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Controls and Indicators: Dell™ E151FP Color Display User's Guide

Overview • On Screen Display (OSD) Menu System  • Automatic Save • OSD Warning Messages • LED Indicators

Overview

There are 6 keys for user’s control which includes “Power“, “Auto“, “Exit“, “Enter“ and  “Left/Right key“. The following descriptions are the introduction of these keys.

 

1. Power

 

Turn the power on or off.
2. Auto Adjust vertical position, phase, horizontal position and pixel clock automatically.

3. Exit   Back to previous menu or exit OSD.
4. Enter 

 

Enter sub-menu; select items. 
5. Left “3”／Right “4”

 

 Left/Right adjustment. Hot key for Brightness/Contrast adjustment.

On Screen Display (OSD) Menu System

Direct-Access Functions

 
Function Adjustment Method
Auto adjustment

Even though your computer system can recognize your new flat panel display on startup, the 'Auto Adjustment' function will optimize the display settings for use with your particular setup. Auto Adjustment can be accessed through the OSD via the Image Settings submenu pictured at left or, you may use the direct access instructions below:

1.Turn on your computer and display.

2.Push the 'Auto' key (2) to activate the Auto adjustment function. You will see the following message:

3.When finished, the pixel clock and phase should be adjusted to their optimal settings.

 

Brightness:

The Brightness function adjusts the luminance of the flat panel.

With the menu off, push “4” button to display the Brightness (and contrast) adjustment menu.

Adjust Brightness first, then adjust Contrast only if further adjustment is necessary.

“4” increase luminance
“3” decrease luminance
Contrast:

The Contrast function adjusts the degree of difference between darkness and lightness on the display screen.

With the menu off, push “3” button to display the Contrast (and brightness) adjustment menu.

“4” increase the contrast
“3” decrease the contrast

 

Accessing the Menu System

  1. With the menu off, push the MENU button to open the OSD system and display the main features menu.

A Sub-menu  icon B Sub-menu name
C Current resolution    

  1. OSD main menu has 5 sub-menus including “Luminance”, “Geometry”, “Color”, “Miscellaneous” and “Auto setup”. Push the “4” and “3” buttons to move between the function icons. As you move from one icon to another, the function name is highlighted to reflect the function or group of functions (sub-menus) represented by that icon. See the table below for a complete list of all the functions available for the display.

  2. Push the MENU button once to activate the highlighted function; then use the “4” and “3” buttons to make your changes.
  3. Push the Menu button once to return to the main menu to select another function or push the Exit button two or three times to exit from the OSD.

 

Main Menu Mode

Grouped by functions, the OSD offers 5 major functions in Main Menu for making adjustments:  “Luminance”, “Geometry”, “Color”, “Miscellaneous” and “Auto setup”.  The following describes the contents of each function and how you can make adjustments.

 

Menu

Icon

Adjustment

 

Brightness: adjust the brightness of the display.

 

< decrease the brightness 

> increase the brightness 

Contrast: adjust the difference between the light and dark areas.

 

< decrease the contrast

> increase the contrast

 

 

H. (Horizontal) Position: adjusts the horizontal position of the display.

 

Press + to activate this function.

 

< move the position to the right

> move the position to the left

V. (Vertical) Position: adjusts the vertical position of the display.

 

< moves the OSD location down

> moves the OSD location up

Phase: adjusts the phase of pixel clock.

Pixel Clock: adjusts the frequency of the pixel clock.

 

< decrease the frequency of the pixel

> increase the frequency of the pixel

 

There are three items to adjust. Press  “3”／ “4” to select a color and press “Enter “ to adjust color temperature.

 

 

H. (Horizontal) Position: adjusts the OSD horizontal position of the display.

V. (Vertical) Position: adjusts the OSD vertical position of the display.

OSD Time: to set the OSD timeout.

 

Press “3” ／ “4” key to select a language then press “Enter“ to go back to previous menu.

 

Information: shows the current display information.

 

Recall: recall to factory settings.

Press  “3”／ “4” key to select this item and press “Enter“ to perform auto adjustment.

Automatic Save

With the OSD open, if you make an adjustment and then either proceed to another menu or exit the OSD, the display automatically saves any adjustments you have made. If you have made no adjustments, the on-screen menu disappears and the display does not save any new settings.

OSD Warning Messages

This means that the display cannot synchronize with the signal that it is receiving from the computer. Either the signal is too high or too low frequency for the display to use.  See Specifications for the Horizontal and Vertical scan ranges addressable by this display.

Sometimes, no warning message appears, but the screen is blank, which could also indicate that the display is not synchronizing with the computer.

LED Indicators

Display State LED state
On Power management indicator is green
DPMS Power management indicator is amber

See Troubleshooting for more information.

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