Benq FP241w Factory menu

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I am a new owner of the Benq FP241w monitor and i like so much that i am considering swapping it for FP241WZ because mine is without the 1:1 firmware and i would like to be able to play games without them being stretched out of proportion but then again today i got it set up with perfect colours, with my eyes only. Right now i am writing on a perfect white background and it took me four long days of adjusting to get there and it would be a
shame to waste all that by sending the monitor back.

Someone please help med decide.!

A few days ago i found a Chinese review of the FP241WZ and in that review i saw a picture of the factory menu from FP241WZ and the text also described how to get into the
factory menu but the Google translation from Chinese to English was so crappy that it was very difficult to understand it but after some time i found the combination.

Before i tell you how to get into the menu, i would ask everybody to be very carefull and don't change anything if you don't know what it is or if you are not shure what you are doing. If you are changing something in there always remember to write down the setting before you are changing it. Believe me, when you have played around in there for some time you don't remember what the settings were before you changed them. This was just a freindly reminder and here comes the combination.

First turn off the monitor, then press power, menu and input buttons simultaneously and hold the buttons down until the monitor have a picture. When the monitor is turned on you just press the 'arrow down' button and the factory menu opens.

I hope that someone find my information usefull.

jof
 
I am not sure what you mean when you say stretched.


For example:
Aspect
Aspect-XBoxComp.jpg


1:1
1to1-XboxComp.jpg


The change is so minuscule that I question why you think 1:1 is such a big deal?
 
Interesting info... do you know what settings are available in the factory menu that you couldn't adjust otherwise?
 
Eastcoasthandle said:
I am not sure what you mean when you say stretched.

For example:
aspect

1:1
The change is so miniscule that I question why you think it's such a big deal?
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Both "aspect" and "1:1" preserve the aspect ratio, but neither of these options are available without the updated firmware. The original firmware only has what I think is called "fill" on the updated firmware -- the image is stretched vertically, without the black bars on top and bottom. So the aspect ratio is not preserved.
 
bootstrap said:
Both "aspect" and "1:1" preserve the aspect ratio, but neither of these options are available without the updated firmware. The original firmware only has what I think is called "fill" on the updated firmware -- the image is stretched vertically, without the black bars on top and bottom. So the aspect ratio is not preserved.
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Ok thanks

Wouldn't it be better to post the factory settings that way if someone screws up they can always come to this thread to fix it? Also, they can compare factory settings on their monitor to see if anything has changed.
 
I think it is a ig deal because without the new firmware and if the game don't support 1920 x 1200 it will be streched.

The settings that are available are burnin, power status and gain and offset for red, green and blue and you can see white balance but but it can't be changed. White balance is changing from time to time you go into the menu but i have no idea what it is.

I think that the settings are different from monitor to monitor and that is why i think it is best to write them down before changing them.
 
It is very okay for gaming, i even think it's one of the best.
 
jof said:
First turn off the monitor, then press power, menu and input buttons simultaneously and hold the buttons down until the monitor have a picture. When the monitor is turned on you just press the 'arrow down' button and the factory menu opens.
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This does not seem to work on the 241WZ model I have.
 
doesn't work either on my FP241W... waited a couple of second and nothing showed up... and too lazy to push them for a minute without knowing an estimated of the time taking to access it....
 
hi all just got my new monitor looks good i think it has firmware fix it was manf in jan 07 is there any settings i should set on it or any calibrating software for free i could use any help much needed cheers
 
For the FP241W, it's actually the Power, Enter and Menu buttons. I held them down for 3-4 seconds and it powered on. Pressing down does indeed bring up a different menu.
 
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