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SVGA Port
Your WinBook notebook has two ports for directing video output to exter-
nal devices: an SVGA port and an S-video port. The S-video port is dis-
cussed later in this chapter. (Figure 6.6)
You can connect an external VGA or SVGA monitor to your WinBook
Si2 through the video port on the rear of the system. You can direct output
to the LCD, the external monitor or both by toggling the [Fn]+[F3] hot
key combination until you have the desired mode
Your external monitor might require that you change the video driver
from the default driver for the LCD screen. Check the WinBook notebook
Help file for specific instructions regarding video drivers.
A higher resolution on your external monitor might also mean a
slower refresh rate, the speed at which a monitor sends a new image
to the screen. A cathode ray tube (CRT) sends an image vertically down
a screen one line at a time. The whole screen is thus refreshed at a certain
interval (as the CRT cycles down the screen and then returns to the top).
This speed is usually measured in Hz (cycles per second), which is a unit
of frequency. A refresh rate of 60 Hz will produce a slightly perceptible
flicker of the screen that can cause eye strain. A rate of 72 Hz or faster
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Directing the video output
to both the LCD and the
video monitor will slightly
slow the video response time.
SVGA Port S-video Port
Figure 6.6: Location of ports on the rear of the Si2
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