Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD-EK User manual
OSD Sidekick
GAMING MONITOR
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OSD Sidekick Installation Guide
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CONTENTS
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................4
Preparation..........................................................................................................................4
Installing the Software....................................................................................................5
Uninstalling the Software..............................................................................................7
USING THE SOFTWARE .............................................................................................................8
Launching the Software.................................................................................................8
Conguring the Settings................................................................................................8
DISPLAY SETTING...................................................................................................9
HOT KEY..................................................................................................................18
GENERAL SETTING..............................................................................................20
ANC..........................................................................................................................22
ABOUT.....................................................................................................................23
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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
Preparation
1. Connect one end of a USB (A-Male to B-Male) cable to the USB
port of the LCD monitor and the other end to the USB port of your
computer.
2. Connect any of the following:
• One end of an HDMI cable to the HDMI port of the LCD monitor
and the other end to the HDMI port of your computer.
• One end of a DisplayPort cable to the DP port of the LCD monitor
and the other end to the DP port of your computer.
3. Plug the power cables of your computer and the LCD monitor into a
power outlet.
4. Turn on your computer and the LCD monitor.
HDMI-2DPHDMI-1
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Installing the Software
IMPORTANT! If you have installed an older version of the software on your
computer, you have to remove the previously installed software rst before
proceeding with the following installation process. To uninstall the software,
refer to the “Uninstalling the Software”section.
1. Insert the supplied CD into your CD-ROM drive. Then from the
Windows desktop, double-click on Computer and locate the CD
drive.
2. Browse and double-click setup.exe. The setup wizard appears.
3. Click Next to continue.
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4. Click Install to start the software installation process.
5. The software installation may take a few minutes. When the
installation is complete, click Finish to exit the setup wizard.
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Uninstalling the Software
1. From the Windows desktop, click and select GIGABTYE.
2. Right-click on OSD_Sidekick. Then select Uninstall.
3. The Programs and Features page appears on the screen. Select
OSDSidekick from the list.
4. Right-click on OSD_Sidekick and select Uninstall. Then follow the
on-screen instructions to uninstall the software.
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USING THE SOFTWARE
Launching the Software
IMPORTANT! Before launching the software, make sure your computer is
connected to the LCD monitor through a USB cable as described in step 1 in
“Preparation”on page 4.
After the driver installation is complete, the OSD Sidekick software
shortcut icon appears on the desktop.
Double-click the icon to launch the software.
Conguring the Settings
Using the OSD Sidekick software, you can congure the advanced
settings for the monitor.
Note:
• Most of the conguration options are similar with the OSD menu and Quick
menu that you can directly access using the Control button on the monitor.
For more information, refer to the monitor user guide.
• To make the adjustment, generally, you can do one of the following:
DDrag the slider to adjust the setting.
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DClick the ON/OFF button to enable or disable the function.
DClick the qicon to select the available option.
• All the changes will be applied directly to the monitor.
DISPLAY SETTING
Congure the game, image, multi-picture, Dashboard, and Game Assist
related settings.
Game AssistPIP/PBPGaming & Picture
Dashboard
Crosshair
Picture Mode
Conguring the Picture Mode Proles
By default, there are 10 preset Picture Mode proles. These proles
cannot be deleted. However, you can still do the following:
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DClick to add an additional prole or import other prole.
√ To add an additional prole, select Add Prole.
Note: Make sure to congure the necessary Gaming & Picture settings
before creating a new prole.
√ To import other prole from the specied folder, select Import
Prole.
Browse the location and select the prole le to import. Then
click OK to import the le.
Note: The default Prole folder is located at the OSDsidekick installation
path.
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