Connecting Display Devices - Matrox 4Sight-II Installation And Hardware Reference

Using a second
display
• An IEEE 1394-compatible device. (3 connectors).
• A serial (2 connectors) and parallel device.
• External devices that connect to the auxiliary I/O interface.
• A stereo audio device.

Connecting display devices

Connect a high-resolution monitor or analog flat panel to analog VGA
connector #1, or a digital flat panel to the DVI-compliant digital VGA connector
("DVI-V"). You can also connect a TV, or a second high-resolution display (such
as another monitor or analog flat panel) to analog VGA connector #2.
The various display combination options are presented below:
Devices connected to
the DVI-V connector
1
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
digital flat panel
digital flat panel
digital flat panel
1. "NC" = no connection.
MIL and MIL-Lite can employ the Matrox DualHead capabilities of the Matrox
G450 graphics controller to use the second display device as an auxiliary display.
In addition, certain operating systems can also make use of other Matrox
DualHead features while running.
Please refer to the MIL/MIL-Lite documentation for information on displaying
images on an auxiliary device, and refer to your software manual for information
on the display capabilities supported by your operating system.
Devices connected to analog VGA
connector #1
standard high-resolution monitor
standard high-resolution monitor
standard high-resolution monitor
analog flat panel
analog flat panel
analog flat panel
NC
NC
NC
Connecting display devices
Devices connected to analog VGA
connector #2
standard high-resolution monitor
TV (NTSC/PAL)
analog flat panel
analog flat panel
standard high-resolution monitor
TV (NTSC/PAL)
standard high-resolution monitor
TV (NTSC/PAL)
analog flat panel
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