My new monitor has messed up lighting. Help?

[Sir Chooch]

So I got a new monitor this weekend, an Acer GN246HL. Everything was going fine until my monitor's brightness suddenly went up really high. This was at default settings, I didn't change anything. This was also when it was connected via DVI, but it didn't change when I switched to VGA and HDMI. My computer worked well when I was using a tv as a monitor.

Here are some pictures of my monitor's settings:
http://imgur.com/n04UgM2.png
http://imgur.com/skNNABw.png
http://i.imgur.com/QAeWULz.png
http://i.imgur.com/un1TGgN.png
http://i.imgur.com/SqDQxbW.png

Any and all help is appreciated!

 

[BradleyJames]

try turning the Dynamic contrast, or what ever acer calls it off. it might be called acer dynamic lighting. it " senses" and adjusts brightness or contrast automatically. i always have it off, it drives me nuts going bright and dim all the time

 

[Sir Chooch]

try turning the Dynamic contrast, or what ever acer calls it off. it might be called acer dynamic lighting. it " senses" and adjusts brightness or contrast automatically. i always have it off, it drives me nuts going bright and dim all the time

Is it called DDC? I turned that off, didn't do anything. My monitor does randomly get a little brighter sometimes(in addition to its already high brightness)

 

[BradleyJames]

im not sure what acer calls it, i use an asus and its called ASCR. You will probly have to look it up in the manual

 

[Sir Chooch]

im not sure what acer calls it, i use an asus and its called ASCR. You will probly have to look it up in the manual

Ok, I did that. It lowered the brightness, but its still really bright. I think that its the actual display that is too bright, not just the monitor. I also can't turn off auto config. Odd.

 

[BradleyJames]

maybe the preset is just really high in that monitor