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Getting Started
Using external display devices
4
Turn on the external device.
Your computer will automatically detect the external display
device and activate a screen with display options.
5
Select the settings you desire and click Apply.
6
Click OK.
NOTE
Directing the display output when you turn on the computer
Once you have connected an external display device, you can
choose to use the internal display only, the external device only, or
both simultaneously.
NOTE
The quickest way to change the display output settings is to use the
display hot key (
1
Press
2
While holding down
you want takes effect. Briefly pause each time you press the
key to allow time for the display to change.
This hot key cycles through the settings in the following order
(the last two options are available if an external monitor is
connected):
In the future you can change the display settings by pressing
or by configuring the display properties settings.
Some modes are only available with the appropriate device attached
and turned on.
+
):
Fn
F5
Fn
and
F5
simultaneously.
LCD—Internal display only
LCD + CRT—Internal display and external monitor
simultaneously
CRT—External monitor only
LCD + CRT Multi Monitor—Internal display and external
monitor, with one acting as the primary display and the
other as an extended desktop
Fn
, press
F5
repeatedly until the setting
,
Fn+F5
F5