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Using Your Gateway Flat-Panel Monitor
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You have the monitor connected to your notebook’s VGA port but see no image on the screen.
• If your notebook supports dual displays, you can use both your notebook’s display and this
monitor in extended desktop multi-monitor mode. See Windows Help to learn how to enable
multiple monitors.
• You can also use this monitor as your primary monitor and not use the notebook’s screen.
Notebook computers typically have an FN key combination that lets you toggle between your
notebook’s display and an externally attached display. On Gateway notebooks, this key
combination is F
N+F4. The F4 key is located along the top row of keys. See your notebook
user guide for more information.
Display colors are wrong
• Touch (Menu), (Main Menu), then (Auto) to automatically adjust the display
image to the ideal settings. (VGA input only.)
• Restart your computer with the monitor turned on.
• Make sure that the video cable is connected securely to the back of the monitor and your
computer. For more information about connecting the video cable, see “Connecting the
monitor” on page 2.
• Make sure that the video cable is not damaged.
• Check the end of the video cable for any pins that might be bent or pushed in.
Picture has shadows or “ghosts”
• Touch (Menu), (Main Menu), then (Auto) to automatically adjust the display
image to the ideal settings. (VGA input only.)
• Remove any extension cables or switchboxes.
• Make sure that the video cable is connected securely to the back of the monitor and your
computer. For more information about connecting the video cable, see “Connecting the
monitor” on page 2.
• Make sure that the video cable is not damaged.
• Check the end of the video cable for any pins that might be bent or pushed in.
• Make sure that your monitor connection is using the VGA cable that came with your monitor.