Philips 231e1sb User Manual

							
About This Manual
      
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•Your LCD Monitor 
• Smartimage
•SmartContrast
•Lead-free Product
•Technical Specifications
•Resolution & Preset Modes
•Philips Pixel Defect Policy
•Automatic Power Saving
•Physical Specification
•Pin Assignment
•Product Views
•Physical Function
•SmartManage & SmartControl 
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Product Information 
Your LCD monitor 
Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to Philips. To fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register your 
product at. 
www.philips.com/welcome 
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SmartImage
What is it? 
SmartImage provides presets that optimize display for different types of\
 content, dynamically adjusting brightness, contrast, color 
and sharpness in real time. Whether youre working with text application\
s, displaying images or watching a video, Philips 
SmartImage delivers great optimized LCD display performance.
 
Why do I need it? 
You want a LCD display that delivers optimized display all your favorite\
 types of content, SmartImage software dynamically adjust 
brightness, contrast, color and sharpness in real time to enhance your L\
CD viewing experience.
How does it work? 
SmartImage - software based on Philips award-winning LightFrame™ tech\
nology - analyzes the content displayed on your 
screen. Based on a scenario you select, SmartImage dynamically enhances \
the contrast, color saturation and sharpness of 
images and video for ultimate display performance - all in real time wit\
h the press on a single button.
 
How to enable SmartImage? 
  
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1.Press   to launch the SmartImage on screen display;
2.Keep press  to toggle between Office Work, Image Viewing, Entertainment, Economy, a\
nd Off; 
3.The SmartImage on screen display will remain on screen for 5 seconds or \
you can also press”OK” to make 
confirmation. 
4.When SmartImage is enabled, the sRGB scheme is disabled automatically. T\
o use sRGB you need to 
disable SmartImage with the  button at the front bezel of your monitor.
Except using  key to scroll down, you can also press  buttons to choose and press “OK” to confirm selection and close 
the SmartImage OSD.There are five modes to be selected: Office Work, Ima\
ge Viewing, Entertainment, Economy, and Off.
There are five modes to be selected: Office Work, Image Viewing, Enterta\
inment, Economy, and Off. 
 
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1.  Office Work: Enhances text and dampens brightness to increase readability and reduce\
 eye strain. This mode 
significantly enhances readability and productivity when youre working \
with spreadsheets, PDF files, scanned articles or 
other general office applications.
 
2.  Image Viewing: This profile combines color saturation, dynamic contrast and sharpness \
enhancement to display photos 
and other images with outstanding clarity in vibrant colors - all withou\
t artifacts and faded colors.
3.  Entertainment: Ramped up luminance, deepened color saturation, dynamic contrast and ra\
zor sharpness displays every 
details in darker areas of your videos without color washout in brighter\
 areas maintaining a dynamic natural values for the 
ultimate video display.
 
4.  Economy: Under this profile, brightness, contrast are adjusted and backlighting f\
ine-tuned for just right display of 
everyday office applications and lower power consumption. 
5.  Off: No optimization by SmartImage.
 
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SmartContrast  
What is it? 
Unique technology that dynamically analyzes displayed content and automa\
tically optimizes a LCD monitors contrast ratio for 
maximum visual clarity and viewing enjoyment, stepping up backlighting f\
or clearer, crisper and brighter images or dimming 
backlighting for clear display of images on dark backgrounds.
 
Why do I need it? 
You want the very best visual clarity and viewing comfort for every type\
 of content. SmartContrast dynamically controls contrast 
and adjusts backlighting for clear, crisp, bright gaming and video image\
s 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.
 
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How does it work? 
When you active SmartContrast which will analysis the content you are di\
splaying in real time to adjust colors and control 
backlight intensity. This function can obviously enhance contrast in dyn\
amic for more entertainment fun when viewing videos or 
playing games. 
 
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Lead-free Product  
 
Philips eliminated toxic substances like lead from its displays. Lead-fr\
ee display helps protect your health and 
promotes environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste from elect\
rical and electronic equipment.Philips 
complies with the European Community stringent RoHS Directive mandating \
restrictions on hazardous 
substances in electrical and electronic equipment. With Philips, you can\
 be confident that your display device 
does not harm the environment.
 
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Technical Specifications* 
LCD PANEL 
• TypeTFT LCD
• Screen size23 visual
• Pixel Pitch0.266 x 0.266 mm
• LCD Panel type 
1920 x 1080 pixels 
R.G.B. vertical stripe 
Anti-glare polarizer, hard coated
 
• Effective viewing area513.784 x 291.016 mm
SCANNING
• Vertical refresh rate56 Hz-76 Hz
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• Horizontal Frequency30 kHz - 83 kHz
 
VIDEO
• Video dot rate170 MHz
• Input impedance
- Video75 ohm
- Sync2.2K ohm
• Input signal levels0.7 Vpp
• Sync input signal
Separate sync  
Composite sync 
Sync on green
 
• Sync polaritiesPositive and negative
 
* This data is subject to change without notice.
 
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Resolution & Preset Modes
    
   
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A.Maximum Resolution   
-For 231E1
 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz (analog input)
 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz (digital inputoption)
B.Recommended Resolution
-For 231E1
1.1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz (analog input)
 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz (DVI inputoption)
15 factory preset modes:
H. freq (kHz)ResolutionV. freq (Hz)
31.469720*40070.087
31.469640*48059.940
35.000640*48067.000
37.500640*48075.000
35.156800*60056.250
37.879800*60060.317
46.875800*60075.000
48.3631024*76860.004
60.0231024*76875.029
63.9811280*102460.020
79.9761280*102475.025
67.5001920*108060.000 
66.5871920*108060.000
65.2901680*105060.000
64.674 1680*105060.000
2.Video Supported Modes 
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 Video display capabilities 480i/480p/576i/576p/720p/1080i/1080p(Supports HDCP)  
 
 
 
 
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Automatic Power Saving
If you have VESA DPM compliance display card or software installed in yo\
ur PC, the monitor can automatically reduce its power 
consumption when not in use. If an input from a keyboard, mouse or other\
 input device is detected, the monitor will wake up 
automatically. The following table shows the power consumption and signa\
ling of this automatic power saving feature: 
Power Management Definition 
VESA Mode Video H-sync V-sync Power Used LED 
color 
Active ON Yes Yes < 50W (typ.) Blue
Sleep OFF No No < 0.5 W Blue 
Blinking
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• Relative humidity20% to 80%
• System MTBF50K hours (CCFL 50K hours)
* This data is subject to change without notice.
The native resolution of the monitor is 1920 x 1080. By default, your mo\
nitor has 100% brightness (max.), 50% contrast, and 
6500K color temperature, with a full white pattern.
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Pin Assignment
 
1.The digital only connector contains 24 signal contacts organized in th\
ree rows of eight contacts. Signal pin assignments are 
listed in the following table:
Pin No. Signal Assignment
 
Pin No. Signal Assignment
 
Pin 
No.Signal Assignment
1 T.M.D.S. Data2- 9 T.M.D.S. Data1-17 T.M.D.S. Data0-
2 T.M.D.S. Data2+10 T.M.D.S. Data1+18 T.M.D.S. Data0+
3 T.M.D.S. Data2/4 Shield11 T.M.D.S. Data1/3 Shield19 T.M.D.S. Data0/5 Shield
4 No connect12 No connect20 No connect
5 No connect13 No connect21 No connect
6 DDC Clock14 +5V Power22 T.M.D.S. Clock Shield
7 DDC Data15 Ground (for +5V)23 T.M.D.S. Clock+
8 No connect16 Hot Plug Detect24 T.M.D.S. Clock-
 
 
 
2.The 15-pin D-sub connector (male) of the signal cable: 
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Pin No. AssignmentPin No. Assignment
1 Red video input 9 DDC + 5 V
2 Green video input/SOG10 Logic ground
3 Blue video input11 Ground
4 Sense (GND) 12 Serial data line (SDA)
5 Cable detect (GND) 13 H. Sync / H+V. Sync
6 Red video ground14 V. Sync
7 Green video ground15 Data clock line (SCL)
8 Blue video ground
 
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Product Views
Follow the links to see various views of the monitor and its components.\
Front View Product Description
 
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Physical Function 
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