Monitor does not display picture,only the mouse pointer

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Dear User...

You can adjust the brightness and contrast of your monitor to improve the readability of text and to make digital pictures appear more like they'll look when printed.

To improve the results when adjusting the brightness and contrast settings for your display, use Display Color Calibration. (Display Color Calibration helps you adjust these color settings and others.) For more information about calibrating your display color in Windows, see Calibrate your display.

The way you adjust brightness and contrast varies and depends on your specific display.

• Brightness and contrast buttons on the front of the monitor. Some monitors have brightness and contrast controls on the front and use the standard symbols shown in the following image.

• On-screen menu. You can change the brightness and contrast settings for some displays by using an on-screen menu, and then setting the brightness and contrast in the resulting menu. Many times, you can view the on-screen menu by pressing a button-possibly labeled Menu-on the front of the monitor.

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laptop ot desktop monitor ?

Adjust your monitor's brightness and contrast

You can adjust the brightness and contrast of your monitor to improve the readability of text and to make digital pictures appear more like they'll look when printed.

To improve the results when adjusting the brightness and contrast settings for your display, use Display Color Calibration. (Display Color Calibration helps you adjust these color settings and others.)

The way you adjust brightness and contrast varies and depends on your specific display.

Brightness and contrast buttons on the front of the monitor.

Some monitors have brightness and contrast controls on the front and use the standard symbols shown in the following image.

Brightness and contrast symbols

On-screen menu. You can change the brightness and contrast settings for some displays by using an on-screen menu, and then setting the brightness and contrast in the resulting menu. Many times, you can view the on-screen menu by pressing a button-possibly labeled Menu-on the front of the monitor.

Laptop display. Laptop displays don't have brightness or contrast buttons on the front.

For a majority of laptops, there isn't a control for setting the contrast.

However, you can set the brightness of many laptops by pressing and holding the Fn key, and then pressing a function key to decrease brightness ( ) or increase brightness ( ).

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Calibrate-your-display#

When using Display Color Calibration on a laptop, set the display to the maximum brightness setting.

Adjusting brightness automatically using adaptive brightness

Adaptive brightness is a feature in Windows that uses a light sensor to automatically adjust the display brightness to match the lighting conditions in your computer's surroundings.

To use adaptive brightness, you must have light sensors installed and enabled on your computer.

To determine if your laptop or computer monitor supports adaptive brightness, look for the Enable adaptive brightness setting in Power Options (mentioned in the following procedure) or check the information that came with your computer.

To turn adaptive brightness on or off

Open Power Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, and then clicking Power Options.

Under any plan, click Change plan settings.

Click Change advanced power settings.

In the list, expand Display, and then expand Enable adaptive brightness.

To turn adaptive brightness on or off when your computer is running on battery power, click On battery, and then, in the list, click On or Off.

To turn adaptive brightness on or off when your computer is plugged into an outlet, click Plugged in, and then, in the list, click On or Off.

Click Apply. Click OK.

hope this helps

This may help you...you can also get an owners manual free on line.


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Using Automatic Picture Settings
Your TV has Three automatic picture settings ("Dynamic", "Standard", "Movie") that are preset at the factory.
You can activate either Dynamic, Standard, Movie by making a selection from the menu.
1. Press the MENU button to display the menu.
Press the ENTER button, to select "Picture".
2. Press the ENTER button to select "Mode".
Press the ??² or ??¼ buttons to select the "Dynamic", "Standard", "Movie" picture
setting. Press the ENTER button.
?³ Choose Dynamic to increase the clarity and sharpness of the picture.
?³ Choose Standard for the standard factory settings.
?³ Choose Movie for a natural Image without picture enhancements.
3. Press the ??² or ??¼ buttons to select "Contrast", "Brightness", "Sharpness",
"Color", or "Tint(G/R)", then press the ENTER button.
4. Press the ??? or ??? buttons to decrease or increase the value of a particular item.
For example, if you select "Contrast", pressing the ??? button increases it.
Press the ENTER button.
Press the EXIT button to exit.
• When you make changes to Contrast, Brightness, Sharpness, Color, Tint(G/R)
the OSD will be adjusted accordingly.
• When in PC mode, Tint, Sharpness, and Color are not available.
Press the P.MODE button on the remote control repeatedly to select the desired
picture mode.
Picture Control
Move Enter Return
Mode : Dynamic ???
Contrast 1 00
Brightness 50
Sharpness 85
Color 55
Tint G 50 R 50
Balck light 1 00
??¼More
TV Picture
Move Enter Return
Mode : Dynamic
Contrast 1 00
Brightness 50
Sharpness 85
Color 55
Tint G 50 R 50
Balck light 1 0
??¼More
TV Picture
Dynamic
Standard
Movie
Move Enter Return
Mode : Dynamic ???
Contrast 1 00
Brightness 50
Sharpness 85
Color 55
Tint G 50 R 50
Balck light 1 0
??¼More
TV Picture
50
??² Con trast ??¼
Move Adjust Return
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Adjusting the Color Tone
You can change the color of the entire screen according to your preference.
1. Press the MENU button to display the menu.
Press the ENTER button to select "Picture".
2. Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Color Tone", then press the ENT ER button.
3. Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Cool2", "Cool1", "Normal", "Warm1",
or "Warm2".
Press the ENTER button.
When the picture mode is set to Dynamic or Standard, Warm1 and Warm2
cannot be selected. Movie mode is only available.
Move Enter Return
??²More
Color Tone : Cool2 ???
Detailed settings ???
Size : 16 : 9 ???
Digital NR : Low ???
Active Color : On ???
DNle : On ???
Reset : OK ???
TV Picture
Move Enter Return
??²More
Color Tone : Cool2
Detailed settings
Size : 16 : 9
Digital NR : Low
Active Color : On
DNle : On
Reset : OK
TV Picture
Cool2
Cool1
Normal
Warm1
Warm2
Activating Backlight
You can adjust the screen brightness by adjusting the LCD backlight brightness. (0~10)
1. Press the MENU button to display the menu.
Press the ENTER button to select "Picture".
2. Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Backlight", then press the ENTER button.
3. Press the ??? or ??? button to decrease or increase the valueof the backlight
brightness.
Press the ENTER button.
Press the EXIT button to exit.
Move Enter Return
Mode : Dynamic ???
Contrast 1 00
Brightness 50
Sharpness 85
Color 55
Tint G 50 R 50
Balcklight 1 0
??¼More
TV Picture
5
??² Balcklight
??¼
Move Adjust Return
Move Enter Return
??²More
Color Tone : Cool2
Detailed settings
Size : 16 : 9
Digital NR : Low
Active Color : On
DNle : Off
Reset : OK
TV Picture
OK
Cancel
Resetting the Picture Settings to the Factory Defaults
1. Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Reset", then press the ENTER button.
Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Cancel" or "OK" then press the ENTER button.
Press the EXIT button to exit.
Each mode can be reset.

On screen menu should have brightness and contrast, and other adjustment.
You can get user manual here:
http://www.retrevo.com/support/LG-L1951S-BN-Monitors-manual/id/440ci353/t/2/

From p.29 of the manual

"Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Color, and Tint are only available for adjustments
if you select User in Picture Mode.
Press / on the remote control or VOL+/ VOL- on the control panel to adjust these settings."

Hi,
This icon indicates the BRIGHTNESS control, more properly called BLACK LEVEL. It adds or subtracts an offset, or bias, into the red, green, and blue signals. This control should be adjusted so that black picture content displays as true black on your monitor. Misadjustment of this control is the most common problem of poor quality picture reproduction on computer monitors, video monitors, and television sets. Later in this document, I will explain how to set this control properly. The setting is somewhat dependent upon ambient light. Modern display equipment is sufficiently stable that frequent adjustment is unnecessary.


This icon indicates the CONTRAST control, preferably called PICTURE. It applies a scale factor (gain) to the red, green, and blue signals. It affects the luminance (proportional to intensity) that is reproduced for a full white input signal. Once BRIGHTNESS is set correctly, CONTRAST should be set for comfortable viewing brightness.

The gamma can be controlled through Video Card utility which can usually be accessed by going to display properties.

Depending on your video card software you may be able to right click your desktop, select properties, select settings tab and then choose advanced, towards the bottom. In there you may find a tab called Monitor and under that tab you may or may not (depending on your video card software) be able to adjust your color correction settings(gamma & brightness & contrast).

. Right click on the desktop and then select Properties

2. Click on the Settings tab and then click on the Advanced button.

3. Click on the Color Correction tab and you will see settings for Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma

try going to the setup screen button left of adjustments







try going to the set up menu on the left of the buttons come down to the slider control just above the information icon then go across to color reset hope this helps regards Jim

Solution: The following is monitor troubleshooting. If your monitor receives a proper display until it gets into Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows ME, or Windows XP please refer to document CH000192.
Monitor is not on Make sure the monitor is on. If no power light (green or orange light) is seen on the monitor display try pressing the power button until it comes on. If no light comes on after several attempts continue to below connections not connected properly.
Computer is asleep If your computer monitor was on and you stepped away from the computer and upon returning it was black it's likely that the computer is asleep. Try moving your mouse, clicking the mouse buttons, and/or pressing any key (space bar) on the keyboard to wake it up.
Connections not connected properly Make sure that you are connecting the monitor to the back of the computer in the 15 pin (illustrated below) or older computer 9 pin connection.
If the computer is properly plugged in, make sure it's getting getting power.
If you are not receiving power from a known working wall outlet and if the power cord is removable, replace it with the one connected to the computer and attempt to power on the monitor again. If the monitor still does not get power or it is not removable, it is recommended that the monitor be replaced or serviced at a local TV / Computer repair shop.
If the monitor is receiving power, check the status light.
If the light is orange or flashing ensure that the monitor is not in a suspend mode by moving the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard. If the computer does not get a display by moving the mouse or touching the keyboard, turn off the computer and monitor and reconnect the data cable from the back of the computer, and if removable, the back of the monitor. Turn the computer back on; if you still encounter the same issue, continue reading through the other possibilities.
Monitor settings are not correct Ensure that the brightness and contrast is turned up or attempt to adjust the brightness and contrast. If adjusting the brightness or contrast has no affect on the monitor continue reading through the other possibility.
Does the computer beep when it is powered on and/or does it appear that the computer has activity? If the computer does not beep or beeps abnormally it is possible that the computer itself is experiencing a hardware issue or is exhibiting .

Hope this works for ya/ Please dont for get to Vote.Thank You

umm... you are NOT supposed to use mouse !!
These are on-screen displays and you can use the other buttons (up down and select) to navigate through and then to change the values !

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