HP Media Center m1200 Getting Started Guide - Page 37

Displays, Apply, Properties, Settings, Advanced, nView, Standard [Dualview], Current display, Analog

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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. 2 To view the PC 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. n Your TV must be connected to the PC to change the display. Disabling the TV option When you want to disconnect the TV from the PC, you may need to disable the TV option to return your PC display to its original resolution. To disable the TV option to view your PC image on the original display: 1 Right-click an empty area of the screen, and choose Properties. 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)" procedure. ■ If you see the Ge Force FX xxxx tab, continue with the "Ge Force FX Tab (Disabling)" procedure. (FX xxxx is the video card number.) ■ If you see the Displays tab, continue with the "Displays Tab (Disabling)" procedure. nView tab (disabling) 1 Click the nView tab. 2 If you viewed the PC image on your PC monitor and your TV simultaneously, in the nView Display Mode in the list on the left, select the Standard [Dualview] option. Or If you viewed the PC image on just the TV, click the nView Display Mode in the list on the left, select Standard [Dualview], click the Current display drop-down list, and then select the Analog Display 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. Connecting the Television Signal 33

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Connecting the Television Signal
33
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.
2
To view the PC 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.
Disabling the TV option
When you want to disconnect the TV from the PC,
you may need to disable the TV option to return your
PC display to its original resolution.
To disable the TV option to view your PC image on
the original display:
1
Right-click an empty area of the screen, and
choose
Properties
.
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)” procedure.
■
If you see the
Ge Force FX xxxx
tab,
continue with the “Ge Force FX Tab
(Disabling)” procedure. (FX xxxx is the
video card number.)
■
If you see the
Displays
tab, continue with
the “Displays Tab (Disabling)” procedure.
nView tab (disabling)
1
Click the
nView
tab.
2
If you viewed the PC image on your PC
monitor and your TV simultaneously, in the
nView Display Mode
in the list on the left,
select the
Standard [Dualview]
option.
Or
If you viewed the PC image on just the TV,
click the
nView Display Mode
in the list on the
left, select
Standard [Dualview]
, click the
Current display
drop-down list,
and then
select the
Analog Display
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.
n
Your TV must be
connected to the PC to
change the display.