Using External Display Devices; Directing The Display Output When You Turn On The Computer - Toshiba Portégé M100 Series User Manual

5 Turn on the computer.

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. To do this:
1 Connect the monitor's video cable to the RGB (monitor)
port on the back of the computer.
2 Connect the monitor's power cable to a live electrical
outlet.
3 Turn on the external monitor.
4 Set the display mode by pressing
Display Properties settings. For more information, see
"Directing the display output when you turn on the
computer" on page

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 Press
2 While holding down
setting you want takes effect.
This hot key cycles through the settings in the following
order:
❖
For a parallel or serial printer, never connect the printer cable
while the computer's power is on. Doing so may damage the
printer, the computer, or both.
and simultaneously.
Fn F5
Built-in display panel only
Expansion Options
Using external display devices
135.
, press
Fn F5
, or by setting the
Fn + F5
repeatedly until the
135
+ ):
Fn F5