•Iftheexternalmonitoryouareusingisoutdated,theresolutionandtherefreshratemaybelimited.
Settingupapresentation
Note:IfyourcomputerisaWindows7model,itdoesnotsupportPresentationDirector,buttheF6orWin+P
keycombinationisavailableforswitchingdisplayoutputtoaconnectedprojector.
PresentationDirectorprovidesaneasywaytosetupyourcomputertohelpyougivepresentationswith
condence,evenwhenyouareawayfromyourofce.
UsePresentationDirectortoadjustresolutionsettingsandtemporarilydisablepowermanagementtimersto
ensureanuninterruptedpresentation.
PresentationDirectorhassomepredenedpresentationschemes.Toapplyapresentationscheme,youcan
use“theF6key”onpage25.
TostartPresentationDirector,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙PresentationDirector,and
followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Projectingvideo
Todisplayinformationandmakepresentations,youcanattachadataprojectortoyourcomputer.Attachthe
dataprojectortothemonitorconnectoronyourcomputer.
Note:Itmaytakeseveralsecondsbeforetheprojectordisplaystheimage.Ifyoudonotseeyourdesktop
displayedafter60seconds,trypressingF6toswitchbetweendifferentdisplayoutputlocations.
Playingsound
Yourprojectormighthaveoneormoreaudio-inputconnectors.Toprojectsound,youwillneedtoattachthe
comboaudiojackonyourcomputertotheseconnectors,usinganaudiocable(commerciallyavailable).
Usingacolorprole
ThedisplayprovidesacolorprolethatcanworkwiththeMicrosoftImageColorManagement(ICM)
function.IfthegraphicssoftwareyouareusingiscompatiblewithICM,youcandisplayacolorimageon
yourmonitorandmatchit,withthesamequality,onanotherdevice,suchasascanneroraprinter.
FordetailsonMicrosoftICM,refertothemanualsprovidedwiththeWindowsoperatingsystem.
Note:ThecolorproleforThinkPadLCDhasbeenpre-installedinyourcomputeralready.Ifyouneedto
installadifferentcolorprole,see“InstallingThinkPadMonitorFileforWindows2000/XP/Vista/7”on
page103
.
Usingaudiofeatures
Yourcomputerisequippedwiththefollowing:
•Comboaudiojack,1/8inch(3.5mm)indiameter
•Built-instereospeakers
•Built-inanalogmicrophone
Yourcomputeralsohasanaudiochipthatenablesyoutoenjoyvariousmultimediaaudiofeatures:
•CompliantwithIntel
®
HighDenitionAudio.
•RecordingandplaybackofPCMandWAVlesin16-bitor24-bitformat.
•PlaybackofaWAVleatasamplerateof44.1KHzto192KHz.
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