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Multimedia Plasma Monitor PDP42H2W MODEL Owner's Manual...
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TO THE OWNER Before operating this Plasma Monitor, read this manual thoroughly and operate the Plasma Monitor properly. This Plasma Monitor provides many convenient features and functions. Operating the Plasma Monitor properly enables you to manage those features and maintains it in better condition for a considerable time. Improper operation may result in not only shortening the product-life, but also malfunctions, fire hazard, or other accidents.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read these instructions. Slots and openings in the back and top of the cabinet are Keep these instructions. provided for ventilation, to insure reliable operation of the Heed all warnings. equipment and to protect it from overheating. Follow all instructions.
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: Sanyo Responsible party : SANYO Manufacturing Corporation Address : 3333 Sanyo Road, Forrest City, AR 72335 Telephone No. : (870) 633-5030 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS PREPARATION COMPUTER MODE NAME OF EACH PART OF PLASMA MONITOR 7 SELECTING INPUT SOURCE SETTING-UP PLASMA MONITOR SELECTING COMPUTER SYSTEM PC ADJUSTMENT CONNECTING PLASMA MONITOR VIDEO MODE TERMINALS OF PLASMA MONITOR SELECTING INPUT SOURCE CONNECTING TO VIDEO EQUIPMENT CONNECTING TO COMPONENT VIDEO EQUIPMENT CONNECTING TO COMPUTER BEFORE OPERATION...
PREPARATION NAME OF EACH PART OF PLASMA MONITOR Front – MENU INPUT VOLUME CURSOR (Up e e /Down d d ) buttons Plasma Display Panel Used to select an item on the On-Screen Menu. (P23) Front Control and Indicators MAIN ON–OFF Switch CURSOR (Left 7 7 /Right 8 8 ) /VOLUME +/- buttons Used to turn Plasma Monitor on or off.
PREPARATION NAME OF EACH PART OF PLASMA MONITOR Back ✽ Cooling Fan Terminals and Connectors (Left Side) (Refer to P11) Speaker Output Terminals (Left Side) (Refer to P10) Terminals and Connectors (Bottom Left) (Refer to P12) Terminals and Connectors (Bottom Center) (Refer to P12) Power Cord Connector Speaker Output Terminals (Right Side)
PREPARATION SETTING-UP PLASMA MONITOR CONNECTING AC POWER CORD This Plasma Monitor uses nominal input voltages of 100- 120 V AC. It is designed to work with single-phase power systems having a grounded neutral conductor. To reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not plug into any other type of power system.
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PREPARATION INSTALLATION OF THE SPEAKERS CAUTION IN INSTALLATION ● It is recommended that the installation work be done by more than two people. ● When holding (moving or lifting) the Plasma Monitor, hold the Monitor's body. Do not handle it by holding the attached accessory parts (the Speakers), otherwise it may result in damage of the products.
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PREPARATION Install the soft tape on the side of each speaker to contact the Plasma Monitor and fix the speakers to the Plasma monitor with the small screws. Small Screws (2pcs) Speaker Speaker Small Screws (2pcs) Soft Tape Connect the Speakers and the Plasma Monitor with the speaker cables. Speaker Cables Take off the shield Red (+)
CONNECTING PLASMA MONITOR TERMINALS OF PLASMA MONITOR This Plasma Monitor has INPUT and OUTPUT terminals on its left and right sides and back for connecting computers and video equipment. Refer to P13 to 15 for connections. AV 3 IN Input Jacks Connect video and audio outputs from a video Side (Left) equipment.
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CONNECTING PLASMA MONITOR Back (Bottom Left and Center) AUDIO VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO S-VIDEO Pr/Cr Pb/Cb VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO VIDEO Pr/Cr Pb/Cb AUDIO AUDIO AUDIO MONITOR OUT AV 1 IN AV 2 IN COMPONENT 1 IN COMPONENT 2 IN Monitor Output Jacks COMPONENT1 IN Input Jacks Connect another monitor, a video recorder or an external Connect component video and audio outputs to these...
CONNECTING PLASMA MONITOR CONNECTING TO VIDEO EQUIPMENT Cables used for connection ( Cables are not supplied with this Plasma Monitor.) • Video Cable (BNC x 1) • Video Cable (RCA x 3) NOTE : • S-VIDEO Cable When connecting the Plasma Monitor, AC Power •...
CONNECTING PLASMA MONITOR CONNECTING TO COMPONENT VIDEO EQUIPMENT Cables used for connection (Cables are not supplied with this Plasma Monitor.) • Video Cable (RCA x 3) or (BNC x 3) • Audio Cable (RCA x 2) • BNC/RCA Adapters (BNC x 3, Supplied) Component Video Source DVD player Component video output equipment.
CONNECTING PLASMA MONITOR CONNECTING TO COMPUTER Cables used for connection (Those Cables and Adapter are not supplied with this Plasma Monitor • VGA Cable (HDB 15 pin) NOTE : • DVI-Digital Cable (for single link T.M.D.S) When connecting the cables, AC Power Cords of both •...
BEFORE OPERATION OPERATION OF REMOTE CONTROL POWER ON-OFF button Used to turn the Plasma Monitor on or off. (P18) VOLUME(+/–) buttons Remote Control Used to adjust volume. (P27) MUTE button Used to mute sound. (P27) CURSOR (UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT) buttons Used to select items or adjust values in the On-Screen Menu. (P23) The MOVE UP/DOWN buttons are also used to move up/down image in wide screen mode.
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BEFORE OPERATION OPERATING RANGE Point the Remote Control Unit toward the Plasma Monitor (Infrared Remote Receiver) whenever pressing the buttons. Maximum operating range for the Remote Control Unit is about 16.4’ (5m) and 60° in front of the Plasma Monitor. –...
BASIC OPERATION TURNING ON / OFF PLASMA MONITOR Complete the peripheral connections (with Computer, VCR, etc.) before turning on the Plasma Monitor. (Refer to "CONNECTING PLASMA MONITOR" on P13~15 for connections.) Connect the Plasma Monitor's AC Power Cord into an AC outlet . Press the MAIN ON/OFF switch on the Front Control of the Plasma Monitor.
BASIC OPERATION OFF TIMER With the Off timer function, the Plasma Monitor can be set to turned off automatically after 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes. SET THE OFF TIMER INPUT VIDEO ON-OFF COMPONENT Pressing the OFF TIMER button on the Remote Control Unit until the desired minutes is displayed.
BASIC OPERATION WIDE SCREEN OPERATION With this function, you can enjoy viewing wide screen images of video/DVD softwares. WIDE button SELECTING WIDE MODE Natural wide Select a screen size among "Natural wide", "Zoom", "Zoom(Caption- IN)", "Full" and "Normal" by pressing the WIDE button on the Remote Zoom Control Unit.
BASIC OPERATION SELECTING INPUT SOURCE VIDEO INPUT Select either "AV1" or "AV2" or "AV3" by pressing the VIDEO button AV 1 on the Remote Control Unit. (Refer to "CONNECTING TO VIDEO EQUIPMENT" on Page 13.) AV 2 AV 3 COMPONENT INPUT Select "Component1"...
BASIC OPERATION PICTURE IMAGE LEVEL SELECT VIDEO/COMPONENT MODE Select an image level among Dynamic, Natural, Cinema and Memory Dynamic by pressing the PICTURE button on the Remote Control Unit. Natural Dynamic High contrast picture level preset on this Plasma Monitor. Cinema Natural Memory...
BASIC OPERATION OPERATING ON-SCREEN MENU You can control and adjust this Plasma Monitor through the On-Screen Menu. Refer to the following pages to operate each ON-OFF VIDEO COMPONENT adjustment on the On-Screen Menu. VOLUME PC/DVI-D BUTTONS FOR ON-SCREEN MENU OPERATION OFF TIMER WIDE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT...
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BASIC OPERATION ON SCREEN MENU TREE Picture adjustment (P26) MENU Picture adjustment Contrast Contrast Brightness Brightness Picture adjustment Color Tint Sound adjustment Color Sharpness Screen adjustment Noise reduction Tint Picture setup Sharpness Initial setup Select Return M E N U Exit STATUS PC mode adjustment...
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BASIC OPERATION MENU Initial setup (P35) Picture adjustment Initial setup Sound adjustment Language Screen adjustment Language English DVI setup HDCP Picture setup DVI setup Start mode Initial setup No operation shut off timer Start mode PC mode adjustment Reset Setup ...
BASIC OPERATION PICTURE ADJUSTMENT Press the MENU button and the On-Screen Menu will appear. MENU Picture adjustment Press the ed buttons to select an item that you want to adjust, Contrast and then press the OK button. The value of the selected item is Brightness displayed.
BASIC OPERATION SOUND ADJUSTMENT Indicates the roughly level VOLUME (green) of volume. Press the VOLUME (+/–) button(s) on the Remote Control Unit or the Front Control to adjust volume. The Volume dialog box appears on screen for a few seconds. Press the VOLUME (+) button to increase volume, and (–) button to decrease.
BASIC OPERATION SCREEN ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTING WIDE IMAGE SCREEN ADJUST MENU Press the MENU button and the On-Screen Menu will appear. Screen adjustment Press the e e d d buttons to select "Screen adjustment" menu and Vertical then press the OK button. "Screen adjustment" menu will Horizontal appear.
COMPUTER MODE SELECTING INPUT SOURCE REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION Select "PC" or "DVI-D" by pressing the PC/DVI-D button on the Remote Control Unit. DVI-D FRONT CONTROL OPERATION Select "PC" or "DVI-D" by pressing the INPUT button on the Front Control of the Plasma Monitor. (Refer to P21) SELECTING COMPUTER SYSTEM This Plasma Monitor automatically tunes to most different types of computers based on VGA, SVGA or XGA (refer to “COMPATIBLE COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS”...
COMPUTER MODE PC ADJUSTMENT PC MODE ADJUSTMENT "PC mode adjustment" menu is provided to adjust "Clock", "Phase", "Position" and "Power save" to conform to your computer. These functions can be operated as follows: Press the MENU button and the On-Screen Menu will appear. PC MODE ADJUSTMENT MENU Picture adjustment Press the...
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COMPUTER MODE Phase Adjust when Horizontal noise lines are observed. Adjust with the 78 buttons. Phase NOTE : This adjustment will be required when the displayed image is unclear or flickering. Position Adjusts the screen position. and 78 buttons. Adjust with the e e d d Position 7 e d 8...
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COMPUTER MODE COMPATIBLE COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS Basically this Plasma Monitor can accept the signals from all computers with the V, H-Frequency mentioned below and less than 100 MHz of Dot Clock. SYSTEM H-Freq. V-Freq. SYSTEM H-Freq. V-Freq. RESOLUTION RESOLUTION MODE (kHz) (Hz) MODE (kHz)
VIDEO MODE SELECTING INPUT SOURCE VIDEO INPUT Select either "AV1", "AV2" or "AV3" by pressing the VIDEO button on the Remote Control Unit. AV 2 AV 3 COMPONENT INPUT Select "Component 1" or "Component 2" by pressing the Component 1 COMPONENT button on the Remote Control Unit.
SETTING PICTURE SETUP "Picture setup" menu is provided to make settings of the following items: "Dynamic AI/ Light sensor", "ECO mode", "Color temperature", "Fresh tone" and "Cinema auto" Press the MENU button and the On-Screen Menu will appear. PICTURE SETUP MENU Press the e e d d buttons to select "Picture setup menu"...
SETTING INITIAL SETUP "Initial setup" menu is provided to make settings of the following items: "Language", "DVI setup", "Start mode", "No operation shut off timer" and "Reset" Press the MENU button and the On-Screen Menu will appear. INITIAL SETUP MENU Picture adjustment Press the e e d d...
SETTING SCREEN SAVER FUNCTION Displaying a still picture (non-movement) for a long time cause afterimage (ghost) on the screen. To neutralize the remaining image, the Screen saver function (3 modes) is provided. Use the function to protect your Plasma Monitor. SCREEN SAVER MENU SELECTING SCREEN SAVER Picture adjustment...
SETTING SIDE BAR Screen saver The Side bar function turns black side bars on screen into gray to Pic rotation alleviate the screen burning caused by sharp contrast between image Cycle time 60 Min area and no image area. White pattern Proceed Press the ed buttons to select "Side bar", and press the 78 buttons Display time...
APPENDIX TROUBLESHOOTING Before calling your dealer or service center for assistance, try the following steps. 1. Make sure you have connected the Plasma Monitor to your equipment as described in the section "CONNECTING PLASMA MONITOR" on P13 ~ 15. 2. Check cable connections. Verify that all the computer, video and power cords are properly connected. 3.
APPENDIX Problem: Try these Solutions ● There may be some tiny black points and/or bright points on the PDP (Plasma Display There are tiny black Panel). These points are normal. points and/or bright points on the PDP. ● When the Plasma Monitor has some trouble, self diagnose function activates.(P40) The POWER indicator is flashing.
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APPENDIX AUTO POWER OFF When a trouble is detected in the Plasma Monitor, the protection function works and turn the Plasma Monitor off automatically. When the Plasma Monitor is turned off with this function, the POWER indicator flashes and the Plasma Monitor cannot be turned on.
APPENDIX TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Screen Diagonal Product name Multimedia Plasma Monitor Panel type Plasma Display Panel (16 x 9) Display area 922 mm (W) x 522 mm (H) Resolution / Color 1024 x 1024 pixels / 16,770,000 colors Viewing Angle 160˚ (Vertical / Horizontal) Color System NTSC PC Interface...
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APPENDIX MEASUREMENT Size in inch (mm) 48.27 (1226) 3.31 (84) 40.83 (1037) 28.54 (725) 12.60 (320) CONFIGURATIONS OF PC TERMINALS PC IN (D-SUB) TERMINAL Terminal : HDB15-PIN Pin Configuration Red Input No Connect Green Input Ground (Vert.sync.) Blue Input Sense 0 Sense 2 Sense 1 Ground (Horiz.sync.)
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MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. OBLIGATIONS For one year from the date of purchase, Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and conditions. Should replacement be necessary under this warranty for any reason due to manufacturing defect or malfunction during the first year from date of original purchase, Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation will provide a new Plasma Monitor via exchange at the retailer at no charge.
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Part No. 610 313 9852 (1AA6P1P4502-- J3TM) Printed in Japan...