Fujitsu LifeBook S6420 - Connecting an External Monitor; Connecting an External Monitor to the Notebook; Setting the Refresh Rate for Your External Monitor

Connecting external devices
Connecting an external monitor
Externalmoni tor:
You can connect an external monitor to the notebook’s VGA or DVI port. Informa tion
about the resolutions supported by the graphics card of your notebook can be found
in the "Technical Data" chapter in the EasyGuide.
You can use a key combination to switch back and forth between the external monitor and
the notebook? s LC D screen. More information about the device-specific key combinations
can be found in "Key combinations" in the EasyGuide.
Connecting an external moni
tor to the noteb ook
► Switch off the notebook a nd the external monitor.
► Connect the data cable of the e
xternal monitor directly to the VG A port
or the DVI port of the note book
.
► First switch on the m onitor and then the notebook.
When the notebook is connected to a Port Replicator, the operating system creates
a hardw are profile for the "Docked" mod e. In this profile, a setting is saved which
indicates the last screen that was used for output. This profile is loaded whenever
the notebook is connected to a Port Replicator of the same type.
Setting the refresh rate for your external monitor
The refresh rate must be correctly set so that the image does not flicker.
Windows XP:
► To do this, select the monitor type in the menu S ta r t - (Settings) - Control Pane l - Appearance a nd
Themes - Display - Settings - A dvanced - Display.
► Adjust the refresh rate and then click on Apply.
Windows Vista:
► Set the appropriate re fresh rate for the connected monitor type.
► Select Start – (Settings) – Control Panel – Appearance and personalization – Personalization:
Adjust screen resolution.
or
► Right-click on the desktop. Click on Personalize – D ispla y Settings and select monitor type 1
or 2.
► Select Advanced Settings – Monitor.
► Select Screen Refresh Rate to choose the optimum refresh rate for the conne cted monitor type.
► Click Apply and OK.
If the refresh rate set is t
oo high, the monito r may be damaged . Please see the
documentation included w
ith your monitor for the maximum possible refresh rate.
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