BenQ Fp241vw User Manual
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11 How to assemble your monitor hardware Adjusting the monitor angle For comfortable viewing of images on the screen, you may tilt the monitor upward to 12 degrees and downward to -5 degrees. 6. Turn on the power. Connect the other end of power cable to the nearby electric outlet. Picture may differ from product supplied for your region. Turn on the monitor by pressing the power key. Turn on the computer too, and follow the instruc- tions in Section 4: Getting the most from your BenQ monitor on page 14 to install the monitor software.
12 How to assemble your monitor hardware Detaching the top-mount monitor shelf It’s easy to detach the top-mount monitor shelf from the monitor and no removal tool is needed. Before you begin, take away all the items displayed or hung on the shelf. Then, hold both sides of the sh elf assembly and gently pull the it upward away from the monitor. Using the monitor wall mounting kit The back of your LCD monitor has a VESA st andard mount with 100mm pattern, allowing the installation of a wall mount bracket. Before star ting to install a monitor wall mounting kit, please read the precautions carefully. Precautions: • Install your monitor and monitor mount ing kit on a wall with flat surface. • Ensure that the wall material is stable to support the weight of the monitor. • Turn off the monitor and the power before disconnecting the cables from the LCD monitor. 1. Remove the rear cover. Gently push the rear cover and rotate it counterclock- wise until the rear cover unlocks. The screw plate at the back of the monitor could be revealed. Keep the rear cover somewhere safe for future storage.
13 How to assemble your monitor hardware 2. Follow the instruction manuals of the wall mount bracket you purchased to complete the installation.
14 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor 4. Getting the most from your BenQ monitor Monitors and USB hubs Your BenQ FP241VW LCD Monitor is a modern state-of-the-art device. It not only utilizes the latest LCD display technology currently available – it contains a built-in 2 port USB 2.0 hub. Using only one USB 2.0 port on your computer (freeing the others up for other uses), the built-in hub provides close, handy, easy-to-use access for your USB devices. You could use the USB hub to plug-in your USB keyboard, USB mouse, and USB web ca mera all at the same time if you wish. Or if you connect your keyboard and mouse directly to your computer, you could use the USB ports on the monitor for connection to your digital camera, digital video camera, USB reader, USB printer, USB memory stick, or any other USB device. What do I have to do? All you have to do, is connect the monitor cables as instructed in How to install your monitor hardware of this User Manual, turn the co mputer and monitor on, then you’re ready to Plug-and-Play with USB, Windows, and your Be nQ LCD Monitor’s USB hub. Windows XP and later comes with integrated USB support. It wi ll automatically detect and identify your USB devices, and install the necessary drivers for them to work. If your USB device was accompanied by the manufacturer’s driver or custom software for the device, you need only point Windows in the direction of that driver, and Windows will install it for you. How do I gain the most be nefit from my new monitor? To gain the most benefit from your new BenQ color LCD flat screen monitor, you should install the custom BenQ LCD Monitor dr iver software as provided on the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM. The circumstances under which you connect and in stall your BenQ LCD Monitor will determine which process you need to follow to successfully install the BenQ LCD Monitor driver software. These circumstances relate to which version of Microsoft Windows you are using, and whether you are connecting the monitor and installing the software onto a new computer (without existing monitor driver software), or whether you are upgrad ing an existing installation (which already has existing monitor driver software) with a newer monitor. In either case however, the very next time you turn on your computer (after connecting the monitor to your computer), Windows will automatically recognise the new (or different) hardware, and will launch its Found New Hardware wizard. Follow the wizard instructions until it asks you to select a monitor model. At that point, click the Have Disk button, insert the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM and select the appropriate monitor model. Further details and step-by-step instruc tions for both an automatic (new) or upgrade (existing) installation follow. See: • How to install the monitor on a new computer on page 16 . • How to upgrade the monitor on an existing computer on page 17
15 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor If you require a User Name and Password to login to your Windows computer, you must be logged on as an Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group in order to install the monitor driver software. Furthermore, if your computer is connected to a network which has security access requirements, network policy settings may prevent you from in stalling software on your computer.
16 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor How to install the monitor on a new computer This instruction details the procedure for selecting and installing the BenQ LCD Monitor driver software on a new computer which has never had a monitor driver installed before. This instruction is only suitable for a computer which has never been used before, and for which the BenQ LCD Monitor is the first ever monitor to be connected to it. If you are adding the BenQ LCD Monitor to an exis ting computer that has already had another monitor connected to it (and has monitor driver software inst alled), you should not be following these instructions. You should instead be following the instructions for How to upgrade the monitor on an existing computer. 1. Follow the instructions in How to assemble your monitor hardware on page 9 . When Windows starts, it will automatically detect the new monitor and launch the Found New Hard- ware Wizard . Follow the prompts until it displays the option to Install Hardware Device drivers. 2. Insert the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM into a CD drive on the computer. 3. Check Search for a suitable driver for my device option, and click Next. 4. Check the option for CD-ROM drives (uncheck all others) and click Next. 5. Look to confirm that the wizard has selected the correct name of your monitor as “BenQ FP241VW” and click Next. 6. Click Finish. 7. Restart the computer.
17 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor How to upgrade the monitor on an existing computer This instruction details the procedure for manual ly updating the existing monitor driver software on your Microsoft Windows computer. It is curr ently tested as compatible (and recommended only) for Windows XP and Window s Vista Operating System (OS). The BenQ LCD Monitor driver for your model may well function perfectly with other versions of Windows, however, as at the time of writing, BenQ has done no testing of this driver on other versions of Windows and cannot guarantee its operation on those systems. Installing monitor driver software involves selecting an appropriate information file (.inf ) on the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM for the particular model monitor you have connected, and letting Windows install the corresponding driver files from the CD. You need only steer it in the right direction. See: • How to install on Windows Vista systems on page 18 . • How to install on Windows XP system on page 19
18 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor How to install on Windows Vista systems 1. Open Display Settings . Right-click the desktop and select Personalize from the popup menu. Select Display Settings from the Personalize appearance and sounds window. The Display Settings window will display. 2. Click the Advanced Settings button. The Generic PnP Monitor Properties window will display. 3. Click the Monitor tab and the Properties button. 4. Click Continue in the prompted User Account Control window. 5. Click the Driver tab and the Update Driver button. 6. Insert the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM into a CD drive on the computer. 7. In the Update Driver Software window, select the option ‘ Browse my computer for driver software ’. 8. Click ‘ Browse’ and select Driver > Windows Vista > FP241VW from the CD, and click the Next button. This will copy and install the appropriate monitor driver files to your computer. 9. Click Close. You do not need to restart Windows Vista, as the BenQ LCD monitor drivers will operate immediately with no further action required by you.
19 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor How to install on Windows XP system 1. Open Display Properties . The quickest shortcut to Display Properties is through the Windows desktop. Right-click the desktop and select Properties from the popup menu. Alternatively, the Windows menu to Display Properties is located in Control Panel . In Windows XP version, Control Panel is located directly under the main Start menu item. The menu options displayed will depend upon whic h type of view is selected for your system. • Under the Classic view, click Start | Control Panel | Display . • Under the Category view, click Start | Control Panel | Appearance and Themes | Change the screen resolution . The Display Properties window will display. 2. Click the Settings tab and the Advanced button. The Advanced Display Properties window will display. 3. Click the Monitor tab and select the ‘Plug and Play Monitor’ from the list. If there is only one monitor in the list, it will already be selected for you. 4. Click the Properties button. The Monitor Properties window will display. If the driver provider is listed as BenQ, and the model matches that of your new monitor, the proper drivers are already installed, and you need do nothing further. Cancel out of these property windows. However, if BenQ is not listed as the manufacturer, or the correct model is not currently shown, you will need to continue with these instructions. 5. Click the Driver tab and the Update Driver button. The Hardware Update Wizard will display. Follow the wizard instructions noting the steps below: 6. Insert the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM into a CD drive on the computer. 7. Check the option ‘Install from a list or specific location ’ and click Next. 8. Check the option ‘ Search for the best driver in these locations ’ and also check ‘Search removable media ’, then click Next. Please wait while the wizard searches for drives and the BenQ LCD Monitor CD inserted in step 6. When completes, the wizard should have found and selected the BenQ driver on the CD appropriate to your monitor model, in this case ‘BenQ FP241VW’ in the location ‘d:\Driver\Windows XP\FP241VW\ BenQFP241VW.inf ’ or similar. The drive letter for your CD drive may differ from the example above depending upon your system – it may be ‘D:’ or ‘E:’ or ‘F:’ etc. 9. Select (single-click) the file named ‘ BenQ FP241VW’ on the CD, and click the Next button. This will copy and install the appropriate monitor driver files to your computer. 10. Click Finish. This will close the wizard and return you to the Monitor Properties window, now renamed BenQ FP241VW Properties . 11. Click Close, OK , and OK. This will close the Display Properties windows. You do not need to restart Windows XP, as the BenQ LCD monitor drivers will operate immediately with no further action required by you.
20 How to adjust the screen resolution 5. How to adjust the screen resolution Due to the nature of liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, the screen resolution is always fixed. For the best display performance, please set the display resolution to 1920 x 1200 pixels with an aspect ratio of 16:10. This is called “Native Resoluti on” or maximal resolution – that is, the clearest picture. Lower resolutions are displayed on a full screen through an interpolation circuit. Image blurring across pixel boundaries can occur with the interpolated resolution depending upon the image type and its initial resolution. To take full advantage of LCD technology you should select the native resolution setting of 1920 x 1200 on your PC screen resolution setting as described be low. Be aware that not all PC video cards provide this resolution value. If yours doesnt, check with the video card manufacturers website for an updated driver for your particular model PC video card which supports this resolution. Software video drivers are often updated and available for new hardware video re solutions. If necessary, you may need to replace and update the PC video card hardware to be able to support the native resolution of the monitor. 1. Open Display Properties and select the Settings tab. Yo u c a n o p e n Display Properties by right-clicking on the Windows desktop and selecting Properties from the pop-up menu. 2. Use the slider in the ‘Screen area’ sect ion to adjust the screen resolution. Select the recommended resolution of 1920 x 1200 then click Apply. If you select some other resolution, be aware that this other resolution is interpolated and may not accurately display the screen image as well as it could do at the native resolution setting. 3. Click OK then Ye s. 4. Close the Display Properties window. If your input source does not provide an image wi th a 16:10 aspect ratio, the displayed image may appear stretched or distorted. To maintain the original aspect ratio, image scaling options can be found in the “Display Mode” adj ustment. The image size is altered by the “Overscan” setting. See Display Mode on page 43 and Overscan on page 37 for more information.