Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Connecting your monitor To set up your monitor, first unpack the box, unwrap the components, then make your cable connections. Connecting video inputs To connect video sources to your monitor: Position your computer and your monitor so you can reach the back of each.
To make sure that your monitor’s power is correctly connected, check the power button on the front button panel. The power icon on the power button should be glowing purple. If the power icon is not visible, power is not connected.
Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Setting up the optional speaker bar In the United States, an optional speaker bar is available for mounting underneath your monitor. You can order a speaker bar from www.gateway.com. To install the speaker bar: Turn off your monitor.
Plug the speaker bar’s audio plug into the audio jack on your monitor. Important For best audio performance, if your video connection uses HDMI, the digital audio is also conveyed along the same cable, and no additional audio connection is required.
Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Adjusting monitor settings Use your monitor controls (located on your monitor itself) and computer controls (accessible through Windows) to adjust the display image. For more information about computer controls, see “Changing Windows screen settings” on page...
Using the main menu To use the main menu: Touch Menu on the front of your monitor. The rest of the button icons light up and the shortcut menu opens. To use a button, lightly touch its icon. For adjusting a setting’s values, you can touch and hold touch buttons as you would conventional buttons.
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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor OSD Menu Description PIP Settings menu PIP Display—Toggles the display of the PIP window. Source—Sets the source of the video used in the PIP window. Position—Sets the position of the PIP window on the main screen.
OSD Menu Description Geometry menu H Position—Moves the display image left and right. (VGA mode only) V Position—Moves the display image up and down. Clock—Minimizes any vertical bars or stripes visible on the screen background. The horizontal screen size will also change.
Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Changing Windows screen settings Adjusting the color depth and screen area are two of the most basic display settings you may need to change. You can also adjust settings such as the screen background and screen saver.
With EzTune, you can: • Change the orientation of the image (landscape to portrait). (Requires the optional height-adjustable stand available in the United States at www.gateway.com.) • Change brightness, contrast, and color balance •...
Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Power management Energy declaration When connected to a computer that supports the VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) Protocol, your monitor can conserve significant energy by reducing power consumption during periods of non-use. When your computer goes into the energy saving mode, your monitor will then enter the Active Off mode (sleep).
No picture • Touch Menu, then Input Select to make sure that you have selected the correct video source. • Make sure that the power cord is connected correctly to both the back of your monitor and the power outlet. For more information about connecting the power cord, see “Connecting...
Make sure that your video card can display at 1680 × 1050 resolution. • This may be caused by older video drivers on your computer. See the Gateway support Web site (www.gateway.com) for updated video drivers for your computer. You can also go directly to your video card’s support Web site for the most up-to-date video drivers.
You need to know whether you can connect the HDMI output of your external video device to the DVI port of your monitor. Important Although the HDMI interface supports audio, no audio is sent to your monitor. You must separately connect the audio output of your video device to an external audio amplifier.
Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor HDCP What is HDCP and how should you troubleshoot it? High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a specification developed by the Intel® Corporation to protect digital entertainment content that uses a digital visual interface (DVI).
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Notebook computers typically have an F key combination that lets you toggle between your notebook’s display and an externally attached display. On Gateway notebooks, this key combination is F +F4. The F4 key is located along the top row of...
Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor Specifications Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation. Many products for Gateway and its subsidiaries are custom engineered by our suppliers to Gateway specifications and may vary from similarly marketed products. Panel size...
Altitude Operating: 12,000 feet (3,658 m) Storage: 40,000 feet (12,192 m) Security Kensington lock slot Video modes Resolution Horizontal frequency Vertical frequency Available in DVI mode (kHz) (Hz) 720 × 400 31.469 640 × 480 31.469 640 × 480 37.9...
Your Gateway product is designed and tested to meet the latest standards for safety of information technology equipment. However, to ensure safe use of this product, it is important that the safety instructions marked on the product and in the documentation are followed.
When your electrical or electronic equipment is no longer useful to you, “take it back” to your local or regional waste collection administration for recycling. In some cases, your “end of life” product may be “traded in” for credit towards the purchase of new Gateway equipment. Call Gateway to see if this program is available in your area.
FCC declaration of conformity Model: HD2250 Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Gateway could void the FCC compliance and negate your authority to operate the product. California Proposition 65 Warning This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm.
Due to continuing system improvements, Gateway is not responsible for inaccurate information which may appear in this manual. For the latest product updates, consult the Gateway Web site at www.gateway.com. In no event will Gateway be liable for direct, indirect, special, exemplary, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any defect or omission in this manual, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
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