Lenovo ThinkPad 600X TP 600X User's Reference - Page 93

Using the dual display function, Start, Settings, Control Panel, Display, NeoMagic, Set Dual Display

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Attaching an external monitor Using the dual display function Windows 98 supports a function named Multiple Display Support, and your computer supports a function named dual display in the Windows 98 environment. This function enables the Windows 98 desktop to display output on the LCD-CRT display pair or (if your computer has a video-out connector) the LCD-TV display pair. You can display different desktop images on each monitor. For information on connecting a television to your computer page 68. When you enable the dual display function on a television, you need to first connect a CRT. After enabling the dual display function on the CRT, change the output location to the television. During the operation, you need to restart your computer. Before starting to enable the function, save your data and close your applications. To enable the dual display, do as follows: 1 Attach the computer to an external monitor (CRT) or a television. 2 Click Start. 3 Move the cursor to Settings and Control Panel; then click Control Panel. 4 Double-click Display. 5 Select the Settings tab. 6 Click Advanced.... 7 Select the NeoMagic tab. 8 Select the Set Dual Display check box; then click OK. The "System settings change" window appears, prompting you to restart the application. Chapter 2. Extending the features of your computer 71

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Attaching an external monitor
Using the dual display function
Windows
98 supports a function named
Multiple Display Support
,
and your computer supports a function named
dual display
in the
Windows
98 environment.
This function enables the Windows 98
desktop to display output on the LCD-CRT display pair or (if your
computer has a video-out connector) the LCD-TV display pair.
You
can display different desktop images on each monitor.
For information on connecting a television to your computer
page 68.
To enable the dual display, do as follows:
1
Attach the computer to an external monitor (CRT) or a
television.
2
Click
Start
.
3
Move the cursor to
Settings
and
Control Panel
; then
click
Control Panel
.
4
Double-click
Display
.
5
Select the
Settings
tab.
6
Click
Advanced...
.
7
Select the
NeoMagic
tab.
8
Select the
Set Dual Display
check box; then click
OK
.
The “System settings change” window appears, prompting
you to restart the application.
±
When you enable the dual display function on a
television, you need to first connect a CRT.
After
enabling the dual display function on the CRT,
change the output location to the television.
±
During the operation, you need to restart your
computer.
Before starting to enable the function,
save your data and close your applications.
Chapter 2.
Extending the features of your computer
71