Displays Manager

Use Display Manager to set your desktop resolution, the display refresh rate, and arrange your displays.

To change your display configuration requires dragging and/or clicking or right-clicking a display icon.

What do you want to do?

Access Displays Manager

Enable a secondary display device

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Click the number 2 display icon in the right-hand box.
  3. Click Yes to the Enable this display dialog.
    • Optionally, right-click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box and click Enable in the pop-up menu.

Note: Repeat steps 2 and 3 above for each additional connected device. The number on the display icon will increment as more displays are added.

Enable Extended Mode

If the secondary display is disabled:

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Click the number 2 display icon in the right-hand box.
  3. Click Yes to the Enable this display? dialog.
    • Optionally, right-click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box and click Enable in the pop-up menu.

If the secondary display is in Clone mode, Vertical or Horizontal Stretch mode:

  1. Click and drag the display icon from the Clone box to Additional Displays box.
  2. Release the mouse button and click Remove display.
    • Optionally, right-click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box and click Disable in the pop-up menu.
  3. Click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box.
  4. Click Yes to the Enable this display? dialog.

Enable Clone Mode

If the secondary device is disabled:

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Click and drag the display device icon in Attached displays currently disabled to the empty box to the right of the Main box.
  3. Click Clone Main with [display device] in the pop-up menu.

If the secondary display is enabled:

  1. Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, Rightmost when in Stretch Horizontal mode, or Lower in Stretch Vertical mode.
  2. Click Clone Main with [display device].
  3. Click Yes to the Displays Manager Notification dialog.

Note: Display device can be CRT, DFP, TV, or HDTV.

Enable Stretch Main Vertically

If the secondary display is disabled:

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Click and drag the display device icon from Additional Displays to the empty box to the right of the Main box.
  3. Click Stretch vertically onto [display device] in the pop-up menu.
  4. Click Yes in the Displays Manager Notification dialog.

If the secondary display is enabled:

  1. Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, Rightmost when in Stretch Horizontal mode, or Clone in Clone mode.
  2. Click Stretch vertically onto [display device] in the pop-up menu.
  3. Click Yes in the Displays Manager Notification dialog.

Note: Display device can be CRT, DFP, TV, or HDTV.

Enable Stretch Main Horizontally

If the secondary display is disabled:

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Click and drag the display device icon from Additional Displays to the empty box to the right of the Main box.
  3. Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device].

If the secondary display is enabled:

  1. Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, or Lower in Stretch Vertical mode, or Clone in Clone Mode.
  2. Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device] in the pop-up menu.
  3. Click Yes to the Displays Manager Notification dialog.

Note: Display device can be CRT, DFP, TV, or HDTV depending on the device connection.

Swap displays in Extended Mode

Use Swap displays to switch your desktops when using multiple monitors.

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Right-click any Desktop icon.
  3. Select Swap displays.
  4. Click either Maintain per-display mode settings or Swap displays order only.

Note: Swap displays order only swaps displays while maintaining the existing display settings. Maintain per-display mode settings swaps displays and display settings.

Swap displays in all other modes

Use Swap display mappings to switch your desktops when using multiple monitors.

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Right-click any Desktop icon.
  3. Select Swap display mapping.

Change desktop size

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Select a size from the Desktop Area drop-down menu.

Change Color quality

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Select the desired color setting from the Color Quality drop-down menu.

Change display refresh rate

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Choose a refresh rate from the Refresh Rate drop-down menu.

Note: See your monitor manual for supported refresh rates. Setting a refresh rate higher than recommended by the monitor manufacturer could damage the monitor.

Rotate the desktop

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Right-click the desktop monitor icon to be rotated.
  3. Select a rotation option from the pop-up menu.
    • Optionally, select a rotation angle from the Rotation drop-down menu.

Detect a newly connected display device

Detect a display device, such as a Digital Flat Panel or TV without having to restart your computer

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Click Detect Displays button.

Force changes to a specific display setting

You can force the Catalyst® Control Center to override the display settings required, or not allowed, by a specific application.

  1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
  2. Click the Force button.
  3. Use the mouse to cursor over to the display feature to force.
  4. Highlight and then click the required setting.

Apply your settings

  1. Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst® Control Center open.
  2. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst® Control Center.

Discard your settings

Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view.

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