Dell P190s Users Guide

Dell P170S/P190S Flat Panel Monitor Users Guide
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Dell™ P170S/P190S Flat Panel Monitor Users 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
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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....

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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...

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Operating the Monitor
Dell™ P170S/P190S Flat Panel Monitor  Users 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...

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or
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.
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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...

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or
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.
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Positioning:
Horizontal
VerticalPositioning  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...

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

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OSD Hold TimeOSD 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  RotationOSD Rotation: 
Rotates the OSD by 90  °...