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Dell™ SP2008WFP Flat Panel Monitor 

 

Notes, Notices, and Cautions 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information in this document is subject to change without notice. 

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Model SP2008WFP  

June 2007 Rev. A00 

 

 

 

 

About Your Monitor 

Front View

 

Back View

 

Side View

 

Bottom View

 

Monitor Specifications

 

Cleaning Your Monitor

 

Using Your Monitor Stand 

Attaching the Stand

 

Organizing Your Cables

 

Using the Tilt

 

Removing the Stand

 

Setting Up Your Monitor 

Connecting Your Monitor

 

Installing the Webcam Application

 

Using the Front Panel

 

Using the OSD

 

Setting the Optimal Resolution 

 

Using the Dell Soundbar (Optional)

 

 

 

Solving Problems 

Troubleshooting Your Monitor

 

General Problems

 

Product Specific Problems

 

USB Problems

 

Troubleshooting Your Soundbar

 

 

 

Appendix 

Safety Instruction

 

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) and Other Regulatory Information

 

Contacting Dell

 

 

 

NOTE: 

A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. 

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 A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. 

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Summary of Contents for SP2008WFP - 20" LCD Monitor

Page 1: ...ther the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell Inc disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own Model SP2008WFP June 2007 Rev A00 About Your Monitor Front View Back View Side View Bottom View Monitor Specifications Cleaning Your Monitor Using Your Monitor Stand Attaching the Stand Organizing Your Cables Using the Tilt Removing the Stand...

Page 2: ...tor Front View Back View Bottom View Side View Monitor Specifications Cleaning Your Monitor Front View Back View 1 Video input select 2 OSD menu select button 3 Brightness Contrast Down button 4 Auto Adjust Up button 5 Power button with power light indicator 6 Webcam 7 MIC ...

Page 3: ...onal Dell Soundbar 5 Regulatory rating label List the regulatory approvals 6 Stand removal button Press to release the stand 7 Cable management hole Help organize cables by placing them through the hole 1 Power connector Insert the power cable 2 Dell Soundbar power connector Connect the power cord for the Soundbar optional 3 DVI connector Connect your computer DVI cable 4 VGA connector Connect you...

Page 4: ... Sync Video Power Indicator Power Consumption Normal operation with Dell Soundbar and USB active Active Active Active Blue 75 W maximum Normal operation Active Active Active Blue 38 W typical Active off mode Inactive Inactive Blanked Amber Less than 2 W Switch off Off Less than 1 W NOTE The OSD only functions in the normal operation mode One of the following messages appears when the menu or plus ...

Page 5: ...ssignment Pin Signal Assignment Pin Signal Assignment 1 T M D S Data 2 9 T M D S Data 1 17 T M D S Data 0 2 T M D S Data 2 10 T M D S Data 1 18 T M D S Data 0 3 T M D S Data 2 Shield 11 T M D S Data 1 Shield 19 T M D S Data 0 Shield 4 No Connect 12 No Connect 20 No Connect 5 No Connect 13 No Connect 21 No Connect 6 DDC Clock 14 5V Power 22 T M D S Clock Shield 7 DDC Data 15 Self Test 23 T M D S Cl...

Page 6: ...44 mm 17 06 inches Vertical 270 9 mm 10 67 inches Pixel pitch 0 258 mm Viewing angle 160 vertical typ 160 horizontal typ Luminance output 300 CD m typ Dynamic contrast ratio 2000 to 1 typ Faceplate coating ARC Glare 2H Backlight CCFL 4 edgelight system Response Time 2ms typical Grey to Grey Webcam MIC Specifications Lens Field of view 66 5 degree 5 Focus mode Fixed Focus Focus area 49cm Infinity F...

Page 7: ...x 768 48 4 60 0 65 0 VESA 1024 x 768 60 0 75 0 78 8 VESA 1152 x 864 67 5 75 0 108 VESA 1280 x 1024 64 0 60 0 108 VESA 1280 x 1024 80 0 75 0 135 0 VESA 1680 x 1050 65 3 60 146 3 VESA 1680 x 1050 64 7 59 9 119 Electrical Video input signals Analog RGB 0 7 Volts 5 positive polarity at 75 ohm input impedance Digital DVI D TMDS 600mV for each differential line positive polarity at 50 ohm input impedanc...

Page 8: ...ght 12 56 inches 319 2 mm Width 18 62 inches 473 05 mm Depth 2 59 inches 65 9 mm Stand dimensions Height 11 69 inches 297 03 mm Width 10 42 inches 264 84 mm Depth 5 8 inches 147 36 mm Weight with packaging 17 73 lbs 8 05 kg Weight with stand assembly and cables 15 49 lbs 7 03 kg Weight without stand assembly For wall mount or VESA mount considerations no cables 11 45 lbs 5 20 kg Weight of stand as...

Page 9: ...y country and product and some services may not be available in your area To contact Dell for sales technical support or customer service issues Back to Contents Page CAUTION Use of controls adjustments or procedures other than those specified in this documentation may result in exposure to shock electrical hazards and or mechanical hazards NOTE If you do not have an active Internet connection you...

Page 10: ...p support dell com enter your service tag and download the latest driver for your graphics card 2 After installing the drivers for your Graphics Adapter attempt to set the resolution to 1680x1050 again Back to Contents Page NOTE If you are unable to set the resolution to 1680x1050 please contact Dell to inquire about a Graphics Adapter that supports these resolutions ...

Page 11: ...n at the top of the window e g NVIDIA ATI Intel etc 5 Please refer to the graphic card provider website for updated driver for example http www ATI com OR http www NVIDIA com 6 After installing the drivers for your Graphics Adapter attempt to set the resolution to 1680x1050 again Back to Contents Page NOTE If you are unable to set the resolution to 1680x1050 please contact the manufacturer of your...

Page 12: ...and click Properties 2 Select the Settings tab 3 Move the slider bar to the right by pressing and holding left mouse button and adjust the screen resolution to 1680X1050 4 Click OK If you do not see 1680X1050 as an option you may need to update your graphics driver Please choose the scenario below that best describes the computer system you are using and follow the provided directions 1 If you hav...

Page 13: ...icrosoft Corporation Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions ENERGY STAR is a registered trademark of the U S Environmental Protection Agency As an ENERGY STAR partner Dell Inc has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to e...

Page 14: ...the power cable 2 Connect either the white DVI or the blue VGA cable to the connectors on the computer and the monitor 3 Connect the USB cable that was included with your monitor to the computer and the upstream USB connector on the monitor Once this cable is connected to the computer and the monitor you can use the USB connectors on the monitor 4 Connect any USB devices 5 Connect the power cables...

Page 15: ...animated avatar Using the Front Panel Use the buttons on the front of the monitor to adjust the image settings The following table describes the front panel buttons 1 Insert the Webcam resource media into the CD drive NOTE Ensure that the USB cable is connected between the monitor and the computer 2 The Install Shield Wizard automatically launches the setup application Choose your desired Language...

Page 16: ...o the incoming video signal After using Auto Adjustment you can further tune your monitor by using the Pixel Clock Coarse Phase Fine controls in the OSD Auto Adjust In Progress NOTE Auto Adjust does not occur if you press the button while there are no active video input signals or attached cables Power Button and Indicator Use the power button to turn the monitor on and off The blue light indicate...

Page 17: ... desired parameter 5 Press Menu to enter the slide bar and then use the and buttons according to the indicators on the menu to make your changes 6 Press the Menu button once to return to the main menu to select another option or Press the Menu button two or three times to exit from the OSD menu or Main Menu for Analog VGA Input Main Menu for Digital DVI Input or NOTE Auto Adjust Positioning and Im...

Page 18: ...uration NOTE When using DVI Auto Adjust is not available Positioning Horizontal Vertical Positioning moves the viewing area around on the monitor screen When making changes to either the Horizontal or Vertical settings no changes occur to the size of the viewing area The image shifts in response to your selection When making changes to Zoom setting you can increase or decrease the size of image Th...

Page 19: ...mode If your computer is connected to your monitor choose Graphics If a DVD STB or VCR is connected to your monitor choose Video Color Presets You can choose different color presets for different viewing modes In the Graphics mode you can choose Normal Preset Multimedia Preset Gaming Preset Red Preset Blue Preset or User Preset l Normal Preset is selected to obtain the default factory color settin...

Page 20: ...wing sports l Select Nature Preset for general viewing l You can adjust the Hue Saturation based on the preference NOTE Optimized color settings such as Multimedia and Gaming presets are unavailable when you disable Color Management selection makes video image shade into greenish makes video image shade into purplish makes video image look more monochrome makes video image look more colorful ...

Page 21: ...time OSD Settings Horizontal Position Vertical Position OSD Hold Time OSD Lock Adjust the settings for the OSD including the location the amount of time the menu remains on screen Position of the OSD l To adjust the horizontal position of the OSD use the and buttons and move OSD to the left and right l To adjust the vertical position of the OSD use the and buttons and move OSD down and up OSD Hold...

Page 22: ...h Spanish French German or Japanese NOTE The change only affects the OSD It has no effect on any software running on the computer Audio optional You can select to have the audio on or off when the monitor is in power saving mode Yes enables audio No disables audio default NOTE When the Dell Soundbar is not properly connected to the monitor the audio menu is not available ...

Page 23: ...the monitor select LCD Conditioning to help eliminate any image retention Using the LCD Conditioning feature may take several hours Severe cases of image retention are known as burn in the LCD Conditioning feature does not remove burn in Below warning message appears when you select Enable LCD Conditioning DDC CI Enable the DDC CI control function DDC CI Display Data Channel Command Interface allo...

Page 24: ... you do not see 1680 x 1050 as an option you may need to update your graphics driver Depending on your computer complete one of the following procedures If you have a Dell desktop or portable computer Go to support dell com enter your service tag and download the latest driver for your graphics card If you are using a non Dell computer portable or desktop Go to the support site for your computer a...

Page 25: ...r indicator 3 Headphone connectors 1 Working from the rear of the monitor attach the Soundbar by aligning the two slots with the two tabs along the bottom rear of the monitor 2 Slide the Soundbar to the left until it snaps into place 3 Plug in the power cord from the Soundbar into the connector on the back of the monitor 4 Insert the lime green mini stereo plug from the rear of the Soundbar into t...

Page 26: ...then turn on both your computer and the monitor If your monitor screen remains blank after you use the previous procedure check your video controller and computer system your monitor is functioning properly OSD Warning Messages One of the following warning messages may appear on the screen indicating that the monitor is out of synchronization CAUTION Before you begin any of the procedures in this ...

Page 27: ...xels that are permanently off and this is a natural defect that occurs in LCD technology Brightness Problems Picture too dim or too bright l Perform monitor reset l Push Auto Adjust button l Adjust brightness contrast controls Geometric Distortion Screen not centered correctly l Perform monitor reset on Position Settings Only l Push Auto Adjust button l Adjust the centering controls l Ensure monit...

Page 28: ...uter s audio out jack l Set all Windows volume controls to their maximum l Play some audio content on the computer i e audio CD or MP3 l Turn the Power Volume knob on the Soundbar clockwise to a higher volume setting l Clean and reseat the audio line in plug l Test the Soundbar using another audio source i e portable CD player Distorted Sound Computer s sound card is used as the audio source l Cle...

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Page 30: ... 2 Lower the monitor until it locks in to place on the stand Organizing Your Cables After attaching all necessary cables to your monitor and computer See Connecting Your Monitor for cable attachment use the cable hole to neatly organize all cables as shown above Using the Tilt With the built in pedestal you can tilt the monitor for the most comfortable viewing angle NOTE The stand is detached when...

Page 31: ...and away from the monitor while pressing the stand release button Back to Contents Page NOTE Stand is detached when the monitor is shipped from the factory NOTE After placing the monitor panel on a soft cloth or cushion complete the following step to remove the stand ...

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