Connecting An External Monitor; Directing The Display Output When You Turn On The Computer - Toshiba 2410-S204 User Manual

Once you've connected an external display device, you can
choose to use the internal display only, the external device
only, or both simultaneously.
Connecting an external monitor is described below. For
details of connecting other external video devices and setting
display options, see
For information on attaching a television to your computer,
see "Viewing presentations or DVD movies on your
television" on page

Connecting an external monitor

You must attach the monitor before you turn on the computer.
1 Connect the monitor's video cable to the RGB (monitor)
port.
2 Connect the monitor's power cable to a live electrical
outlet.
3 Turn on the external monitor.
4 Turn on the computer.
5 Set the display mode by holding down
repeatedly or by setting the Display Properties settings.

Directing the display output when you turn on the computer

Once you've connected an external display device, you can
choose to use the internal display only, the external device
only, or both simultaneously. The quickest way to change the
display output settings is to use the display hot key (
1 While holding down
setting you want takes effect.
This hot key cycles through the display output settings in
the following order:
Using external display devices
"Exploring video features" on page
170.
Built-in display panel only
Getting Started
, press repeatedly until the
Fn F5
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170.
and pressing
Fn
+
Fn F5
F5
).