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Ok guys, I'm having a major problem with the 2005FPW controls that allow a user to switch between the four inputs: D-SUB (aka VGA), DVI-D, S-Video, Composite. As it stands, I have a laptop hooked up to the VGA, an HDTV tuner hooked up to the DVI-D, DVD player hooked up to the S-Video and VCR hooked up to the Composite.
The problem is that whenever (and I've tested this many times to confirm this) I switch the video input over multiple signals without letting each signal appear, I lose the signal on the last input that I choose. For example, if I decide to go from DVD-D to Composite by pressing the input button TWICE rapidly, the composite video input almost always not appear and a "Cannot display this mode" message will be seen instead. However, if I slowly go from DVI-D to S-Video, letting the image appear then go from S-Video to Composite video, it will work. The same goes for going from S-Video to say VGA or Composite to DVI-D rapidly. In short, if any transition is made without letting any intermediate transitions load, then the monitor will not display any video at all.
I also encounter a similar problem with using the PIP or PBP controls to swap the inputs. For example, if DVI-D is displayed on the main window and S-Video is displayed on the PIP window, and I choose swap, then I should see S-Video on the main window and DVI-D on the PIP window. However, whenever I use that feature or the PBP swap feature, I once again get a "Cannot display this mode" message, which usually occurs when you set the resolution way beyond its limits.
There is also another problem that I've encountered which is also very serious. Sometimes I won''t have a connection hooked up to VGA but I do have a connection in the other three inputs. In these situations, I might run across a case where I select the VGA input and the panel just freezes in the loading state. The loading state is period of time between when you've selected a particular input and when the image actually comes up. When the display is stuck in the loading state, there is no way to get out of it. It is impossible to select another input and shutting down/pulling the plug on the monitor only causes it to reboot into that same loading "stuck" state. The only solution that I've been able to come up with is to plug in a VGA source so the monitor can display the image, unlock the controls and allow the user to move on (such as switching to another input).
It is quite ridiculous that this 2005FPW monitor has so many firmware problems. It seems that whoever programmed didn't test all the input combinations and allowed various combinations to effectively crash the monitor. Has anyone hooked up their 2005FPW with all the inputs and tested to see if they can transition between all inputs rapidly?
The problem is that whenever (and I've tested this many times to confirm this) I switch the video input over multiple signals without letting each signal appear, I lose the signal on the last input that I choose. For example, if I decide to go from DVD-D to Composite by pressing the input button TWICE rapidly, the composite video input almost always not appear and a "Cannot display this mode" message will be seen instead. However, if I slowly go from DVI-D to S-Video, letting the image appear then go from S-Video to Composite video, it will work. The same goes for going from S-Video to say VGA or Composite to DVI-D rapidly. In short, if any transition is made without letting any intermediate transitions load, then the monitor will not display any video at all.
I also encounter a similar problem with using the PIP or PBP controls to swap the inputs. For example, if DVI-D is displayed on the main window and S-Video is displayed on the PIP window, and I choose swap, then I should see S-Video on the main window and DVI-D on the PIP window. However, whenever I use that feature or the PBP swap feature, I once again get a "Cannot display this mode" message, which usually occurs when you set the resolution way beyond its limits.
There is also another problem that I've encountered which is also very serious. Sometimes I won''t have a connection hooked up to VGA but I do have a connection in the other three inputs. In these situations, I might run across a case where I select the VGA input and the panel just freezes in the loading state. The loading state is period of time between when you've selected a particular input and when the image actually comes up. When the display is stuck in the loading state, there is no way to get out of it. It is impossible to select another input and shutting down/pulling the plug on the monitor only causes it to reboot into that same loading "stuck" state. The only solution that I've been able to come up with is to plug in a VGA source so the monitor can display the image, unlock the controls and allow the user to move on (such as switching to another input).
It is quite ridiculous that this 2005FPW monitor has so many firmware problems. It seems that whoever programmed didn't test all the input combinations and allowed various combinations to effectively crash the monitor. Has anyone hooked up their 2005FPW with all the inputs and tested to see if they can transition between all inputs rapidly?