ATI Technologies X1550 SERIES Determine how display devices are detected, Force TV detection

48 Display Options

Determine how display devices are detected

Use this feature to determine how the Catalyst™ Control Center detects display devices connected to your computer. You can set the Catalyst™ Control Center to automatically detect all connected display devices when it is opened or you can manually detect connected devices when they are required.

1From the Tree View pane, click Display Options.

2Click either

•Detect whenever Catalyst™ Control Center is opened.

or

•Use manual detection only (I must click Detect Displays button).

Note: The Detect Displays button is located on the Displays Manager page.

Force TV detection

Use Force TV detection if your TV is not automatically detected by the Catalyst™ Control Center and does not appear in the Displays Manager page. This may be the case if your TV has non-standard inputs.

Note: If Force TV detection is required to detect your TV some features that rely on automatic detection, such as extended desktop, will not be supported.

1From the Tree View pane, click Display Options.

2Click Force TV detection enables this feature.

Note: This option is not available if the installed graphics card does not support TV Out.

Set resolution modes for devices with limited resolution capabilities

1From the Tree View pane, click Display Options.

2Select one of the following from the For displays of limited resolution capabilities drop-down menu:

•List only those modes supported by all displays

•Only allow panning on limited-resolution displays

•List all possible modes (including panning modes).