9.Selectthescreenresolutionandcolorqualityofthesecondarydisplay.
10.Settherelativepositionoftheeachmonitorbydraggingitsicon.Youcansetthemonitorsinany
relativeposition,buttheiconsmusttoucheachother.
11.ClickOKtoapplythechanges.
•Problem:Displayswitchingdoesnotwork.
Solution:IfyouusetheExtenddesktopfunction,disableit,andchangethedisplayoutputlocation.If
aDVDmovieoravideoclipisplaying,stoptheplayback,closetheapplication,andthenchangethe
displayoutputlocation.
•Problem:IfyouusetheExtenddesktopfunction,youcannotsetahigherresolutionorhigherrefresh
rateonthesecondarydisplay .
Solution:Changetheresolutionandthecolordepthtolowersettingsfortheprimarydisplaybydoing
thefollowing:
ForWindows7:Changetheresolutiondepthtolowersettingsfortheprimarydisplay.Refertothe
“Solution”for“TheExtenddesktopfunctiondoesnotwork”above.
ForWindowsXP:UsingtheDisplayPropertieswindow,changetheresolutionandthecolordepthtolower
settingsfortheprimarydisplay.TolaunchtheDisplayPropertieswindow ,refertothe“Solution”for“The
Extenddesktopfunctiondoesnotwork”above.
•Problem:Thescreenpositionontheexternalmonitorisincorrectwhenthatmonitorissetforahigh
resolution.
Solution:Sometimes,whenyouuseahighresolutionsuchas1600x1200,theimageisshiftedtoleft
orrightonthescreen.Tocorrectthis,rstmakesurethatyourexternalmonitorsupportsthedisplay
mode—thatis,theresolutionandtherefreshrate—thatyouhaveset.Ifitdoesnot,setadisplaymode
thatthemonitorsupports.Ifitdoessupportthedisplaymodeyouhaveset,gotothesetupmenuforthe
monitoritselfandadjustthesettingsthere.Usuallytheext ernalmonitorhasbuttonsforaccesstothe
setupmenu.Fordetails,seethereferencemanualforthemonitor.
Audioproblems
•Problem:WaveorMIDIsounddoesnotplaycorrectly .
Solution:Makesurethebuilt-inaudiodeviceisconguredcorrectly .
ForWindows7:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickDeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconrmation,typethe
passwordorprovideconrmation.
4.Double-clickSound,videoandgamecontrollers.
5.Makesurethefollowingdeviceisenabledandconguredcorrectly:
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ForWindowsXP:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel.
2.ClickPerformanceandMaintenance
3.ClickSystem.
4.ClicktheHardwaretab,andthenclicktheDeviceManagerbutton.
5.Clickthe+markforSound,videoandgamecontrollers.
6.Makesurethefollowingdeviceisenabledandconguredcorrectly:
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