user manual
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Chapter 3: General Instructions
2.  Color 
You can adjust Brightness, Contrast, 
Saturation, Color Temp., and Skin 
Tone from this menu. 
Brightness• : the adjusting 
range is from 0 to 100.   
is a hotkey to activate this 
function.
Contrast• : the adjusting range is from 0 to 100.
Saturation• : the adjusting range is from 0 to 100. 
Color Temp.• : contains four modes including Cool, Normal, Warm, and 
User Mode.
Skin Tone•  : contains three color modes including Reddish, Natural, and 
Yellowish. 
Smart View•  : provides better display quality under big viewing angle.
In the User mode, colors of R (Red), G (Green), and B (Blue) are user-
configurable; the adjusting range is from 0-100.
3.  Image
You can  adjust Sharpness, Trace 
Free,  Aspect  Control,  ASCR, 
Position  (VGA  only),  and  Focus 
(VGA only) from this menu. 
Sharpness• : the adjusting 
range is from 0 to 100.
Trace Free• : adjusts the 
response time of the monitor.
Aspect Control• : adjusts the aspect ratio to “Full”, “4:3”, or “OverScan” 
(only available for the HDMI input). 
ASCR• : turns on/off the ASCR (ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio) function.
Position• : adjusts the horizontal position (H-Position) and the vertical 
position (V-Position) of the image. The adjusting range is from 0 to 100.
Focus•  : reduces Horizonal-line noise and Vertical-line noise of the image 
by adjusting (Phase) and (Clock) separately. The adjusting range is from 
0 to 100.
•  Phase adjusts the phase of the pixel clock signal. With a wrong phase 
adjustment, the screen shows horizontal disturbances.
Clock (pixel frequency) controls the number of pixels scanned by one • 
horizontal sweep. If the frequency is not correct, the screen shows vertical 
stripes and the image is not proportional.










