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Chapter 3, Installing Your Matrox Software and Configuring Your Display
• Extend your displays You can connect a DVI monitor or other display
device, such as a projector, to Convert DVI’s DVI OUT, and then extend
your primary display to the Convert DVI’s display. This will allow you to use
the Convert DVI to preview your video output. For example, you can have
the Convert DVI Control Panel open on your primary display, and
simultaneously have a video clip open on the Convert DVI’s display. This
allows you to work on your primary display, while ensuring that only the
video clip on the Convert DVI’s display is being routed to the Convert DVI’s
analog and SDI video outputs.
• Duplicate (clone) your displays You can also duplicate your primary
display onto your Convert DVI’s display. This ensures that your primary
display is being routed to the Convert DVI’s analog and SDI video outputs.
This option is useful if you don’t have a secondary monitor to connect to
Convert DVI’s DVI OUT, or if you are conducting a training video for
example, where you want your audience to see everything you are doing on
your primary display. If your primary display does not support your desired
desktop resolution, you can change your display settings to make Convert
DVI your primary display, allowing you to select any resolution supported
by Convert DVI.
Remarks
• No matter which of your display card’s DVI outputs you use for Convert
DVI, you must configure Convert DVI’s display resolution according to how
you want to use Convert DVI.
• Although the instructions provided in this section describe how to use
Windows to configure your display settings, you can use your display card’s
configuration utility if you prefer.
• It is recommended that you install the latest display drivers for your system’s
display card before working with Convert DVI. For more information, see
your display card’s documentation.
°To configure your display settings in Windows:
1 Right-click on your desktop and choose Screen Resolution (Windows 7),
or
Properties and then click the Settings tab (Windows XP).
¦NoteFrom the Start menu, choose Control Panel > Appearance and
Personalization >
Screen Resolution (Windows 7), or Settings >
Control Panel > Display, and then click the Settings tab (Windows XP).
2 Extend or duplicate (clone) your displays as follows:
¦NoteIf you connected Convert DVI to your display card’s primary DVI
output (where you would normally connect your main monitor), you do not
need to extend or duplicate your displays because your display card’s primary
output is enabled by default. However, if you will not be connecting a monitor