Toshiba TECRA A8 Laptop User Manual


 
User’s Manual 8-11
Optional Devices
3. Turn the monitor’s power on.
4. Turn the computer’s power on.
When you turn on the power, the computer automatically recognizes the
monitor and determines whether it is color or monochrome.
However, the Windows Desktop appears on a display device that you used
last time to shut down your computer, if the display device exists when you
turn on the power.
To change the display settings, press Fn + F5. If you disconnect the
external monitor before you turn the computer’s power off, be sure to press
Fn + F5 to switch to the internal display. Refer to Chapter 5, The Keyboard,
for details on using hot keys to change the display setting.
TV
You can connect a television set to the Video out jack on the computer.
Follow the steps below.
Using the TOSHIBA Assist button or TOSHIBA Presentation
button
1. Connect the TV adaptor cable’s S-Video plug to the Video-out jack on
the computer.
Figure 8-16 Connecting the S-Video cable to the Video-out jack
2. Connect the TV adaptor cable’s S-Video plug to the Video-out jack on
the TV.
3. Press the TOSHIBA Assist button or TOSHIBA Presentation button.
You can use the hot keys Fn + F5 to change the display device. Refer to
Chapter 5, The Keyboard.
To open "TOSHIBA Controls" properties, click Start, click Control Panel,
and click Printers and Other Hardware, select "TOSHIBA Controls", and
set "TV OUT" to "TOSHIBA Assist button" or "TOSHIBA Presentation
button" on "Buttons" tab.
Depending on the model, the Video out jack (TV-out) is not present.
Video-out jack
TV adaptor cable’s
S-Video plug