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Before using the display, read this manual carefully so that you know how to use the display correctly.

Refer to this manual whenever questions or problems about operation arise.  Be sure to read and observe the safety

precautions.

Keep this manual where the user can see it easily.

* Installation and removal require special expertise.  Consult your product dealer for details.

Contents

USER’S MANUAL

42” WIDE PLASMA DISPLAY

PDS4213W-H/PDS4214W-S

Before Use

• Safety Precautions ····································· E-2–E-3
• Features ···························································· E-4
• Accessories ······················································ E-5
• Handy Tips ························································ E-6
• Installation ························································· E-7
• Safety Measures ··············································· E-8

Usage

• Part Names and Functions ······················ E-9–E-12
• Using the Remote Control ······························ E-13
• Connecting the Display to External

Equipment ·············································· E-14–E-15

• Basic Operations ············································ E-16
• Selecting Input Mode ······································ E-17
• Watching Images on the Wide Screen ··· E-18–E-19
• How to Use Menus ································ E-20–E-25

Adjustments

• Adjusting Images (PICTURE Menu) ······· E-26–E-27
• Adjusting Screen Position and Size

(POSITION/SIZE Menu) ·························· E-28–E-29

• Adjusting Sound (SOUND Menu) ··········· E-30–E-31
• Other Adjustments (OTHERS Menu) ······ E-32–E-34
• Extended Features (Extended menu) ····· E-35–E-39

Others

• Options ··························································· E-40
• Factory Settings ·············································· E-41
• Specification ·········································· E-42–E-43
• Cleaning and Maintenance ····························· E-44

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Summary of Contents for Plasmavision PDS4213W-H

Page 1: ... E 2 E 3 Features E 4 Accessories E 5 Handy Tips E 6 Installation E 7 Safety Measures E 8 Usage Part Names and Functions E 9 E 12 Using the Remote Control E 13 Connecting the Display to External Equipment E 14 E 15 Basic Operations E 16 Selecting Input Mode E 17 Watching Images on the Wide Screen E 18 E 19 How to Use Menus E 20 E 25 Adjustments Adjusting Images PICTURE Menu E 26 E 27 Adjusting Scr...

Page 2: ...0 4 2 1995 EN61000 4 3 1996 EN61000 4 4 1995 EN61000 4 5 1995 EN61000 4 6 1996 EN61000 4 8 1993 EN61000 4 11 1994 Safety e EN60950 1992 A1 1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 A4 1997 By conformance with the standard referenced the product follows the provisions of the directives listed below a EC Council Directive 89 336 EEC of 3rd May 1989 b EC Council Directive 92 31 EEC of 28th April 1992 c EC Council Directi...

Page 3: ...4 2 1995 EN 61000 4 3 1996 EN61000 4 4 1995 EN 61000 4 5 1995 EN61000 4 6 1996 EN61000 4 8 1993 EN 61000 4 11 1994 Safety e EN60950 1992 A1 1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 A4 1997 By conformance with the standard referenced the product follows the provisions of the directives listed below a EC Council Directive 89 336 EEC of 3rd May 1989 b EC Council Directive 92 31 EEC of 28th April 1992 c EC Council Direct...

Page 4: ...let on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help IMPORTANT INFORMATION WARNING This is Class A and Class B product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE AND ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EX...

Page 5: ...n a fire or electric shock Never spill liquid of any kind on the product Do not attempt to service this product yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltages and other hazards Refer all service to qualified service personnel Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer service to qualified service personnel under the following conditions a When the power supply ...

Page 6: ...hree different screen sizes in RGB input mode Normal Wide and Zoom are also available Install the display lengthwise The display can be installed lengthwise enabling advertising to be displayed In this case you can set up the display so that on screen information such as input modes and menus is displayed properly Power management function The display features a DPMS Display Power Management Signa...

Page 7: ...ector cover When you finish binding the cables using the cable clampers you need to attach the connector cover to the display To do this use nippers to cut out a section of the connector cover such that the cables can be pulled out through that section Then attach the cover to the display When attaching the connector cover make sure that the upper and lower projections on the cover fit properly in...

Page 8: ...eem to function properly when used with other audio visual equipment You may need to move your display if it produces degraded images or noise due to electromagnetic radiation or if the infrared remote control does not function properly Images may not be displayed properly if you connect a non standard PC to the RGB input terminal In this case contact your dealer for more information The protectiv...

Page 9: ...d other cables from being accidentally pulled make sure that they run along the wall or through corners The display can be installed with either of its sides facing down Note The display is a highly precise piece of equipment and therefore must be packed properly before transportation Be sure to use only those packing materials originally supplied with the display when repacking it Reference See P...

Page 10: ...he wall To do this use screws B 20 mm long to attach safety brackets B supplied with the display to the wall To make sure that the display is stable attach wall brackets at the same height as or slightly lower than the display brackets 3 Tie brackets A and B together To do this use strong cords to fix the display securely to the wall Use two screws supplied with the stand to fix the display using ...

Page 11: ...WIDE MENU VOLUME ENTER Front 1 Power indicator lamp This lamp shows whether the main power is ON or OFF as follows Lit red Standby Lit green Power ON Lit orange Power saving DPMS Power saving function mode ON Flashing red Malfunction Flashes differently depending on the type of malfunction See P E 44 for more information 2 Remote control signal receiver Receives signals from the remote control 3 M...

Page 12: ... No RGB cable is supplied with the display The type of cable to be used varies depending on the PC model Contact your dealer for more information 5 RGB1 input terminal RGB1 INPUT mD sub Connect this terminal to the PC s display analog RGB output terminal No RGB cable is supplied with the display The type of cable to be used varies depending on the PC model Contact your dealer for more information ...

Page 13: ...ble supplied with the display D Built in speaker Produces sound received through the sound input terminal Description of Input Terminals RGB1 input terminal RGB1 INPUT mD sub Pin No Input signal Pin No Input signal 1 Red 9 2 Green 10 Ground 3 Blue 11 4 12 5 Ground 13 Horizontal H synchronization 6 Ground 14 Vertical V synchronization 7 Ground 15 8 Ground Frame Ground Use the RGB1 synchronization s...

Page 14: ...e and sound 7 Volume adjustment buttons VOL See P E 16 Adjust the volume Press the button to increase the volume Press the button to reduce the volume 8 Adjustment buttons See P E 20 E 39 Use these buttons to scroll through options in a menu and change values 9 Enter button ENTER See P E 20 E 39 Press this button to finalize the selection of a desired menu or option within a menu 0 Display selecto...

Page 15: ...as benzene or thinner EFFECTIVE RANGE FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL Point the remote control at the display s signal receiver when using it Make sure that there are no obstacles between the remote control and the display s signal receiver USING THE REMOTE CONTROL Information The remote control may not function properly if you use a high frequency fluorescent lamp If you experience problems move the lamp ...

Page 16: ...erted into their terminals Replace the connector cover onto the display when you finish making the connections CONNECTING THE DISPLAY TO EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT Terminal Connector VIDEO INPUT BNC S VIDEO INPUT S terminal COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT BNC x 3 RGB INPUT mD sub 15 pin BNC x 5 AUDIO INPUT Pin jack RS 232C D sub 9 pin Ferrite cores with wire clampers These ferrite cores with wire clampers are used ...

Page 17: ...t AUDIO1 INPUT RGB1 INPUT RS 232C RGB2 INPUT To receptacle To sound output terminal To video output terminal To S video output terminal To color difference output terminal To display analog RGB output terminal To display analog RGB output terminal To RS 232C output terminal Connection to AV equipment To sound output terminal ...

Page 18: ...nel to accomplish these steps TURNING ON THE POWER Press when the power is ON The power indicator lamp turns red TURNING OFF THE POWER Press to increase the volume Press to reduce the volume Any value between 0 and 40 can be selected Speaker off appears if you press or after you have selected No audio for Audio input See P E 35 E 39 Note that the volume level remains stored even when you turn OFF ...

Page 19: ...n the display s control panel to accomplish these steps VIDEO INPUT MODE RGB INPUT MODE S video mode Comp video mode Press to select a desired input mode Each time you press a different input mode appears as follows RGB1 RGB2 RGB1 Displays images from equipment connected to the RGB1 mD sub terminal RGB2 Displays images from equipment connected to the RGB2 BNC x 5 terminal You can switch between RG...

Page 20: ... aspect ratio ratio of frame width to frame height different from that of the TV program or video media the images will appear differently than if you had selected a mode having the same aspect ratio Showing a movie or similar premium event at a different aspect ratio from its original one at any event site restaurant or bar for profit making purposes or for a public audience may constitute a copy...

Page 21: ...1 Wide2 Horizontally extended image Zoom1 Horizontally extended image with caption Zoom2 16 9 aspect ratio HDTV broadcasting EDTV II enhanced definition television II 4 3 aspect ratio VHF UHF broadcasting BS broadcasting 1 85 1 aspect ratio Vista Vision size 2 35 1 aspect ratio Cinema Vision size Wide2 Video Input Mode Wide RGB Input Mode Reduces the aspect ratio of images from 16 9 to 4 3 Ideal f...

Page 22: ... menus Each time you press or one of the available menus appears Press E N T E R or The corresponding menu screen will appear A total of four different menus PICTURE POSITION SIZE SOUND OTHERS are available You can easily distinguish between these menus as shown below Ex PICTURE selected in the main menu screen PICTURE MENUquit ENTERnext PICTURE POSITION SIZE SOUND OTHERS Do not change input signa...

Page 23: ... Color 4 Tint for Video S video Comp video 5 Sharpness for Video S video Comp video 6 Color temp 7 Dot clock for RGB1 RGB2 8 Clock phase for RGB1 RGB2 Function Adjusts image contrast Adjusts screen brightness Adjusts color darkness Adjusts tint Adjusts image sharpness Adjusts color temperature Adjusts the dot clock Adjusts clock phase Operation Higher contrast Lower contrast Brighter screen Darker...

Page 24: ...Video S video Horizontal 30 to 30 Vertical Zoom 15 to 15 Others 7 to 7 Comp video 16 to 16 RGB1 RGB2 250 to 250 POSITION SIZE Position Size MENUreturn ENTERnext Position Horizontal 1 Vertical 1 MENUreturn adjust POSITION SIZE Menu screen Position adjustment screen Video S video 7 to 7 Comp video 4 to 4 RGB1 RGB2 150 to 150 2 Size Width Height Adjusts screen size Adjusts width Adjusts height Increa...

Page 25: ... Balance 4 Speaker Function Adjusts treble Adjusts bass Adjusts volume balance Selects built in or external speakers Operation Stronger treble Weaker treble Stronger bass Weaker bass Higher volume from right hand speaker Higher volume from left hand speaker Use or for switching Range 6 to 6 6 to 6 10 to 10 Internal built in speakers External external speakers SOUND Menu screen SOUND Treble 0 Bass ...

Page 26: ...splayed Off not displayed English Deutsch German Español Spanish Français French Italiano Italian Português Portuguese 0 no setup 1 2 3 4 Auto NTSC PAL SECAM N PAL M PAL 4 43NTSC 2 to 1 0 to 8 On auto control Off fixed gain On enabled Off disabled Display only Displays a message screen Enter Displays Extended menu screen Return Returns to OTHERS Menu screen USING THE OTHERS AND EXTENDED MENUS Opti...

Page 27: ...Makes gradation correction Changes number of vertical lines Selects whether to enable auto frequency scanning Operation Use or for switching Use or for switching Use or for switching Display the Screen saver adjustment screen and use or to select an option Use or to switch between available choices for the selected option Use or for switching Display the Audio input selection screen and use or to ...

Page 28: ...you wish to make changes to other options 1 2 You can also use the switches on the display s control panel to accomplish these steps BASIC OPERATIONS EX ADJUSTING TINT Tint PICTURE selected in the main menu screen Tint selected in the PICTURE Menu screen Video Input Mode POWER ON RGB VIDEO WIDE POWER OFF VOL 1 2 3 4 SHIFT MENU ENTER You can make changes to all image adjustment options in the PICTU...

Page 29: ...or V S and 3 and 3 for C can be selected Sharper images Less sharp images Adjusting Color Temperature Color temp Use or to specify a desired color temperature Each time you press or one of the available choices appears in the following sequence Warm Standard Cool Warm More red tinged colors Standard Standard color temperature Cool More blue tinged colors You can adjust color temperature once you h...

Page 30: ...u finish Repeat steps 4 5 and 6 when you wish to make changes to other options 1 2 You can also use the switches on the display s control panel to accomplish these steps BASIC OPERATION EX ADJUSTING SCREEN POSITION POSITION SIZE selected from the main menu screen Position selected in the POSITION SIZE Menu screen POWER ON RGB VIDEO WIDE POWER OFF VOL 1 2 3 4 SHIFT MENU ENTER You can make changes t...

Page 31: ...t Moves screen to the left Vertical position Vertical Moves screen up Moves screen down Adjusting Screen Size Size Screen width Width Increases width Reduces width Screen height Height Increases height Reduces height Setting Range Position Horizontal 1 Vertical 1 MENUreturn adjust Size Width 1 Height 1 MENUreturn adjust Position adjustment screen Size adjustment screen V R1 R2 C S V R1 R2 C S Posi...

Page 32: ...ges to other options 1 2 You can also use the switches on the display s control panel to accomplish these steps BASIC OPERATION EX ADJUSTING VOLUME BALANCE Balance SOUND selected in the main menu screen Balance selected in the SOUND Menu screen POWER ON RGB VIDEO WIDE POWER OFF VOL 1 2 3 4 SHIFT MENU ENTER You can make changes to all sound adjustment options in the SOUND Menu The changes you make ...

Page 33: ... Any value between 6 and 6 can be selected Stronger bass Weaker bass Adjusting Volume Balance Balance Any value between 10 and 10 can be selected Higher volume from the right hand speaker Higher volume from the left hand speaker Selecting Speakers Speaker Use or to select speakers Each time you press or one of the available choices appears in the following sequence Internal External Internal Inter...

Page 34: ...ake changes to other options 1 2 You can also use the switches on the display s control panel to accomplish these steps BASIC OPERATION EX SELECTING LANGUAGE Language OTHERS selected in the main menu screen Language selected in the OTHERS Menu screen Video Input Mode POWER ON RGB VIDEO WIDE POWER OFF VOL 1 2 3 4 SHIFT MENU ENTER You can make the following changes in the OTHERS Menu Note that chang...

Page 35: ...number to each of the displays Each time you press or one of the available numbers appears in the following sequence 0 1 2 3 4 0 You can normally control displays You cannot control displays if you press any of SHIFT 1 through SHIFT 4 1 4 Allows you to control a desired display by pressing the corresponding button one of SHIFT 1 through SHIFT 4 When you do not press any of the SHIFT buttons you ca...

Page 36: ...playing System Status Status V S C R1 R2 Displays system operation status 1 Select Status and press E N T E R or The Status information screen will appear 2 Check the status Press E N T E R when you wish to update the status 3 Press M E N U to return to the OTHERS Menu screen Mode Input mode appears at the upper right corner of the screen Monitor No Monitor number Frequency Frequency and polarity ...

Page 37: ...WIDE POWER OFF VOL 1 2 3 4 SHIFT MENU ENTER You can use this menu to make adjustments for all extended features You can use the Extended menu screen to make detailed adjustments 3 4 5 DPMS selected in the Extended menu screen Video Input Mode OTHERS OSD On Language Monitor No 0 Video mode Auto AGC On Bkuish white On Status Extended menu MENUreturn ENTERnext More detailed adjustment items are inclu...

Page 38: ...ill Suitable for watching a still picture Correcting gradation Gradation R1 R2 You can use this option to make gradation corrections suitable for still or motion pictures Each time you press or one of the available choices appears in the following sequence Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 1 Suitable for watching motion pictures Mode 2 Suitable for watching still pictures Changing the number of lines displayed V...

Page 39: ...ou press or one of the available choices appears in the following sequence Off 1 min 3 min 5 min 10 min 30 min Off Disables DPMS Number Time before DPMS starts Unit minutes The power indicator lamp turns orange while the DPMS is ON The power turns ON automatically when the display receives a signal Displaying white over entire screen White screen All modes You can use this option to display white ...

Page 40: ...n saver This causes the screen saver pattern to move in the same range at regular intervals When switching between RGB and video input modes frequently 1 Select Mode for Function with Screen saver 2 Select a desired range for Moving area with Screen saver This causes the information displayed to move when you switch between modes EXTENDED FEATURES Extended menu Continued When using the display occ...

Page 41: ... a mode with this option When changing sound input Selecting input terminals Audio input All modes You can use this option to select one of the two available terminals to receive sound from input equipment 1 Select Audio input and press E N T E R or The Audio input selection screen will appear 2 Press or to select input equipment 3 Select a desired input terminal Each time you press or one of the ...

Page 42: ...option make sure that all installation requirements for that option as given in the relevant instruction manual are met The colors of options do not match the display colors perfectly Warning To prevent injury fire and electric shock arrange for options to be initially installed or installed at a different location by your dealer You can display a wide screen i e 852 dots x 480 lines when you use ...

Page 43: ...d 640 x 480 31 47 59 94 VGA 640 x 480 37 86 72 81 VGA 72 Hz 640 x 480 37 50 75 00 VGA 75 Hz 640 x 480 43 27 85 01 VGA 85 Hz 720 x 400 31 47 70 09 VGA 400 lines 640 x 400 37 86 85 08 VGA 400 lines 800 x 600 35 16 56 25 SVGA 56 Hz 640 x 400 37 88 60 32 SVGA 60 Hz 800 x 600 48 08 72 19 SVGA 72 Hz 800 x 600 48 88 75 00 SVGA 75 Hz 1024 x 768 48 36 60 00 XGA 60 Hz 640 x 480 35 00 66 67 MAC 13RGB 848 x 4...

Page 44: ...PAL SECAM N PAL M PAL 4 43NTSC PC input terminal RGB1 input terminal mD sub 3 rows 15 pin Image signal 0 7 Vp p 75 Ω Synchronization signal TTL level or 0 3 Vp p 75 Ω RGB2 input terminal BNC terminal x 5 R 0 7 Vp p 75 Ω G 0 7 Vp p 75 Ω B 0 7 Vp p 75 Ω H TTL level or 0 3 Vp p 75 Ω V TTL level or 0 3 Vp p 75 Ω Sound terminals 2 sound input pin jacks L R 2 lines 500 mVrms at least 22 kΩ Control termi...

Page 45: ...0 4 5 1995 EN61000 4 6 1996 EN61000 4 8 1993 EN61000 4 11 1994 AS Safety IEC950 A1 A2 A3 A4 EMC AS NZS 3548 Regulation PDS4214W S UL CSA Safety UL1950 CSA C22 2 No 950 EMC FCC Part 15 Class B ICES 003 Class B CE Safety EN60950 1992 A1 1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 A4 1997 EMC EN55022 1994 Class B EN61000 3 2 1995 EN61000 3 3 1995 EN55024 1998 EN61000 4 2 1995 EN61000 4 3 1996 EN61000 4 4 1995 EN61000 4 5 1...

Page 46: ...ed Features on P E 35 E 39 Input proper signals Make sure that the vertical frequency of the input signal is 75 Hz or less for SVGA and 60 Hz for XGA Turn OFF the main power switch remove the power plug from the receptacle and contact your dealer for repairs Turn OFF the main power immediately You can turn the power back ON again when the components have cooled sufficiently If the message appears ...

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