Monday, October 26, 2009

Samsung Syncmaster - 'auto adjustment locked'

When your workplace accumulates random hardware over the years, there aren't always people who know/remember how it works around (or manuals). Someone got this LCD monitor on their desk today, but the mouse would go off the screen, and a few people standing around it couldn't figure out why. So, they replaced her monitor.

The symptom: everything in the menu was locked (except for brightness and contrast), so we couldn't tell which value was the problem.
(probably the Horiz-pos or Vert-pos setting..)
Trying to change anything just said " auto adjustment locked"

The LCD monitor that had been on my desk disappeared... so I took the problematic one,
did a little research, and found the answer
Hold down the menu button for more than 5 seconds with the monitor switched on.
This action enables / disables this feature.
Maybe it's 10 seconds.


It's probably in the manual.

If I put a post-it that says 'Broken' on it, no one will take it...

2016 Update:
It's 10 seconds, at least according to the FAQ for this monitor:
http://www.samsung.com/ph/support/skp/faq/885135

26 comments:

todd said...

Auf Deutsche:

ich habe folgendes problem. Wenn ich Einstellungen an meinem Monitor vornehmen will drücke ich auf den MENÜ knopf der sich auf dem Monitor befindet. ( Hoffe ihr versteht was ich meine )
Ich will z.B. das Bild ein wenig nach rechts verschieben, kann es aber nicht, weil die "AUTO" Einstellung angewählt ist. Und da steht nun "Keine Auswahl!".
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So ist jetzt geklärt: Für alle die das gelcihe Problem haben!
Einfach die Menü Taste aufm Monitor ca. 5 sekunden lang gedrückt halten so wird die AUTO FUntkion aktiviert oder deaktiviert(je nachdem)!
Viel spaß damit!
Habe das Problem und die lösung hier gefunden: << this post >>


.. found on q-board.me

aditya said...

thanks man!! i was stuck with the same thing and thot that my monitor had gone bad.. but ur trick worked. thanks again!!

Nitemarez said...

Ohhh my thank you so much this was so frustrating. must have done the same to lock it when i moved it from one room to another carrying it from underneath before unplugging it.

Parker said...

haha cool muss wohl beim umstellen vom monitor passiert sein funktionen waren plötzlich weg super thx

Abhishek said...

thanku so much finally its unlocked!

Abhishek said...

thank u :)

thebilliejeanboy said...

Thank you sir!

Sam said...

wow it worked thanks man !!

Unknown said...

You made my day.. i was wondering about 3 days about Why i cant do anything? Even the auto :C Maybe this could solve my problem with the video card I've been forced to take out :L

Simon said...

Shaweet worked a treat TY

Unknown said...

Saved me throwing mine out the window! Thanks :)

Unknown said...

my screen had been locked for 4 years !! thx alot man !

Unknown said...

thanks a lot...
i've just made my monitor ok...

Unknown said...

thanks for effective remedy...

ramlee said...

thanks todd

SUNSHINE said...

excellent remady.... Thanks boss....

Elton's blog said...

Thanks for the tip. It work for me!

Unknown said...

it help me alot

Dexter said...

Thanx a milion

Unknown said...

thanks a lot bro...

Unknown said...

Merci beaucoup !!! Je ne savais plus pourquoi le réglage automatique était verrouillé
Thanks you very much !!!!

Unknown said...

Thanks Todd. That really helped me.

Unknown said...

Thank you

Casey said...

Thanks for this post!!!!!!

Unknown said...

Its not work for me... my monitor samsung LS19A300 SA300

Unknown said...

Almost 9 years later I am grateful to have found this. I got a hand-me-down Samsung and the left side was always off-screen. Until today, I could never adjust the horizontal position. Vielen Dank/many thanks.