NVIDIA FX1300 User Guide - Page 144

Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu, Forcing Detection of Connected Television

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Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Note: Displays in nView Clone mode cannot be optimized. If you would like to optimize these displays, change the display mode to another nView mode and then restart the wizard. Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu When the Enable desktop context menu check box is selected (the default condition) (Figure 7.19), your connected displays appear as choices on your Windows desktop menu. 1 To access the desktop menu, right click on your desktop. 2 Select NVIDIA Display and one of your connected displays from the list that appears (Figure 7.19). You can select any of these displays to directly access the NVIDIA display properties control panel. 3 To remove the NVIDIA Display choices from your desktop menu, clear the check box and click Apply (Figure 7.19). Forcing Detection of Connected Television Selecting the Force TV detection check box can be useful in situations where the particular television model that is connected to your graphics card does not properly load the signals that allow the graphics card to detect its presence. As a result, you are not able to see the television as a display on the nView Display Settings page. 1 Select the Force TV detection check box and click Apply. 2 Restart your computer when prompted. Once you log back in, you can view your connected television as a display on the nView Display Settings page, access the various TV formats, and configure the TV adjustment options. For details, see "Adjusting Television (TV) Settings" on page 71. Detecting Displays Click Detect Displays to detect all displays connected to your graphics card. Use this feature if you have plugged in any displays after opening the NVIDIA display control panel. 133 Quadro Workstation User's Guide

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Quadro Workstation User’s Guide
Chapter 7
Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features
Note:
Displays in nView Clone mode cannot be optimized
. If you would like to optimize
these displays, change the display mode to another nView mode and then restart the
wizard.
Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu
When the
Enable desktop context menu
check box is selected (the
default
condition)
(
Figure 7.19
), your connected displays appear as choices on your Windows desktop
menu.
1
To access the desktop menu, right click on your desktop.
2
Select
NVIDIA Display
and one of your connected displays from the list that
appears (
Figure 7.19
).
You can select any of these displays to directly access the NVIDIA display
properties control panel.
3
To remove the
NVIDIA Display
choices from your desktop menu, clear the check
box and click
Apply
(
Figure 7.19
).
Forcing Detection of Connected Television
Selecting the
Force TV detection
check box can be useful in situations where the
particular television model that is connected to your graphics card does not properly
load the signals that allow the graphics card to detect its presence. As a result, you
are not able to see the television as a display on the nView Display Settings page.
1
Select the
Force TV detection
check box and click
Apply
.
2
Restart your computer when prompted.
Once you log back in, you can view your connected television as a display on the
nView Display Settings page, access the various TV formats, and configure the TV
adjustment options. For details, see
“Adjusting Television (TV) Settings” on page 71
.
Detecting Displays
Click
Detect Displays
to detect all displays connected to your graphics card. Use this
feature if you have plugged in any displays after opening the NVIDIA display
control panel.