Acer FP558 LCD Color Monitor 15.1" (38.
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Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Table of Contents Table of Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Unpacking .................................................................................................................... 3 Views of the Monitor.................................................................................................. 4 Front View .......................................................................
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Unpacking Please check you have the following items. If they are missing or are damaged, please contact the dealer immediately at which you purchased the good.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Views of the Monitor Front View Back View (1) English 4
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Back View (2): Removal of rear cover and base cover 1. Power outlet 2. Audio jack 3. USB power outlet 4. Video cable 5. Kensington lock 6. USB port (downstream) * Connect to peripherals 7.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Installation Hardware Installation A. Make sure that the computer and monitor’s power are both turned off. Please follow the steps to install your LCD monitor. 1. Lay the monitor on the desk. Take off the rear cover. 2. Then take off the base cover. 3. Connect the power cord to your LCD monitor. then connect audio cable to the Audio Input of Acer LCD monitor.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 4. Put base cover back. 5. Put the rear cover back. B. Connect the audio cable to your computer. C. Connect the signal cable, which is directly attached to the monitor, to the VGA output of the graphics card on the computer. D. Connect the power cord at the back of the monitor to an AC power socket. Please make sure that the socket is not blocked or covered, so you can disconnect the unit from AC supply if you need to.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Monitor Security Lock Installation The monitor can be secured to your desk or any other fixed object with Kensington lock security product. The cable can be attached to a slot located on the rear of your monitor. 1. 2. 3. Insert the lock in the slot located on the rear of the monitor. Turn the key to lock the Security Lock. Remove the key and store it in a safe place. The Kensington lock is not Acer Accessory. It cannot be ordered from Acer.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Software Installation A. Microsoft® Windows® 95 / 98 / 2000 If you are using Windows 95, Windows‚98 or Windows 2000 as an operating system, you have to set up the correct monitor driver. Windows 95. The first time you start Windows with a new monitor, the system will detect it and automatically installs the driver for plug and play displays. To install the current driver from CD, proceed as follows: 1. 2. Insert “Acer LCD Monitor” CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Driver.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 4. From the “Display properties” window, select the “Settings” tab. Click the “Advanced Properties" button in the bottom right corner. 5. Select the “Monitor” tab. Click the “Change” button in the top right corner.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 6. Now click the “Have disk” button in the bottom right corner. Another window appears, select the “Browse” button. 7. The drive selection is located at the bottom of the window in the center. Insert the CD supplied with your monitor into your computer and select the CD-drive. In the field above the drive selection, change to the "Drivers” folder. The current driver files are located there. Press “OK” and the window closes. 8.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 9. By pressing “OK” again in the next window you will be given a list of compatible devices. Select “FP558” from the list and press “OK” again. 10. Now you are back to “Advanced Display Properties". Close this window by clicking “OK “ and confirm the following messages with “Yes”. Click “OK” and “Yes” again. The installation is now completed. You can close “Display Properties”.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Windows98. To manually install or update the driver, perform the following steps: 1. Open the control panel and double-click "Display" icon. 2. From the "Display Properties" window, select the "Settings" tab. Click the "Advanced Properties" button in the bottom right corner.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 3. Select the "Monitor" tab. Click the "Change" button in the top right corner. 4. Now the "Update Device Driver Wizard" opens. Confirm by clicking "Next".
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 5. Select "Display a list of all drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want." and press "Next". 6. Now click the “Have disk” button in the bottom right corner. Another window appears, select the “Browse” button.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 7. The drive selection is located at the bottom of the window in the center. Insert the CD supplied with your monitor into your computer and select the CD-drive. 8. By pressing “OK” again in the next window you will be given a list of compatible devices. Select “FP558” from the list and press “Next” again. 9. A “Insert Disk” dialogue box appears. Click “OK”, and then click “Skip File”.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 10. Close “Update Device Driver Wizard” by click “Finish” to complete the installation.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Windows 2000 . The first time you start Windows with a new monitor, the system will detect it and automatically starts with the “Add New Hardware Wizard”. Carry out the instructions beginning at step 4. 1. 2. Insert “Acer LCD Monitor” CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Driver. Click “Start” then “Settings”. 3. Open the control panel and double click on the “Display” icon.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 4. From the “Display Properties” window, select the “Settings” tab. Click the “Advanced Properties" button in the bottom right corner. 5. Select “Monitor” then click “Properties”.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 6. Select “Driver” tab then click “Update Driver”. 7. The “Upgrade Device Driver Wizard” will pop up. Then Click “Next”.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 8. Select “Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver” then click “Next”. 9. In the next window, click “Have Disk”, then “Install From Disk” window will pop up, click “Browse", the “Located File” will pop up.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 10. In this window, click on the arrow ( ) of ‘Look in” box, then select your CD ROM Drive.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 11. In the list of CD-ROM, select “Drivers” folder then click “Open” twice, then click “OK”, Select the your LCD Mode (FP558) from the list in the next window then click “Next” twice. 12. The “Digital Signature Not Found” window will appear, click “Yes”, then click “Finish”.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 13. Now the new drivers are installed to your computer.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Windows ME . To manually install or update the driver, perform the following steps: 1. 2. 3. Click “Start”, “Settings”, “Control Panel” and then double-click “Display”. In the Display Properties window, click the “Settings” tab and click “Advanced...”. Click the “Monitor” tab and then click “Change”. 4. “Update Device Driver Wizard” dialogue box appears. Choose “Specify the location of the driver (advanced)” and then click “Next”.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 5. Choose “Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want” and click “Next”. 6. Choose “Monitor” from the list and then click “Next”.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 7. Choose “Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want.”. 8. Click “Have disk” and then click “Browse...”. 9. Insert “Acer LCD monitor” into your CD-ROM and type d:\ (change the driver letter to match your CD-ROM driver if it is not drive D). Enter “Drivers” folder to select the model from the list left. Click “OK”.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 10. Back to “Install From disk” and click “OK”. The dialogue box “Update Device Driver Wizard” appears. Choose the model from the list, then click “Next”.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 11. Click “Next”. 12. Click “Finish” to complete the installation.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide B. Choosing the best resolution Due to the technology of an LC display, it always provides a fixed resolution. For the FP558 this is a resolution of 1024x768. This is called the so-called native resolution, which also represents the maximal resolution. Lower resolutions are displayed on a full screen through an interpolation circuit. Flaws do occur with the interpolated resolution compared to the native resolution.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 4. In the subsequent windows press: "Apply", "OK" and "Yes". 5. You can now close "Display Properties".
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide C. Refresh Rate Selection There is no need to choose the highest possible refresh rate on a LC display. It is not technically possible for an LC display to flicker. Even at a refresh rate of 60 Hz you will get an absolutely flickerfree image. More important is that you make sure that you use one of the factory modes. In contrast to a modern CRT monitor, which is a multiscan monitor, the display is a multi-frequency monitor.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 3. Select the "Adapter” tab. The refresh rate selection field is located in the center at the bottom of the window. 4. 5. Choose a refresh rate from the table with the factory modes, which can be found in the user’s guide, and select this in the settings field. In the subsequent windows press "Change", "OK" and "Yes". 6. You can now close "Display Properties".
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide D. Picture Optimization The easiest way to obtain an optimal picture is by using the ikey function. This only works reliably, if you use the supplied adjustment software (auto.exe) and if the device is being used in one of the factory modes. 1. 2. Start the auto.exe program from the CD, supplied with the monitor. A test pattern appears. Now press the ikey. The device carries out an automatic adjustment. In most cases optimal results will be obtained.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Adjusting the Monitor A Look at the Control Panel There are 4 keys & one wheel for user’s control including "Power", “iKey”, “Exit”, “Enter” and a wheel.The following descriptions are the introduction of these keys & fly wheel. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. "Power": Turn the power on or off. “iKey” : Adjust vertical position, phase, horizontal position and pixel clock automatically. “Exit” key: Back to main menus, save menu or exist OSD menu without saving.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Speaker Volume hot-key 1. 2. 3. Press "Enter" to enter Speaker Volume hot-key mode. Roll the fly wheel to make adjustment. The scale can be adjust from maximum (99) to minimum (0). Press the “Exit” to save and leave OSD operation. Main Menu Mode Control Functions Available in Main Menu 0. Leave Main menu mode After adjusting Luminance, Geometry, Color or Miscellaneous, press “Exit” to Enter Saving menu. There are 2 items for choosing. No : Leave OSD without saving.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 2. Geometry Hor. (horizontal) Position: adjusts the horizontal position of the display. Ver. (vertical) Position: adjusts the vertical position of the display. Phase: adjusts the phase of pixel clock. Pixel Clock: adjusts the frequency of the pixel. 3. Color Adjustment Roll fly-wheel to select this item and press “Enter” to enter sub-menu. There are three color temperature CI (9300K), C2(6500K), C3(5800K) and a User mode.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide 5. Miscellaneous OSD Position Hor. (horizontal) Position: adjusts OSD horizontal position. Ver. (vertical) Position: adjusts OSD vertical position. Language Select De: Deutsch En: English Es: Español Fr: Français It: Italiano Ja: ㈰本語 OSD Time: adjusts OSD menu. tine allow. Speaker Volume: adjust speaker Volume.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ✓ The image is blurred: ☞ Read the chapter, Installation/Adjustment and then select the correct resolution, refresh rate and make adjustments based on these instructions. ☞ Do you use a VGA extension cable? Remove the extension cable for the test. Is the image now in focus? If not, optimize the image working on the description in the chapter, Installation/Adjustment.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide ☞ Read the chapter, Installation/Adjustment and then select the correct resolution, refresh rate and make adjustments based on these instructions. ✓ The image is displaced in one direction: ☞ Read the chapter, Installation/Adjustment and then select the correct resolution, refresh rate and make adjustments based on these instructions. Pixel errors Due to the technology used to build LCD-modules, pixel errors are unavoidable.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Supported operating modes Incoming display mode (Input timing) Resolution Horizontal Frequency (KHz) Vertical Frequency (Hz) Pixel Frequency (MHz) Comment 640x350 31.47(P) 70.08(N) 25.17 DOS 720x400 31.47(N) 70.08(P) 28.32 DOS 640x480 31.47(N) 60.00(N) 25.18 DOS 640x480 37.86(N) 72.80(N) 31.50 VESA 640x480 37.50(N) 75.00(N) 31.50 VESA 800x600 35.16(P) 56.25(P) 36.00 VESA 800x600 37.88(P) 60.32(P) 40.00 VESA 800x600 48.08(P) 72.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Specifications Model FP558 Display type 15.0/15.1“,active,TFT Viewable diagonal 38.1/38.3 cm Native (maximum) resolution 1,024 x 768 Colors 16.7 million Contrast / Brightness 250:1 / 200 cd/m² Response time 50 ms Viewing angle (left/right, up/down) 60/60,40/45 Line frequency 31.47 - 60.02 kHzMulti- frequency monitor Image frequency 56.25 - 75.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Appendix: An Introduction to LCD Technology Principles of LCD Technology The functionality of LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screens is based on the special physical properties of liquid crystals. Their rod shaped molecules arrange themselves similarly to the molecules of crystals - always uniformly and in one particular direction. Yet liquid crystals are not set in this orientation, but behave like a liquid: They can be manipulated by applying an electric voltage.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Field of applications: Image processing medical field Standard workstation Banks (confidential area) Field of applications: is several people are working at one screen. Standard workstation Presentation tasks Banks (public area) Important LCD parameters A. Viewing angle The viewing angle is the display's visible field.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide If you were to accept the same error rate as in the case of the strip mask, for which two horizontal lines are completely disrupted, then you would end up with a 2.6 percent error rate. The accepted error rates for LC displays are far lower, however. If, for example, you were to accept a tolerance of three permitted pixel errors per display, the you would end up with an error rate of 0.0038 per thousand. B.
Acer LCD Color Monitor User's Guide Comparison of CRT & LCD monitors CRT monitor Flat panel display Advantages: Advantages: Multiscan monitor. no geometry errors same quality in all resolutions.
