Dell E190s Users Guide

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Setting Up Your 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.  
   
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Setting Up Your Monitor   
 
 
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,...

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Operating the Monitor   
 
   Using the Front Panel Controls  
   Using the On - Screen Display (OSD) Menu  
   Setting the Maximum Resolution  
   Using the Dell Soundbar (Optional)  
   Using the Tilt  
   
Using the Front Panel  
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.  
The following...

Direct - Access Functions  
   
Using the On - Screen Display (OSD) Menu  
 
Accessing the Menu System    
1. With the menu off, press the  MENU  button to open the OSD system and display the main features menu.   
 
2. Press the  -  and + buttons to move between the function icons. As you move from one icon to another, the function name is highlighted to reflect the 
function or group of functions (sub - menus) represented by that icon. See the table below for a complete list of all the functions...

  EXIT   This is used to exit out of the Main Menu.  
  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 gets 
shifted based on what you select.  
Minimum is 0 ( - ). Maximum is 100 (+).  
 
    Image 
settings:      
    Auto Adjust Even though your computer system can recognize your new flat panel monitor on startup, the...

    Color 
Settings:   Adjusts the color temperature and saturation.  
 
    Normal 
Preset 
(sRGB) Selected to obtain the default (factory) color settings.  
    Blue Preset This color setting gives a bluish tint and is used for text - based applications such as spreadsheets, programming, text editors, and so 
on.  
    Red Preset This color setting gives a reddish tint and is used for color - intensive applications such as photograph image editing, multimedia, 
movies, and so on.  
    User Preset Use...

 
NOTE : The language chosen affects only the language of the OSD. It has no effect on any software running on the computer.  
  Factory 
Reset:   Factory Reset  returns the settings to the factory preset values for the selected group of functions.  
 
Exit  is used to exit out of  Factory Reset  menu.  
For  All settings , all user adjustable settings are reset at one time except  Language   settings .  
IR   -    This feature will help reduce minor cases of image retention.  
   
Enable LCD...

   
OSD Warning Messages  
A warning message may appear on the screen indicating that the monitor is out of sync.  
 
This means that the monitor cannot synchronize with the signal that it is receiving from the computer. Either the signal is too high or too low for the monitor to 
use. See  Specifications  for the Horizontal and Vertical frequency ranges addressable by this monitor. Recommended mode is 1280 X 1024 @ 60Hz.  
 
Occasionally, no warning message appears, but the screen is blank. This could...

Go to the support site for your computer and download the latest graphic drivers.   
Go to your graphics card website and download the latest graphic drivers.   
Using the Dell Soundbar (Optional)  
The Dell Soundbar is a stereo two channel system mountable on Dell flat panel displays.   The Soundbar has a rotary volume and on/off control to adjust the 
overall system level, a blue LED for power indication, and two audio headset jacks.  
 
   
Using the Tilt  
Tilt  
With the built - in pedestal, you can...

 
 
Back to Contents Page  NOTE:  The stand is detached when the monitor is shipped from the factory.