External Display - Panasonic Toughbook CF-50 Series Reference Manual

External Display

External Display Port
Dualview
Windows XP
1
Power off your computer
Do not shut down using the standby or hibernation function.
2
Connect the external display to the external display port
on your computer
3
Turn on the external display, then turn on your computer
When an external display is connected, the computer displays on both
the internal LCD and the external display after Windows starts up re-
gardless of [Display] setting in the Setup Utility.
It is possible to change the setting to display only on the external display
or only on the internal LCD with Fn + F3 .
4
Set your external display
Windows 2000
Select [Start] - [Settings] - [Control Panel] - [Display] - [Settings] - [Ad-
vanced] - [Monitor] and make the monitor settings.
When a monitor that does not conform to the Plug & Play standards is
connected, select [Monitor] - [Properties] - [Driver] - [Update Driver] and
make the monitor settings.
Windows XP
Select [start] - [Control Panel] - [Appearance and Themes] - [Display] -
[Settings] - [Advanced] - [Monitor] and make the monitor settings.
When a monitor that does not conform to the Plug & Play standards is
connected, select [Monitor] - [Properties] - [Driver] - [Update Driver]
and make the monitor settings.
NOTE
For more detailed information, refer to the operation manual of the
external display.
Set number of colors, screen resolution, or refresh rate correctly to
suit the monitor.
When the display destination of the screen is switched using Fn +
F3 after [Command Prompt] screen is set to "Full Screen", the
display destination returns to the destination before switching if an
"EXIT" is input and [Command Prompt] screen is closed. This can
also happen if the "Full Screen" is canceled via an Alt + Enter
command. Press Fn + F3 again.
With Dualview, you can use both the internal LCD and the external display
as an extended display domain. You can also drag a window from the inter-
nal LCD to the external display. To use the Dualview;
1 Select [Settings] in [Control Panel] - [Appearance and Themes] - [Dis-
play].
2 Select display [2] and add a check mark for [Extend my Windows desktop
onto this monitor], then select [Apply].
3 Make the settings for each display (screen area, colors, etc.).
( "Starting Up/Shutting Down")
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