HDTV Support

Use HDTV Support when your CRT or DFP device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID. Selecting one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displays Manager when the associated display is selected.

If you have a CRT and DFP device and want both to support HDTV, you must go to both HDTV Support pages and select both Add 720p and Add 1080i check boxes.

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WARNING!: Forcing a display mode that exceeds its EDID limits may result in permanent damage to your display!

What do you want to do?

Add 720p mode to the Displays Manager Force button

If the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box is empty you can add a format.

  1. Expand Digital Panel Properties in Advanced View.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Click Add 720p standard format to the Displays Manager.
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    WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

Add 1080i mode to the Displays Manager Force button

If the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box is empty you can add a format.

  1. Expand Digital Panel Properties in Advanced View.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Click Add 1080i standard format to the Displays Manager.
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    WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

Add 1080p mode to the Displays Manager Force button

If the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box is empty you can add a format.

  1. Expand Digital Panel Properties in Advanced View.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Click Add 1080p standard format to the Displays Manager.
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    WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

Add an HDTV format

The Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box should list any standard and optimized HDTV formats supported by the digital panel's EDID. If the list is empty, then no HDTV formats are natively supported.

  1. Expand Digital Panel Properties in Advanced View.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Select either 720p or 1080i in HDTV modes supported by this display.
  4. Click Apply formats.
  5. Click Add.
  6. A group of four arrow buttons and a large rectangle is overlaid on the screen. Use these arrows to increase or decrease the width and height of the rectangle until the blue background is just visible.
  7. Click Maintain aspect ratio to maintain the ratio between width and height while making adjustments.
  8. Click Accept.
  9. Click OK in the HDTV Format warning message box.
  10. Click Apply to add your new HDTV format to the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list and the Displays Manager mode list.

Note: The format to be added must be based on one of the standard timing formats (720p or 1080i).

Remove an HDTV Format

  1. Expand Digital Panel Properties in Advanced View.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Click to highlight the HDTV format to be removed in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box.
  4. Click Remove button.

Note: The removed format will be removed from the Displays Manager mode list once the computer has been rebooted.

Apply HDTV Format

  1. Expand Digital Panel Properties in Advanced View.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Click to highlight the desired an HDTV format in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box.
  4. Click Apply Format.

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.

Restore default settings

  1. Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window.
  2. Click Defaults.

Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK.

Discard your settings

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