Planar M40L, Installation Manual

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Page 3: ...al the Company shall not be liable for errors or omissions contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material Warranty an...

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Page 5: ...Installing an m40L m46L 7 Before You Begin 7 Tools Equipment List 7 Other Things You May Need 7 Plan Your Installation 7 Prepare Your Installation Location 8 Installation Checklist 9 Unpacking and Ch...

Page 6: ...t Levels 25 Adjusting Levels for Analog Sources 25 Why Adjust Levels 25 Semi Automatic Level Adjustment 25 Adjusting Levels for Digital Sources 28 Adjusting Levels for Video Sources 29 Adjusting the P...

Page 7: ...Unit 48 Wall Setup 48 Overscan 48 Viewport Adjustment 49 Display Resolution 49 Viewport 49 Adjusting Color Balance 51 Understanding Gamma Correction 52 Understanding Color Temperature 52 Adjusting Col...

Page 8: ...1 Serial Port Settings 71 Group ID and Unit ID 71 ASCII Response Type 72 ASCII Response Terminator 72 Baud Rate 73 Serial Port Status 73 Controlling With RS232 Commands 73 Saving and Recalling Configu...

Page 9: ...Contents m40L m46L Installation Guide v Downloading Additional Documentation and Firmware 89 Downloading Utility Software 90 Specifications 91 m40L Dimensions 95 m46L Dimensions 96 Regulatory Informa...

Page 10: ...Table of Contents vi m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Page 11: ...The m40L m46L have a native HD 1920 x 1080 resolution Both accept a wide range of input pictures from VGA to 1080p With the optional Video Input Module the m40L m46L accepts NTSC and PAL as composite...

Page 12: ...st be capable of holding five times this weight 315 420 lbs 145 190 kg Caution The screen could be damaged by heavy pressure Slight pressure on the LCD will cause distortion of the image Heavier press...

Page 13: ...European Union Disposal Information m40L m46L Installation Guide 3 European Union Disposal Information...

Page 14: ...lor inverted and brightness inverted version of the previous image to be retained when a new image is displayed This behavior is true for any LCD device from any LCD manufacturer Here are some guideli...

Page 15: ...ducts or direct sunlight that can cause the display to experience high operating temperatures At 2000 meters or below the maximum ambient operating temperature cannot be above 35 C nor below the mini...

Page 16: ...ow these instructions carefully Keep in mind the following general installation guidelines Screw length is crucial and will vary depending on the type of mount you use Total screw length will include...

Page 17: ...Ladders lift Back brace Stud finder if hanging display on a wall Other Things You May Need Computer network LAN cables straight through no crossover to interconnect multiple displays for RS232 contro...

Page 18: ...custom enclosures are part of the installation they must be fully designed to accommodate the installation of the units as well as the installed unit and ventilation and cooling requirements If your...

Page 19: ...Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide provides the basic setup needed to get the m40L m46L up and running It does not contain the detailed information included in this Installation Guide Remote Con...

Page 20: ...omer supplied items as needed to complete your installation RJ45 to 9 pin adapter if you will use RS232 commands to control the displays RJ45 cable computer network type Component video cables S Video...

Page 21: ...isplay Connecting Picture Sources The three main types of inputs are Analog computer from UXGA down to VGA Digital computer Video optional with VIM Composite NTSC PAL or SECAM S Video 50Hz or 60 Hz Co...

Page 22: ...coming from the DVI out connector will be accepted and displayed by other m40L m46L displays However it does not strictly conform to the DVI standard Non Planar units will not be able to display this...

Page 23: ...y Connect a power cable to the power supply and to an AC source The power supply is auto ranging so it works with any source from 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz The AC Master switch is next to the power r...

Page 24: ...About UPS Supplies 14 m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Page 25: ...tion Look at the sides of the connectors that do not have the locking tab If the colors of the wires inside the connectors are the same left to right for both connectors this is the correct cable If t...

Page 26: ...e to be the same one as the computer used as a picture source The serial output is sometimes called the Comm Port and sometimes there is more than one 2 Connect a cable from the RJ 45 adapter to the n...

Page 27: ...isplays when you perform the steps in the following order Select the Source Picture See Selecting the Source on page 19 Adjust the Input Levels See Adjusting Input Levels on page 25 Adjust Frequency a...

Page 28: ...ental adjustment of the display you can disable the remote control function using an RS232 command Note The remote control has a large spread of its IR radiation It is difficult from a distance to con...

Page 29: ...below depending on whether your display has the optional VIM installed Connect the power cord and turn on the power switch If the power was already on and the backlights are off press the ON button on...

Page 30: ...lorspace is set accordingly DVD and Component Video Sources DVD players have composite video and S Video outputs and sometimes have component video outputs from three RCA connectors Note HDCP High ban...

Page 31: ...to go to the next one with a picture d If you get no picture or have other trouble see Manually Selecting the Source on page 21 Manually Selecting the Source 1 After the display is on press FREQ PHAS...

Page 32: ...input from the source cannot be displayed Try changing the source s resolution output b If you see a source absent message on the display the data from the source is not reaching the display Try disco...

Page 33: ...D 31 HPer 3178 VLines 525 Horizontal Resolution 1366 Vertical Resolution 768 Frequency 1602 Phase 22 5 Sharpness 4 Input Levels Picture Source Digital Vertical Frequency frame locked 60Hz Colorspace R...

Page 34: ...z Vertical Frequency frame locked 60Hz Sharpness 4 Input Levels Picture Source Component YPbPr Video Standard NTSC 60 Hz 3 58 MHz Vertical Frequency frame locked 60Hz Horizontal Frequency 50 00kHz Hor...

Page 35: ...hite The result Good pictures using the dynamic range of color coming from the source Note For Input Levels you must use the computer or source you will use for the program For example don t make this...

Page 36: ...olor of the picture will change while it is working and then will change back to normal 5 From the computer source display an all white picture 6 In the INPUT LEVELS menu select AUTO WHITE LEVEL and p...

Page 37: ...LACK LEVEL to adjust the other two values to zero 5 Display an all white picture from the source computer 6 Adjust WHITE LEVEL GAIN until the CENTER POINT values go to 255 Once any value reaches 255 u...

Page 38: ...his is the default for most sources 3 It would be rare for you to adjust black and white levels for a digital source However depending on the source what black and white mean can be different In most...

Page 39: ...manually Adjusting the Picture With Color Bars 1 To access the INPUT LEVELS menu press LEVEL on the remote Note These controls are also used for analog sources when you select component video 2 If po...

Page 40: ...calibrate the black level on a video monitor 8 Although it is not required we recommend that you save the configuration to a memory slot See Saving Configurations on page 78 9 If you have more than o...

Page 41: ...the screen You will get best results with something that has a lot of changes such as a checkerboard pattern Making a Checkerboard Pattern With Paint You will need to display a checkerboard pattern f...

Page 42: ...e and more vertical bands will appear in the picture Adjust Frequency so there are no vertical bands Note Be sure there are no zoom adjustments in effect when adjusting Frequency If there are you will...

Page 43: ...are 1 33 Movies from DVDs vary depending on the original film format but are often 1 85 The larger the number the wider the picture seems When the incoming picture is a different aspect ratio from th...

Page 44: ...box Pillarbox 16x9 4x3 One to One Scale Mode Affect on Input Type on 4 x 3 Display Affect on Input Type on 16 x 9 Display 4 x 3 source e g Standard Video or VGA SVGA XGA 16 x 9 source e g 1080i or WXG...

Page 45: ...1 77 the standard for many DVD movies This will distort any picture other than 16 x 9 aspect ratio pictures 16 x 9 can be used to display anamorphic DVDs on an array 4 x 3 No distortion Compresses wi...

Page 46: ...nd aspect ratio of the picture This may leave blank areas on all four sides For instance a VGA picture 640 x 480 on a 16 x 9 display will occupy only a small area in the center of the screen For UXGA...

Page 47: ...then across and up Overscan This is used to hide blank areas and stray lines in the edges of an image The lower the overscan setting the more of the optical image that is seen Planar displays have a...

Page 48: ...Wall Mode 38 m40L m46L Installation Guide Wall Mode See Wall Mode on page 44 Aspect Ratio Wall Scale Mode 16 x 9 Justify Center Overscan 0 Border Color Black No Big Picture Key installed...

Page 49: ...how to set Scale Mode see Scale Mode Settings on page 33 Sharpness Settings The Sharpness setting is in the PICTURE menu press FREQ PHASE on the remote Sharpness settings determine how crisp the image...

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Page 51: ...re moves up and to the left Horizontal Position Shows the number of pixels from the beginning of H sync to the first active pixel Because there are many black pixels after H sync this number will not...

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Page 53: ...ion the picture with the display controls With most processors you can position and zoom the picture with the processor controls Using Planar s Big PictureTM Loop the same source through all the displ...

Page 54: ...e four displays in the upper left corner for instance Unit Column and Unit Row These represent the position of the display in this array For example in the 4 x 3 array of displays shown below Unit num...

Page 55: ...intent is to display a large version of an image However even the thinnest of mullions break up the image oddly One way around this is to adjust the image Imagine looking out a window made up of many...

Page 56: ...nding on how closely you space the displays you must determine how much of the picture to hide behind the display s mullions and the space between displays Frame Height and Frame Width Frame Height ca...

Page 57: ...pixels larger in each direction You can also zoom the sides up to 100 pixels smaller but only if that side is not the edge of the overall picture An example may help make this point more clearly The...

Page 58: ...els Wall Setup Specifies the size of the array from the ASPECT RATIO WALL menu and the column and row of this display Overscan See Overscan on page 37 Zoom Top Left Arrows move top and left 0 0 0 0 Im...

Page 59: ...source picture Viewport Shows the number of display pixels being used Main Menu Picture Size Position Aspect Ratio Wall Memory Diagnostics Advanced Options Program Information Size Position Picture Po...

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Page 61: ...om one display to the next because of slight variations in the backlights and display panels This cannot be avoided but you can compensate for it with color balancing Caution In order to maintain temp...

Page 62: ...a specific gamma value The table below lists these values Understanding Color Temperature Different pure white light sources do not always have the same color For instance light from an incandescent...

Page 63: ...lancing a Single Display If you have only one display the Color Balance controls are only used to set the color temperature of the single display Color Balancing Multiple Displays Color balancing is s...

Page 64: ...highlight TEST PATTERN and use the left or right arrows until the menu displays WHITE Note Always use the internal Test Patterns for color balancing not an external pattern 6 When all displays are whi...

Page 65: ...eep from setting other displays and allow you to see more of the white field To unhide the menu press ENTER Note The menus will automatically turn off after a time determined in the MENU OPTIONS menu...

Page 66: ...ange pick one at random and change it 4 or 5 steps The result will be either better or worse If worse go the other way with that color If that is also worse put this color back where you started and d...

Page 67: ...ons see Menu Options on page 60 Message in Picture see Message in Picture on page 61 Set Clock Schedule Events see Setting the Clock Scheduling an Event on page 62 Miscellaneous Options The MISCELLANE...

Page 68: ...is not enough information for the display to properly detect the signal In certain cases a display receiving such ambiguous signal modes could misinterpret the resolution to be any of three different...

Page 69: ...ote Searching will not occur because the picture goes black Black from video or from a computer is a valid picture The signal itself the sync pulses must be lost to trigger a search Do Checkboxes Each...

Page 70: ...The number indicates in percent how far across the screen the menu starts V Position Moves the menus up or down on the screen Use the or arrows on the remote to move the menu The number indicates in...

Page 71: ...U select ADVANCED OPTIONS MESSAGE IN PICTURE Note The MESSAGE IN PICTURE menu is only available if the computer connected by RS232 has enabled the Message in Picture feature Recall Last MIP Redisplays...

Page 72: ...ning the unit on or off 1 To access the SET CLOCK SCHEDULE EVENTS menu press MENU on the remote and from the MAIN MENU select ADVANCED OPTIONS SET CLOCK SCHEDULE EVENTS Advanced Options Color Balance...

Page 73: ...page 64 To schedule an event see Scheduling an Event on page 64 Set Clock Schedule Events Press ENTER to set clock and schedule events Current Date Time Tue Feb 28 2007 10 40 01 07 30 Daily Turn On 0...

Page 74: ...to see the new time at the top of the SET CLOCK SCHEDULE EVENTS menu 4 Press MENU to close the menu system Scheduling an Event The most important event that can be scheduled for the m40L m46L is to tu...

Page 75: ...he frequency back to One Time and then correcting the date and time 3 Use the up down arrows to select the Action line Use the keys to scroll through the list of Action items until you find the one yo...

Page 76: ...n Month Hour Minute Note Time is calculated using a 24 hour clock For example if you want your unit to turn off at 9 30 p m set the Hour line to 21 and the Minute line to 30 7 Continue setting up even...

Page 77: ...a of the m40L m46L determine the image brightness This is useful when the m40L m46L is in a location that sometimes has daylight which can vary When there is less ambient light the screen can be darke...

Page 78: ...ou want to have finer control over the backlight intensity range or dim your panel more than the default check the BACKLIGHT EXTENDED RANGE box If this option is checked the backlight intensity ranges...

Page 79: ...ing if the ambient light level is near the ambient threshold High Temperature Warning The m40L m46L has a feature that allows the display to recognize when it is too hot and to automatically reduce th...

Page 80: ...6L on for 24 hours a day To get the most out of your display see Recommended Usage on page 4 If the displays normally have the backlights off for part of the day or night do not check this box Otherwi...

Page 81: ...isplay in the loop must have a unique ID The RS232 ID has two parts Group ID and Unit ID Each part has a range of 0 9 A Z This range results in 1300 possible addresses You can group the displays by us...

Page 82: ...or human readable text in a serial program choose SYMBOLIC For computer read data use NUMERIC or DATA ONLY ASCII Response Terminator Will be determined by what your serial program wants to see at the...

Page 83: ...a different serial port use the arrow key The SERIAL PORT STATUS menu provides diagnostic information for the serial port Controlling With RS232 Commands The RS232 protocol the rules for controlling d...

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Page 85: ...rom cache How Automatic Save Works Whenever you change settings on the display with the remote control or RS232 commands they are saved automatically If you change to a new source switch to another in...

Page 86: ...ngs are stored globally that is they are stored at the display level and are the same for all memory slots Everything in the MISCELLANEOUS menu Everything in AUTO SETUP OPTIONS Everything in MENU OPTI...

Page 87: ...x Contrast video x Curtain Pattern x Do Frequency x Do Phase x Do Position x Frequency x Group ID x Hue x Justify x Menu H Position x Menu Timeout x Menu V Position x Overscan x Phase x Plug and Play...

Page 88: ...lot has settings already saved to it If you want you can overwrite what s already saved 4 Press ENTER The SAVE SLOT menu displays Save 1 9 17 25 33 2 10 18 26 34 3 11 19 27 35 4 12 20 28 36 5 13 21 29...

Page 89: ...Select SAVE NOW and press ENTER The display instantly stores all the current settings into that memory slot Changing the Name of the Memory Slot The default name is an abbreviation of the source conne...

Page 90: ...hen navigating you can only go to the checked numbers All the slots with checks have something stored in them The others are grayed out 3 Press ENTER to open the RECALL SLOT menu Recall 1 9 17 25 33 2...

Page 91: ...of the memory is listed here as well as all the important parameters data stored in that memory slot 4 If the name is not the one you want press PREV and choose another memory 5 In the RECALL SLOT me...

Page 92: ...h 40 numbered memory slots 3 Navigate with the arrow keys to the slot you want to delete and press ENTER When navigating you can only go to the checked numbers All the slots with checks have something...

Page 93: ...ore saving new data Saving will overwrite the stored data See Saving Configurations on page 78 Delete Slot Number 17 Delete Now Name AN 1366x768 Source Analog Colorspace RGB Resolution 1366 x 768 Scal...

Page 94: ...Deleting a Configuration 84 m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Page 95: ...menu appears Check if the Curtain or Test Pattern is displayed message in red appears on the menu If it does not appear go to 3 If the message does appear go to 2 2 Press CURTAIN once on the remote I...

Page 96: ...ont LED is illuminated Reconnect cable or turn on unit If your screen shows black or a test pattern Do This Result Explanation Further Action m40L m46L doesn t respond to remote control Possible Cause...

Page 97: ...ure Indicates the current internal temperature at one point inside the unit This is not the highest or the lowest temperature of the unit nor an indicator of ambient temperatures Unit Status m40L 1920...

Page 98: ...of the suggestions offered thus far have solved your problem contact Planar s Technical Support Department via mail Planar Systems Inc Control Room and Digital Signage 1195 NW Compton Drive Beaverton...

Page 99: ...are Some of the other documents for the m40L m46L which are or will be available from the Technical Support Department website are listed below Document Name Contents Installation Guide Information fo...

Page 100: ...2 Enter your login and password information 3 Navigate to the section that contains software updates and then look for m40L m46L 4 From the list of available software click on the tool you need For ex...

Page 101: ...tical and horizontal Display color charcoal gray Rear clearance required 5 12mm Screen dimensions Diagonal 40 1016mm 46 1168mm Width 35 885mm 40 1018mm Height 20 497mm 23 573mm Aspect ratio 16 9 16 9...

Page 102: ...15V m40L 230V m46L 115V m46L 230V 1 78A 0 87A 2 41A 1 2A Heat BTUs per hour m40L m46L 700 950 Electrical and Heat Specifications Continued Specification Maximum Minimum Typical Notes Optical Specifica...

Page 103: ...r of colors 16 7 M Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels Backlight life hours 50 000 Optical Specifications Continued Specification Maximum Minimum Typical Notes Environmental Specifications Specification Max...

Page 104: ...94 m40L m46L Installation Guide Mounting Specifications Specification End to End Longer Side of Display End to End Shorter Side of Display Screw Size VESA MIS F m40L 400 400 M10 m46L 600 400 M10...

Page 105: ...m40L m46L Installation Guide 95 m40L Dimensions Dimensions shown in parentheses are in inches All other dimensions are in millimeters...

Page 106: ...96 m40L m46L Installation Guide m46L Dimensions Dimensions shown in parentheses are in inches All other dimensions are in millimeters...

Page 107: ...Directive is maintained at the corporate headquarters of Planar Systems Inc 1195 NW Compton Drive Beaverton OR 97006 Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Clas...

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Page 109: ...6 automatic adjustments 17 automatic shutoff scheduling 64 avoiding temporary image retention 4 B backlight control 67 68 control mode 68 high temperature warning 69 intensity 68 status 67 warning 2 b...

Page 110: ...s 60 heat specifications 91 help how to obtain 88 high temperature warning 69 horizontal position 41 hours menu where stored 76 hue 29 where stored 76 humidity 93 I ID 72 input amplitude 91 levels 28...

Page 111: ...verwriting a memory 79 P PAL 20 parameters saved 76 phase automatic adjustment 31 where stored 76 picture menu 19 position 41 position 41 60 where stored 76 power cables connecting 13 cord 9 receptacl...

Page 112: ...rical 91 environmental 93 mechanical 91 mounting 94 static image applications 4 switching input connectors 78 T temperature warning 69 temporary image retention definition 4 thermal guidelines 5 TIR s...