Philips 246el2sb User Manual

							
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3.1 SmartImage Lite
  What is it?
Smar tImage Lite 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 Lite 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 Lite 
software dynamically adjust brightness, contrast, 
color and sharpness in real time to enhance your 
monitor viewing experience.
  How does it work? 
Smar tImage Lite is an exclusive, leading edge 
Philips technology that analyzes the content 
displayed on your screen. Based on a scenario you 
select, Smar tImage Lite 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. 
3. Product information
  How to enable SmartImage Lite?
1.
   Press to 
 launch the Smar tImage Lite on 
screen display;
2.
   Keep pressing 
 to toggle between Standard, 
Internet, and Game.
3.
   The Smar
tImage Lite on screen display will 
remain on screen for 5 seconds or you can 
also press”OK” to make confirmation.
4.
   When Smar
 tImage Lite is enabled, the sRGB 
scheme is disabled automatically. To use sRGB 
you need to disable Smar tImage Lite 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 Smar tImage Lite 
OSD.
 
						

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There are 3 modes to be selected: Standard, 
Inter

net, and Game.
 Standard: 
•  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.
 Internet: 
•  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.
  • 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.  3.2 SmartContrast
  What is it?
 
Unique technology that dynamically analyzes 
displayed content and automatically optimizes 
a LCD 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  Philips SmartControl Lite
The new Smar

tControl Lite 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.
First launch -Wizard   The first time after installation of Smar tControl 
 •
Lite, it will automatically go to Wizard for first 
time launch. 
 The wizard will guide you through adjustment 
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your monitor performance step by step.
 You can go to Plug-in menu to launch wizard 
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later on as well. 
 You can adjust more options without wizard 
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by Standard pane.
 
						

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 Start with Standard pane:
Adjust menu:  Adjust Menu allow you to adjust Brightness, 
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Contrast, Focus, Position and Resolution. 
 You can follow the instruction and do the 
 •
adjustment. 
 Cancel prompts user if you want to cancel 
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installation. 
 
						

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Color menu:  Color Menu allow you to adjust RGB, Black 
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Level, White Point, Color Calibration, and 
Smar tImage Lite (Please refer to Smar tImage 
Lite section). 
 You can follow the instruction and do the 
 •
adjustment. 
 Refer to below table for sub-menu item base 
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on your input. 
Example for Color Calibration
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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.   T
o return to Color home pane, click the 
Cancel button. 
5.   Enab
le 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.
 
						

							14Displays current preference settings. 
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 A check
 ed box enables the feature. The check 
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box is a toggle. 
 Enable Context Menu on desktop is checked 
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(On) by default. Enable Context menu 
displays Smar tControl Lite selections for 
Select Preset and Tune Display in the desktop 
right-click context menu. Disabled removes 
Smar tControl Lite 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 Lite. 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. 
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When disabled, Smar tControl Lite will not 
launch at star t or be in the task tray. The only 
way to launch Smar tControl Lite 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, 
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XP). Default is 0% Opaque.
 First color Calibration Screen: 
 
  • Previous button is disabled until the second 
color screen. 
Next goes to the succeeding target (6-targets). 
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Final next goes File>Presets pane.
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  • Cancel closes the UI and returns to the plug 
in page.
SmartImage Lite 
Allows user to change setting for better display 
setting based on content.
When Enter tainment is set, Smar tContrast and 
Smar tResponse are enabled.
 
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.
 
						

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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 Lite tabs are not 
available.
  • Display the Source instruction pane and 
current input source setting. 
  • On single input displays, this pane will not be 
visible.
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 
 • Lite - 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 
 • Lite 
control panel. 
 Smar tImage Lite - 
 • Check current settings,  
Standard, Internet, Game.
 
						

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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 
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suppor t page. 
 Check for Update - takes the user to PDI 
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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 
 • Lite
To run Smar tControl Lite again either 
select Smar tControl Lite 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 Lite 
from the task tray, disable Run at Star tup in 
Options>Preferences. 
Task Tray Menu Enabled
The task tray menu can be displayed by right-
clicking on the Smar tControl Lite icon from the 
task tray. Left Click will launch the application.
 
						

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3.4  
Philips Flat Panel Monitors Pix
 el Defect 
Policy
Philips strives to deliver the highest quality 
products. We use some of the industr ys most 
advanced manufacturing processes and practice 
stringent quality control. However, pixel or sub 
pixel defects on the TFT LCD panels used in flat 
panel monitors are sometimes unavoidable. No 
manufacturer can guarantee that all panels will 
be free from pixel defects, but Philips guarantees 
that any monitor with an unacceptable number 
of defects will be repaired or replaced under 
warranty. This notice explains the different types 
of pixel defects and defines acceptable defect 
levels for each type. In order to qualify for repair 
or replacement under warranty, the number of 
pixel defects on a TFT LCD panel must exceed 
these acceptable levels. For example, no more 
than 0.0004% of the sub pixels on a 19 XGA 
monitor may be defective. Fur thermore, Philips 
sets even higher quality standards for cer tain 
types or combinations of pixel defects that are 
more noticeable than others. This policy is valid 
worldwide.
Pixels and Sub pixels 
A pixel, or picture element, is composed of three 
sub pixels in the primar y colors of red, green and 
blue. Many pixels together form an image. When 
all sub pixels of a pixel are lit, the three colored 
sub pixels together appear as a single white pixel. 
When all are dark, the three colored sub pixels 
together appear as a single black pixel. Other 
combinations of lit and dark sub pixels appear as 
single pixels of other colors. Types of Pixel Defects 
Pixel and sub pixel defects appear on the screen 
in different ways. There are two categories of pixel 
defects and several types of sub pixel defects 
within each categor y.
Bright Dot Defects
 
Bright dot defects appear as pixels or sub pixels 
that are always lit or on. That is, a bright dot is 
a sub-pixel that stands out on the screen when 
the monitor displays a dark pattern. There are the 
types of bright dot defects:
One lit red, green or blue sub pixel
Two adjacent lit sub pixels:
-  Red + Blue = Purple
-  Red + Green = Yellow
-  Green + Blue = Cyan (Light Blue)
Three adjacent lit sub pixels (one white pixel)
 
						

							
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 Note
A red or blue bright dot must be more  than 50 
percent brighter than neighboring dots while 
a green bright dot is 30 percent brighter than 
neighboring dots.
Black Dot Defects 
Black dot def
 ects appear as pixels or sub pixels 
that are always dark or off. That is, a dark dot is 
a sub-pixel that stands out on the screen when 
the monitor displays a light pattern. These are the 
types of black dot defects: Proximity of Pixel Defects 
Because pixel and sub pixels defects of the same 
type that are near to one another may be more 
noticeable, Philips also specifies tolerances for the 
proximity of pixel defects.
Pixel Defect Tolerances
In order to qualify for repair or replacement due 
to pixel defects during the warranty period, a TFT 
LCD panel in a Philips flat panel monitor must 
have pixel or sub pixel defects exceeding the 
tolerances listed in the following tables.
BRIGHT DOT DEFECTS
ACCEPTABLE LEVEL
MODEL
1 lit subpixel 3
2 adjacent lit subpix
 els 1
3 adjacent lit subpixels (one white pixel) 0
Distance between two bright dot defects* >15mm
Total bright dot defects of all types 3
BLACK DOT DEFECTSACCEPTABLE LEVEL
MODEL
1 dark subpixel 5 or fewer
2 adjacent dar
 k subpixels 2 or fewer
3 adjacent dark subpixels 0
Distance between two black dot defects* >15mm
Total black dot defects of all types 5 or fewer
TOTAL DOT DEFECTSACCEPTABLE LEVEL
MODEL
Total bright or black dot defects of all types 5 or fewer
 
Note  
1 or 2 adjacent sub pix el defects = 1 dot defect
This monitor is ISO9241-307 compliant. 246EL2
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