Philips 228c3lsb User Manual
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9 3. Image Optimization There are seven modes to be selected: Text, Office, Photo, Movie, Game, Economy and Off. • Text: Helps improve reading of text based application like PDF ebooks. By using a special algorithm which increases the contrast and boundar y sharpness of text content, the display is optimized for a stress-free reading by adjusting the brightness, contrast and color temperature of the monitor. • Office: Enhances text and dampens brightness to increase readability and reduce eye strain. This mode significantly enhances readability and productivity when youre working with spreadsheets, scanned ar ticles or other general office applications. • Photo: This profile combines color saturation, dynamic contrast and sharpness enhancement to display photos and other images with outstanding clarity in vibrant colors - all without ar tifacts and faded colors. • Movie: Ramped up luminance, deepened color saturation, dynamic contrast and razor sharpness displays ever y details in darker areas of your videos without color washout in brighter areas maintaining a dynamic natural values for the ultimate video display• Game: Turn on over drive circuit for best response time, reduce jaggy edges for fast moving objects on screen, enhance contrast ratio for bright and dark scheme, this profile delivers the best gaming experience for gamers. • Economy: Under this profile, brightness, contrast are adjusted and backlighting fine- tuned for just right display of ever yday office applications and lower power consumption. • Off: No optimization by Smar tImage.
10 3. Image Optimization 3.2 SmartKolor What is it? Smar tKolor is a special color extension technology that is able to enhance visual color range to deliver vivid and rich picture performance. Why do I need it? You want the rich, vibrant images for experiencing the outstanding photos or videos. How does it work? . Smar tKolor will dynamically enhance color saturation and extend visual color range to enrich color quality and performance of your viewing images. Smar tKolor is turned off automatically; for example, in Text mode or Office mode, where it is not required.3.3 SmartContrast What is it? Unique technology that dynamically analyzes displayed content and automatically optimizes a monitors contrast ratio for maximum visual clarity and viewing enjoyment, stepping up backlighting for clearer, crisper and brighter images or dimming backlighting for clear display of images on dark backgrounds. Why do I need it? You want the ver y best visual clarity and viewing comfor t for ever y type of content. Smar tContrast dynamically controls contrast and adjusts backlighting for clear, crisp, bright gaming and video images or displays clear, readable text for office work. By reducing your monitors power consumption, you save on energy costs and extend the lifetime of your monitor. How does it work? When you activate Smar tContrast, it will analyse the content you are displaying in real time to adjust colors and control backlight intensity. This function will dynamically enhance contrast for a great enter tainment experience when viewing videos or playing games.
11 3. Image Optimization Installation • Follow the instruction and complete the installation. • You can launch after installation is completed. • If you want to launch later, you can either click the shor tcut on desktop or toolbar. 3.5 Philips SmartControl Premium The new Smar tControl Premium software by Phillips allows you to control your monitor via an easy to use on-screen graphic interface. Complicated adjustments are a thing of the past as this user friendly software guides you through fine- tuning resolution, Color calibration, Clock/Phase adjustments, RGB White point adjustment, etc. Equipped with latest technology in core algorithm for fast processing and response, this Windows 7 compliant eye catching animated Icon based software is ready to enhance your experience with Philips monitors! 3.4 SmartSharpness What is it? Smar t technology that enhances sharpness when you need it for ultimate display performance and more enter tainment fun when you are viewing videos or photos. Why do I need it? You want the ultimate in sharpness for more enter tainment fun when viewing photos or videos. How does it work? Smar t technology enhances sharpness when you need it for ultimate display performance and more enter tainment fun when you are viewing videos or photos in the Movie or Game mode. It is turned off for top quality display of office applications and in the Economy mode to reduce power consumptions. First launch -Wizard • The first time after installation of Smar tControl Premium, it will automatically go to Wizard for first time launch. • The wizard will guide you through adjustment your monitor performance step by step. • You can go to Plug-in menu to launch wizard later on as well. • You can adjust more options without wizard by Standard pane.
12 3. Image Optimization Start with Standard pane: Adjust menu: • Adjust Menu allow you to adjust Brightness, Contrast, Focus, Position and Resolution. • You can follow the instruction and do the adjustment. • Cancel prompts user if you want to cancel installation.
13 3. Image Optimization Color menu: • Color Menu allow you to adjust RGB, Black Level, White Point, Color Calibration, and Smar tImage (Please refer to Smar tImage section). • You can follow the instruction and do the adjustment. • Refer to below table for sub-menu item base on your input. • Example for Color Calibration 1. Show Me star ts color calibration tutorial. 2. Star t - star ts the 6-step color calibration sequence. 3. Quick View loads the before/after images. 4. To return to Color home pane, click the Cancel button. 5. Enable color calibration - by default is on. If unchecked, does not allow for color calibration to happen, dimes out star t and quick view buttons. 6. Must have patent info in calibration screen.
14 3. Image Optimization ECO Theft Deterrence Pane will only be active when selecting Theft Deterrence Mode from the drop- down Plug Ins menu. First color Calibration Screen: • Previous button is disabled until the second color screen. • Next goes to the succeeding target (6-targets). • Final next goes File>Presets pane. • Cancel closes the UI and returns to the plug in page. SmartImage Allows user to change setting for better display setting based on content. When Enter tainment is set, Smar tContrast and Smar tResponse are enabled.
15 3. Image Optimization To enable Theft Deterrence, clicking Enable Theft Deterrence Mode button brings up the following screen: • User can enter PIN between 4 and 9 digits numbers only. • After entering PIN, Accept button takes user to the pop-up dialog box on the following page. • Minimum minutes set to 5. Slider set to 5 by default. • Does not require the display be attached to a different host to go into Theft Deterrence mode. After creating PIN, the Theft Deterrence pane will indicate Theft Deterrence Enabled and provide PIN Options button: • Theft Deterrence Enabled is displayed. • Disable Theft Deterrence Mode opens pane screen on next page. • PIN Options button only available after user creates PIN, button opens secure PIN web site. Options>Preferences - Will only be active when selecting Preferences from the drop-down Options menu. On a non-suppor ted display capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options tabs are available.• Displays current preference settings. • A checked box enables the feature. The check box is a toggle. • Enable Context Menu on desktop is checked (On) by default. Enable Context menu displays Smar tControl Premium selections for Select Preset and Tune Display in the desktop right-click context menu. Disabled removes Smar tControl Premium from the right click context menu. • Enable Task Tray icon is checked (On) by default. Enable context menu shows the task tray menu for Smar tControl Premium. A right click on the task tray icon displays the menu options for Help, Technical Suppor t. Check for Upgrade, About, and Exit. When Enable task tray menu is disabled, the task tray icon will only display EXIT. • Run at Star tup is checked (On) by default. When disabled, Smar tControl Premium will not launch at star t or be in the task tray. The only way to launch Smar tControl Premium is either from the desktop shor t cut or from the program file. Any preset set to run at star tup will not load when this box is unchecked (Disabled). • Enable transparency mode (Windows 7, Vista, XP). Default is 0% Opaque.
16 3. Image Optimization Options>Input - Will only be active when selecting Input from the drop-down Options menu. On a non-suppor ted display capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options tabs are available. All other Smar tControl Premium tabs are not available. • Display the Source instruction pane and current input source setting. • On single input displays, this pane will not be visible.Options>Audio - Will only be active when selecting Volume from the drop-down Options menu. On a non-suppor ted display capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options tabs are available. Option>Auto Pivot
17 3. Image Optimization Help>User Manual - Will only be active when selecting User Manual from the drop-down Help menu. On a non-suppor ted display capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options tabs are available. Help>Version - Will only be active when selecting Version from the drop- down Help menu. On a non-suppor ted display capable of DDC/CI, only the Help and Options tabs are available.Context Sensitive menu The Context Sensitive menu is Enabled by default. If Enable Context Menu has been checked in the Options>Preferences pane, then the menu will be visible. The Context Menu has four entries: • Smar tControl Premium - When selected the About Screen is displayed. • Select Preset - Provides a hierarchical menu of saved presets for immediate use. A check mark shows the currently selected preset. Facoty Preset can also be called from the drop down menu. • Tune Display - Opens the Smar tControl Premium control panel. • Smar tImage - Check current settings, Office, Photo, Movie, Game, Economy, Off.
18 3. Image Optimization Task Tray Menu Enabled The task tray menu can be displayed by right- clicking on the Smar tControl Premium icon from the task tray. Left Click will launch the application. The task tray has five entries: • Help - Access to User Manual file: Open User Manual file using the default browser window. • Technical Suppor t - displays the tech suppor t page. • Check for Update - takes the user to PDI Landing and checks the users version against the most current available. • About - Displays detailed reference information: product version, release information, and product name. • Exit - Close Smar tControl Premium To run Smar tControl Premium again either select Smar tControl Premium from Program menu, double-click the desktop PC icon or restar t the system.Task Tray Menu Disabled When the Task Tray is disabled in the preference folder, only the EXIT selection is available. To completely remove Smar tControl Premium from the task tray, disable Run at Star tup in Options>Preferences.