Sony HMD-A100 User Manual
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Table of Contents
• Trinitron
is a registered trademark of
Sony Corporation.
• Macintosh is a trademark licensed to
Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the
U.S.A. and other countries.
U.S.A. and other countries.
• Windows
and MS-DOS are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
the United States and other countries.
the United States and other countries.
• IBM PC/AT and VGA are registered
trademarks of IBM Corporation of the
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
• VESA and DDC
are trademarks of the
Video Electronics Standard
Association.
Association.
•
E
NERGY
S
TAR is a U.S. registered
mark.
• All other product names mentioned
herein may be the trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
• Furthermore, “
” and “
” are not
mentioned in each case in this manual.
US
Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Identifying parts and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Step 1: Connect your monitor to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 2: Connect the power cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 3: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting Universal Serial Bus (USB) compliant peripherals . . . . 7Selecting the on-screen menu language(LANGUAGE/INFORMATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Step 2: Connect the power cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 3: Turn on the monitor and computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting Universal Serial Bus (USB) compliant peripherals . . . . 7Selecting the on-screen menu language(LANGUAGE/INFORMATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Customizing Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Navigating the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Adjusting the brightness and contrast(BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Adjusting the horizontal size or centering of the picture(H-SIZE/CENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Adjusting the vertical size or centering of the picture(V-SIZE/CENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Adjusting the curvature of the picture’s sides(PIN/PIN BALANCE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the angle of the picture’s sides(KEY/KEY BALANCE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the picture’s rotation (ROTATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Enlarging or reducing the picture (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Additional settings (DEGAUSS/CANCEL MOIRE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Resetting the adjustments (RESET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the angle of the picture’s sides(KEY/KEY BALANCE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the picture’s rotation (ROTATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Enlarging or reducing the picture (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Additional settings (DEGAUSS/CANCEL MOIRE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Resetting the adjustments (RESET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Preset and user modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Power saving function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
If thin lines appear on your screen (damper wires). . . . . . . . . . . . . 13On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Trouble symptoms and remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Self-diagnosis function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Preset mode timing table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i