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Using Enhanced Video and Dual Monitors

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Using Enhanced Video and Dual Monitors Standard video drivers are installed on your Pavilion Notebook for various settings of screen area and colors, as well as for screen zoom capabilities. If you wish to use additional video features such as Stretch and Rotate, you can install a supplemental video driver. To install the supplemental video driver 1. In Windows Explorer, open the folder c:\notebook\drivers\video\control. 2. Double-click the Setup.exe file, and follow the onscreen instructions. 3. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 4. Double-click Display. 5. Select the Settings tab, choose either High Color (16 bit) or True Color (24 bit), and click OK. Do not select 256 colors, since the background is sometimes distorted. To use the video control panel After you have installed the supplemental video driver, a video control panel is available. 1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2. Double-click Display. 3. Select the LynxE tab and use the controls available there for additional features, such as Stretch and Rotation, turning LCD (built-in display) and CRT (external monitor) on and off, and enabling video hot keys. To use two monitors in dual mode You can use two monitors with your Pavilion Notebook, either in dual mode, effectively expanding your screen real estate, or in simultaneous mode, displaying the same screen twice. The LCD monitor that is part of the Pavilion Notebook is the primary display (Monitor 1), and a second CRT monitor attached to the rear video port is the secondary display (Monitor 2). You can also switch from one monitor to the other (using only one at a time) by pressing Fn+F12. To enable the dual monitor display: 1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2. Double-click Display. 3. Select the Settings tab. 4. Position the second monitor to the right or left of your notebook display to match your monitor location. 5. Select each monitor and set the colors and screen area to the desired values. The following settings support dual display mode: • Set a 12.1-inch display to 256 colors or High Color (16 Bit) with an 800×600 screen area. • Set a 13.3-inch display to 256 colors with a 1024×768 screen area. 9

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Using Enhanced Video and Dual Monitors
Standard video drivers are installed on your Pavilion Notebook for various settings of screen area
and colors, as well as for screen zoom capabilities. If you wish to use additional video features
such as Stretch and Rotate, you can install a supplemental video driver.
To install the supplemental video driver
1.
In Windows Explorer, open the folder c:\notebook\drivers\video\control.
2.
Double-click the Setup.exe file, and follow the onscreen instructions.
3.
Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
4.
Double-click Display.
5.
Select the Settings tab, choose either High Color (16 bit) or True Color (24 bit), and click
OK.
Do not select 256 colors, since the background is sometimes distorted.
To use the video control panel
After you have installed the supplemental video driver, a video control panel is available.
1.
Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2.
Double-click Display.
3.
Select the LynxE tab and use the controls available there for additional features, such as
Stretch and Rotation, turning LCD (built-in display) and CRT (external monitor) on and off,
and enabling video hot keys.
To use two monitors in dual mode
You can use two monitors with your Pavilion Notebook, either in dual mode, effectively
expanding your screen real estate, or in simultaneous mode, displaying the same screen twice.
The LCD monitor that is part of the Pavilion Notebook is the primary display (Monitor 1), and a
second CRT monitor attached to the rear video port is the secondary display (Monitor 2). You can
also switch from one monitor to the other (using only one at a time) by pressing Fn+F12.
To enable the dual monitor display:
1.
Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2.
Double-click Display.
3.
Select the Settings tab.
4.
Position the second monitor to the right or left of your notebook display to match your
monitor location.
5.
Select each monitor and set the colors and screen area to the desired values. The following
settings support dual display mode:
•
Set a 12.1-inch display to 256 colors or High Color (16 Bit) with an 800
×
600 screen area.
•
Set a 13.3-inch display to 256 colors with a 1024
×
768 screen area.