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Gigabyte G32QC User Manual
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G32QC
OSD SIDEKICK
GUIDE
GAMING MONITOR
32
QHD CURVE
80cm
2560 X 1440
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Copyright
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respective owners.
Disclaimer
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property of GIGABYTE.
Changes to the specications and features in this manual may be made
by GIGABYTE without prior notice.
No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated,
transmitted, or published in any form or by any means without
GIGABYTE’s prior written permission.
• In order to assist in the use of this monitor, carefully read the User
Guide.
• For more information, check on our website at:
https://www.gigabyte.com
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CONTENTS
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................4
Preparation..........................................................................................................................4
Installing the Software ....................................................................................................5
Uninstalling the Software ..............................................................................................6
USING THE SOFTWARE .............................................................................................................7
Launching the Software .................................................................................................7
Conguring the Settings ................................................................................................7
DISPLAY SETTING ...................................................................................................8
HOT KEY ..................................................................................................................17
GENERAL SETTING ..............................................................................................19
ABOUT .....................................................................................................................20
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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 adapter to the DC port on the monitor. Then plug the
power cables of your computer and the LCD monitor into a power
outlet.
4. Turn on your computer and the LCD monitor.
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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. Open the web browser and enter
https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/All-Series to the address bar.
2. Click on your gaming monitor name and download the software to
your computer.
3. Double-click UpdPack.exe. The extracting wizard appears.
4. Wait until the installation is complete and click OK when prompted.
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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 OSDSidekick 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.
Note: The rst time you open the OSD Sidekick software, you need to run it as
an administrator. To do so, right-click OSD_Sideclick in > GIGABYTE folder,
and select More > Run as administrator. Then launch the software.
Conguring the Settings
Using the OSD Sidekick software, you can congure the advanced
settings for the monitor.
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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.
DClick the ON/OFF button to enable or disable the function.
DClick the q icon 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 AssistLink APGaming & Picture
Dashboard
Crosshair
Picture Mode
PIP/PBP
Conguring the Picture Mode Proles
By default, there are 6 preset Picture Mode proles. These proles
cannot be deleted.
Note: Hover the cursor over the preset Picture Mode name and click to
reset the preset Picture Mode prole to its default settings.
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However, you can still do the following:
DClick E-sports Customize > 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.
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Note: The default Prole folder is located at the OSDsidekick installation
path.
DClick to export a prole to the specied folder.
Browse the location and enter the le name. Then click OK to export
the le.
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Note: The default Prole folder is located at the OSDsidekick installation
path.
DClick and do any of the following to customize the prole:
- Rename the prole.
- Click to modify the prole picture. Browse for the picture, and
click OK to upload.
- Click to conrm the modications.
- Click to reject the modications.
DClick to delete the customized prole.
DClick to close the E-sports Customize menu.
Note: The user dened Picture Mode applies to the monitor Custom 3.
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Customizing the Crosshair Cursor
Set the CROSSHAIR setting to ON to activate the function. Then select
one of the rectangular grids (marked in the illustration below) and click
.
Select the desired color and line thickness. Then draw a new crosshair
cursor.
Once complete, click Save. The new crosshair cursor will appear on the
screen.
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Exporting/Importing the Crosshair Cursor
DClick Export to export the Crosshair le to the specied folder.
Browse the location and enter the le name. Then click OK to export
the le.
Note: The default Crosshair folder is located at the OSDsidekick installation
path.
DClick Import to import the Crosshair le from the specied folder.
Browse the location and select the Crosshair le to import. Then click
OK to import the le.
Note: The default Crosshair folder is located at the OSDsidekick installation
path.
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Customizing the PIP/PBP Settings
Set the Picture-in-Picture (PIP)/ Picture-by-Picture (PBP) setting
to ON to activate the function. Select any of the following items to
congure the PIP/PBP settings:
DClick PBP to display the screen image from two sources side by side.
DClick PIP to display the screen image from the main source on the
full screen and the second source in a sub window.
DIn PBP/PIP SOURCE, click the q icon to select the main source.
DIf you have selected the PIP layout, in PIP SIZE, click the q icon to
set the sub window size to Large, Medium, or Small.
DIf you have selected the PIP layout, in PIP LOCATION, click the q
icon to set the sub window location to Left-Top, Right-Top, Left-
Bottom, or Right-Bottom.
DClick DISPLAY SWITCH to switch the main source and sub source,
regardless the screen layout.
DClick AUDIO SWITCH to switch the audio source, regardless the screen
layout.
Linking Apps to the Prole
Click to link the prole with an application.
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Then select the application (*.exe) you want to link and click OK.
When you open that application, the display setting will automatically
change to the prole you linked.
Customizing the Dashboard Information
Set the DASHBOARD setting to ON to activate the function. Then
congure the following settings:
DIn LOCATION, click the q icon to set the location of the options on
the screen to Up or Down.
Note: The DASHBOARD location on the right side or on the left side of the
screen depends on the Game Assist location setting. For example, if the
Game Assist items are on the left side of the screen, then the DASHBOARD
items are on the right side of the screen and vice versa.
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DClick SETTINGS and check the desired option(s) to be shown on the
screen.
Note: Uncheck the option to hide it from the screen.
Customizing the Game Assist Settings
Congure the following Game Assist settings:
DSet the REFRESH RATE setting to ON to enable displaying the
refresh rate.
DSet the GAMING TIMER setting to ON to enable displaying the
gaming timer.
- Select either COUNT UP or COUNT DOWN the timer.
- Click the q icon to set the countdown time.
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DSet the GAMING COUNTER setting to ON to enable displaying the
gaming counter.
DIn LOCATION, click the q icon to set the gaming counter location on
the screen to Left Top, Left Center, Left Bottom, Right Top, Right
Center, or Right Bottom.
HOT KEY
Manage the keyboard shortcut to access a particular function which
you are using frequently.
Note: By default, the assigned hot keys appears on the HOT KEYS panel.
Assigning a Hot Key
1. On the FUNCTION panel, scroll down to select the function you
want to assign a hot key to.
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2. Click to add the function to the HOT KEYS panel.
3. To assign a hot key to the function, do as follows:
a) Click on one or more modier key(s): ALT , SHIFT, and/or CTRL.
b) Click on the symbol eld and enter any desired symbol.
c) Click to save the settings.
Modier keys Symbol eld
Note: A function hot key consists of one or more modier keys (Alt, Shift, Ctrl)
plus a symbol.
Editing a Hot Key
To edit a hot key, do as follows:
1. Select the function on the HOT KEYS panel and click .
2. To assign a new hot key, do as follows:
a) Click on one or more modier key(s): ALT , SHIFT, and/or CTRL.
b) Click on the symbol eld and enter any desired symbol.
c) Click to save the settings.
Modier keys Symbol eld
Deleting a Hot Key
On the HOT KEYS panel, select the hot key you want to delete and click
.
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GENERAL SETTING
Congure the display screen, system, and hot keys (for the Control
button) related settings.
Hot Keys for
Control button
Display & System
RGB Controller
Screen resolution & Frequency
Changing the Hot Key for the Control Button
On the QUICK SWITCH panel, you can change the preset hot key
function for the Control button.
Select the key position ( / / /( ) and click the q icon. Then
select the desired option.
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ABOUT
View the current rmware and software version and give you options to
update the latest version.
IMPORTANT! During the rmware updating process, do not turn o the
monitor. Any interruption may cause the device to malfunction.
Updating the Software Automatically
Click LIVE UPDATE to check and automatically update software when a
new version is available.
Set the AUTO UPDATE setting to ON to allow the system to check
for software updates and display a message when a new update is
available every time you open the app.
Note: Checking and updating software automatically requires Internet connection.
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Updating the Firmware Manually
Note: Updating rmware manually does not require Internet connection.
1. Click DOWNLOAD. Then download the latest rmware from
GIGABYTE web site and save the le on your computer.
2. Click BROWSE. Then select for the rmware le (*.bin) and click OK.
3. The rmware le is displayed on the eld. Click UPDATE to update
the rmware to the latest version.
4. Wait until the updating process is complete. Once the process is
complete, a “Success” message appears on the screen. Then click OK
to close the message window.