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Usinganexternaldisplay

Youcanuseanexternaldisplaysuchasaprojectororamonitortogivepresentationsortoexpandyour

workspace.Thistopicintroduceshowtoconnectanexternaldisplay,choosedisplaymodes,andchange

displaysettings.

Yourcomputersupportsthefollowingvideoresolution,iftheexternalmonitoralsosupportsthatresolution.

•Upto4096x2304,withanexternaldisplayconnectedtotheMiniDisplayPortconnector

•Upto4096x2160,withanexternaldisplayconnectedtotheHDMIconnector

Formoreinformationabouttheexternaldisplay,refertothemanualsprovidedwithit.

Connectinganexternaldisplay

Youcanuseeitherawireddisplayorawirelessdisplay.ThewireddisplaycanbeconnectedtotheHDMI,

VGA,orminiDisplayPortconnectorbyacable.ThewirelessdisplaycanbeaddedthroughtheWi-Dior

Miracastfunction.

•Connectingawireddisplay

Note:Whenyouconnectanexternalmonitor,avideointerfacecablewithaferritecoreisrequired.

1.Connecttheexternaldisplaytoanappropriatevideoconnectoronyourcomputer,suchastheVGA

connector,miniDisplayPortconnector,orHDMIconnector.

2.Connecttheexternaldisplaytoanelectricaloutlet.

3.Turnontheexternaldisplay.

Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternaldisplay,dothefollowing:

–ForWindows7:Right-clickonthedesktop,thenclickScreenresolution➙Detect.

–ForWindows10:Right-clickonthedesktop,thenclickDisplaysettings➙Detect.

•Connectingawirelessdisplay

Note:Touseawirelessdisplay,ensurethatbothyourcomputerandtheexternaldisplaysupportthe

Wi-DiorMiracastfeature.

–ForWindows7

OpentheStartmenuandclickDevicesandPrinters➙Addadevice

–ForWindows10

Dooneofthefollowing:

–OpentheStartmenuandclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall

programs.ThenclickSettings➙Devices➙Connecteddevices➙Addadevice.

–Clicktheactioncentericon

onthetaskbar.ClickConnect.Selectthedesiredwirelessdisplay

andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Formoreinformation,refertotheWindowshelpinformationsystem.

Choosingadisplaymode

Youcandisplayyourdesktopandappsonthecomputerdisplay,theexternaldisplay,orboth.Tochoose

howtodisplaythevideooutput,pressthedisplay-modeswitchingkey

andthenselectadisplay

modeyouprefer.

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