These are the directions from the users guide to help with displaying video to ext monitor or tv. note (some steps maybe different because of the Operating system)
Using TV Out
The MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9000 has TV Out capability. You can connect to a television and monitor at the same time. Television display is ideal for playing games, giving presentations and watching movies.
Connecting The MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9000 To A Television
Determine if your television has an S-Video input connector. If your television has RCA input, you will need an S-Video to RCA adapter.
Locate your S-Video output. Using an S-Video cable attach one end of the cable to the notebook's S-Video connector and the other end to your television.
Enabling and Disabling Television Display
Click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
Double-click Display. Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
Click on the ATI Displays tab.
Click on the enable/disable button next to the word "TV" to enable/disable television display.
Click Apply to save the changes you have made.
NOTE: If there is no display on your television, you may need to switch it to video display mode. For more information, consult the documentation supplied with your television.
While I appreciate your response, I dont think that you have read my question correctly, or maybe I was a little confusing in my wording..
I have no problem getting another monitor or television to work with my video card, but all that I can get it to do is extend my desktop, which is not what I want. I would like to be able to use the second display to show my current desktop, such as if I had a projector hooked up, so everyone else in the room can see what I am doing without me having to drag all the windows to the "extended" desktop
In your display properties\settings tab, click on display2 and uncheck extend desktop option. test.. If then it doesn't work.. click on display properties\settings\advanced\ATI displays. and see If the ext monitor is recognized.If so click to make it the primary display.. also test the toggle function. Fn+F8..
I have the same problem with an 8600 and the ATI 9600 video card. I can get the desktop to extend but I cannot (easily) get the same think showing on my notebook and projector at the same time.
It worked fine the first time I connected my projector but then I had to try the extended desktop option and I have not been able to go back. The only way it will work is if I connect another external monitor to my computer and then simply switch the cable to my projector.
I also found that if I make a new user and do not extend the desktop when logged in as that user then it will "mirror" the notebook display on the projector as desired.
I have tried removing the drivers and the displays devices and the Fn+F8 but nothing seems to want to make it go back to square one. There just does not appear to be any way to remove the dual display option once you use it.
My brother has the exact same system and all he has to do is connect the projector and log back in. The notebook automatically detects the projector, switches resolution and then displays the same screen on the projector as the notebook. I can get the same thing happening on my system but the moment I log in, it switchs to a desktop extention display.
I would also appreciate some help about this from DELL.
I am not really sure how I did it but just in case someone else has difficulty this is what I think I did.
Open the display properties and select the second monitor and then uncheck the extend my desktop option.
Then select the primary monitor and click the advanced button. Select the display tab and turn on the upper left display (external monitor) with the a click in the upper left corner.
With the above description I am able to mirror the screen to my external monitor.
However it runs in 1680x1050 (same as my TFT naturally) and ONLY 60Hz!!!
Is there no way to have the external CRT monitor running at a higher refresh rate than 60Hz?
Like jperdis, I have an Inspiron 8600 with the ATI 9600, and
I too was unable to mirror the desktop to an external display
(in this case a big LCD display). And like jperdis, I eventually
made it work, but not by following his procedure - when I tried to "click on the second monitor and then uncheck the extend my desktop option", the box was grayed out.
Like jperdis, I have no idea how I got it working. Worse, I don't know if it will work next time.
Helllooooo, DELL. This is a problem that will typically happen with a lot of expensive people in the room waiting, and it makes you and your customer look foolish. Could we please have some help on this? We need a foolproof, simple way to clone the desktop to external video.
I suspect the actual solution may involve clicking the secondary display to indicate "not attached", and then activating external video with the Fn-F8 key combination. When I noticed the desktop
was cloned, I noticed the resolution had changed automatically to
the native resolution of the LCD.
MikeBi58
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February 4th, 2004 12:00
Welcome to the Dell Community Forum,
These are the directions from the users guide to help with displaying video to ext monitor or tv. note (some steps maybe different because of the Operating system)
Using TV Out
The MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9000 has TV Out capability. You can connect to a television and monitor at the same time. Television display is ideal for playing games, giving presentations and watching movies.
Connecting The MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9000 To A Television
Determine if your television has an S-Video input connector. If your television has RCA input, you will need an S-Video to RCA adapter.
Locate your S-Video output. Using an S-Video cable attach one end of the cable to the notebook's S-Video connector and the other end to your television.
Enabling and Disabling Television Display
Click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
Double-click Display. Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
Click on the ATI Displays tab.
Click on the enable/disable button next to the word "TV" to enable/disable television display.
Click Apply to save the changes you have made.
NOTE: If there is no display on your television, you may need to switch it to video display mode. For more information, consult the documentation supplied with your television.
Thanks,
NBartomeli
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February 4th, 2004 12:00
While I appreciate your response, I dont think that you have read my question correctly, or maybe I was a little confusing in my wording..
I have no problem getting another monitor or television to work with my video card, but all that I can get it to do is extend my desktop, which is not what I want. I would like to be able to use the second display to show my current desktop, such as if I had a projector hooked up, so everyone else in the room can see what I am doing without me having to drag all the windows to the "extended" desktop
Thanks
MikeBi58
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563 Posts
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February 4th, 2004 13:00
Hello NBartomeli,
In your display properties\settings tab, click on display2 and uncheck extend desktop option. test.. If then it doesn't work.. click on display properties\settings\advanced\ATI displays. and see If the ext monitor is recognized.If so click to make it the primary display.. also test the toggle function. Fn+F8..
Thanks,
jperdis
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February 9th, 2004 23:00
NBartomeli, .... I feel your pain....
I have the same problem with an 8600 and the ATI 9600 video card. I can get the desktop to extend but I cannot (easily) get the same think showing on my notebook and projector at the same time.
It worked fine the first time I connected my projector but then I had to try the extended desktop option and I have not been able to go back. The only way it will work is if I connect another external monitor to my computer and then simply switch the cable to my projector.
I also found that if I make a new user and do not extend the desktop when logged in as that user then it will "mirror" the notebook display on the projector as desired.
I have tried removing the drivers and the displays devices and the Fn+F8 but nothing seems to want to make it go back to square one. There just does not appear to be any way to remove the dual display option once you use it.
My brother has the exact same system and all he has to do is connect the projector and log back in. The notebook automatically detects the projector, switches resolution and then displays the same screen on the projector as the notebook. I can get the same thing happening on my system but the moment I log in, it switchs to a desktop extention display.
I would also appreciate some help about this from DELL.
JP
jperdis
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February 10th, 2004 00:00
FINALLY!!!!!! I got it to work....
I am not really sure how I did it but just in case someone else has difficulty this is what I think I did.
Open the display properties and select the second monitor and then uncheck the extend my desktop option.
Then select the primary monitor and click the advanced button. Select the display tab and turn on the upper left display (external monitor) with the a click in the upper left corner.
Good luck all.
JP
HTXman
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September 30th, 2004 09:00
However it runs in 1680x1050 (same as my TFT naturally) and ONLY 60Hz!!!
Is there no way to have the external CRT monitor running at a higher refresh rate than 60Hz?
Regards HTXman
w/ I8600
gweller
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December 20th, 2004 23:00
I too was unable to mirror the desktop to an external display
(in this case a big LCD display). And like jperdis, I eventually
made it work, but not by following his procedure - when I tried to "click on the second monitor and then uncheck the extend my desktop option", the box was grayed out.
Like jperdis, I have no idea how I got it working. Worse, I don't know if it will work next time.
Helllooooo, DELL. This is a problem that will typically happen with a lot of expensive people in the room waiting, and it makes you and your customer look foolish. Could we please have some help on this? We need a foolproof, simple way to clone the desktop to external video.
I suspect the actual solution may involve clicking the secondary display to indicate "not attached", and then activating external video with the Fn-F8 key combination. When I noticed the desktop
was cloned, I noticed the resolution had changed automatically to
the native resolution of the LCD.
There's gotta be a better way.