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Displays tab 1 Click the Displays tab. This tab shows a monitor and a TV. The upper-left corner of each display icon is a button and a status indicator. A red corner indicates an inactive display; a green corner indicates an active display. NOTE: Your TV must be connected to the PC to change the display. 2 To view the computer image on your PC monitor and your TV simultaneously, click the upper-left corner of the TV icon so that it is green. Click Apply. Or To view the PC image on just the TV, click the TV corner so it is green, and then click the monitor corner so it is red. Click Apply. 3 When the PC image appears on the TV screen, click Yes to keep the setting. You have 15 seconds to accept this new setting before it reverts to the previous setting. 4 Click the OK button to save changes, and then click OK again to close the Display Properties window. NOTE: Some PC models can connect more than one display device (CRT monitor, flat panel monitor, TV, and so on) to the PC. You can quickly change where the PC desktop appears 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 PC desktop appears on the next device. If Alt+F5 does not work, restart the PC and try again. Disabling the TV option When you want to disconnect the TV from your PC, you may need to disable the TV option to return your PC display to its original resolution. 1 Right-click an empty area of the screen, and choose Properties. The Display Properties window opens. 2 Click the Settings tab. 3 Click the Advanced button. 4 Look at the tabs and follow the steps that apply to your PC: • If you see the nView tab, continue with "nView tab (disabling)." • If you see the Ge Force FX xxxx tab, continue with "Ge Force tab (disabling)." • If you see the Displays tab, continue with "Displays tab (disabling)." 44 Getting Started Guide

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Getting Started Guide
Displays tab
1
Click the
Displays
tab. This tab shows a monitor and a TV. The upper-left
corner of each display icon is a button and a status indicator. A red corner
indicates an inactive display; a green corner indicates an active display.
NOTE:
Your TV must be connected to the PC to change the display.
2
To view the computer image on your PC monitor and your TV simultaneously,
click the upper-left corner of the TV icon so that it is green. Click
Apply
.
Or
To view the PC image on just the TV, click the TV corner so it is green, and then
click the monitor corner so it is red. Click
Apply
.
3
When the PC image appears on the TV screen, click
Yes
to keep the setting.
You have 15 seconds to accept this new setting before it reverts to the previous
setting.
4
Click the
OK
button to save changes, and then click
OK
again to close the
Display Properties window.
NOTE:
Some PC models can connect more than one display device (CRT monitor,
flat panel monitor, TV, and so on) to the PC. You can quickly change where the
PC desktop appears 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
PC desktop appears on the next device. If Alt+F5 does not work, restart the PC
and try again.
Disabling the TV option
When you want to disconnect the TV from your PC, you may need to disable the
TV option to return your PC display to its original resolution.
1
Right-click an empty area of the screen, and choose
Properties
. The Display
Properties window opens.
2
Click the
Settings
tab.
3
Click the
Advanced
button.
4
Look at the tabs and follow the steps that apply to your PC:
•
If you see the
nView
tab, continue with ”nView tab (disabling).”
•
If you see the
Ge Force FX xxxx
tab, continue with ”Ge Force tab
(disabling).”
•
If you see the
Displays
tab, continue with ”Displays tab (disabling).”