Installation Guide USB 2.0 Video Card GUC2015V 1 PART NO.
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Table of Contents Package Contents 5 Windows Operations 12 Overview 6 Uninstalling Drivers 18 Requirements 7 Technical Support 19 Supported Modes 9 Warranty 20 Installing the Adapter 11 Contact 21 4
Package Contents This package contains: 1 USB 2.0 External Video Card 1 USB 2.0 Cable 1 Installation CD 1 User Manual 1 Warranty/Registration Card * If any items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer.
Overview • The USB VGA Adapter allows you to connect an extra monitor to your desktop PC or laptop’s USB port. • The connected monitor can be configured to either clone your primary screen, or extend the Windows desktop allowing visibility of more applications at the same time. • The USB to VGA driver used to control the extra screen uses very little computer resource and offers a vast array of screen resolutions and color depths.
System Requirements • • • • The USB VGA Adapter supports all analogue CRT and LCD monitors with a VGA connector. DVI- A and DVI- I monitors can also be connected using a suitable VGA DVI converter. The USB driver software can be installed on any desktop or laptop system running Windows XP Home or Professional. Currently, there is no driver support for other platforms or previous Windows versions. Windows XP service pack 2 is highly recommended as it fixes instability in the windows graphics drivers.
The minimum hardware requirements for the PC are: • PC with 1.2GHz or higher processor clock speed required. Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended • 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher (512MB Recommended) • USB 2.0 port. • 30Mb of available disk space • Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher- resolution video adapter and monitor • CD-ROM or DVD drive Power • The USB VGA Adapter may require an external power supply to operate correctly and conform to USB2.
Supported Modes Supported screen modes There are three components that make up the screen mode: • • • Resolution: In common usage, this refers to the number of pixels displayed on screen horizontally and vertically. Color Depth: This defines the number of different colors that can be shown on the screen at the same time. Refresh rate: Measures the speed that the entire screen is rescanned. Higher frequencies reduce flicker.
Resolution/ ColurDepth 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x960 1280x1024 16 bit 60 72 75 56 60 72 75 85 60 70 75 85 60 85 60 75 85 24 bit 60 72 75 56 60 72 75 85 60 70 75 85 60 85 60 75 Note that interlaced modes are not supported. Additional modes may be offered, depending upon the connected monitor, but these are not currently guaranteed. Most monitors advertise the supported modes through the VGA connector.
Installing the Adapter Installing the USB VGA Adapter The preferred method of installing the USB VGA Adapter is to install the drivers before connecting it to the computer. This is done as follows: 1. Insert the supplied driver CD into the CD ROM drive. Navigate to the XP driver’s area and double click “Setup.exe” to start installing the drivers for the USB VGA Adapter. The following progress window will be seen: Note: During the install the screen will blank a couple of times.
Windows Operation modes of operation, Clone and Extend are covered below. USB VGA Adapter Operation 1. Initial Use When the USB VGA Adapter first starts, it will clone the primary monitor. Changes to the screen mode and USB VGA Adapter operation mode can be made under the Windows display properties. If no output is seen on the monitor connected to the USB VGA Adapter, it may be in a mode which cannot be displayed by the monitor.
The resolution, color depth and refresh rate of the primary screen will be replicated to the monitor connected to the VGA USB VGA Adapter. If the monitor connected to the VGA USB VGA Adapter supports a lower resolution than the primary display, then a part of the screen is shown on the cloned display. As the mouse is moved around the screen, the USB VGA Adapter display will scroll to the current area.
3. Extended Mode Click on the Monitor connected to the “USB Display Adapter (Newnham)” and ensure that the “Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor” is checked. The orientation of the screens can also be adjusted by dragging the location of the blue screens to match the actual physical layout. Extended mode extends the desktop across multiple monitors. This provides a number of advantages to increase productivity: • Read email on one display, open attachments on the other.
The resolution and color depth of the extended monitor can also be set. A list of supported modes of the USB VGA Adapter can be found in section 2.4. The listed modes will be a combination of the supported modes of the monitor and the USB VGA Adapter.
4. USBVGAAdapterbehaviorwithstandbyand hibernate modes If the PC that the USB VGA Adapter is connected to is placed into standby or hibernate mode, the display will go blank. When the PC is again powered up, the connected display will return to the connected monitor in the same mode as it was before stand by or hibernation. To adjust the refresh rate of the extended screen, click on advanced and then the “Monitor” tab.
5. Using multiple USB VGA Adapters It is possible that multiple USB VGA Adapters are being used, for example one in the office and one at home. Each VGA connector has a unique windows identifier. This allows a different display profile to be automatically associated with each USB VGA Adapter, saving the display settings on a per- USB VGA Adapter basis. 6. Unplugging the USB VGA Adapter If the USB VGA Adapter is powered off or the USB cable is removed from the computer, the display will blank.
Uninstalling Drivers 7. Removing the USB VGA Adapters The USB VGA Adapter software can be removed from the “Add or Remove Programs” utility under the Windows control panel. • • • • Open “Add or remove programs” Find the “USB Display Adapter” entry and click on “Remove” Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove it The uninstaller will then automatically remove all USB VGA Adapter software.
Technical Support If you need technical support, please check out our IOGEAR Tech Info Library (T.I.L.) at www.iogear.com/support for the latest tips, tricks, and troubleshooting. The IOGEAR T.I.L. was designed to provid you with the latest technical information about our products. Most of the answers to your questions can be found here, so please try it out before contacting technical support.
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