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241P4
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EN User manual 1
Customer care and warranty 38
Troubleshooting & FAQs 44
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Table of Contents 1. Important ...............................................1 11. Troubleshooting & FAQs ..................44 1.1 Safety precautions and maintenance .1 11.1 Troubleshooting ..........................................44 1.2 Notational Descriptions ............................2 11.2 SmartControl Premium FAQs ...........45 1.3 Disposal of product and packing 11.3 General FAQs ..............................................46 material ..........................................
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1. Important Please use approved power cord provided 1. Important by Philips all the time. If your power cord is missing, please contact with your local This electronic user’s guide is intended for service center. (Please refer to Customer anyone who uses the Philips monitor. Take time Care Consumer Information Center) to read this user manual before you use your Do not subject the monitor to severe monitor. It contains important information and vibration or high impact conditions durin
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1. Important Temperature: 0-40°C 32-95°F 1.2 Notational Descriptions Humidity: 20-80% RH The following subsections describe notational Important information for Burn-in/Ghost conventions used in this document. image Notes, Cautions and Warnings Always activate a moving screen saver Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be program when you leave your monitor accompanied by an icon and printed in bold or unattended. Always activate a periodic italic type. These blocks contain notes
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1. Important making products that can easily be recycled. At 1.3 Disposal of product and packing Philips, end-of-life management primarily entails material participation in national take-back initiatives and recycling programs whenever possible, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment- preferably in cooperation with competitors, WEEE which recycle all materials (products and related packaging material) in accordance with all Environmental Laws and taking back program with the contrac
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2. Setting up the monitor Install the base 2. Setting up the monitor 1. Place the monitor face down on a smooth surface. Pay attention not to scratch or damage the screen. 2.1 Installation Package contents 241P4 2. Snap in the base in the VESA mount area. USB (optional) DVI (optional) VGA (optional) 4
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2. Setting up the monitor Connecting to your PC Connect to PC 1. Connect the power cord to the back of 241P4QPYK 2. Turn off your computer and unplug its power cable. 8 7 USB 3. Connect the monitor signal cable to the 6 5 4 2 3 9 video connector on the back of your 1 computer. 10 2 4. Plug the power cord of your computer and 3 6 your monitor into a nearby outlet. 4 5. Turn on your computer and monitor. If the monitor displays an image, installation is 241P4QPY/241P4QRY complete. 8
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2. Setting up the monitor 241P4QRY: 2.2 Operating the monitor 8 Description of the control buttons 241P4QPY: 3 3 7 6 5 4 2 1 7 6 5 4 2 1 Switch monitor’s power ON and OFF. Access the OSD menu. Switch monitor’s power ON and OFF. Adjust the OSD menu. Access the OSD menu. ErgoSensor. Adjust the OSD menu. Adjust the speaker volume. PowerSensor Return to previous OSD level. Adjust the speaker volume. SmartImage hot key. There are 6 Return to previous OSD level. Movie, Game, Ec
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2. Setting up the monitor 241P4QPYK: Description of the On Screen Display 10 8 9 What is On-Screen Display (OSD)? On-Screen Display (OSD) is a feature in all Philips LCD monitors. It allows an end user to adjust screen performance or select functions of the monitors directly through an on-screen instruction window. A user friendly on screen display interface is shown as below: 241P4QPY/241P4QPYK: 3 7 6 5 4 2 1 241P4QRY: Switch monitor’s power ON and OFF. Access the
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2. Setting up the monitor The OSD Menu 241P4QRY: Below is an overall view of the structure of Main menu Sub menu the On-Screen Display. You can use this as a ErgoSensor On reference when you want to work your way Off Demo around the different adjustments later on. Input VGA 241P4QPY/241P4QPYK: DVI DisplayPort Main menu Sub menu Picture Picture Format Wide Screen, 4:3 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 PowerSensor On Brightness 0~100 Off Contrast 0~100 SmartResponse Off, Fast, Faster, Fastest Input VGA SmartContrast
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2. Setting up the monitor Height adjustment This monitor is designed for optimal performance at its native resolution, 1920 × 1080 @ 60 Hz. When the monitor is powered on at a different resolution, an alert is displayed on screen: Use 1920 × 1080 @ 60 Hz for best results. Display of the native resolution alert can be switched off from Setup in the OSD (On 130mm Screen Display) menu. Physical Function Pivot Tilt 20 -5 0 90 Swivel +65 -65 9
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2. Setting up the monitor 2.3 Remove the Base Assembly for Note This monitor accepts a 100mm x 100mm VESA Mounting VESA-Compliant mounting interface. Before you start disassembling the monitor base, please follow the instructions below to avoid any possible damage or injury. 100mm 1. Place the monitor face down on a smooth surface. Pay attention not to scratch or 100mm damage the screen. 2. Remove the screws from hinge cover. 10
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3. Image Optimization 2. Keep pressing to toggle among 3. Image Optimization Photo, Movie, Game, Economy and Off. 3. The SmartImage on screen display will remain on screen for 5 seconds, or you can 3.1 SmartImage What is it? 4. When SmartImage is enabled, the sRGB SmartImage provides presets that optimize scheme is disabled automatically. To use display for different types of content, sRGB, you need to disable SmartImage dynamically adjusting brightness, contrast, color with the b
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3. Image Optimization Turn on over drive circuit for best 3.3 Philips SmartControl Premium response time, reduce jaggy edges for fast The new SmartControl Premium software moving objects on screen, enhance contrast by Philips allows you to control your monitor ratio for bright and dark scheme, this via an easy to use on-screen graphic interface. profile delivers the best gaming experience Complicated adjustments are a thing of the for gamers. past as this user friendly software guide
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3. Image Optimization You can adjust more options without wizard by Standard pane. Start with Standard pane Adjust menu Adjust Menu allows you to adjust Brightness, Contrast, and Resolution. You can follow the instruction and do the adjustment. Cancel prompts user if you want to cancel installation. Color menu Color Menu allows you to adjust RGB, Black Level, White Point, Display Gamma, Calibration, SmartImage, and SmartKolor. You can follow the instruction and do the adjustment
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3. Image Optimization 1. "Show Me" starts color calibration tutorial. 2. Start - starts the 6-step color calibration sequence. 3. Quick View loads the before/after images. 4. To return to Color home pane, click the Cancel button. 5. Enable color calibration - by default is on. If unchecked, does not allow for color calibration to happen, dimes out start and quick view buttons. 6. Must have patent info in calibration screen. 14
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3. Image Optimization Eco Power menu First Color Calibration Screen Previous button is disabled until the second color screen. Next goes to the succeeding target (6-targets). Final next goes File > Presets pane. Options menu Cancel closes the UI and returns to the Options>Preferences - Will only be active plug in page. when selecting Preferences from the drop- SmartImage down Options menu. On a non-supported Allow users to change setting for better display display capable of DDC/CI, o
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3. Image Optimization menu. Disabled removes SmartControl Option>Auto Pivot. Premium from the right click context menu. Enable Task Tray icon is checked (On) by default. Enable context menu shows the task tray menu for SmartControl Premium. A right click on the task tray icon displays the menu options for Help, Technical Support. Check for Update, About, and Exit. When Enable task tray menu is disabled, the task tray icon will only display Exit. Run at Startup is checked (On) by defau
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3. Image Optimization To enable Theft Deterrence, click on On button Help>Version - Will only be active when to bring up the following screen: selecting Version from the drop- down Help menu. On a non-supported display capable of User can enter PIN between 4 and 9 digits DDC/CI, only the Help and Options tabs are numbers only. available. After entering PIN, Accept button takes user to the pop-up dialog box on the following page. Minimum minutes set to 5. Slider set to 5 by default.
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3. Image Optimization - Displays the tech support page. Chec - Takes the user to PDI Landing and checks the user’s version against the most current available. About - Displays detailed reference information: product version, release information, and product name. The Context Menu has four entries: Exit - Close SmartControl Premium. To run SmartControl Premium again, either - When selected select SmartControl Premium from Program the About screen is displayed. menu,
