User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- Disclaimer
- Product support
- Power safety
- Getting started
- Getting to know your monitor
- How to assemble your monitor hardware
- Getting the most from your BenQ monitor
- How to adjust your monitor
- The control panel
- 5-way controller and basic menu operations
- Working with the hot keys
- Hotkey Puck G2 and its basic operations
- Adjusting Display Mode
- Choosing an appropriate color mode
- Working with two video sources (KVM Switch)
- Video source selection in PIP mode
- Video source selection in PBP mode
- Connecting multiple monitors (Thunderbolt™ 3 daisy chaining)(PD2720U / PD3220U)
- Working with HDR technology
- Working with two color settings on the same image (DualView)
- Navigating the main menu
- Troubleshooting
49 How to adjust your monitor
Scenario B: Working with two computers and two monitors
1. Establish cable connection as instructed in Connect the PC video cable on page 12.
2. Go to System > Power Awake > USB and select ON.
3. Go to KVM Switch > Video Input and select None.
4. Go to KVM Switch and switch between Thunderbolt 3 (PD2720U / PD3220U) /
USB-C (PD3420Q) and USB Upstream. If one of the custom key is set for KVM
Switch, press the custom key to switch.
Scenario C: Working in PBP mode
1. Establish cable connection as instructed in Connect the PC video cable on page 12.
2. Go to System > Power Awake > USB and select ON.
3. Enable PBP function from Input > PBP. Select sources properly as instructed in Video
source selection in PBP mode on page 50.
4. Go to KVM Switch > Video Input and select None.
5. Go to KVM Switch and switch between Thunderbolt 3 (PD2720U / PD3220U) /
USB-C (PD3420Q) and USB Upstream. If one of the custom key is set for KVM
Switch, press the custom key to switch.
Video source selection in PIP mode
For first time use, go to Input > PIP, and press the 5-way controller. Your monitor scans for
the available video sources in the following order: Thunderbolt™ 3 (PD2720U / PD3220U),
USB-C™ (PD3420Q), DP, and HDMI, and displays the first available one as the main source in
PIP mode, and the second one as the sub source. If only one input signal is found, connect the
desired video source with an appropriate cable, and go to Input > PIP > Sub to select the sub
source manually. Under Input > PIP > Main, the main source can be changed manually as
well.
PC 1 PC 2
PC 1 PC 2
Thunderbolt™ 3
cable
Video cable
USB cable (type A to type B)
USB-C™
cable
or
PC 1
PC 2
PC 1 PC 2
Video cable
Thunderbolt™ 3
cable
USB-C™
cable
or