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m40L/m46L Installation 
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Страница 3: ...al the Company shall not be liable for errors or omissions contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material Warranty an...

Страница 4: ...m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Страница 5: ...Installing an m40L m46L 7 Before You Begin 7 Tools Equipment List 7 Other Things You May Need 7 Plan Your Installation 7 Prepare Your Installation Location 8 Installation Checklist 9 Unpacking and Ch...

Страница 6: ...t Levels 25 Adjusting Levels for Analog Sources 25 Why Adjust Levels 25 Semi Automatic Level Adjustment 25 Adjusting Levels for Digital Sources 28 Adjusting Levels for Video Sources 29 Adjusting the P...

Страница 7: ...Unit 48 Wall Setup 48 Overscan 48 Viewport Adjustment 49 Display Resolution 49 Viewport 49 Adjusting Color Balance 51 Understanding Gamma Correction 52 Understanding Color Temperature 52 Adjusting Col...

Страница 8: ...1 Serial Port Settings 71 Group ID and Unit ID 71 ASCII Response Type 72 ASCII Response Terminator 72 Baud Rate 73 Serial Port Status 73 Controlling With RS232 Commands 73 Saving and Recalling Configu...

Страница 9: ...Contents m40L m46L Installation Guide v Downloading Additional Documentation and Firmware 89 Downloading Utility Software 90 Specifications 91 m40L Dimensions 95 m46L Dimensions 96 Regulatory Informa...

Страница 10: ...Table of Contents vi m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Страница 11: ...The m40L m46L have a native HD 1920 x 1080 resolution Both accept a wide range of input pictures from VGA to 1080p With the optional Video Input Module the m40L m46L accepts NTSC and PAL as composite...

Страница 12: ...st be capable of holding five times this weight 315 420 lbs 145 190 kg Caution The screen could be damaged by heavy pressure Slight pressure on the LCD will cause distortion of the image Heavier press...

Страница 13: ...European Union Disposal Information m40L m46L Installation Guide 3 European Union Disposal Information...

Страница 14: ...lor inverted and brightness inverted version of the previous image to be retained when a new image is displayed This behavior is true for any LCD device from any LCD manufacturer Here are some guideli...

Страница 15: ...ducts or direct sunlight that can cause the display to experience high operating temperatures At 2000 meters or below the maximum ambient operating temperature cannot be above 35 C nor below the mini...

Страница 16: ...ow these instructions carefully Keep in mind the following general installation guidelines Screw length is crucial and will vary depending on the type of mount you use Total screw length will include...

Страница 17: ...Ladders lift Back brace Stud finder if hanging display on a wall Other Things You May Need Computer network LAN cables straight through no crossover to interconnect multiple displays for RS232 contro...

Страница 18: ...custom enclosures are part of the installation they must be fully designed to accommodate the installation of the units as well as the installed unit and ventilation and cooling requirements If your...

Страница 19: ...Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide provides the basic setup needed to get the m40L m46L up and running It does not contain the detailed information included in this Installation Guide Remote Con...

Страница 20: ...omer supplied items as needed to complete your installation RJ45 to 9 pin adapter if you will use RS232 commands to control the displays RJ45 cable computer network type Component video cables S Video...

Страница 21: ...isplay Connecting Picture Sources The three main types of inputs are Analog computer from UXGA down to VGA Digital computer Video optional with VIM Composite NTSC PAL or SECAM S Video 50Hz or 60 Hz Co...

Страница 22: ...coming from the DVI out connector will be accepted and displayed by other m40L m46L displays However it does not strictly conform to the DVI standard Non Planar units will not be able to display this...

Страница 23: ...y Connect a power cable to the power supply and to an AC source The power supply is auto ranging so it works with any source from 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz The AC Master switch is next to the power r...

Страница 24: ...About UPS Supplies 14 m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Страница 25: ...tion Look at the sides of the connectors that do not have the locking tab If the colors of the wires inside the connectors are the same left to right for both connectors this is the correct cable If t...

Страница 26: ...e to be the same one as the computer used as a picture source The serial output is sometimes called the Comm Port and sometimes there is more than one 2 Connect a cable from the RJ 45 adapter to the n...

Страница 27: ...isplays when you perform the steps in the following order Select the Source Picture See Selecting the Source on page 19 Adjust the Input Levels See Adjusting Input Levels on page 25 Adjust Frequency a...

Страница 28: ...ental adjustment of the display you can disable the remote control function using an RS232 command Note The remote control has a large spread of its IR radiation It is difficult from a distance to con...

Страница 29: ...below depending on whether your display has the optional VIM installed Connect the power cord and turn on the power switch If the power was already on and the backlights are off press the ON button on...

Страница 30: ...lorspace is set accordingly DVD and Component Video Sources DVD players have composite video and S Video outputs and sometimes have component video outputs from three RCA connectors Note HDCP High ban...

Страница 31: ...to go to the next one with a picture d If you get no picture or have other trouble see Manually Selecting the Source on page 21 Manually Selecting the Source 1 After the display is on press FREQ PHAS...

Страница 32: ...input from the source cannot be displayed Try changing the source s resolution output b If you see a source absent message on the display the data from the source is not reaching the display Try disco...

Страница 33: ...D 31 HPer 3178 VLines 525 Horizontal Resolution 1366 Vertical Resolution 768 Frequency 1602 Phase 22 5 Sharpness 4 Input Levels Picture Source Digital Vertical Frequency frame locked 60Hz Colorspace R...

Страница 34: ...z Vertical Frequency frame locked 60Hz Sharpness 4 Input Levels Picture Source Component YPbPr Video Standard NTSC 60 Hz 3 58 MHz Vertical Frequency frame locked 60Hz Horizontal Frequency 50 00kHz Hor...

Страница 35: ...hite The result Good pictures using the dynamic range of color coming from the source Note For Input Levels you must use the computer or source you will use for the program For example don t make this...

Страница 36: ...olor of the picture will change while it is working and then will change back to normal 5 From the computer source display an all white picture 6 In the INPUT LEVELS menu select AUTO WHITE LEVEL and p...

Страница 37: ...LACK LEVEL to adjust the other two values to zero 5 Display an all white picture from the source computer 6 Adjust WHITE LEVEL GAIN until the CENTER POINT values go to 255 Once any value reaches 255 u...

Страница 38: ...his is the default for most sources 3 It would be rare for you to adjust black and white levels for a digital source However depending on the source what black and white mean can be different In most...

Страница 39: ...manually Adjusting the Picture With Color Bars 1 To access the INPUT LEVELS menu press LEVEL on the remote Note These controls are also used for analog sources when you select component video 2 If po...

Страница 40: ...calibrate the black level on a video monitor 8 Although it is not required we recommend that you save the configuration to a memory slot See Saving Configurations on page 78 9 If you have more than o...

Страница 41: ...the screen You will get best results with something that has a lot of changes such as a checkerboard pattern Making a Checkerboard Pattern With Paint You will need to display a checkerboard pattern f...

Страница 42: ...e and more vertical bands will appear in the picture Adjust Frequency so there are no vertical bands Note Be sure there are no zoom adjustments in effect when adjusting Frequency If there are you will...

Страница 43: ...are 1 33 Movies from DVDs vary depending on the original film format but are often 1 85 The larger the number the wider the picture seems When the incoming picture is a different aspect ratio from th...

Страница 44: ...box Pillarbox 16x9 4x3 One to One Scale Mode Affect on Input Type on 4 x 3 Display Affect on Input Type on 16 x 9 Display 4 x 3 source e g Standard Video or VGA SVGA XGA 16 x 9 source e g 1080i or WXG...

Страница 45: ...1 77 the standard for many DVD movies This will distort any picture other than 16 x 9 aspect ratio pictures 16 x 9 can be used to display anamorphic DVDs on an array 4 x 3 No distortion Compresses wi...

Страница 46: ...nd aspect ratio of the picture This may leave blank areas on all four sides For instance a VGA picture 640 x 480 on a 16 x 9 display will occupy only a small area in the center of the screen For UXGA...

Страница 47: ...then across and up Overscan This is used to hide blank areas and stray lines in the edges of an image The lower the overscan setting the more of the optical image that is seen Planar displays have a...

Страница 48: ...Wall Mode 38 m40L m46L Installation Guide Wall Mode See Wall Mode on page 44 Aspect Ratio Wall Scale Mode 16 x 9 Justify Center Overscan 0 Border Color Black No Big Picture Key installed...

Страница 49: ...how to set Scale Mode see Scale Mode Settings on page 33 Sharpness Settings The Sharpness setting is in the PICTURE menu press FREQ PHASE on the remote Sharpness settings determine how crisp the image...

Страница 50: ...Sharpness Settings 40 m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Страница 51: ...re moves up and to the left Horizontal Position Shows the number of pixels from the beginning of H sync to the first active pixel Because there are many black pixels after H sync this number will not...

Страница 52: ...Picture Position 42 m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Страница 53: ...ion the picture with the display controls With most processors you can position and zoom the picture with the processor controls Using Planar s Big PictureTM Loop the same source through all the displ...

Страница 54: ...e four displays in the upper left corner for instance Unit Column and Unit Row These represent the position of the display in this array For example in the 4 x 3 array of displays shown below Unit num...

Страница 55: ...intent is to display a large version of an image However even the thinnest of mullions break up the image oddly One way around this is to adjust the image Imagine looking out a window made up of many...

Страница 56: ...nding on how closely you space the displays you must determine how much of the picture to hide behind the display s mullions and the space between displays Frame Height and Frame Width Frame Height ca...

Страница 57: ...pixels larger in each direction You can also zoom the sides up to 100 pixels smaller but only if that side is not the edge of the overall picture An example may help make this point more clearly The...

Страница 58: ...els Wall Setup Specifies the size of the array from the ASPECT RATIO WALL menu and the column and row of this display Overscan See Overscan on page 37 Zoom Top Left Arrows move top and left 0 0 0 0 Im...

Страница 59: ...source picture Viewport Shows the number of display pixels being used Main Menu Picture Size Position Aspect Ratio Wall Memory Diagnostics Advanced Options Program Information Size Position Picture Po...

Страница 60: ...Viewport Adjustment 50 m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Страница 61: ...om one display to the next because of slight variations in the backlights and display panels This cannot be avoided but you can compensate for it with color balancing Caution In order to maintain temp...

Страница 62: ...a specific gamma value The table below lists these values Understanding Color Temperature Different pure white light sources do not always have the same color For instance light from an incandescent...

Страница 63: ...lancing a Single Display If you have only one display the Color Balance controls are only used to set the color temperature of the single display Color Balancing Multiple Displays Color balancing is s...

Страница 64: ...highlight TEST PATTERN and use the left or right arrows until the menu displays WHITE Note Always use the internal Test Patterns for color balancing not an external pattern 6 When all displays are whi...

Страница 65: ...eep from setting other displays and allow you to see more of the white field To unhide the menu press ENTER Note The menus will automatically turn off after a time determined in the MENU OPTIONS menu...

Страница 66: ...ange pick one at random and change it 4 or 5 steps The result will be either better or worse If worse go the other way with that color If that is also worse put this color back where you started and d...

Страница 67: ...ons see Menu Options on page 60 Message in Picture see Message in Picture on page 61 Set Clock Schedule Events see Setting the Clock Scheduling an Event on page 62 Miscellaneous Options The MISCELLANE...

Страница 68: ...is not enough information for the display to properly detect the signal In certain cases a display receiving such ambiguous signal modes could misinterpret the resolution to be any of three different...

Страница 69: ...ote Searching will not occur because the picture goes black Black from video or from a computer is a valid picture The signal itself the sync pulses must be lost to trigger a search Do Checkboxes Each...

Страница 70: ...The number indicates in percent how far across the screen the menu starts V Position Moves the menus up or down on the screen Use the or arrows on the remote to move the menu The number indicates in...

Страница 71: ...U select ADVANCED OPTIONS MESSAGE IN PICTURE Note The MESSAGE IN PICTURE menu is only available if the computer connected by RS232 has enabled the Message in Picture feature Recall Last MIP Redisplays...

Страница 72: ...ning the unit on or off 1 To access the SET CLOCK SCHEDULE EVENTS menu press MENU on the remote and from the MAIN MENU select ADVANCED OPTIONS SET CLOCK SCHEDULE EVENTS Advanced Options Color Balance...

Страница 73: ...page 64 To schedule an event see Scheduling an Event on page 64 Set Clock Schedule Events Press ENTER to set clock and schedule events Current Date Time Tue Feb 28 2007 10 40 01 07 30 Daily Turn On 0...

Страница 74: ...to see the new time at the top of the SET CLOCK SCHEDULE EVENTS menu 4 Press MENU to close the menu system Scheduling an Event The most important event that can be scheduled for the m40L m46L is to tu...

Страница 75: ...he frequency back to One Time and then correcting the date and time 3 Use the up down arrows to select the Action line Use the keys to scroll through the list of Action items until you find the one yo...

Страница 76: ...n Month Hour Minute Note Time is calculated using a 24 hour clock For example if you want your unit to turn off at 9 30 p m set the Hour line to 21 and the Minute line to 30 7 Continue setting up even...

Страница 77: ...a of the m40L m46L determine the image brightness This is useful when the m40L m46L is in a location that sometimes has daylight which can vary When there is less ambient light the screen can be darke...

Страница 78: ...ou want to have finer control over the backlight intensity range or dim your panel more than the default check the BACKLIGHT EXTENDED RANGE box If this option is checked the backlight intensity ranges...

Страница 79: ...ing if the ambient light level is near the ambient threshold High Temperature Warning The m40L m46L has a feature that allows the display to recognize when it is too hot and to automatically reduce th...

Страница 80: ...6L on for 24 hours a day To get the most out of your display see Recommended Usage on page 4 If the displays normally have the backlights off for part of the day or night do not check this box Otherwi...

Страница 81: ...isplay in the loop must have a unique ID The RS232 ID has two parts Group ID and Unit ID Each part has a range of 0 9 A Z This range results in 1300 possible addresses You can group the displays by us...

Страница 82: ...or human readable text in a serial program choose SYMBOLIC For computer read data use NUMERIC or DATA ONLY ASCII Response Terminator Will be determined by what your serial program wants to see at the...

Страница 83: ...a different serial port use the arrow key The SERIAL PORT STATUS menu provides diagnostic information for the serial port Controlling With RS232 Commands The RS232 protocol the rules for controlling d...

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Страница 85: ...rom cache How Automatic Save Works Whenever you change settings on the display with the remote control or RS232 commands they are saved automatically If you change to a new source switch to another in...

Страница 86: ...ngs are stored globally that is they are stored at the display level and are the same for all memory slots Everything in the MISCELLANEOUS menu Everything in AUTO SETUP OPTIONS Everything in MENU OPTI...

Страница 87: ...x Contrast video x Curtain Pattern x Do Frequency x Do Phase x Do Position x Frequency x Group ID x Hue x Justify x Menu H Position x Menu Timeout x Menu V Position x Overscan x Phase x Plug and Play...

Страница 88: ...lot has settings already saved to it If you want you can overwrite what s already saved 4 Press ENTER The SAVE SLOT menu displays Save 1 9 17 25 33 2 10 18 26 34 3 11 19 27 35 4 12 20 28 36 5 13 21 29...

Страница 89: ...Select SAVE NOW and press ENTER The display instantly stores all the current settings into that memory slot Changing the Name of the Memory Slot The default name is an abbreviation of the source conne...

Страница 90: ...hen navigating you can only go to the checked numbers All the slots with checks have something stored in them The others are grayed out 3 Press ENTER to open the RECALL SLOT menu Recall 1 9 17 25 33 2...

Страница 91: ...of the memory is listed here as well as all the important parameters data stored in that memory slot 4 If the name is not the one you want press PREV and choose another memory 5 In the RECALL SLOT me...

Страница 92: ...h 40 numbered memory slots 3 Navigate with the arrow keys to the slot you want to delete and press ENTER When navigating you can only go to the checked numbers All the slots with checks have something...

Страница 93: ...ore saving new data Saving will overwrite the stored data See Saving Configurations on page 78 Delete Slot Number 17 Delete Now Name AN 1366x768 Source Analog Colorspace RGB Resolution 1366 x 768 Scal...

Страница 94: ...Deleting a Configuration 84 m40L m46L Installation Guide...

Страница 95: ...menu appears Check if the Curtain or Test Pattern is displayed message in red appears on the menu If it does not appear go to 3 If the message does appear go to 2 2 Press CURTAIN once on the remote I...

Страница 96: ...ont LED is illuminated Reconnect cable or turn on unit If your screen shows black or a test pattern Do This Result Explanation Further Action m40L m46L doesn t respond to remote control Possible Cause...

Страница 97: ...ure Indicates the current internal temperature at one point inside the unit This is not the highest or the lowest temperature of the unit nor an indicator of ambient temperatures Unit Status m40L 1920...

Страница 98: ...of the suggestions offered thus far have solved your problem contact Planar s Technical Support Department via mail Planar Systems Inc Control Room and Digital Signage 1195 NW Compton Drive Beaverton...

Страница 99: ...are Some of the other documents for the m40L m46L which are or will be available from the Technical Support Department website are listed below Document Name Contents Installation Guide Information fo...

Страница 100: ...2 Enter your login and password information 3 Navigate to the section that contains software updates and then look for m40L m46L 4 From the list of available software click on the tool you need For ex...

Страница 101: ...tical and horizontal Display color charcoal gray Rear clearance required 5 12mm Screen dimensions Diagonal 40 1016mm 46 1168mm Width 35 885mm 40 1018mm Height 20 497mm 23 573mm Aspect ratio 16 9 16 9...

Страница 102: ...15V m40L 230V m46L 115V m46L 230V 1 78A 0 87A 2 41A 1 2A Heat BTUs per hour m40L m46L 700 950 Electrical and Heat Specifications Continued Specification Maximum Minimum Typical Notes Optical Specifica...

Страница 103: ...r of colors 16 7 M Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels Backlight life hours 50 000 Optical Specifications Continued Specification Maximum Minimum Typical Notes Environmental Specifications Specification Max...

Страница 104: ...94 m40L m46L Installation Guide Mounting Specifications Specification End to End Longer Side of Display End to End Shorter Side of Display Screw Size VESA MIS F m40L 400 400 M10 m46L 600 400 M10...

Страница 105: ...m40L m46L Installation Guide 95 m40L Dimensions Dimensions shown in parentheses are in inches All other dimensions are in millimeters...

Страница 106: ...96 m40L m46L Installation Guide m46L Dimensions Dimensions shown in parentheses are in inches All other dimensions are in millimeters...

Страница 107: ...Directive is maintained at the corporate headquarters of Planar Systems Inc 1195 NW Compton Drive Beaverton OR 97006 Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Clas...

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Страница 109: ...6 automatic adjustments 17 automatic shutoff scheduling 64 avoiding temporary image retention 4 B backlight control 67 68 control mode 68 high temperature warning 69 intensity 68 status 67 warning 2 b...

Страница 110: ...s 60 heat specifications 91 help how to obtain 88 high temperature warning 69 horizontal position 41 hours menu where stored 76 hue 29 where stored 76 humidity 93 I ID 72 input amplitude 91 levels 28...

Страница 111: ...verwriting a memory 79 P PAL 20 parameters saved 76 phase automatic adjustment 31 where stored 76 picture menu 19 position 41 position 41 60 where stored 76 power cables connecting 13 cord 9 receptacl...

Страница 112: ...rical 91 environmental 93 mechanical 91 mounting 94 static image applications 4 switching input connectors 78 T temperature warning 69 temporary image retention definition 4 thermal guidelines 5 TIR s...

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