Philips 220aw8f User Manual

							
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G
Gamma
Screen luminance as a function of video voltage approximately follows a \
mathematical 
power function of the input video signal, the exponent of which is calle\
d gamma.
Grayscale
An achromatic scale ranging from black through a series of successively \
lighter grays to 
white. Such a series may be made up of steps, which appear to be equally\
 distant from one 
another. If the Analog/ Digital converter is 8 bit, then the monitor can\
 display at most 28 = 
256 levels. For a color monitor, R.G.B. each color hads 256 levels. Thus\
, total color can 
display is 256x256x256= 16.7 million.
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H
Hue
The main attribute of a color that distinguishes it from other colors. F\
or example, a color 
may have a green, yellow, or purple hue. Color defined as having hue are\
 know as chromatic 
colors. White, black, and grays possess no hue.
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I
IPS (In Plane Switching)
A technique of improving the viewing angle of an LCD where the liquid cr\
ystal molecules are 
switched in the plane of the LCD layer rather than vertical to it.
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HDCP
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a copyright protec\
tion system that is
incorporated into the DVI connector. It helps stop unauthorized duplication of copyrighted
content. HDCP allows you to play protected content media such as movies and concerts.\
It checks the signal to prevent piracy, allowing only legal copies of content to display.
 
						

							
L
LCD (liquid crystal display)
A display composed of liquid crystal suspended between two transparent s\
heets. The 
display is composed thousands of pixels which can be turned on or off wi\
th electrical 
stimulation. Thus, colorful images/texts can be generated.
 
Liquid crystal
The compound found in liquid crystal displays. Liquid crystal reacts pre\
dictably when 
electrically stimulated. This makes it the ideal compound to turn LCD pi\
xels on or off. 
Liquid crystal is sometimes abbreviated as LC.
Luminance
A measure of the brightness or luminous intensity of light, usually expr\
essed in units of 
Candelas per square meter (cd/m2) or foot Lamberts. 1 fL=3.426 cd/m2.
 
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N
Nit
A unit of luminance equal to 1 cd/m2 or 0.292 ftL. RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGE
P
Pixel
PICture Element; the smallest element on a computerized CRT or LCD image\
, and hence a 
display.
Polarizer
 
   
 
						

							
A light filter which only allows light waves of a certain rotation throu\
gh. Polarized material 
with perpendicular filtering is used in LCDs to enclose the liquid cryst\
al. The liquid crystal is 
then used as the medium which twists the light waves 90° in order to \
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R
Refresh rate
The number of times per second the screen is refreshed or redrawn. This \
number is usually 
stated in Hz (Hertz) or cycles per second. A rate of 60 Hz is equal to\
 60 tomes per second.
Response Time 
Response time is the period required for a liquid crystal cell to go fro\
m active (black) to 
inactive (white) and back to active (black) again. It is measured in\
 milliseconds. Faster is 
better: Lower response time means faster transitions and, therefore, res\
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S
SmartControl 
PC software for fine tuning display performance and settings. Philips of\
fers users two 
choices for display setting adjustment. Either navigate the multilevel O\
n Screen Display 
menu through buttons on the display itself or use the Philips SmartContr\
ol software to 
easily adjust the various display settings in a familiar way. 
SmartImage Lite 
Philips SmartImage Lite features with Philips LightFrame technology to e\
nhance your front 
of screen performance depend by content type. It is changing brightness \
or contrast profiles 
to enrich color of image and sharpen text. No matter your application is\
 on text processing 
or watching image or video, you can always get best viewing experience f\
rom Philips 
SmartImage Lite. 
SmartManage 
Built-in advanced firmware that delivers audio output from external audi\
o devices including 
a portable tape, CD or MP3 player even when there is no video input.
SmartResponse 
 
						

							
SmartResponse is exclusive Philips technology that adjusts response time\
 to application 
requirements, delivering faster response times for gaming and videos or \
better color 
saturation for viewing photos and static images.
SmartTouch controls 
SmartTouch controls are intelligent, ultra-responsive, touch sensitive i\
cons that replace 
protruding buttons. Responding to your lightest touch, SmartTouch contro\
ls, for example, 
power up your monitor or brighten and sharpen your display with LightFra\
me™. When 
activated, SmartTouch icons glow to indicate that your commands have bee\
n implemented.
Stand-alone audio function
Built-in advanced firmware that delivers audio output from external audi\
o devices including 
a portable tape, CD or MP3 player even when there is no video input.
sRGB
sRGB is a standard for ensuring correct exchange of colors between diffe\
rent devices (e.g. 
digital cameras, monitors, printers, scanners, etc.)
Using a standard unified color space, sRGB will help represent pictures \
taken by an sRGB 
compatible device correctly on your sRGB enabled Philips monitors. In th\
at way, the colors 
are calibrated and you can rely on the correctness of the colors shown o\
n your screen.
Important with the use of sRGB is that the brightness and contrast of yo\
ur monitor is fixed 
to a predefined setting as well as the color gamut. Therefore it is impo\
rtant to select the 
sRGB setting in the monitors OSD.
To do so, open the OSD by pressing the OK button on the side of your mon\
itor. Move the 
down button to go to Color and press OK again. Use the right button to g\
o to sRGB. Then 
move the down button and press OK again to exit the OSD.
After this, please do not change the brightness or contrast setting of y\
our monitor. If you 
change either of these, the monitor will exit the sRGB mode and go to a \
color temperature 
setting of 6500K.
Other:
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T
TFT(thin film transistor)
Usually made from amorphous silicon (a-Si) and used as a switch to a c\
harge storage device 
located below each sub-pixel on an active matrix LCD.
 
						

							
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U 
USB or Universal Serial Bus 
The universal serial bus or USB is a standard protocol for linking PCs a\
nd peripherals. 
Because it delivers high speed at a low cost, USB has become the most po\
pular method for 
connecting peripheral devices to a computer. A USB 2.0 port located on a\
 monitor directly in 
the users line of sight provides easy, high-speed connectivity for USB \
devices at a 
convenient location.
 
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V 
Vertical refresh rate 
Expressed in Hz, it is the number of frames (complete pictures) writte\
n to the screen every 
second.
 
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 • Installing 
your LCD 
monitor 
driver
 
•Download 
and 
Printing 
Instructions
 • Installing 
FPadjust 
Program
 
Download and Print
Installing Your LCD monitor driver
System requirements: 
l     PC running Windows 95, Windows® 98, Windows® 2000 , Windows® Me\
, 
Windows® XP
, Vista or later
l     Find your driver .inf/.icm/.cat at : lcd\pc\drivers
Read the Readme.txt file before installing. 
This page provides an option to read the manual in .pdf format. PDF file\
s can be 
downloaded into your hard disk, then viewed and printed with Acrobat Rea\
der or through 
your browser. 
If you do not have Adobe® Acrobat Reader installed, click on the link\
 to install the 
application. Adobe® Acrobat Reader for PC / Adobe® Acrobat Reader for Mac.
 
Download instructions:
To download the file:
1. Click-and-hold your mouse over the icon below. (Windows® 95/98/20\
00/Me/XP
/Vista
 users right-click)
Download220AW8.pdf
2. From the menu that appears, choose Save Link As..., Save Target As\
... or Download 
Link to Disk.
3. Choose where you would like to save the file; click Save (if promp\
ted to save as either 
text or source, choose source).
 
Printing instructions:
To print the manual:
1. With the manual file open, follow your printers instructions and pri\
nt the pages you 
need.
 
    
   
 
 
						

							
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Installing FPadjust Program 
The FP Adjust program generates alignment patterns which will help you a\
djust monitor 
settings such as CONTRAST, BRIGHTNESS, HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL POSITION, 
PHASE and CLOCK.
System requirements: 
•PC running Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows® 2000, Windows® Me, 
Windows® XP,Vista or later
To install  FPadjust Program :
•Click on the link or icon to install FPadjustment Program.
or
•Click-and-hold your mouse over the icon. (Win95/98/2000/Me/XP/Vista users right
-click)
DownloadFP_setup4.3.exe
•From the menu that appears, choose Save Link As..., Save Target As... or 
Download Link to Disk.
•Choose where you would like to save the file; click Save (if prompted to save as 
either text or source, choose source).
•Exit your browser and install the FPadjust Program.
Read the FP_Readme04.txt file before installing.
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