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TousetheDVI-Ivideooutputconnector,connecttheDVIcableoftheexternalmonitortotheDVI-Ivideo
outputconnectorontheprodock.
YoualsocanconnectanexternalmonitorwithaVGAconnectortotheprodockusingaDVI-ItoVGA
adapter.TousetheDVI-ItoVGAadapter,dothefollowing:
1.ConnecttheDVI-ItoVGAadaptertotheDVI-Ivideooutputconnectorontheprodock.
2.TightenthetwoscrewsontheDVI-ItoVGAadapter.
Figure9.UsingtheDVI-ItoVGAadapter
3.ConnecttheVGAconnectoroftheexternalmonitortotheDVI-ItoVGAadapterusingaVGAcable.
Youcanadjustvideosettingstocustomizetheuseoftheprodock.Formoreinformation,see“Working
withtheprodockutility”onpage30
.
Note:Forbetterperformance,occasionallyadjusttheexternalmonitortorealignitssettingswiththevideo
outputoftheprodock.Formoreinformationabouttheadjustmentprocedure,refertothedocumentation
thatcomeswithyourexternalmonitor.
Workingwiththeprodock
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthevideooutputfunctionoftheprodockandinstructionsonhowto
workwiththeprodockutility,whichenablesyoutoconfiguretheprodocktoyourneeds.
Understandingthevideooutputmodes
Theprodockworksinthefollowingthreevideooutputmodes:
•“Extendmode”onpage28
•“Mirrormode”onpage29
•“Single-displaymode”onpage30
Bydefault,theprodockworksinextendmode.Thefirsttimeyouconnecttheprodocktoyournotebook
computer,theresolutionofyournotebookcomputerandtheconnectedmonitorwillbechangedtothe
default.Youcanconfigureyourresolutiontoyourneeds
Extendmode
Whentheprodockisinextendmode,itsplitsyourdisplayacrosstwomonitors.
Therearethreeoptionswhenyouareusingextendmode:
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