispl ay to

dir ect s unl ight or another heat s ourc e.

Ori ent your N exT Vis ion d ispla y away from

dir ect s unligh t to reduce glare.



Al w ays handle your N exT Vis ion d ispl ay

wi th c a r e whe n m ov i n g i t.



Place y ou r NexTVision display in a w ell

ventila ted area. D o not plac e anything on

your NexTV isio n dis play tha t pr events h eat

dis sipa tion.



Ensure t he area arou nd th e NexTVision

dis play is clean and fr ee o f moi stur e.



Do not place hea vy objec ts on th e

Ne xTVi si on dis play, video cabl e, or power

cord.

 If smok e, abnor mal noise , or str ange odor

is pres ent, im medi ately switch the

Ne xTVi s ion di spla y off a nd c all your deale r

or Vie w Sonic . It is danger ous to con tinue

usi ng the NexT Vi si on disp lay.

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Quick Installation

1 Remove two rear panel covers

2 Connect power cord and AC/DC

adapter

3 Connect video cable



Make sure bot h t h e LCD display and

com puter are turn ed OFF



Co nnect the video c able f rom the LCD

display t o t h e computer



Macintosh users: Mo dels older than G3

r equire a Ma cintos h adapter . Atta ch the

adapter to the c ompu ter and plug the video

cab le into the adapter . T o or der a

Vi ewSonic® Mac intos h ada pt e r, co nt act

Vi ewSonic Customer Support.

4 Turn ON LCD display and computer

T ur n O N th e LC D d is pl ay, the n tur n O N th e

computer.

NOTE: W ind ows us ers may r ecei ve a

message asking them to install the INF file .

T his is on the CD .

5 Insert the ViewSonic Wizard CD into

the computer’s CD drive.

Fol low the on-sc ree n instr uc tions If your

co mputer does not have a CD -R OM dri ve,

se e “Cu stom er S uppor t."

(1) W ai t for the C D- ROM to auto- start.

NOTE:

If the CD -R OM does not auto-s tart:

doubl e-c lic k on the CD - ROM icon in the

W in dows Expl ore r, then do uble- cli ck on

viewsonic.exe.

(2) Fo llow the on- sc ree n ins truc tions .

6 Audio Installation (optional)

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Speakers Connect the audi o cabl e (li ne

co lor) to the AUD IO OU T por t of your

com puter’ s s ound c ard, then to the LC D

display’s AUD IO IN (line color) port (see

il lustr ation bel ow).

7 Windows users: Set the timing mode

(resolution and refresh rate)

Example: 1 280 x 768 @ 60 Hz.

For instr uc tions on c hangi ng the res olution

and ref r esh r ate, see the gr aphic car d’s us er

guide .

8.Installation is complete. Enjoy your

new ViewSonic, LCD display.

Y o u can register y o ur product onlin e at th e

websi te for your r egi on. See the Cus tomer

Supp ort table i n this guid e. (page 32)

A

udio In

Video(D-sub) IN

Rear panel

covers

VXP

Power cord and

A

C/DC adapter

Power IN

Compute r

power cord

A

udio Out

A

C outl et

DVI

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Installation of Wall Mount (Optional)

To obtain a wall-mounting kit, contact ViewSonic or your local dealer. Refer

to the ins truction s th at co me with the Wall M ount kit. To con vert your Dis play

from a des k-mount ed to a wall-mounted display, do the following:

Four sc rew holes for wall mount

1. Disconnec t Power.

2. La y t he Display f ace do wn on a

towel or blank et.

3. Remote the 4 s cr ews holding

the desk mo unt

4. Remote the four rubbe r plugs

shown

5. Attac h the mounting brack et

from the VESA co mpatib le wall

mounting kit (100 mm x 100

mm size).

6. Atta c h the Display to the wall,

following the instr uctions in the

wall-mounting kit.

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Using the Display (PC)

Setting the Timing Mode (PC RGB Input)

Sett ing th e tim ing mo de is im porta nt fo r ma ximizi ng th e qual ity of the s cr een

image and minimizing eye strain. The timing mode consist s of the

resolution (example 1280 x 768) and refresh rate (or vertical frequency;

example 60 Hz). After s etting the timing mode, use the OSD controls to

adjust the s c reen image.

NOTE: For t he best p ictur e qua lity set your NexTVisi on

®

displ ay tim ing mo de

to: 1280 x 768 @ 60Hz.

To set the Timing Mode:

1. Set the r esolution: Right- click o n the W indows desk top > Pr operties

>Settings > se t the re solution.

2. Set the r efres h rate: See your graphic card's us er guide for instr uctions .

WARNING

: Do not set the graphics car d in your computer to exceed the

maximu m refresh rate o f 75Hz; do ing so may resul t in perma nent damage to

your Display.

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Connecting AV or adding a TV

tuner

Your NexTVision Display is compat ible with most AV devices by way of the

innovative VXP port. (As like follow VXP25 figure).

Dependi ng on where p urchas ed, your disp lay may a lread y include a VXP TV

Module or VXP Video Adapter Module that allows connec tion to mos t AV

Devic es. Thes e mo dules ma y als o be p urchas ed sep aratel y, p leas e contac t

ViewSonic for more informat ion (www.viewsonic .c om).

Further detail about AV c onnections are available wi thin the pack age of the

VXP adapter included.

VXP25 figure

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S

p

eake

r

A

ls o a shor tcut to displ ay the C ontras

t

adjus tment c ontrol sc reen.

(Navigates down or up while in OSD)

Displays the Main Menu or

exits the control sc reen and

sav e s adj u stm en t s.

Adjusting the Screen Image

Use t he buttons on the fr ont c ontrol panel (or included remote contr ol) to

display and adjust the On Scr een Display (OSD)

contro ls whic h display on

the sc reen. The OSD cont rols are explained at the top of the next page and

are defined in “Main Menu Controls” on page 12.

Mai n Menu with OSD

c ontrols

S

p

eake

r

Front Control Pane l

show n below in detail

Sc rol ls thr ough menu option s a nd

adjus ts the dis played contr ol.

Power light

Gr een = O N

Ora nge = P ower

Savin

g

Powe r On / O ff

Used to in voke and

OSD sele ct io n

Mute.

Decreases or in crease s

volume.

(Na vigates left or right while inside

of OSD)

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Shortcuts

Shortc uts allo w quic k ac ces s to co mmonly us ed fu nct ions withou t na viga ting

through the OSD. The following shortc uts are available:

Button Combinations Function

[RIGHT] + [DOWN]

(Hold for 0.5 Sec)

AUTO T UN E . A u tomatically adj u st s

Image Size, Position, and Phase.

[MUTE] + [RIGHT] +

[D O WN]

(Hold for 3.0 Sec)

FULL RESET.

[MENU] + [LEFT] OSD LOCK TOGGLE.

[MENU ] + [RIGHT ] POWER LOCK.

[ENTER]

(W hen OSD NOT

ACTIVE)

Input Select . Ju mps dir ect ly to next Input .

[RIGHT]

(W hen OSD NOT

Active)

VOLUME DO WN

[LEF T]

(W hen OSD NOT

ACTIVE)

VOLUME UP

[UP]

(W hen OSD NOT

ACTIVE)

Channel UP

(only when VXP TV Tuner Adapter is

pres ent)

[DOWN]

(W hen OSD Not Active)

Channel DOWN

(only when VXP TV Tuner Adapter is

pres ent)

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Remote Controls

Inc luded with t he N170 0w Displ ay is a credit card siz ed remote con trol. I t

allo ws eas y adj ustme nt of all ava ilab le optio ns. Ad diti onall y, when a VX P

compat ible a dapter is insta lled, fur ther utilit y is g ained fr om the rem ote by

allowing easy acces s to commonly used f unctions.

The Remote Control is compatible with the display from up to 5m distance.

POWER: Turn Power On /Off

RECALL: Recall previous channel *

POP: D isplay TV M ult i-Window*

PIP: Display Video Windo w ov er Data. Press t o

t oggl e be t ween PI P wind ow Si z e s.*

INPUT: Press to cycle among all available Inputs.

**

Channel: Press t o change Channel*

Volume: Press to modify audio volume level.

MUTE:

Pr e ss to MUTE the b ui l t-i n spe a ke rs.

SEL : Channel select conf irmat ion.

Enter: OS D confirma tion ke y

ZOOM:

Press to ZOOM (Magnify) the curre nt

scre en .

FREEZE: Pres s to ‘FREEZE’ the Current screen.

MENU: P re ss to ca l l th e OSD . Pr e ss to b ack

up a ‘level’ i n the OSD structure. P r ess to

exit the OS D.

‘*’ Requi res a c ompatibl e VXP adapter to fun ction.

‘**’ Additional inputs are available wit h compatible VXP

adapte r.

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To adjust the screen image:

1. To display the OSD main menu, pres s button

of front bez el or the

MENU key of the remo te c ontroller. User can use the four ar row keys to

mov e the mark er. Pres sing MENU key w hen in the menu shall exit the

OSD menu.

NOTE: All OSD menus and adjustment sc reens Time- out automatically

after about 30 s econds .

2. The O SD is organ ized int o “TA BS” and “PA GES” pres sing ← or → scroll s

through TABS. Pr ess ing

↑

or

↓

navigates through the Pages.

3. After a pag e is sel ected, pre ss but ton [Ent er]. A contr ol sc reen like t he one

shown below appears.

4. To save the adjus tments and exit the mark er, pres s butt on [Enter].

The following tips may help you optimize your display:



Adjust your comp uter's gra phic car d so t hat it outp uts a video s ign al 1280

x 768@ 60 Hz to the Display. (Look f or ins truct ions on “changing the

refr esh rate” in your graphic ca rd's us er guide.)



If neces sary, make s mall adjustments us ing H POSITION and V

POSI TION un ti l the s cr een image is com plete l y visibl e. ( The b lack b order

around the edge of th e s c reen should barely touch the illuminated “act ive

area” of the NexTVision

®

display.)

The ← left

A

rrow de creases,,

→

ri ght arr ow

increases

Th e other li nes of

the s cr een tel l you

what you can do

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Main Menu Controls

Func tion t abs includ e S ystem, V id eo, TV, Audio, Par en tal Contro l and OS D.

The selected Tab (Ex: SYSTEM is shown) is divided into ‘pages’ with that

include multiple f unctions. (Ex: PICTU R E PAGE is s hown)

Each p age shall have items that may be adjusted (Contr ast being shown

bel o w).

Note that the MARKER can be moved acros s the MAIN tabs horiz ontally.

Once a tab is selec ted by pressing ENTER then the sub tabs s hall be

displays. Please adjust t he menu items shown below by using th e up

↑

and

down ↓

buttons .

System Tab

Picture Page

The Picture page allows adjustment or pic ture related items .



↑

and

↓

shall be u sed to navi gate acros s the vertical t abs ( C ontrast,

Brightness , etc) .



Press ing ENTER shall invoke the selec tion (Contras t is shown).



←

and

→

keys s hall be used to chang e the sele cted bar ’s value.



Time out or MENU shall exit the OSD.

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Function Explanation

CONTRAST Adju sts the Contras t ratio of the image.

BRIGHTNESS Adju sts the ba ckl ight ( bri ghtness ) of the mo nitor.

SATURATION Adj usts the VI DEO COLO R SATURATION Le v e l.

a. Th is contr ol i s “ Dis able d” when a Full Scr een P C Sour ce is

dis played.

b. If a Full S cr een PC Sour ce and Video PIP is pres ent, the contro l

shall o nly affect the PIP.

c. Only present if compatible VXP adapter is detected .

SHARPNESS For Full Sc r een Video adj usts the Video SH AR PNE SS.

a. Has no effe ct on Full Screen PC Source.

b. If PC + PIP W ind ow, onl y affec ts PIP Sour ce.

c. Only present if compatible VXP ad apter is detected

Hue Adju sts the V IDEO HUE Level . On ly affec t s F ull Scre en Video and PI P

Video O nly.

a. W hen FU LL SCR EE N PC is dis played, c ontro l sh all be grayed

out.

b. Only p resen t if compatible VX P adapter is detected.

DEFAULT Shal l res tor e all func tio ns to the fac tory default.

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Color Page

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↑ and ↓ shall be u sed to navigate ac ross the vertical tabs (9300K,

6500K, etc ).

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Press ing enter shall activate the selection.



Time out or MENU shall exit the OSD.

Function Explanation

DEFAULT / 9300K /

6500K / 5000K /

User Color

Th is c ontr ol s hall s et the app arent “W hite” poi nt of a ll d ispl ayed images .

a. DEFAULT = Hi-Brightness

b. 93 00K = PR ES ET W H ITE POINT . Mor e blue bias .

c . 6500K = PR ESE T W HIT E P OINT . “ T V” s tandar d c olor

d. 5000K = PR ES ET W HIT E P OINT . Mor e “ Red” bias .

DEFAULT

Re sets the panel Color T emp eratur e to “ DE FAU LT ”.

These s ettings wil l be ‘remembered’ bas ed on eac h active video input.

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LCD Adjust Page

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↑ and ↓ sh all be us ed to navi gate acros s the vertical t abs (H. Size, H.

Position, et c).

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Press ing enter shall invoke the select ion (H. Size is s hown)



← and → keys shall be used to change t he selec ted bar’s value.

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Time out or MENU shall exit the OSD.

Function Explanation

H SIZE

All ows the adju stment of H orizon tal Si ze of the image. N or mall y not

required to adjust as the mon ito r will auto matically catch th e correct

setting.

H POSITION Allows the adjustment of th e Horizontal Position of the image. Normally

not required t o adju st as the monitor w ill automatically catch t he correct

setting.

V POSITION All ows the adj ustment of the V erti cal Pos ition of the i mage. N orma lly

not required t o adju st as the monitor w ill automatically catch t he correct

setting.

FINE TUNE All ows the adjus tment of ra ndom hor izontal noi se in the im age.

N ormal ly not r equir ed to ad just a s the m onitor will automatic ally ca tch

the co rr ect s etting.

SMOOTHING W hen the monitor is dis pl aying a non -nati ve (128 0*768) sig nal. This

con trol all ows a Trade- ff between “s mooth fon t s”

For Full Scr een P C Sour ce, ac ts as a ‘r esol ution sm oothing’ fil ter f or

non-n ative r esol ution. ( i.e. 640*48 0, 1024*7 68)

There is 5 Settings to this Filter when in PC mode. 0 is no filtering, 5 is

maximu m fil tering ( mor e Blur r y, but more fi lter ing)

AUTOSYNC At tempts to automatic ally fine tune. Th e image fo r bes t pictur e quali ty.

For bes t res ult s et dis play c ard to 1280*7 68@60H z.

DEFAULT Res tores all se ttings to def ault.

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VIDEO Tab

Settings Page



↑ and ↓ keys shall be used to navigate to the se lec tion (Off, 15

minutes, etc .)



Press ing enter shall invoke the selection (Off is sh o wn)



Time out or MENU shall exit the OSD..

Function Explanation

SLEEP All ows the us er to selec t a p res et amoun t of tim e bef ore the system

turns itself ‘OF F” and pu t the moni tor i nto D PMS St ate. Requir es

conne ction of c ompatibl e VXP adapter .

Closed Caption All ows the us er to sel ect the type of clos ed captio n req uired . Req uires

conne ction of co mpatible V XP adapter.

PIP Source Def ines the sourc e fr om where the PIP is to be displ ayed when

activated by the Rem otes “ P IP” button. Requi re s co nnec tion of

com patible VXP adapter.

DEFAULT Re tu rns th is page bac k to f act or y def au lt s etti ng s.

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Image Scale Page



← and → shall be us ed to navigate acros s th e horiz ontal tabs ( Scale

Mode and As pect Ratio) .



↑

and

↓

ke ys s hall be used to na viga te to the selec tion ( Full Scan , 1:1,

etc.)



Press ing enter shall invoke the selection (1:1 is sh own)



Time out or MENU shall exit the OSD.

Function Explanation

SCALE MODE 1. These checkb oxes d eterm ine how an i ncom ing P C or video s igna l is

s caled to be di spla y ed on a panel.

a. Full S cr een = Dis plays the inc omin g sign al and sc ales the imag e

to us e A LL avail able pi xels on the s cr een.

b. 1:1 = Dis plays the imag e in it’s ‘ native’ resol ution usi ng exactl y a

one to one co rr espond enc e in i nput vs . output pixels . A “Bl ack

Box” sha ll s urr ound al l non- us ed pixel s.

c. Aspec t Ratio = S cal es the imag e as lar ge as pos si ble, but

mai nt ain the s ignal ’s co rr ect as pec t ratio. N on- used area of the

sc reen sh all be ‘blac k -boxed’

DEFAULT Res tore s al l c ontrols to f actory def ault.

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TV Tab (Requires connection of compatible VXP Adapter)

Setup Page

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← and → shall be us ed to navigate acros s th e avai labl e options

(Tuner I nput, Channel Setup and Add/Erase Channel).



↑ and ↓ keys shall be used to navigate to the se lection (Antenna,

CATV, HRC, etc.) .



Press ing enter shall invoke the selection (Antenna is s hown).



Time out or MENU shall exit the OSD.

Function Explanation

CHANNEL

C H A N N E L : XX X YYYYY . T h is i s i nf o r m a ti o na l T ex t d i s pl a yi ng th e

c ur r e nt c h an n el ( X XX ) a nd C u r r e nt C h an n el L a be l ( YYYYY) i f a n y.

TUNER INPUT Allows the u ser to sel ect the type of sign al ap plied to the T V INP UT .

1. Only one box (ANT ENNA, CATV , HRC, IRC) shal l be s electable at a

time.

2. This c ontrol s op tions w ill var y by regio n.

AUTO SCAN If s elected, i nitiates a C hannel AutoS can. T he M onitor shal l s can an d

find all ‘active’ chan nels.

ADD/ERASE

CHANNEL

All ows the us er to add/er ase the cur rent c hannel (D ispl ayed as s tatic

text on top of page) to the i ntern al databas e of acti ve chan nels .

DEFAULT

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Channel Label Page



←, →, ↑ and ↓ shall be used to navigate acros s the text field



Press ing enter to invoke the charac t er selection



Navigate to DELETE and press ente r to r emove the last entered text



Navigate to END and press enter to s ave and exit



Time out or MENU shall exit the OSD

This page allows the user to enter in the cu rrent c hannel’s 5- Character

label. When user clicks “ADD” the proc ess is c omplete and the cur sor

shall jump back to “ CH ANNEL LABEL” tab.

Note: Only present if VXP TV Adapter or s imilar adapter is detect ed.

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