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Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide 13
3 If the monitor name listed doesn’t match your monitor, click the Change button to select
a new monitor name. Follow the on-screen instructions.
For more information on Windows monitor settings, see Windows documentation.
If you want to customize your Windows monitor settings (analog monitors only):
1 Access the PowerDesk Monitor Settings property sheet (see “Accessing PowerDesk
property sheets”, page 12).
2 Depending on what you want to do, click one of the buttons in the Monitor settings
selection method
box, then follow the on-screen instructions.
DualHead Multi-Display setup
With your Matrox graphics card, you can enable a second display (for example, a computer monitor
or a TV) as part of your Windows desktop. This is the Matrox
DualHead Multi-Display feature. To use
this feature:
When you first restart your computer, you’ll be prompted to enable the DualHead Multi-Display
feature. Follow the on-screen instructions. For more information, see the online help.
Other DualHead features
If your Matrox graphics card has a second monitor connector you can also use these features:
 DualHead Clone – View a copy of your main display on your secondary display. Each
display can use different monitor settings (refresh rates).
 DualHead Zoom – Use your secondary display to view a zoomed-in portion of your main
display.
 DualHead DVDMax – Play digital video in a window on your main display and, at the
same time, view that video full-screen on your secondary display.
More PowerDesk information
For more information on Matrox PowerDesk:
 For context-sensitive help where available, click the “ ” icon in the title bar, then click
the item you want help on. Right-click a help topic for a pop-up menu that lets you print
or copy it. (Some help topics are only available through context-sensitive help.)
 Access the Matrox PowerDesk Information property sheet (see “Accessing PowerDesk
property sheets”, page 12), then click
Help or View Readme File .