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Dell™ P170S/P190S Flat Panel Monitor User's Guide

About Your Monitor

Setting Up the Monitor

Operating the Monitor

Solving Problems

Appendix

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not

followed.

WARNING: A Warning indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury or death.

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Model P170Sb/P190Sb/P170St/P190St/P170Sf/P190Sf/P190Sc

January 2010 Rev. A02

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Setting Up Your Monitor

Dell™ P170S/P190S Flat Panel Monitor

If you have a Dell™ desktop or a Dell™ portable computer with

internet access

1. Go to http://support.dell.com,enter your service tag, and download the latest driver for your graphics card.

2. After installing the drivers for your Graphics Adapter, attempt to set the resolution to 1280x1024 again.

NOTE: If you are unable to set the resolution to 1280x1024 , please contact Dell™ to inquire about a Graphics Adapter

that supports these resolutions.

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Setting Up Your Monitor

Dell™ P170S/P190S Flat Panel Monitor

If you have a non Dell™ desktop, portable computer, or graphics

card

1. Right-click on the desktop and click Properties.

2. Select the Settings tab.

3. Select Advanced.

4. Identify your graphics controller supplier from the description at the top of the window (e.g. NVIDIA, ATI, Intel etc.).

5. Please refer to the graphics card provider website for updated driver (for example, http://www.ATI.com OR

http://www.NVIDIA.com ).

6. After installing the drivers for your Graphics Adapter, attempt to set the resolution to 1280x1024 again.

NOTE: If you are unable to set the resolution to 1280x1024 , please contact the manufacturer of your computer or

consider purchasing a graphics adapter that will support the video resolution of 1280x1024 .

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Operating the Monitor

Dell™ P170S/P190S Flat Panel Monitor User's Guide

Using the Front Panel Controls

Using the On-Screen Display (OSD) Menu

Setting the Maximum Resolution

Using the Dell Soundbar (Optional)

Using the Tilt, Swivel, and Vertical Extension

Changing the Rotation of Your Monitor

Using the Front Panel Controls

Use the control buttons on the front of the monitor to adjust the characteristics of the image being displayed. As you use these buttons to adjust the controls, an OSD shows the numeric values of

the characteristics as they change.

Front panel Button Description

Use the Input Select button to select between two different video signals that may be connected to your monitor.

If both VGA and DVI cables are connected to one PC, this monitor will display an image automatically just as long as a video signal is present in either

VGA or DVI outputs. When connecting one display to two PCs, if using screen savers, best to set both to the exact times. Whichever mouse is moved

first will activate that video input first.

Input select NOTE:The floating 'Dell Self-test Feature Check' dialog appears on a black background if the monitor cannot sense

a video signal. Using the input select button, select the desired input to be tested either Analog Input or Digital

Input. Disconnect the video cable from the video card and the Dell Self-test Feature Check dialogue box will appear

if the display is operating correctly.

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OSD menu / select

The Menu button is used to open and exit the on-screen display (OSD), and exit from menus and sub-menus. See Using the OSD Menu.

Use these buttons to adjust (decrease/increase ranges) items in the OSD menu.

Down (-) and Up (+) Use this button to launch Brightness/Contrast Menu.

Brightness/Contrast Use this button to activate automatic setup and adjustment. The following dialog appears on a black screen as the monitor self-adjusts to the current

input:

Auto Adjust

Auto Adjustment button allows the monitor to self-adjust to the incoming video signal. After using Auto Adjustment, you can further tune your monitor

by using the Pixel Clock (Coarse), Phase (Fine) controls in the OSD.

NOTE: Auto Adjust does not occur if you press the button while there are no active video input signals or attached cables.

Use the power button to turn the monitor on and off.

The green light indicates the monitor is on and fully functional. An amber light indicates power save mode.

Power Button and

Indicator

Using the On-Screen Display (OSD) Menu

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Accessing the Menu System

NOTE:If you change the settings and then either proceed to another menu, or exit the OSD menu, the monitor automatically saves those changes. The changes are also

saved if you change the settings and then wait for the OSD menu to disappear.

Push the MENU button to open the OSD menu and display the main menu.

1. Push the MENU button to launch the OSD menu and display the main menu.

Main Menu for Auto Detect Analog (VGA)

Input Main Menu for Auto Detect Digital (DVI)

Input

Main Menu for Analog (VGA) Input Main Menu for Digital (DVI) Input

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NOTE: Auto Adjust, Positioning and Image Settings are only available when you are using the analog (VGA) connector.

2. Push the -and +buttons to move between the setting options. As you move from one icon to another, the option name is highlighted. See the table below for a complete list of all the options

available for the monitor.

3. Push the MENU button once to activate the highlighted option.

4. Push - and + button to select the desired parameter.

5. Push MENU to enter the slide bar and then use the -and +buttons, according to the indicators on the menu, to make your changes.

6. Push the MENU button once to return to the main menu to select another option or push the MENU button two or three times to exit from the OSD menu.

Icon Menu and

Submenus Description

Exit Select to exit the Main menu.

Brightness/

Contrast

Brightness adjusts the luminance of the backlight.

Adjust Brightness first, then adjust Contrast only if further adjustment is necessary.

Push the +button to increase luminance and push the -button to decrease luminance (min 0 ~ max 100).

Contrast adjusts the degree of difference between darkness and lightness on the monitor screen.

Push the +button to increase the contrast and push the -button to decrease the contrast (min 0 ~ max 100).

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Positioning:

Horizontal

Vertical

Positioning moves the viewing area around on the monitor screen.

When making changes to either the Horizontal or Vertical settings, no changes occur to the size of the viewing area. The image shifts in response to your selection.

Minimum is 0 (-) and maximum is 100 (+).

NOTE:When using DVI source, the Positioning option is not available.

Auto Adjust Even though your computer recognizes your monitor on startup, the Auto Adjustment function optimizes the display settings for use with your particular setup.

Select to activate automatic setup and adjustment. The following dialog appears on a black screen as the monitor self-adjusts to the current input:

Auto Adjustment allows the monitor to self-adjust to the incoming video signal. After using Auto Adjustment, you can further tune your monitor by using the Pixel

Clock (Coarse) and Phase (Fine) controls under Image Settings.

NOTE:In most cases, Auto Adjust produces the best image for your configuration.

Image settings: The Phase and Pixel Clock adjustments allow you to more closely adjust your monitor to your preference. These settings are accessed through the main OSD menu,

by selecting Image Settings.

Pixel Clock Use the -and +buttons to make adjustments. (Minimum: 0 ~ Maximum: 100)

If satisfactory results are not obtained using the Phase adjustment, use Pixel Clock (Coarse) and then use Phase (fine), again.

Phase NOTE: This function may change the width of the display image. Use the Horizontal function of the Position menu to center the display image on the screen.

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NOTE:When using DVI source, the Image Settings option is not available.

Color Settings

Color Settings adjusts the color temperature, color hue, and saturation.

The color hue is most noticeable in areas of white.

Normal Preset Normal Preset is selected to obtain the default (factory) color settings. This setting is also the “sRGB” standard default color space.

Blue Preset Blue Preset is selected to obtain a bluish tint. This color setting is typically used for text based applications (spreadsheets, programming, text editors, etc.).

Red Preset Red Preset is selected to obtain a redder tint. This color setting is typically used for color-intensive applications (photograph image editing, multimedia,

movies, etc.).

User Preset User Preset: Use the plus and minus buttons to increase or decrease each of the three colors (R, G, B) independently, in single digit increments, from 0 to

100.

OSD Settings:

Adjust the settings for the OSD, including the location, the amount of time the menu remains on-screen, and the rotation of the OSD.

Horizontal

Position Position of the OSD:

To adjust the horizontal position of the OSD, use the -and +buttons, and move OSD to the left and right.

To adjust the vertical position of the OSD, use the -and +buttons, and move OSD down and up.

Vertical

Position

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OSD Hold Time OSD Hold Time:

The OSD stays active for as long as it is in use. Adjusting the hold time, sets the length of time the OSD remains active after the last time you pressed a button.

Use the -and +buttons to adjust the slider in 5 second increments, from 5 to 60 seconds.

OSD Rotation OSD Rotation:

Rotates the OSD by 90 ° counter-clockwise. Adjust according to Rotating Your Monitor setction

OSD Lock OSD Lock:

Controls user access to adjustments. When Yes (+) is selected, no user adjustments are allowed. All buttons are locked except the menu button.

NOTE: When the OSD is locked, pressing the menu button takes the user directly to the OSD settings menu, with OSD Lock selected. Select No (-) to unlock

and allow user access to all applicable settings.

NOTE: You can also lock or unlock the OSD by pushing and holding the Menu button for

15 seconds.

Language Select to have the OSD display in one of 8 languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Simplified Chinese).