Dell S2309w 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   1920x1080  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 Optimal Resolution  
   Using the Dell Soundbar (Optional)  
   Using the Tilt  
   
Using the Front Panel  
Use the control buttons on the side 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.  
      
Front...

   
Using the On - Screen display (OSD) Menu  
1.  Push    to launch the OSD menu and display the main menu.   
Main Menu for Analog (VGA) Input  
 
Or  
Main Menu for non Analog (non VGA) Input   If either VGA or DVI - D input is selected and both VGA and DVI - D cables are not connected, a floating dialog box as shown 
below appears.   or
or
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Power button  
    Use the power button to turn the monitor on and off. 
The white light indicates that the monitor is on and fully functional. An amber light...

 
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 
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   button to select the desired parameter.   
5.  Push    to enter the slide bar and then use the    and   buttons, according to the indicators on the menu, to make your changes.    
 6. Push     to...

   
   
    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. 
   
 
   
    NOTE:  In most cases, Auto Adjust produces the best image for your configuration. This option is only available when you are using the analog (VGAyf 
connector.  
 
 
  Input Source  
 
Auto Detect  
VGA  
DVI -
Back The Input Source menu is to used to select between different video signals that may be...

 
  
   
    Input Color Format  
Mode Selection  
Preset modes  
VGA/DVI - D input  
Standard  
Multimedia 
Game  
Warm  
Cool  
Custom (RGB)  
Video input  
Movie
Game
Sports  
or 
NOTE:  Image modes are different between the VGA/DVI - D and Video inputs
Allows you to set the color format to:   
PC RGB - Suitable for normal PC graphics display over DVI  
HD YPbPr - Suitable for HD video playback over DVI.    
Allows you to set the display mode to Graphics or Video. If your computer is connected to your...

    Nature
Hue  
Saturation  
Reset Color Settings  
Back   Mode suitable for nature scenes.  
This feature can make the video image color shift from green to purple. Use this feature to adjust the skin tone. Use   or 
 increases the green hue in the image    
 increases the purple hue in the image  
   
NOTE :  Hue adjustment is only available for video input.    
Allows you to adjust the color saturation of the video image. Use   or    button  to adjust the saturation from 0 to 100  
  makes video...

 
  
    
    Other Settings  
 
Language  
Menu Transparency  
Menu Timer  
Menu Lock  
DDC/CI  
LCD Conditioning    
Language option to set the OSD display to one of five languages (English, Espanol, Francais, Deutsch, Japanese).
Allows you  to adjust the OSD background from opaque to transparent.  
OSD Hold Time: Sets the length of time the OSD will remain active after the last time you pushed a button.  
Use the  and    buttons to adjust the slider in 5 second increments, from 5 to 60 seconds....

   
OSD Warning Messages      Factory Reset  
Back    
   
Reset all OSD settings to the factory preset values.
Push     to go back to or exit the main menu.
When the monitor does not support a particular resolution mode you will see the following message :
  or
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. The recommended mode is  1920 X...