Acer AM501, Service Manual

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Table of Contents
WARNING........................................................................................................................................................................... 1
REGULATION COMPLIANCE............................................................................................................................................ 2
1.0 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.0 INSTALLATION................................................................................................................................................. 3
2.1 PROCEDURE: .................................................................................................................................................. 3
2.2 CONNECTING THE MONITOR AND STAND................................................................................................... 4
2.3 CHOOSING A WORKSTATION ........................................................................................................................ 4
2.4 THE AC CONNECTION .................................................................................................................................... 5
2.5 THE SIGNAL CABLE CONNECTION .............................................................................................................. 5
2.6 MONITOR TILT AND SWIVEL ADJUSTMENTS .............................................................................................. 6
3.0 FRONT CONTROLS................................................................................................................................................. 7
3.1 USER CONTROLS ........................................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 OSD ICON SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... 8
4.0 SPECIFICATION....................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.1 CRT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 INTERFACE SIGNALS ................................................................................................................................... 10
4.3 PRESET TIMING ............................................................................................................................................ 11
4.4 BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST.................................................................................................................... 12
4.5 POWER INLET ............................................................................................................................................... 13
4.6 POWER CORD ............................................................................................................................................... 13
4.7 SIGNAL CABLE.............................................................................................................................................. 13
4.8 INTERNAL CONNECTORS ............................................................................................................................ 14
4.9 POWER REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................................. 14
4.10 VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................................................ 15
4.11 FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE .................................................................................................................... 22
4.12 ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................ 23
4.13 RELIABILITY REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................................................... 24
4.14 WHITE BALANCE .......................................................................................................................................... 25
4.15 LUMINANCE UNIFORMITY............................................................................................................................ 25
4.16 FOCUS............................................................................................................................................................ 25
4.17 IMAGE STABILITY (JITTER).......................................................................................................................... 25
4.18 WARM-UP TIME ............................................................................................................................................. 25
5.0 ALIGNMENT PROCEDURE ................................................................................................................................... 26
5.1 B+ VOLTAGE, G1, H. POSITION ADJUSTMENT .......................................................................................... 26
5.2 WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT ................................................................................................................. 26
5.3 FOCUS ADJUSTMENT................................................................................................................................... 26
5.4 PRESET TIMING ADJUSTMENT (SHORT P102 OR PRESS RECALL KEY WHEN POWER ON) .............. 26
6.0 OPERATION THEOREM ........................................................................................................................................ 27
6.1 H & V SYNC. PROCESSOR........................................................................................................................... 27
6.2 VERTICAL DEFLECTION............................................................................................................................... 27
6.3 HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION CIRCUIT.......................................................................................................... 28
6.4 X-RAY PROTECTION CIRCUIT...................................................................................................................... 29
6.5 GEOMETRIC DISTORTION CORRECTION CIRCUIT ................................................................................... 29