User manual HERCULES DETXP

[. . . ] Drivers for Windows Detonator XP User's Guide Driver Version 21. 83 NVIDIA Corporation October 11, 2001 Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Copyright © 2001 NVIDIA Corporation. This software may not, in whole or in part, be copied through any means, mechanical, electromechanical, or otherwise, without the express permission of NVIDIA Corporation. However, NVIDIA assumes no responsibility for the consequences of use of such information nor for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties, which may result from its use. No License is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of NVIDIA Corporation. [. . . ] The Device Selection panel appears with Digital Flat Panel selected, as shown in Figure 6. 27. 7 Click OK to display the TwinView Clone mode panel showing Digital Flat Panel as the secondary display. Figure 6. 28 shows TwinView Clone mode panel with the context menu for the Digital Flat Panel display. Figure 6. 27 TwinView Device Selection panel on DFP display: Windows 2000 NVIDIA Corporation 65 CHAPTER 6 TwinView Basics: Windows XP/2000/NT 4. 0 Figure 6. 28 TwinView Clone Mode Menu (Display 2=DFP): Windows 2000 Switching Secondary to Primary Display: Clone Mode Note: The example in this section changes DFP from a secondary to a primary display. You can use a similar procedure to change TV from a secondary to a primary display. 1 Make sure you have the TwinView panel open in Clone mode and DFP selected as display 2. 2 Right-click monitor icon 2 to display the context menu. The "Make this the primary display" box becomes checked. 4 Click Apply. 5 Click OK before the message times out. The Confirm Display Settings message and the rest of your Windows desktop appears on your DFP display. 6 Click Yes before the message times out. When the TwinView panel appears, Digital Flat Panel is enabled as the primary display device (Figure 6. 29). 66 NVIDIA Corporation Detonator XP User's Guide Figure 6. 29 TwinView Clone Mode (Switching DFP to Primary): Windows 2000 7 Right-click monitor icon 2 to confirm that the CRT (analog monitor) is now the secondary device (Figure 6. 30). Figure 6. 30 TwinView Clone Mode (Display 2 = Analog Monitor): Windows 2000 NVIDIA Corporation 67 CHAPTER 6 TwinView Basics: Windows XP/2000/NT 4. 0 8 You can use similar steps as described in this section to switch to TV as the primary display (Figure 6. 31). Figure 6. 31 TwinView Clone Mode (Display 1 = TV): Windows 2000 Change Resolution: Clone Mode (Virtual Desktop) You can use the Change Resolution option to modify Resolution and Refresh Frequency for the secondary display, which allows you to enable Virtual Desktop, a useful feature for panels and monitors with limited resolution. This feature lets you pan-and-scan the entire desktop area on the secondary display when its resolution is set to less than the value set on the primary display. Note: If the maximum resolution of the secondary display is less than the current resolution of the primary display, once you enable Clone mode from the TwinView panel, Virtual Desktop will already be enabled. However, you still may want to adjust the resolutions of the primary and/ or secondary device by using the Device Configuration dialog box (Figure 6. 32) for the secondary display or the Windows Settings control panel of your primary display. Follow these steps to enable Virtual Desktop: 68 NVIDIA Corporation Detonator XP User's Guide 1 From the TwinView panel, right-click monitor icon 2 (secondary display) to display the context menu and select Change Resolution to display the Device Configuration dialog box (Figure 6. 32). Note: If you do not see the Change Resolution option on the display 2 context menu, adjust (increase) the resolution on the primary display until the Change Resolution option becomes available from the display 2 context menu. Figure 6. 32 TwinView Clone Mode Device Configuration: Windows 98 2 Use the slider (Figure 6. 32) to set the screen resolution at a value that is not equal to the screen resolution on the Windows Settings control panel of your primary display. Note: If you set the same screen resolution value for both primary and secondary displays, you cannot pan/scan the desktop area on the secondary display; both displays will remain static. 3 Optional: If you want, you can select a Refresh rate from the list box 4 Click Apply and OK. Notice that the resolution of your secondary display changes and you can use your mouse to pan and scan the desktop on this secondary display. Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes Note: Span modes do not work if you have only one display device attached. Note: The Windows 2000 NVIDIA control panel screens shown in this document also apply to Windows NT 4. 0 and Windows XP; exceptions are noted, where applicable. In Span mode, the Windows desktop area is spread across both display devices. This mode can be set for multiple categories of displays, although display limitations may override the capabilities of your NVIDIA dual-display graphics card. For example, if the second display is an NTSC TV monitor, depending on the TV encoder on the graphics card, the resolution may not be set above 800 x NVIDIA Corporation 69 CHAPTER 6 TwinView Basics: Windows XP/2000/NT 4. 0 600 and the refresh rate cannot be set above 60 Hz. However, the PC monitor in such a configuration may have its refresh rate and resolution set much higher. The desktop may be "stretched" horizontally or "stacked" vertically, depending on user needs. Due to operating system differences between Windows 9x and Windows NT 4. 0/Windows 2000, the latter does not currently offer true multi-monitor support for Span mode using one NVIDIA dual-display graphics card 1. As a result, the size of the actual desktop is limited to twice the smaller size of the two displays. Note: The desktop can be extended either horizontally (Figure 6. 33 through Figure 6. 37) or vertically (Figure 6. 40 and Figure 6. 43). To access the TwinView Span modes, follow these steps: 1 Click the Horizontal or Vertical Span mode option on the TwinView control panel and click Apply. 2 Click OK and Yes when the messages appear. · If you just switched from Standard to one of the Span modes, your DFP or TV display will be activated. [. . . ] Note: Be sure to click Apply whenever you make any changes to the control panels. If changes do not take effect (e. g. , the controls have no effect on the video) after you click Apply, close the video overlay and then re-open it. 1 Open the DVD or video application that you want to view. 2 To access the Overlay Controls panel, click Properties > Settings tab > Advanced button > NVIDIA GPU tab > Additional Properties button > Overlay Controls tab. Figure 10. 13 through Figure 10. 16 show Overlay Controls panel for GeForce3 and GeForce2 MX. 3 For descriptions of the Overlay Settings, see "Description of Overlay Settings" on page 143. 4 To use the Video Mirror controls, go directly to "Video Mirror Controls" on page 99. 140 NVIDIA Corporation Detonator XP User's Guide Figure 10. 13Overlay Controls: GeForce3 (Windows 2000) Figure 10. 14Overlay Controls: Single Display (Windows 2000) NVIDIA Corporation 141 CHAPTER 10 Additional Features and Enhancements Figure 10. 15Overlay Controls: Dual Display (Windows 2000) Figure 10. 16Overlay Controls: GeForce2 MX (Windows 98) 142 NVIDIA Corporation Detonator XP User's Guide Description of Overlay Settings · Check here if you are having problems with your TV tuner (Windows 9x only) (Figure 10. 16): Activating this option forces the overlay software to use busmastering. [. . . ]