Recommendations for using your display system – Barco MFCD 1219 (TS) User Manual

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Preface

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This apparatus conforms to:

CE (LVD 73/23/EEC), IEC 60950-1, UL 60950-1,
CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1 (c-UL), EN 60950-1 DEMKO,
CCC GB4943-1995

National Scandinavian Deviations for Cl. 1.7.2 :

Finland: "Laite on liitettävä suojamaadoituskoskettimilla varustettuun
pistorasiaan"
Norway: "Apparatet må tilkoples jordet stikkontakt"
Sweden: "Apparaten skall anslutas till jordat uttag"

Recommendations for using your display system

1. Optimize the lifetime of your display

Enabling the Display Power Management System (DPMS) of your display
(in the display’s Settings menu) will optimize its diagnostic lifetime by
automatically switching off the backlight when the display is not used
for a specified period of time. By default, DPMS is enabled on your
display, but it also needs to be activated on your workstation. To do this,
go to “Power Options Properties” in the “Control Panel”.

Barco recommends setting DPMS activation after 20 minutes of
non-usage.

2. Use a screen saver to avoid image retention

Prolonged operation of an LCD with the same content on the same
screen area may result in a form of image retention.

You can avoid or significantly reduce the occurrence of this phenomenon
by using a screen saver. You can activate a screen saver in the “Display
properties” window of your workstation.

Barco recommends setting screen saver activation after 5 minutes
of non-usage. A good screen saver displays moving content.

In case you are working with the same image or an application with
static image elements for several hours continuously (so that the screen

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