Connecting external devices
Connecting an external monitor
Externalmonitor:
You can connect an external monitor to the notebook’s VGA port. Information
about the resolutions supported by the graphics card of your notebook can be
found under "Technical Data" in the EasyGuide.
You can use a key combination to switch back and forth between the external monitor and
the notebook?s LCD screen. More information about the device-speci
fi
c key combinations
can be found in "Key combinations" in the EasyGuide.
Connecting an external monitor to the notebook
►
Switch off the notebook and the external monitor.
►
Connect the external monitor’s data cable directly to the notebook’s VGA port.
►
First switch on the monitor and then the notebook.
If the notebook is connected to a Port Replicator, the operating system creates
a hardware pro
fi
le for the "Docked" mode. The setting with the last screen used
for output is saved in this pro
fi
le. This pro
fi
le will be loaded, as soon as the
notebook is connected to a Port Replicator of the same type.
Setting the refresh rate for your external monitor
The refresh rate must be correctly set so that the image does not
fl
icker.
Windows XP:
►
To do this, select the monitor type in the menu
Start - (Settings) - Control Panel - Appearance and
Themes - Display - Settings - Advanced - Display
.
►
Adjust the refresh rate and then click on
Apply
.
Windows Vista:
►
Set the appropriate refresh rate for the connected monitor type.
►
Select
Start – (Settings) – Control Panel – Appearance and personalization – Personalization:
Adjust screen resolution
.
or
►
Right-click on the desktop. Click on
Personalize – Display Settings
and select monitor type 1
or 2.
►
Select
Advanced Settings – Monitor
.
►
Select
Screen Refresh Rate
to choose the optimum refresh rate for the connected monitor type.
►
Click
Apply
and
OK
.
If the refresh rate set is too high, the monitor may be damaged. Please see the
documentation included with your monitor for the maximum possible refresh rate.
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