BenQ M2700hd User Manual

  11   How to assemble your monitor hardware
Always move or angle the monitor by holding both left 
and right sides (Figure I), or the top of the screen and the 
monitor stand (Figure II). 
Holding the bottom of the screen (Figure III) is prohibited 
as the bottom of the screen may be damaged.
You should position the monitor and angle the screen to 
minimize unwanted reflections from other light sources. 
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II
III
-5O~ +20O
 

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2. Connect the video cable.
To Connect the D-Sub Cable
Connect the plug of the D-Sub cable (at the end without 
the ferrite filter) to the monitor video socket. Connect the 
other end of the cable (at the end with the ferrite filter) to 
the computer video socket.
Tighten all finger screws to prevent the plugs from 
accidently falling out during use.
To Connect the DVI-D Cable
Connect the plug of the DVI-D cable (at the end without 
the ferrite filter) to the...

  13   How to assemble your monitor hardware
To Connect the Composite Cable
Connect the yellow plug of the Composite cable to the 
Composite video input on the monitor.
Connect the other end of the cable to the Composite port 
of the video output device.
Connect the corresponding audio output of your output 
device to the AUDIO input terminals (L1/R1) on the 
monitor using the white and red plugs of the Composite 
cable. Make sure that the colors of the Audio plugs and the 
terminals match when making...

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To Output Audio Signals
You are provided with the following options to output 
audio from the monitor:
• You may connect headphones to the headphone jack 
found on the left side of the monitor. See picture on the 
right.
 
• You can use a suitable audio cable (usually purchased 
separately or came with the audio device your monitor is 
connecting to) to connect the S/PDIF socket on the 
monitor to external speakers or headphones that are 
S/PDIF compatible....

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II. Connect USB devices via other USB ports 
(downstream) on the monitor. These downstream USB 
ports transmit data between connected USB devices and 
the upstream port. 
See picture on the right.
III. You can plug 2 more USB devices to the USB ports 
(downstream) found on the left side of the monitor. 
See picture on the right.
5. Connect the power cable to the monitor.
Plug one end of the power cord into the socket labelled 
‘POWER IN’ on the rear of the...

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7. Connect-to and turn-on the power.
Plug the other end of the power cord into a power outlet 
and turn it on.
Picture may differ from product supplied for your region.
Turn on the monitor by pressing the power button on the 
right of the monitor. 
Turn on the computer too, and follow the instructions in 
Section 5: 
How to detach the stand base on page 17 to 
install the monitor software.
 

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How to detach the stand base
1. Prepare the monitor and area.
Turn off the monitor and the power before unplugging 
the power cable. Turn off the computer before unplugging 
the monitor signal cable.
Protect the monitor and screen by clearing a flat open 
area on your desk and placing a soft item like a towel on 
the desk for padding, before laying the screen face down 
on a flat clean padded surface.
2. Release the screws on the bottom of the monitor 
base...

18  Getting the most from your BenQ monitor  
5. Getting the most from your BenQ monitor
To gain the most benefit from your new BenQ color LCD flat screen monitor, you should install 
the custom BenQ LCD Monitor driver software as provided on the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM.
The circumstances under which you connect and install 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...

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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 existing computer that...

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How to upgrade the monitor on an existing computer
This instruction details the procedure for manually updating the existing monitor driver software 
on your Microsoft Windows computer. It is currently tested as compatible for Windows XP, 
Windows Vista, and Windows 7 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...