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DisplayLink USB Graphics User Manual

Software Version 7.4

DisplayLink USB Graphics

User Manual

Software Version 7.4

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Page 1: ...nk 2013 Issue 1 Page 1 DisplayLink USB Graphics User Manual Software Version 7 4 DisplayLink USB Graphics User Manual Software Version 7 4 All materials c DisplayLink 2013 and may not be used without...

Page 2: ...t 15 5 4 Windows 8 and Windows 7 Controlling the Display 16 5 5 Windows Vista and Windows XP Controlling the Display 19 5 5 1 Setting the Display into Extend Mode 21 5 5 2 Setting the Display into Mir...

Page 3: ...sta 37 9 1 1 Setting USB audio as the default output 37 9 1 2 Configuring the audio output 38 9 2 Configuring USB audio on Windows XP 38 9 2 1 Setting USB audio as the default output 38 9 2 2 Configur...

Page 4: ...ing visibility of more applications at the same time The DisplayLink USB Graphics devices can also be configured to be the primary display DisplayLink s Graphics Host Software allows full configuratio...

Page 5: ...e Pack 2 or 3 Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Note 64 bit editions of XP and Windows server 2003 are not supported Mac OS X support can be found at http www displaylink com mac Recommended typical sys...

Page 6: ...On Windows Vista Windows 8 1 DisplayLink software interacts closely with the primary graphics card DisplayLink support and test a single graphics card GPU installed in a PC from all major GPU vendors...

Page 7: ...Version 7 4 Bulgarian Chinese Traditional Chinese Simplified Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French Greek German Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Slov...

Page 8: ...oftware can be installed from Windows update Alternatively the software can be downloaded and installed from the DisplayLink website following the steps below 1 Double click on Setup exe The Windows U...

Page 9: ...extend the Windows desktop Note On some machines you may need to reboot before you can use your DisplayLink enabled device 4 2 Windows 7 The preferred method of installation is using Window 7 s Window...

Page 10: ...flash or go black during the install Alternatively you may install the software from a website download or CD ROM Important Do not connect a DisplayLink device screen to your PC before the install 1 D...

Page 11: ...en may flash or go black during the install No message will be shown at the end of the install 4 Connect your DisplayLink device via the USB cable to your PC Installing device driver message 5 The scr...

Page 12: ...uble click on Setup exe The Windows User Account Control window opens if enabled in the OS 2 Click Continue The DisplayLink software end user licence agreement window opens 3 Click I Accept DisplayLin...

Page 13: ...chines you may need to reboot before you can use your DisplayLink enabled device 4 4 Windows XP To Install the DisplayLink USB Graphics on Windows XP Important Do not connect a DisplayLink device scre...

Page 14: ...re Version 7 4 Note The screen may flash or go black during the install 3 Connect your DisplayLink device via the USB cable to your PC The following message or similar will be seen Windows installs th...

Page 15: ...n to function 5 2 Device Monitor Detection The DisplayLink System tray GUI covered below will only be available when a DisplayLink device is detected on the USB bus When using a DL 1x0 or DL 1x5 based...

Page 16: ...Display When devices are attached an icon appears in the taskbar This gives you access to the DisplayLink manager menu To use the DisplayLink Manager Menu 1 From the taskbar click the Show hidden icon...

Page 17: ...le below Audio Setup Opens the Windows Audio Configuration Window Video Setup Opens the Windows Screen Resolution window Display Menu Description Screen Resolution Displays a list of available resolut...

Page 18: ...screen is connected It will also only appear on Laptop computers Mirror Copies what is on the main display and reproduces it on this display Note The resolution of this display and the primary must be...

Page 19: ...will only appear when 1 DisplayLink USB screen is connected This option will only work in extend mode Selecting the option in mirror mode will extend the displays 5 5 Windows Vista and Windows XP Con...

Page 20: ...ngs window Display Menu Description Screen Resolution Displays a list of available resolutions Some resolutions may be enclosed by Please see Inferred Modes This option is not available in mirror mode...

Page 21: ...off this display Optimize for Video Windows Vista Only Select this option for better movie playback performance on the DisplayLink enabled displays Only select this option when playing back video con...

Page 22: ...he resolution colour depth and refresh rate of the primary screen are replicated on the monitor connected to the DisplayLink USB Graphics device If the monitor connected to the DisplayLink USB Graphic...

Page 23: ...xtend Mode Use this procedure when you want to extend the Windows desktop to the DisplayLink display This allows many different applications to be spread over multiple displays to be able to see multi...

Page 24: ...Mirror Note The display resolution of the primary display and the DisplayLink display may be changed to a lower resolution In mirror mode both screens must output the same resolution which may not be...

Page 25: ...skbar click on the DisplayLink icon 2 Select Set as Main Monitor 5 6 4 Setting a Laptop Lid to do Nothing Upon Close It is possible to use a laptop with a DisplayLink USB device and conveniently have...

Page 26: ...rnet features that can be configured The screenshots below show the configuration on Windows 7 however the configuration is the same for all other Windows versions Note it is unlikely you will need to...

Page 27: ...playLink Ethernet adapter has its own unique layer 2 MAC address This MAC address will be used by default if the option Not Present is selected The MAC address can be changed in the advanced propertie...

Page 28: ...e set Auto negotiate default to 100Mbps Full duplex or 1Gbps full duplex Half duplex speeds are not supported 10Mbps full duplex is supported by auto negotiation only 6 4 Configuring the adapter VLAN...

Page 29: ...bled under the Priority and Vlan menu This option is not available on Windows XP or Windows Vista Click OK to apply the change 6 5 Configuring Wake on Lan Wake on Lan is enabled and disabled under the...

Page 30: ...to be disconnected and reconnected to the USB bus before the settings take effect Wake on LAN will wake the PC from an S3 suspend or sleep state It may fail if the PC turns off the USB connection duri...

Page 31: ...net settings remotely This section is designed for IT administrators only to allow them to remotely set Ethernet parameters This section should only be followed if you are an advanced user familiar wi...

Page 32: ...7 2 VLAN ID The VLAN ID can be set by adding a new String Value with the Name VlanID The value should be between 0 and 4095 Setting 0 will disable VLAN tagging 6 7 3 Wake on LAN Wake on LAN is enable...

Page 33: ...on 7 4 7 Windows Update On Windows 7 Windows 8 1 the DisplayLink software connects to the Microsoft Windows update site to obtain the latest DisplayLink driver On selecting Check for updates the Displ...

Page 34: ...8 To uninstall the DisplayLink USB Graphics software on Windows 7 Windows 8 1 1 From the Start Menu find Control Panel 2 From the Programs item click Uninstall program 3 Double click on DisplayLink Co...

Page 35: ...eatures 2 Select DisplayLink Core software and click on Uninstall A windows confirmation dialog opens if enabled 3 Click Yes 4 A message may appear to state which software packages will also be uninst...

Page 36: ...ch software packages will also be uninstalled Click Yes to uninstall the packages that use DisplayLink Core Software The uninstaller automatically uninstalls the software 5 Once uninstalled you will b...

Page 37: ...1 Configuring USB audio on Windows 8 Windows 7 or Windows Vista 9 1 1 Setting USB audio as the default output The audio settings can be opened from the DisplayLink UI by choosing the Audio Setup optio...

Page 38: ...dio device 3 Click on Configure The audio configuration window is shown 4 Choose your audio configuration to match your speaker setup Click Next 5 Customize your configuration as required and Click Ne...

Page 39: ...udio device 4 Click OK to apply the changes and close the window It may be necessary to restart applications using audio to force them to use the new default audio output 9 2 2 Configuring the audio o...

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Page 41: ...o then you will not need to use the Fit to TV function of the DisplayLink UI Fit to TV can be used to reduce the size of the Windows desktop on the TV screen Notes Fit to TV only works in extend mode...

Page 42: ...dows desktop Use the and controls on the Fit to TV GUI to change the size of the red border until it fits on the TV screen Note Finer configuration of the size of the border can be achieved by holding...

Page 43: ...each screen s display profile separately This allows for different physical positioning or different resolutions of connected monitors in the office and the home 11 3 Standby and Hibernate Shut down a...

Page 44: ...Graphics software chooses a set of common screen modes for the monitor 11 7 Inferred Modes Some modes in the DisplayLink GUI are shown with around them This occurs when connecting a monitor with a pre...

Page 45: ...or your primary graphics card The system cannot write to the specified device This warning may be displayed in Windows XP after changing the display mode several times e g Extend Dock mode from the Di...

Page 46: ...st controller drivers at http kb displaylink com 315 11 10 2 On Windows 8 7 Vista WDDM Aero and Basic DisplayLink software works closely with the graphics card and there may be interoperability issues...

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