Dell P2815Q User manual

Model No.: P2815Q

Regulatory model: P2815Qf

User‘s Guide

Dell P2815Q

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make

better use of your monitor.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or

loss of data if instructions are not followed.

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Environmental Protection Agency. As an ENERGY STAR partner, Dell Inc.

has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for

energy efficiency.

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2014 – 01 Rev. A00

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Contents

Dell Display Manager User's Guide ................6

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using the Quick Settings Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Setting Basic Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Assigning Preset Modes to Applications . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Applying Energy-Conservation Features . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About Your Monitor ............................10

Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Identifying Parts and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Monitor Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Plug and Play Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Flat-Panel Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Resolution Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Preset Display Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

MHL Source Display Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Environmental Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

LCD Monitor Quality & Pixel Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Maintenance Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Caring for Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4 

Setting Up the Monitor..........................28

Attaching the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Connecting the black DisplayPort (DP to DP) cable. . . . . . . . . 29

Connecting the black DisplayPort (Mini DP to DP) cable . . . . . 29

Connecting the black HDMI cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting the Monitor for DP Multi-Stream Transport (MST)

function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting the USB 3.0 cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the Mobile-High Definition Link (MHL) . . . . . . . 32

Organizing Your Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Attaching the Cable Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Removing the Monitor Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Wall Mounting (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Operating the Monitor ..........................36

Power On the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the Front-Panel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Front-Panel Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using the On-Screen Display (OSD) Menu . . . . . . . . . 38

Accessing the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

OSD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setting the Maximum Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using the Tilt, Swivel, and Vertical Extension . . . . . . . 53

Rotating the Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Adjusting the Rotation Display Settings of Your System. 56

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Troubleshooting ...............................57

Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Built-in Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Common Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Product-Specific Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Specific Problems . . . . . . . 63

Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) Specific Problems. . 63

Appendix ......................................64

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

Contact Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Setting Up Your Monitor ........................65

Setting the display resolution to 3840 x 2160 (Maximum)65

If you have a Dell desktop or a Dell portable computer with

Internet access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

If you have a non Dell desktop, portable computer, or

graphics card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Procedures for setting up dual monitors in Windows

Vista® , Windows® 7 or Windows® 8 or Windows® 8.1 67

For Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

For Windows® 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

For Windows® 8 or Windows® 8.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Setting Display Styles For Multiple Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6 Dell Display Manager User's Guide

Dell Display Manager User's Guide

Overview

Dell Display Manager is a Windows application used to manage a monitor

or a group of monitors. It allows manual adjustment of the displayed

image, assignment of automatic settings, energy management, image

rotation and other features on select Dell models. Once installed, Dell

Display Manager will run each time the system starts and will place its

icon in the notification tray. Information about monitors connected to the

system is always available when hovering over the notification tray icon.

Using the Quick Settings Dialog

Clicking Dell Display Manager’s notification tray icon opens the Quick

Settings dialog box. When more than one supported Dell model is

connected to the system, a specific target monitor can be selected using

the menu provided. The Quick Settings dialog box allows convenient

adjustment of the monitor’s Brightness and Contrast levels, Preset Modes

can be manually selected or set to Auto Mode, and the screen resolution

can be changed.

Dell Display Manager User's Guide 7

The Quick Settings dialog box also provides access to Dell Display

Manager’s advanced user interface which is used to adjust Basic

functions, configure Auto Mode and access other features.

Setting Basic Display Functions

A Preset Mode for the selected monitor can be manually applied using

the menu on the Basic tab. Alternatively, Auto Mode can be enabled. Auto

Mode causes your preferred Preset Mode to be applied automatically

when specific applications are active. An onscreen message momentarily

displays the current Preset Mode whenever it changes.

The selected monitor’s Brightness and Contrast can also be directly

adjusted from the Basic tab.

8 Dell Display Manager User's Guide

Assigning Preset Modes to Applications

The Auto Mode tab allows you to associate a specific Preset Mode

with a specific application, and apply it automatically. When Auto

Mode is enabled, Dell Display Manager will automatically switch to the

corresponding Preset Mode whenever the associated application is

activated. The Preset Mode assigned to a particular application may be

the same on each connected monitor, or it can vary from one monitor to

the next.

Dell Display Manager is pre-configured for many popular applications. To

add a new application to the assignment list, simply drag the application

from the desktop, Windows Start Menu or elsewhere, and drop it onto the

current list.

NOTE: Preset Mode assignments targeting batch ﬁles, scripts, and

loaders, as well as non-executable ﬁles such as zip archives or packed

ﬁles, are not supported and will be ineective.

Dell Display Manager User's Guide 9

Applying Energy-Conservation Features

On supported Dell models, the PowerNap tab will be available to provide

energy conservation options. When the screensaver activates, the

monitor’s Brightness can automatically be set to minimum level or the

monitor can be put to sleep in order to save additional power.

10 About Your Monitor

About Your Monitor

Package Contents

Your monitor ships with all the components shown below. Ensure that

you have received all the components and Contact Dell if anything is

missing.

NOTE: Some items may be optional and may not ship with your

monitor. Some features or media may not be available in certain

countries.

NOTE: To set up with any other stand, please refer to the respective

stand setup guide for setup instructions.

•Monitor

•Stand

•Cable Cover

•Power Cable (varies with countries)

•DisplayPort cable (Mini-DP to DP)

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