Manually Setting
In mirror mode, the adapter will automatically select the settings (screen resolution, color
quality and refresh rate) for the secondary monitor. But you can manually adjust the
settings as required. However, the settings of the secondary monitor are limited by that of
the primary monitor. For example, even though your secondary monitor supports a
resolution of up to 1920x1080, you can only configure it to use 1280x1024 due to the
primary monitor only supports a resolution of up to 1280x1024.
Be the Primary Monitor
To make the secondary monitor the primary display:
1.
Position the mouse anywhere on your computer desktop, right-click and select
Screen Resolution
on Windows
®
7,
Personalize
>
Display Settings
on Windows
Vista
®
or
Properties
>
Settings
on Windows
®
XP.
2. In the
Display
drop-down menu, select the option ends with
DisplayLink
Graphics Adapter
.
3. Check
the
This is my main monitor
box on Windows
®
7/ Windows Vista
®
or
Use
this device as the primary monitor
box on Windows
®
XP.
On some PCs and laptops it is necessary to disable the main display (i.e. uncheck
the
Extend the desktop onto this monitor
or
Extend my Windows desktop
onto this monitor
box for the main display) as part of the same settings change.
4. Click
OK
to close the settings
screen.
The add-on monitor stays primary if the PC enters hibernate or suspend mode or is
rebooted. If the add-on monitor is unplugged, the main display becomes primary again.
