Using External Display Devices; Connecting An External Monitor; Directing The Display Output When You Turn On The Computer - Toshiba 5105-S501 User Manual

Using external display devices

Your computer comes with a built-in LCD display, but you
can easily attach an external monitor to your computer if you
need a larger screen. Also you can attach a television set or
other external video device to your computer for viewing
DVD movies or presentations.
Connecting an external monitor is described below. For
details of connecting other external video devices and setting
display options, see

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 on the side of the computer.
2 Connect the monitor's power cable to a live electrical
outlet.
3 Turn on the external monitor.
4 Turn on the computer (see
page
5 Set the display mode by pressing
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 settings in the following
order:
❖
Using external display devices
"Exploring video features" on page
58).
Built-in display panel only
Getting Started
"Turning on the power" on
Fn + F5
, press repeatedly until the
Fn F5
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182.
, or by setting the
+
Fn F5
).