Use the five-way joystick to power on or off HUAWEI MateView GT and set the OSD menu

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Use the five-way joystick to power on or off HUAWEI MateView GT and set the OSD menu

HUAWEI MateView GT's five-way joystick can be used for powering on/off the monitor and configuring the OSD settings.

Detailed operations (Click the following link to go to the corresponding operation):

Powering on/off the monitor

Setting the OSD menu of the monitor

Locking/Unlocking the joystick

OSD menu descriptions

Powering on/off the monitor

  • Powering on: Press the five-way joystick upward. The monitor will turn on when the brand logo is displayed on the screen. In this case, the indicator flashes.

    The indicator is off when the monitor is working. When the monitor has no signal input, it will enter standby state and the indicator will flash.

  • Powering off: Press and hold the five-way joystick upward for more than three seconds. The indicator will be off and the monitor will then turn off.

Setting the OSD menu of the monitor

  1. With the monitor powered on, press the five-way joystick upward to open the OSD menu.
  2. On the OSD menu screen, operate the joystick as instructed when facing the monitor to change the settings.

    For details about the OSD menu, see OSD menu descriptions.

    : Press it forward, backward, leftward, and rightward to switch between options.

    : When facing the monitor, press the five-way joystick leftward to return to the previous menu or exit the OSD menu.

    : When facing the monitor, press the five-way joystick upward or rightward to confirm the settings.

Locking/Unlocking the joystick

  • Locking the joystick: With the monitor powered on and the OSD menu not displayed, press and hold the five-way joystick forward (towards you) when facing the monitor until a message is displayed indicating that the joystick is locked. After the joystick is locked, you will not be able to press it to power on or off the monitor or configure the OSD settings.

    You can also lock the button using the OSD menu: Open the OSD menu, go to System settings > Button lock, and press the five-way joystick to select On.

  • Unlocking the joystick: With the monitor powered on, press and hold the five-way joystick forward (towards you) when facing the monitor until a message is displayed indicating that the joystick is unlocked.

OSD menu descriptions

The OSD menu varies depending on the monitor model.

Level-1 Menu

Level-2 Menu

Description

Gaming vision

Game assist

In the Game scenario, you can configure the following auxiliary settings:

  • Dark field control: The gamma curve of the monitor can be adjusted to enhance the dark hue in images so that dark scenes and objects can be identified easily.
  • Refresh rate: The refresh rate will be displayed after this feature is enabled.
  • Crosshairs: Crosshairs will be displayed on the screen after this feature is enabled.

Picture mode

You can select an appropriate picture mode as required. We recommend you to:

Dark field control has been automatically configured for certain Picture modes (such as Movie and FPS), and you will not be able to set Dark field control for them separately.

  • Select Scenery when browsing landscape images.
  • Select Movie when watching movies.
  • Select SRGB when browsing images on your computer.
  • Select RTS when playing real-time strategy games.
  • Select FPS when playing first-person shooting games.
  • Select MOBA when playing Multiplayer Online Battle Arena games.
  • Select Custom if you want to adjust more items.
  • Select P3 when browsing P3 images.

Lighting effects

You can set the SoundBar light effect to Static or Breathing, and adjust the color and speed of the light effect.

Lighting effects brightness

You can set the SoundBar lighting effects brightness to a level between 0 and 4. A higher level indicates a higher brightness.

When Lighting effects is set to Breathing, Lighting effects brightness will be grayed out and unavailable. This is normal.

Color

Brightness

The value ranges from 0 to 100.

Contrast

The value ranges from 0 to 100.

Color temperature

You can set it to Standard, Cool, or Warm.

Alternatively, you can set Red, Green, and Blue to values ranging from 0 to 100 in Custom.

Low blue light

You can enable or disable this feature.

You can enable Low blue light when reading for a long time to reduce blue light and prevent eye fatigue. In this mode, it is normal that the screen has a yellow cast.

Picture

OD

This feature uses the driver acceleration technology to shorten the response time. The value ranges from 0 to 4. A higher value indicates a faster response.

Scaling

You can set it to Full screen, Scaled, or Original size.

Scaling is unavailable when the monitor resolution has been set to the maximum or recommended resolution. To use the scaling feature, go to System > Display > Advanced display > Display adaptor properties for Display 2, and lower the resolution.

Input source

HDMI-1

Select the corresponding input source based on the cable connecting the monitor and other devices.

HUAWEI MateView GT 34-inch has two HDMI ports, and HUAWEI MateView GT 27-inch has one HDMI port.

HDMI-2

USB-C

DP

System settings

Volume

You can set the speaker volume to a value ranging from 0 to 100.

Sound mode

Select an appropriate sound mode based on the application scenario.

This feature only takes effect for the built-in speaker of the monitor. When an external device such as a headset is connected to the monitor, the sound mode cannot be changed.

Microphone

You can mute or unmute the microphone.

Language

You can set the language of the OSD menu to simplified Chinese, American English, Japanese, or other languages.

The language on the gesture screen for the five-way joystick is English by default and cannot be changed.

Transparency

You can set the transparency of the OSD menu to a value ranging from 0 to 100.

Menu timeout

You can set how long the OSD menu is displayed to a value ranging from 10 to 100.

Shortcuts

You can press the up, down, left, and right shortcuts when facing the screen, which correspond to pressing the five-way joystick backward, forward, leftward, and rightward, respectively.

When you press the five-way joystick in any of the four directions, you can quickly access the OSD menu of a specified feature to configure settings.

For example, you can set the up shortcut to Input source, the down shortcut to Lighting effects, the left shortcut to Low blue light, and the right shortcut to Game assist.

Button lock

This feature is disabled by default. When it is disabled, you can press the five-way joystick to set the monitor.

When it is enabled, the five-way joystick is locked. To unlock the button, face the screen when the monitor is powered on and the OSD menu is not displayed, and then press the five-way joystick when facing the screen until a message is displayed.

Information

You can view information such as the device model.

ECO Mode (only supported on HUAWEI MateView GT 27-inch)

This mode can be enabled or disabled.

This feature is disabled by default. Enabling this feature will reduce power consumption. When this mode is enabled, you will not be able to set Brightness, Contrast, Picture mode, and other options. The mode will be disabled by default and will not be enabled if you enable HDR on your computer.

DP Ver.

You can set the DP version to DP 1.2 or DP 1.4.

By default, DP 1.4 is used for Display Mode. If the DP version of the connected device is too early, the images on the external device's system will not be displayed. In this case, switch to DP 1.2 and try again.

Reset

You can restore the OSD menu to its factory settings.
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