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Page 1: User Manual
USB to VGA Adapter User Manual English LINDY No. 42744 www.lindy.com © LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH – SECOND EDITION (July 2011) - Page 2 User Manual English...
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Page 3: System Requirements
Package Contents • USB 2.0 to VGA Adapter • USB A to Mini-B cable, 1m • Driver CD • LINDY Manual Features • USB 2.0 compliant • supports high resolutions up to 1920 x 1080@32bit • Plug-and-Play USB connectivity •... -
Page 4: Installation
User Manual English Installation Windows 2000/XP/Vista: Caution: DO NOT connect the USB display adapter to your computer before you install the provided driver. You will be instructed to do so later. Follow the procedures below to install the driver and then connect the adapter: 1. - Page 5 User Manual English 2. Please wait while Windows configures DisplayLink Core Software. Your screens may temporarily go black or flash during this process. *Actual strings depend on your operation system. These screen shots are from Windows XP and might vary slightly for each operation system. Notice for Windows Vista/2000: If prompted to restart your computer, click Yes to restart or No to manually restart later.
- Page 6 User Manual English After the installation is completed, you will see the DisplayLink Manager Icon in System Tray that looks like a monitor as below. Click on the icon to bring up the menu. Extend Mode: The screen is part of the extended desktop.
- Page 7 User Manual English Note If the installer program doesn’t run automatically, please locate and double-click on the Setup.exe file in the Driver folder to launch the setup program. If you encounter a User Account Control dialog box when attempting to install a program, enter an administrator password or click Allow to start the installation.
- Page 8 User Manual English Please wait while Windows configures DisplayLink Core Software. Your screens may temporarily go black or flash during this process. When finished, the installation screen will disappear and you will return to your desktop. Connect the USB display adapter to your computer and monitor. Connect the smaller end of the USB cable to the adapter.
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Page 9: Connected To The Adapter And Monitor
User Manual English To control the behavior of an attached DisplayLink device (or screen), it is possible to use Windows Key+P to display a menu (and cycle through it) to allow: Disconnect Projector, Duplicate, Extend, Projector Only. *Actual strings depend on your operation system. These screen shots are from Windows 7 and might vary slightly for each operation system. -
Page 10: Display Properties
User Manual English ‡ After you have connected the adapter, Windows will automatically complete the installation. Once the installation is done, an extended screen will appear on the add-on monitor. For Windows Vista, if the add-on monitor is blank, please reboot your system again. -
Page 11: Manual Setting
User Manual English Click on the DisplayLink Device icon and select Advanced to configuration Display Properties as above or manually setting as below description. On Windows 7, the DisplayLink Device icon will be hided. Please click the arrow sign and right click the DisplayLink Device icon to select Advanced. Manual Setting Position the mouse anywhere on your computer desktop, right-click and select Screen Resolution on Win 7, Personalize >... - Page 12 User Manual English Notice: The full DisplayLink User Interface as above is not supported on Windows 7. Displays Configuration on Windows 7 should be carried out using the improved Windows Display Properties dialog box (figure1), and using the Windows-P key combination (figure2).
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Page 13: Video And Dvd Playback In Extended Mode
User Manual English Once the setting is done, to use your extended desktop, simply drag and drop your open windows over to your second monitor. However, note that some applications may not support display on the extended desktop. Cursor disappeared? If you’re in extneded mode but the add-on monitor is not connected, the desktop still pans to the add-on monitor and it’s possible that your cursor has moved to the extended desktop so that you cannot find it on the primary display. -
Page 14: Mirror Your Windows Desktop
User Manual English Mirror Your Windows Desktop This mode is referred to as “mirror” or “clone” mode. In this mode, your original screen (the primary display) will be mirrored to the add-on monitor. Easy Setting Click on the DisplayLink Device icon and select Mirror to configuration the setting as above, or manually setting as below description. - Page 15 User Manual English Figure 1 Figure 2 Manual Setting In mirror mode, the adapter will automatically select the settings (screen resolution, color quality and refresh rate) for the add-on monitor. But you can manually adjust the settings as required. However, the settings of the add-on monitor are limited by that of the primary monitor.
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Page 16: Be The Primary Monitor
User Manual English Extend the desktop onto this monitor on Vista or Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor on XP/2000. 4. Click OK to close the settings screen Be the Primary Monitor To make the add-on monitor the primary display: Position the mouse anywhere on your computer desktop, right-click and select Screen Resolution on Win 7, Personalize >... - Page 17 User Manual English Some monitors advertise the supported modes through the video connector. If this is the case, the adapter identifies the supported modes from the monitor. If the monitor does not advertise the supported modes, the adapter software chooses a set of common screen modes for the monitor.
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Page 18: Configure The Components
User Manual English If cloning the primary display, the video component will try to use the preferred monitor mode. In some cases, this may not be the most appropriate mode for the cloned desktop. It is recommended that the primary display resolution be changed to closer match the default resolution of the add-on monitor. - Page 19 User Manual English Screen ResolutionL The resolution will be depends on your computer setting, resolution support of moniter and else…. Manual Setting 1. Position the mouse anywhere on your computer desktop, right-click and select Screen Resolution on Win 7, Personalize > Display Settings on Vista or Properties >...
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Page 20: Standby And Hibernate, Shut Down And Restart
User Manual English 4. To change the refresh rate, click Advanced… and then click Monitor. 5. Select a refresh rate from the Screen refresh rate drop-down list and then click Apply. 6. Click OK to close the settings screen. Standby and Hibernate, Shut Down and Restart When the adapter is connected to a computer and an external monitor, if the computer goes into standby or hibernate mode, the external monitor display goes blank. -
Page 21: Disconnecting The Adapter
User Manual English Disconnecting the Adapter If the adapter is unplugged from the computer, the add-on monitor goes blank. All windows and icons move to the primary screen. On reconnection of the adapter, the adapter returns to the same mode as it was before disconnection. - Page 22 User Manual English What is Vista XDDM mode? XDDM refers to Windows XP Driver Mode. It is a video card driver mode used in some legacy computers that running the new generation Vista OS. It provides an interface similar to Windows XP user Interface on Vista and one of its characteristics is that it doesn’t support Windows Aero interface.
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Page 23: Verifying The Driver Installation
User Manual English Verifying the Driver Installation To verify your USB display adapter driver installation, please launch Device Manager by the steps below: Open the Control Panel and double-click Uninstall a Program on Win 7, Programs and Features on Vista, and Add or Remove Programs on XP/2000. *Actual strings depend on your operation system. -
Page 24: Uninstall The Adapter And Driver
User Manual English Uninstall the Adapter and Driver If for any reason you want to uninstall the video adapter and its driver, please take these steps: 1. Open the Control Panel and double-click Uninstall a Program on Win 7, Programs and Features on Vista, and Add or Remove Programs on XP/2000. 2. -
Page 25: Troubleshooting Tips
User Manual English Troubleshooting Tips Q1: The display on the add-on monitor is blank. A: If the monitor power LED is green (in most cases), wait a moment for the monitor to show the video as sometimes it takes time for the add-on monitor to show the video. You can also reboot your system to try again. - Page 26 User Manual English If you still have issues playing media content on the adapter, try the following steps: • As some media players require DirectX hardware support to correctly operate, try a different media player which requires less DirectX support. •...
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