Selecting a display – Sony PCG-TR2A User Manual

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Selecting a display

When you connect an external display (projector or computer monitor) to your computer, you can switch the display
between the computer screen (LCD), the external display, or both, using shortcut keys or the Display Properties settings.

Shortcut keys Result

Fn+F7

Toggles the display between the computer screen (LCD), a connected external display, such as a

monitor or projector, and both the LCD and external display.

Select one display at a time. Connect the cable before you turn on the computer; otherwise, Fn+F7 keys will not work.

To switch the display using the Display Properties settings

1.

Plug the display cable into the VGA monitor port on your computer.

2.

Right-click the desktop, and click Properties from the shortcut menu. The Display Properties dialog box
appears.

3.

Click the Settings tab, and then click Advanced. The Sony Notebook LCD and Intel(R) ... dialog box appears.

4.

Click the Intel

®

Extreme Graphics tab, and then click Graphics Properties.

Intel

®

Graphics Controller Properties

5.

On the Devices tab, click either Monitor, Intel(R) Dual Display Clone, or Extended Desktop, depending on your
display preferences.

You may not be able to display the computer screen (LCD) and an external display or projector at the same time,

depending on the types of computer displays and projectors you are using.

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