Dell S1909wn Users Guide

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Setting Up Your Monitor   
S1909WN  Flat Panel Monitor   
 
1. Right - click on the desktop and click  Personalize .  
2. Select the  Display Settings  tab.  
3. Select  OK .  
4. Identify your graphics controller supplier from the description at the top of the window (e.g. NVIDIA, ATI, Intel etc.).   
5. Refer to the graphic card provider website for updated driver (for example,  http://www.ATI.com  OR  http://www.NVIDIA.com  ).  
6. After installing the drivers for your...

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Operating the Monitor   
S1909WN  Flat Panel Monitor Users Guide  
   Using the Front Panel Controls  
   Using the On - Screen Display (OSD) Menu  
   Setting the Optimal 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...

Using the On - Screen Display (OSD) Menu  
 
Accessing the Menu System  
1.  Push the Menu button to launch the OSD menu and display the main menu.   
Main Menu for Analog (VGA) Input  
 
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 
following table for a  complete list of all the options available for the monitor.   
3.   Push the   button once to activate the highlighted option.    
4.   Push  and...

Contrast Adjust Brightness first, and then adjust Contrast only if further adjustment is necessary.  
Push the   button to increase contrast  and  push the   button to decrease contrast (min 0 ~ max 100).   
The Contrast function adjusts the degree of difference between darkness and lightness on the monitor screen.   
 
   
    Auto Adjust   Even though your computer recognizes your monitor on startup, the Auto Adjustment function optimizes the display settings for use 
with your particular setup....

l For playing a sport program, choose Sports preset;   
l For playing a game, choose Game preset;   
l For general picture or web or watch TV, choose Nature preset. You can adjust the Hue(Tint)/Saturation based on your 
preference. If you want to restore default color settings, choose Color Reset;   
l Select Color Reset preset to restore default (factory) Color settings.  This setting is also the  “ sRGB ”   standard default color 
space.  
 
Hue  
This feature can shift color of video image to green or...

Phase   If satisfactory results are not obtained using the Phase adjustment, use the Pixel Clock (coarse) adjustment and then use Phase 
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NOTE:  Pixel Clock and Phase Adjustments are only available for VGA input.   
Reset Display 
Settings    Select this option to restore default display settings.   
  Other Settings    Select this option to adjust the settings of the OSD, such as, the languages of the OSD, the amount of time the menu remains on 
screen, and so on. 
  
Language...

   
OSD Warning Messages  
     
Factory Reset   Reset all OSD settings to the factory preset values. 
When the monitor does not support a particular resolution mode you will see the following message:
 
 
This means that the monitor cannot synchronize with the signal that it is receiving from the computer. See  Monitor Specifications  for the 
Horizontal and Vertical frequency ranges addressable by this monitor. Recommended mode is  1366 x 768. 
 
You will see the following message before the DDC/CI...

   
   
   
   
See  Solving Problems  for more information.  
Setting the Optimal Resolution  
To set the optimal resolution for the monitor:  
1. Right - click on the desktop and select  Personalize .   
2. Select the  Display Settings  tab.   
3. Set the screen resolution to 1366 x 768.   
4. Click  OK .   
If you do not see 1366 x 768 as an option, you may need to update your graphics driver. Depending on your computer, complete one of the following 
procedures:  
l If you have a Dell desktop or...

 
 
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Setting Up Your Monitor   
 
S1909WN  Flat Panel Monitor   
Setting the display resolution to  1366x768 ( Optimal)  
For optimal display performance while using the Microsoft Windows operating systems, set the display resolution to 1366x768 pixels by performing the 
following steps:  
1. Right - click on the desktop and click  Personalize .  
2. Select the  Display Settings  tab.  
3. Move the slider - bar to the right by pressing and holding left - mouse button and adjust the...