Configuring Video

You may have to optimize your HP Digital Entertainment Center video configuration to get the best image on your TV/display screen.

Configuring Video Output

You can configure your HP Digital Entertainment Center video for dual-display. For instance, you can view the screen on your TV and your monitor if both are connected. You can also set up additional displays. See “Video Out to TV and Monitor” on page 68 to connect your TV and monitor.

If you have a multichannel sound system, and the broadcast is only 2-channel, you may not hear all the sound; you may need to change your audio settings to 2.0/2.1. Then change the settings back for multichannel broadcasts.

Video software can change periodically; check HP Support for updates. Go to http://www.hp.com/support

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Your TV and monitor must be connected to the HP Digital Entertainment Center before turning on the power to see the display on two screens.

Dual screen

The HP Digital Entertainment Center can connect more than one display device (CRT monitor, flat panel monitor, TV, and so on) to the HP Digital Entertainment Center.

The display defaults to the monitor after turn on if you have two displays connected. You must set up the TV manually. This is also called “cloning”. The screen resolution may change if you switch to two displays.

See “Viewing the screen image on a second display” on page 141.

Changing screens

Once you have connected a second display and your display is set to Single Display mode, you can quickly switch between displays by pressing Alt+F5. (Press the Alt key and the F5 key on the keyboard at the same time.)

Each time you press the Alt+F5 key combination, the HP Digital Entertainment Center desktop appears on the next device. If Alt+F5 does not work, restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center and try again.

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