Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E220s - Using Dual Displays

IfyoudonotwantthecameratobelaunchedautomaticallywhenyoupressF5orwhenyouuseaprogram,
pressF5toopentheCommunicationssettingswindowandclicktheHidemycameraimagebutton
todisablethecamera.
Conguringcamerasettings
Youcancongurethecamerasettingstomeetyourneeds,suchasadjustingthequalityofthevideooutput.
Tocongurethecamerasettings,dothefollowing:
1.PressF5.TheCommunicationssettingswindowopens.
2.ClicktheManageSettingsbutton.TheCommunicationUtilitywindowopens.
3.IntheCommunicationsUtilitywindow,congurethecamerasettingsdependingonyourindividual
needs.
Usingdualdisplays
UsingtheExtenddesktopfunction
YourcomputersupportsafunctionnamedtheExtenddesktop.WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,you
candisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.Youcanalsodisplaydifferent
desktopimagesoneachmonitor.
YoucanusetheExtenddesktopfunctionwithoutchanginganysettings.Ifthefunctiondoesnotwork,refer
to“EnablingtheExtenddesktopfunction”onpage49
toenableit.
ConsiderationsforusingtheExtenddesktopfunction
•IfyouwanttoshowDOSfull-screenwhileintheExtenddesktopmode,onlytheprimarydisplayshows
DOS;theotherdisplayisblackedout.
IfyourcomputerhastheInteldisplayadapter,youcandesignatetheotherdisplayastheprimarydisplay
bydoingthefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+Alt+F12.TheIntelCUIwindowopens.
Note:ForanycombinationoftheFnkeyandafunctionkey,presstheFnkeyrst;then,whileholding
theFnkeydown,pressthedesiredfunctionkey.
2.SelectExtendedDesktop.
3.Changethesettingtodesignatetheprimarydisplay.
IfyourcomputerhastheAMD
®
displayadapter,youcandesignatetheotherdisplayastheprimary
displayasfollows.
1.Right-clickonthedesktop,thenselectScreenresolution.
2.SelectExtendthesedisplaysinMultipleDisplays.
3.Changethesettingtodesignatetheprimarydisplay.
•WhenanapplicationusingtheDirectDrawortheDirect3Displayedinfull-screenmode,itisshown
onlyontheprimarydisplay.
•YoucannotusethedisplayswitchingfunctionwhenyouareintheExtenddesktopmode.
EnablingtheExtenddesktopfunction
ToenabletheExtenddesktopfunction,doasfollows:
ForWindows7:
1.Connecttheexternalmonitortothemonitorconnector;thenconnectthemonitortoanelectricaloutlet.
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