BenQ Xl2420tx User Manual

  31   How to adjust your monitor
Custom Key 2• By default, the key is the hot key for Display Mode. 
To change the default settings, see Customizing the 
hot keys on page 34.
• For Down/Decrease adjustment.
Custom Key 3
 / • By default, the key is the hot key for 
Smart Scaling. 
To change the default settings, see Customizing the 
hot keys on page 34.
• Enters sub menus.
• Selects menu items.
Menu• Activates the main menu.
• Returns to the previous menu.
ExitExits OSD menu.
No.OSD in hot key 
menuOSD...

32  How to adjust your monitor  
Initial setup for playing games
You can optimize the monitor to enhance your gaming experience. You might want to start 
with the following settings.
1.  Set the screen refresh rate to 
120 Hertz (120 Hz).
a. Right-click the desktop and select 
Screen resolution. Click Advanced settings. Under 
the 
Monitor tab, change the screen refresh rate to 120 Hertz. And then click Apply and 
Yes to confirm the change.
Depending on the operating system on your PC, different...

  33   How to adjust your monitor
b. Go to the setup menu in your game, and change the frame rate or screen refresh rate to 
120 Hz. Refer to the Help document that came with your game for details.
To check if the screen refresh rate has been changed, select 
Menu from the hotkey menu 
on your monitor, and go to 
System and Information. The refresh rate in both Current 
Resolution
 and Optimum Resolution should be 120 Hz.
2.  Select a desired display mode. See Adjusting display mode on page 35. 
3....

34  How to adjust your monitor  
Picture optimization
The easiest way to obtain an optimal display from an analog (D-Sub) input is to use the Auto 
Adjustment
 function. Go to Display and Auto Adjustment to optimize the currently displayed 
image to the screen.
If you wish, you can always adjust the screen geometric settings manually using geometry menu 
items. To assist you in this endeavour, BenQ has provided a screen test image utility which you 
can use to check for screen color, grayscale and line...

  35   How to adjust your monitor
• Brightness (during 2D playback) / NVIDIA® 3D LightBoost™ (during 3D playback) (see 
page 40)
• Contrast (see page 40)
• Sharpness (see page 40)
• Black eQualizer (see page 41)
• Gamma (see page 41)
• Color Temperature (see page 41)
• Hue (see page 41)
• Saturation (see page 41)
• AMA (see page 41)
• Instant Mode (see page 41)
• Picture Mode (see page 42)
• Display Mode (see page 43)
• Dynamic Contrast (see page 43)
• Smart Scaling (see page 44)
• Smart Focus (see page...

36  How to adjust your monitor  
1.  Press any of the control keys, or the wheel, or the return button on the S Switch to bring 
up the hot key menu, and press 
Menu to access the main menu.
2.  Go to 
Picture Advanced and Display Mode.
3.  Select an appropriate display mode. The setting will take effect immediately.
Using Smart Scaling
You can resize your display by Smart Scaling.
1.  Go to 
Picture Advanced and Smart Scaling.
2.  Adjust the value.
Using Instant Mode
While playing games, you can...

  37   Navigating the main menu
Navigating the main menu
You can use the OSD (On Screen Display) menu to adjust all the settings on your monitor. 
Press any of the control keys, or the wheel, or the return button on the S Switch to bring up 
the hot key menu. Select 
Menu to enter the main menu. See Basic menu operation on page 30 
for details.
Available menu options may vary depending on the input sources, functions and settings. Menu 
options that are not available will become grayed out. And keys that...

38  Navigating the main menu  
Display menu
Available menu options may vary depending on the input sources, functions and settings. Menu 
options that are not available will become grayed out. And keys that are not available will be 
disabled and the corresponding OSD icons will disappear.
1.  Select 
Menu from the hot key menu.
2.  Use   or   to select 
Display.
3.  Select   to go to a sub menu, and then use   or   to select a menu item.
4.  Use   or   to make adjustments, or use   to make selection.
5....

  39   Navigating the main menu
PhaseAdjusts the pixel clock phase timing to synchronize 
with the analog input video signal.
See also: Picture optimization on page 34.
Not applicable to a digital input signal.
0 to 63
ItemFunctionRange
 

40  Navigating the main menu  
Picture menu
Available menu options may vary depending on the input sources, functions and settings. Menu 
options that are not available will become grayed out. And keys that are not available will be 
disabled and the corresponding OSD icons will disappear.
1.  Select 
Menu from the hot key menu.
2.  Use   or   to select 
Picture.
3.  Select   to go to a sub menu, and then use   or   to select a menu item.
4.  Use   or   to make adjustments, or use   to make selection.
5....