Dell UltraSharp UP3017Q/UP3017QA Dell Display Manager User’s Guide Model: UP3017Q/UP3017QA Regulatory model: UP3017Qt
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Contents Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Using the Quick Settings Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Setting Basic Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Assigning Preset Modes to Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Applying Energy Conservation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Organizing Windows with Easy Arrange . . . . . . . . . . .
Overview Dell Display Manager is a Windows application used to manage a monitor or a group of monitors. It allows manual adjustment of the displayed image, assignment of automatic settings, energy management, window organization, image rotation, and other features on select Dell monitors. Once installed, Dell display manager runs each time the computer starts and its icon is placed in the notification tray.
Using the Quick Settings Dialog Clicking Dell Display Manager’s notification tray icon opens the Quick Settings dialog box. When more than one supported Dell model is connected to the system, a specific target monitor can be selected using the menu provided. The Quick Settings dialog box allows convenient adjustment of the monitor’s brightness levels. You can manually select a preset mode or enable automatic selection of a preset mode depending on the active application.
Setting Basic Display Functions A preset mode for the selected monitor can be manually applied using the menu on the Basic tab. Alternatively, Auto Mode can be enabled. Auto Mode causes your preferred preset mode to be applied automatically when specific applications are active. A message momentarily appears on the screen showing the selected preset mode. The selected monitor’s brightness can also be directly adjusted from the Basic tab.
Assigning Preset Modes to Applications The Auto Mode tab allows you to associate a specific preset mode with a specific application, and apply it automatically. When Auto Mode is enabled, Dell Display Manager automatically switches to the corresponding preset mode whenever the associated application is activated. The preset mode assigned to a particular application may be the same on each connected monitor, or it can vary from one monitor to the next.
Applying Energy Conservation Features On supported Dell models, an Options tab is available to provide PowerNap energy conservation options. When the screensaver activates, the monitor’s Brightness can automatically be set to minimum level or the monitor can be put to sleep in order to save additional power.
Organizing Windows with Easy Arrange Some Dell models feature Easy Arrange, which allows the selected monitor’s desktop to be organized into various predefined or custom window layouts. When Easy Arrange is enabled, windows can easily be repositioned and resized automatically to fill specific regions within a window layout. To get started with Easy Arrange, choose a target monitor and select one of the predefined layouts. The regions for that layout are displayed momentarily on the monitor.
To use the custom layout, select the custom layout icon. To delete the currently saved custom layout, close all windows on the desktop and then click the Save link in Easy Arrange.
Rotating Screen Content Some Dell models provide Rotation features. On monitors with a Menu Rotation option under Menu Settings in the OSD menu, changing the menu orientation will automatically trigger a corresponding change in Windows screen orientation. On monitors with an Auto Rotate option under Menu Settings in the OSD menu, enabling this option will automatically trigger a corresponding change in Windows screen orientation when the physical orientation of the display is changed.
A Rotate image button on the Options tab and in the Quick Settings dialog may also be available on select models, to manually switch between landscape and portait screen orientations.
