Advanced Configuration

8 Choose Monitors in the Control Panel. Within the Monitors Setup screen you will see two center squares. They represent the internal display and the external monitor or projector. Each square has a number. The number 1 represents the primary display and the number 2 represents the secondary display.

9 The primary display square (1) contains a small menu bar. Drag this

 

square to the secondary display square (2). You may also need to drag

 

the Happy Macintosh icon onto the desired monitor. To see the Happy

 

Macintosh icon, hold down the Option key while the Monitor’s Control

 

Panel is open. This change will switch the primary display (1), to the

 

secondary display (2), activating the external video port and sending

 

video to the projector.

 

Note: You may need to restart the Macintosh PowerBook for the changes

 

to take effect.

Macintosh

The PowerBook 1400 uses the “Monitors and Sound” Control Panel.

PowerBook 1400

When the Macintosh PowerBook computer recognizes a second monitor or

 

projector, the “Monitors and Sound” Control Panel contains an Arrange

 

button.

 

To use the Mirroring feature:

 

1 Click on Arrange. A window below it shows an icon representing each

 

monitor.

 

2 Drag one icon on top of the other.

Macintosh

The PowerBook 3400 and G3 have a standard DB9/15 VGA connector

PowerBook 3400

built into the backplane for an external video monitor or projector. It is

and G3

capable of resolutions up to 1024x768. There is no Video Mirroring

 

Control Panel. The mode of display called Simulscan can only display

 

800x600 at 60Hz (refresh rate) simultaneously. If the external monitor

 

has any other resolution or refresh rate, the external monitor will be the

 

only display available.

Activating the

Most laptop computers have a method for activating the VGA external

Laptop External

video port.

Video Port

To activate the VGA port on IBM-compatible laptop personal computers,

 

 

use the function (Fn) key on the computer’s keyboard with one of the

 

regular function keys (for example, hold down the Fn key while pressing

 

F12). Some laptop computers need to be rebooted to allow the computer

 

to check for an attached external monitor, and then activate the external

 

port.

 

The following table describes, by computer manufacturer, how to activate

 

the external video port. Some manufacturers have several models that

 

require different activation methods; those methods are listed.

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