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Selecting a display, Appearance and Themes

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Selecting a display When you connect an external display (projector, computer monitor, or TV) to your computer, you can switch the display between the computer screen (LCD), the external display, or both, using shortcut keys or the Display Properties settings. To switch displays using the Fn+F7 shortcut keys 1. Make sure the display cable (not supplied) is connected to the external display and the computer. 2. If the computer is not on, then press the power button. If the computer is on, restart it by clicking Start, Turn Off Computer, and Restart. 3. Press the Fn+F7 keys. A small window appears near the taskbar. Press either the Left Arrow key or Right Arrow key to select a display option, or press FN+F7 again, until you get the desired display option. Select one display at a time before playing a DVD. You cannot use the Fn+F7 function to switch between the LCD and TV once a DVD is inserted into the optical drive. To switch the display using the Display Properties settings Depending on the external display, you may need to connect the display to the computer before you turn the computer on. 1. Click Start on the Windows® taskbar, and then click Control Panel and Appearance and Themes. 2. Click Display. The Display Properties window appears. 3. Click the Settings tab, and then click the Advanced button. 4. Click the Displays tab. The Sony Notebook LCD and RADEON IGP Properties window appears. Sony Notebook LCD and RADEON IGP Properties When a display is connected to your computer, a red button appears on the properties window next to the picture of the display that is connected. 5. Click the red button next to Monitor, Panel, or TV. 6. Click Apply. The ATI Property Page message box appears. 7. Click Yes. 8. Click OK. Page 116

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Selecting a display
When you connect an external display (projector, computer monitor, or TV) to your computer, you can switch the display
between the computer screen (LCD), the external display, or both, using shortcut keys or the Display Properties settings.
To switch displays using the Fn+F7 shortcut keys
1.
Make sure the display cable (not supplied) is connected to the external display and the computer.
2.
If the computer is not on, then press the power button.
If the computer is on, restart it by clicking
Start
,
Turn Off Computer
, and
Restart
.
3.
Press the
Fn+F7
keys. A small window appears near the taskbar. Press either the
Left Arrow
key or
Right
Arrow
key to select a display option, or press
FN+F7
again, until you get the desired display option.
Select one display at a time before playing a DVD. You cannot use the Fn+F7 function to switch between the LCD
and TV once a DVD is inserted into the optical drive.
To switch the display using the Display Properties settings
Depending on the external display, you may need to connect the display to the computer before you turn the
computer on.
1.
Click
Start
on the Windows
®
taskbar, and then click
Control Panel
and
Appearance and Themes
.
2.
Click
Display
. The
Display Properties
window appears.
3.
Click the
Settings
tab, and then click the
Advanced
button.
4.
Click the
Displays
tab. The Sony Notebook LCD and RADEON IGP Properties window appears.
Sony Notebook LCD and RADEON IGP Properties
When a display is connected to your computer, a red button appears on the properties window next to the
picture of the display that is connected.
5.
Click the red button next to
Monitor
,
Panel
, or
TV
.
6.
Click
Apply
.
The
ATI Property Page
message box appears.
7.
Click
Yes
.
8.
Click
OK
.
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