Dell Precision M4300 - Using the Display; Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper on the Screen: Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate

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Microsoft Windows XP
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Click Start → Control Panel → Appearance and Themes .
2 Under Pick a task... , click Change the screen resolution .
3 Under Screen resolution , click and drag the bar to reduce the resolution setting.
4 In the drop-down menu under Color quality , click Medium (16 bit) and click OK .
Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating System
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Click the Windows Vista Start button , click Control Panel , and then click Appearance and
Personalization
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2 Under Personalization , click Adjust Screen Resolution .
The
Display Properties window appears.
3 Under Resolution: click and drag the bar reduce the resolution setting.
4 In the drop-down menu under Colors: , click Medium (16 bit) .
5 Click OK .
Connecting Your Computer to a TV
NOTE: Video cables for connecting your computer to a TV or other device may not be included with your computer.
TV adapter cables are available for purchase from Dell.
Your computer has an S-video TV-out connector that, together with a standard S-video cable, a
composite video adapter cable, or a component video adapter cable (available from Dell), enable you to
connect the computer to a TV.
Your TV has either an S-video input connector, a composite video-input connector, or a component
video-input connector. Depending on what type of connector is available on your TV, you can use a
commercially available S-video cable, composite video cable, or component video cable to connect your
computer to your TV.
Enabling the Display Settings for a TV
NOTE: To ensure that the display options appear correctly, connect the TV to the computer before you enable the
display settings.
1 S-video TV-out connector 2 S-video connector
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