Compaq Presario SR1000 Getting Started Guide - Page 37

nView tab, Ge Force tab, Properties, Settings, Advanced, nView, Clone, Standard [Dualview]

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4 When the Windows desktop appears, right-click an empty area of the desktop and choose Properties. The Display Properties window opens. 5 Click the Settings tab. 6 Click the Advanced button. 7 Look at the tabs, and follow the steps that apply to your PC: • If you see the nView tab, continue with "nView tab." • If you see the Ge Force FX xxxx tab, continue with "Ge Force tab." (FX xxxx is the video card number.) • If you see the Displays tab, continue with "Displays tab." nView tab 1 Click the nView tab. 2 To view the computer image on your PC monitor and your TV simultaneously, in the nView Display Mode area select Clone. Or To view the PC image on just the TV, in the nView Display Mode area, select Standard [Dualview], click the Device Settings button, choose Select Output Device, and then select the TV option. 3 Click the OK button. 4 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. 5 Click the OK button to save changes, and then click OK again to close the Display Properties window. Ge Force tab 1 Click the Ge Force FX xxxx tab. 2 To view the computer image on your PC monitor and your TV simultaneously, in the nView Modes area select Clone from the drop-down list. Or To view the PC image on just the TV, in the nView Modes area select Single display from the drop-down list, and then, if necessary, in the Current display area select TV from the drop-down list. 3 Click the Apply button. 4 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. 5 Click the OK button to save changes, and then click OK again to close the Display Properties window. Using a TV as a Monitor 31

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Using a TV as a Monitor
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4
When the Windows desktop appears, right-click an empty area of the desktop
and choose
Properties
. The Display Properties window opens.
5
Click the
Settings
tab.
6
Click the
Advanced
button.
7
Look at the tabs, and follow the steps that apply to your PC:
If you see the nView tab, continue with “nView tab.”
If you see the Ge Force FX xxxx tab, continue with “Ge Force tab.” (
FX xxxx
is the video card number.)
If you see the Displays tab, continue with “Displays tab.”
nView tab
1
Click the
nView
tab.
2
To view the computer image on your PC monitor and your TV simultaneously, in
the
nView Display Mode
area select
Clone
.
Or
To view the PC image on just the TV, in the
nView Display Mode
area, select
Standard [Dualview]
, click the
Device Settings
button, choose
Select
Output Device
, and then select the
TV
option.
3
Click the
OK
button.
4
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.
5
Click the
OK
button to save changes, and then click
OK
again to close the
Display Properties window.
Ge Force tab
1
Click the
Ge Force FX xxxx
tab.
2
To view the computer image on your PC monitor and your TV simultaneously, in
the
nView Modes
area select
Clone
from the drop-down list.
Or
To view the PC image on just the TV, in the
nView Modes
area select
Single
display
from the drop-down list, and then, if necessary, in the
Current display
area select
TV
from the drop-down list.
3
Click the
Apply
button.
4
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.
5
Click the
OK
button to save changes, and then click
OK
again to close the
Display Properties window.