BenQ G900w User Manual

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  Getting the most from your BenQ monitor
4. Getting the most from your BenQ monitor
To gain the most benefit from  your new BenQ color LCD flat sc reen monitor, you should install 
the custom BenQ LCD Monitor driver software  as provided on the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM.
The circumstances under which you connect and in stall your BenQ LCD Monitor will determine 
which process you need to follow to successfully install the BenQ LCD Monitor driver software. 
These circumstances relate to which version...

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How to install the monitor on a new computer
This instruction details the procedure for selecting and installing the BenQ LCD Monitor driver 
software on a new computer which has never  had a monitor driver installed before. This 
instruction is only suitable for a computer which has never been used before, and for which the 
BenQ LCD Monitor is the first ever monitor to be connected to it.
If you are adding the BenQ LCD Monitor to an exis ting computer that...

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  Getting the most from your BenQ monitor
How to upgrade the monitor on an existing computer
This instruction details the procedure for manual ly updating the existing monitor driver software 
on your Microsoft Windows computer. It is curr ently tested as compatible for Windows XP and 
Windows Vista Operating System (OS). 
The BenQ LCD Monitor driver for your model may well function perfectly with other versions of Windows, 
however, as at the time of writing, BenQ has done no  testing of this...

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How to install on Windows Vista systems
1. Open Display Settings .
Right-click the desktop and select  Personalize from the popup menu.
Select  Display Settings  from the Personalize appearance and sounds  window. 
The  Display Settings  window will display.
2. Click the Advanced Settings  button. 
The Generic PnP Monitor Properties  window will display.
3. Click the Monitor tab and the  Properties button.
4. Click  Continue  in the prompted  User Account...

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  Getting the most from your BenQ monitor
How to install on Windows XP system
1. Open  Display Properties .
The quickest shortcut to  Display Properties is through the Windows desktop. 
Right-click the desktop and select  Properties from the popup menu.
Alternatively, the Windows menu to  Display Properties is located in Control Panel . 
In Windows XP version,  Control Panel is located directly under the main  Start menu item. 
The menu options displayed will depend upon whic h type of view is...

16  Picture optimization  
5. Picture optimization 
The easiest way to obtain an optimal display from an analog (D-Sub) input is to use the AU TO key 
function. Press the  AU TO
 key to optimize the currently displayed image to the screen. 
When you connect a digital video output using a digital (DVI) cable to your monitor, the  AUTO key and the 
Auto Adjustment  function will be disabled, because the monito r will automatically display the best image. 
Please ensure that the connected graphic card on...

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  How to adjust your monitor
6. How to adjust your monitor
The control panel
1. “AUTO”: Adjust vertical position, phase, hori zontal position and pixel clock automatically.
2. “MENU” key: Activate OSD main menu and  return to the previous menu or exit OSD.
3.
W /Mode key: For Left/Decrease adjustment. The key is the hot key for Mode.
4. “Power”: Turn the power on or off.
5.  
X /Contrast/Brightness key: For Right/Increa se adjustment. The key is the hot key for 
Brightness and Contrast.
6. “ENTER”...

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On Screen Display (OSD) menu structure 
DISPLAYAuto Adjustment
H. Position
V.  P o s i t i o n
Pixel Clock
Phase
Red
PICTUREBrightness
Normal Green
Contrast
Bluish Blue
Sharpness
Reddish
Color
User Mode YES
DynamicContrast
Reset Color NO
ON
OFF
PICTURE 
ADVANCEDPicture Mode
Standard
Senseye Demo
Movie
Display Mode
Dynamics
Photo
sRGB
ON
OFF
Full
Aspect
1:1
Display Mode is only available for wide-screen models, and 1:1 is specially available for 24’’ 
wide-screen models....

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Hot key mode
The monitor keys perform as hotkeys to provide direct access to particular functions whenever the 
menu isnt currently displaying on-screen.
Brightness and Contrast hot keys
Mode hot key
Input hot key (not available for analog-only models)Press the 
X key to display the Brightness  
and Contrast indicators. Further press the 
the 
W or X keys, then the ENTER key to 
select Brightness or Contrast. The  
X key 
will increase the level, while the 
W key will...

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Main menu mode
You can use the OSD (On Screen Display) menu to adjust all the settings on your monitor. 
Press the MENU key to display the following main OSD menu. 
The OSD menu languages may differ from the product supplied to your region, see “Language on page 
28” under “OSD Settings” for more details. 
For more information on each menu, please refer to the following pages:
• Display menu on page 21
• Picture menu on page 23
• Picture Advanced menu on page 25
• System...