Sony SDM-HX73 - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
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• Macintosh is a trademark licensed to
Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the
U.S.A. and other countries.
• Windows

is registered trademark of
Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and other countries.
• IBM PC/AT and VGA are registered
trademarks of IBM Corporation of the
U.S.A.
• VESA and DDC

are trademarks of the
Video Electronics Standards
Association.
• E NERGY S TAR is a U.S. registered
mark.
• Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of
Adobe Systems Incorporated.
• WOW, SRS and symbol are
trademarks of SRS Labs, Inc.
• WOW technology is incorporated under
license from SRS Labs, Inc.
• All other product names mentioned
herein may be the trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
• Furthermore, “

” and “

” are not
mentioned in each case in this manual.
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Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Identifying parts and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Setup 1: Connect the video signal cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setup 2: Connect the audio cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setup 3: Connect the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setup 4: Bundle the cords and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setup 5: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setup 6: Adjust the tilt and swivel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting the input signal (INPUT button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Navigating the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PICTURE/AUDIO menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
MODE menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PICTURE menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the BACKLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the CONTRAST 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the BRIGHTNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the GAMMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the COLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the SHARPNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
AUDIO menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting TREBLE, BASS or BALANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting SURROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MODE RESET menu
(resetting every mode to the default)
0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SCREEN menu (analog RGB signal only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MENU POSITION menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
INPUT SENSING ON/OFF menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
LANGUAGE menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
0 RESET menu (reset to the default setting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MENU LOCK menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Controlling the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Power saving function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the MODE (PICTURE/AUDIO) (
mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Automatic brightness adjustment function (light sensor) . . . . . . . . 20
Automatic picture quality adjustment function
(analog RGB signal only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25