ThinkPad E555 - Using an External Display

UsingtheBluetoothconnection
Bluetoothcanconnectdevicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnecting
peripheraldevicestoacomputer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer,or
remotelycontrollingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones.
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupporttheBluetoothfeature.Totransferdatathrough
theBluetoothfeature,dothefollowing:
Note:Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywitha
Bluetoothoption,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeature
canbedegraded.
•ForWindows7:
1.PressF8andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoenabletheBluetoothfeature.
2.Right-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.
3.SelectSendTo➙BluetoothDevices.
4.SelectaBluetoothdevice,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
•ForWindows8.1:
1.Gotothedesktop,andthenright-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.
2.SelectSendTo➙BluetoothDevices.
3.SelectaBluetoothdevice,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Formoreinformation,refertotheWindowshelpinformationsystemandtheBluetoothhelpinformation
system.
Usinganexternaldisplay
Youcanuseanexternaldisplaysuchasaprojectororamonitortogivepresentationsortoexpandyour
workspace.Thistopicintroduceshowtoconnectanexternaldisplay,choosedisplaymodes,andchange
displaysettings.
Yourcomputersupportsthefollowingvideoresolution,providedthattheexternalmonitoralsosupportsthat
resolution.
•Upto1920x1200,withanexternaldisplayconnectedtotheVGAconnector
•Upto4096x2304,withanexternaldisplayconnectedtotheHDMIconnector
Formoreinformationabouttheexternaldisplay,refertothemanualsprovidedwithit.
Connectinganexternaldisplay
Youcanuseeitherawireddisplayorawirelessdisplay.ThewireddisplaycanbeconnectedtotheHDMIor
VGAconnectorbyacable.ThewirelessdisplaycanbeaddedthroughtheWi-DiorMiracastfunction.
•Connectingawireddisplay
Note:Whenyouconnectanexternalmonitor,avideointerfacecablewithaferritecoreisrequired.
1.Connecttheexternaldisplaytoanappropriatevideoconnectoronyourcomputer,suchasthe
VGAconnectororHDMIconnector.
2.Connecttheexternaldisplaytoanelectricaloutlet.
3.Turnontheexternaldisplay.
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