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Degaussing your Monitor
If your monitor is displaying “purity problems,” (a display with purity problems will have parts of an all-white
screen affected by blotches of color) the monitor needs to be degaussed using a “degaussing coil.” A de-
gaussing coil is a circular electromagnet used to cancel out any stray magnetic fields that may build up on a
metal object.
All of our monitors have built-in degaussing coils that are automatically activated on power-up. If your game is
experiencing minor purity problems, try powering down the game for 5 minutes and then reapplying power to
activate the degaussing coil. If the problem is not corrected, you will have to use a manual degaussing coil.
Follow the instructions below for degaussing a monitor.
1.
Plug in your degaussing coil.
2.
Hold the coil about three feet from the monitor, press the trigger to activate the magnetic field (for circular-
shaped coils, orient the coil so you see the monitor through the hole in the middle; for wand-shaped coils,
point the wand towards the screen).
3.
Move the coil in a circular motion around the face of the monitor and slowly approach the game.
4.
Continuing to move the coil in a circular motion, slowly back away from the monitor.
5a. CIRCULAR-SHAPED COILS: When you are about three feet away, quickly turn the coil perpendicular to
the monitor and release the trigger.
5b. WAND-SHAPED COILS: When you are about three feet away, point the wand away from the monitor and
release the trigger.
Monitor Information - Degaussing Procedures
Megatouch MAXX Technical Reference Manual
