User guide

–CloneDisplays:Thesamecomputeroutputisdisplayedonboththecomputerdisplayand
theDVImonitor.
–ExtendedDesktop:Differentcomputeroutputisdisplayedonthecomputerdisplayandthe
DVImonitor.
•ForWindows8:
1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreenandclicktheDevicescharm.
2.ClickSecondscreenandselectDuplicate,Extend,orSecondScreenOnly.
ConsiderationsforconnectingaDVImonitor
ConnectaDVImonitortotheexpansionunit,andturnonthemonitorbeforeyouturnonthecomputer.
Otherwisethesystemcannotrecognizethatthemonitorisconnected.IftheoptionforenablingtheDVI
monitorintheDisplayPropertieswindowisnotdisplayed,tryclosingthewindowandopeningitagain.Ifthe
optionstillisnotdisplayed,makesurethattheconnectorofthemonitorisattachedrmly,andrepeatthe
procedureforconnectingthemonitor.
UsingtheminiDisplayPortconnector
YourcomputerhasaminiDisplayPortconnector,whichisadigitaldisplayinterfaceforconnectionto
variousexternaldevices,suchasCathodeRayTube(CRT)monitors,LCDmonitors,projectors,oreven
high-denitiontelevisions.Thiscompactconnectorenablesaplug-and-playsetupandsupportsadapters
thatcanplugintoDVI,VGA,orHigh-DenitionMultimediaInterface(HDMI)connectors.
TheminiDisplayPortconnectorofyourcomputersupportsaudioaswellasvideostreaming.
Settingupapresentation
Todisplayinformationandmakepresentations,youcanconnectadataprojectortoyourcomputerthrough
theVGAconnectororminiDisplayPortconnectoronyourcomputer.
Note:Itmaytakeseveralsecondsbeforetheprojectordisplaystheimage.Ifyoudonotseeyourdesktop
displayedafter60seconds,trypressingtheF7keytoswitchbetweendifferentdisplayoutputlocations.
Yourprojectormighthaveoneormoreaudio-inputconnectors.Toprojectsound,youneedtoattach
thecomboaudioconnectoronyourcomputertotheseconnectors,usinganaudiocable(commercially
available).
Usingdualdisplays
ThissectionintroducestheDuplicateandExtenddesktopfunctionsthatenableyoutodisplayoutputon
boththecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.
UsingtheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunction
WiththeDuplicatedesktopfunction,youcandisplaythesameoutputonboththecomputerdisplayand
anexternaldisplay.YoualsocandisplaydifferentdesktopimagesoneachmonitorwiththeExtend
desktopfunction.
YoucanusetheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunctionwithoutchanginganysettings.Ifthefunctiondoes
notwork,refertothefollowingtopiconhowtoenabletheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunction.
EnablingtheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunction
ToenabletheDuplicateorExtenddesktopfunction,dothefollowing:
1.Connecttheexternalmonitortoyourcomputer;andthenconnectthemonitortoanelectricaloutlet.
2.Turnontheexternalmonitor.
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