Monitor User Guide FPD2185W

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Using Your Gateway Flat Panel Monitor
OSD menus
OSD Menu Description
Main menu
Auto—Automatically adjusts your monitor to its optimum settings. (VGA
input only)
Picture—Opens the Picture menu, where you can adjust brightness,
contrast, and gamma.
PIP—Opens the PIP Settings menu, where you can adjust the source,
position, size, and transparency of the Picture-in-Picture image.
Video adjust—Opens the Video Adjust menu, where you can adjust the
RGB (red, green, and blue) values of the video image from a source such
as composite video, S-Video, or component video. This menu is available
only when a video (not computer) source is the main display.
Geometry—Opens the Geometry menu, where you can adjust image size
and minimize distortions. (VGA input only)
Advanced—Opens the Advanced menu, where you can adjust color
balance, change the OSD language, and display information about current
monitor settings.
Reset—Resets the monitor to its factory settings for the currently
displayed input.
Picture menu
Brightness—Adjusts the amount of light in the darkest portion of the
picture. Use the lowest brightness setting you are comfortable with to
maximize the life of the monitor backlights. You may need to readjust
brightness after the monitor warms up.
Contrast—Adjusts the level of white between the lightest and darkest
portions of an image.
Gamma—Customizes the gamma level. High gamma levels increase
white levels and low gamma levels increase contrast.
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.
Size—Sets the size of the PIP window.
Transparency—Sets the transparency of the PIP window. The PIP
window can be almost invisible to completely opaque. When the PIP
window is transparent, you are able to see through the PIP video display
to your Windows desktop, which makes it easier to access your computer
programs while watching video.
Swap—Switches the PIP image to the main image, and the main image
to the PIP image.
PIP Picture—Opens a menu where you can set the brightness, contrast,
saturation, and tint/hue.