Philips 235pl2e User Manual

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3. Product information
3.1 SmartImage
  What is it?
Smar tImage 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 
applications, displaying images or watching a 
video, Philips Smar tImage delivers great optimized 
monitor performance. 
  Why do I need it?  
You want a monitor that delivers optimized display 
all your favorite types of content, Smar tImage 
software dynamically adjust brightness, contrast, 
color and sharpness in real time to enhance your 
monitor viewing experience.
  How does it work? 
Smar tImage is an exclusive, leading edge Philips 
technology that analyzes the content displayed 
on your screen. Based on a scenario you select, 
Smar tImage dynamically enhances the contrast, 
color saturation and sharpness of images to 
enhance the contents being displayed - all in real 
time with the press of a single button. 
  How to enable SmartImage?
1.   Press to 
 launch the Smar tImage on screen 
display;
2.   Keep pressing 
 to toggle between Office, 
Photo, Movie, Game, Economy and Off;
3.   The Smar tImage on screen display will remain 
on screen for 5 seconds or you can also 
press”OK” to make confirmation.
4.   When Smar tImage is enabled, the sRGB 
scheme is disabled automatically. To use sRGB 
you need to disable Smar tImage 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” t o  
confirm selection and close the Smar tImage OSD.
 
						

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There are six modes to be selected: Office, Photo, 
Movie, Game, Economy and Off.
•  
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, PDF files, 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. 
3.2 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.
 
						

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3.3 SmartSaturate
  What is it? 
Smar t technology that controls color saturation, 
the degree to which one on screen color is 
blended in neighboring colors, to deliver rich and 
vibrant images for more enter tainment fun when 
you are viewing videos. 
  Why do I need it?  
You want rich, vibrant images for more 
enter tainment fun when viewing photos or  
videos. 
  How does it work?  
Smar tSaturate dynamically controls color 
saturation, the degree to which on-screen color 
is blended in neighboring colors, to deliver rich, 
vibrant display for more enter tainment fun when 
you are viewing images or videos in your displays 
Movie or Game mode. It is turned off for top 
quality display of office application and in the 
Economy mode to reduce power consumption.
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.
 
						

							12First launch -Wizard
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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.
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!
 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.
 
						

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 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. 
 
						

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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.
 
						

							15ECO
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.
 
						

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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.
 
						

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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
 
						

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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.