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    Catalyst Control Center settings for LCD TV as secondary display

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by JohnOrion82, Oct 18, 2007.

  1. JohnOrion82

    JohnOrion82 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have Fujitsu Siemens 17" multimedia laptop, Amilo Xi 1546, that has Ati Mobility Radeon X1800 inside. I'm using Catalyst 7.7 driver (Mobility Modder) at the moment. I recently purchased a 40" HD Ready LCD TV (Sony 40D3000) which I connected to my laptop using a 1.3 HDMI cable and HDMI-DVI -adapter. The question:

    Does anybody know what kind of settings I should make in Catalyst Control Center so that I can use my LCD as secondary display (when, for example, I want to watch a movie trailer I downloaded from a bigger screen)? When I try "extending" it to main display, it only shows the background picture of my desktop but none of the icons, windows or clips. When I "clone" it, it does show them but then the resolution of my laptop's screen is all wrong -- because when "cloned" the LCD and the laptop's screen use the same resolution.

    The only way I managed to get results is to first "extend" the LCD to the main display and then "swapping" the displays. This makes the LCD the main display while the laptop's display only shows the background picture and nothing else. Is there no way of getting both the laptop and the LCD to show the deskptop correctly with correct resolution in both displays?

    Help me out!
     
    JohnOrion82, Oct 18, 2007
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  2. Eleison

    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    Not really, but you don't need to swap the LCD to primary. The extended desktop does exactly what it says: it EXTENDS onto your LCD. By default, your computer will position the LCD to the right of your laptop's display, so all you have to do is move your mouse to the right OFF THE LAPTOP SCREEN to interact with the LCD screen. This means that you can drag a movie player, picture viewer, or anything else onto the LCD screen.
     
    Eleison, Oct 18, 2007
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    JohnOrion82 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh man, it sounds so simple, yet I couldn't figure it out. :p Thank you, man! :)
     
    JohnOrion82, Oct 18, 2007
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    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    Happy to help. It's simple because I do this kind of thing all day, every day. There are a lot of people who can't figure it out even after I tell them on the phone, until one day they push the mouse just a little too far to the right and it pops up on the other screen :).
     
    Eleison, Oct 18, 2007
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    Deridex Newbie

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    How is it possible to make it so the second display only plays stuff like movies and games but doesn't show any other stuff from the primary desktop? I remember I used to have it set up like that before I had to wipe my computer. Now I'm wondering how I can do that again.
     
    Deridex, Jun 11, 2008
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