How Do I Use My Lcd Tv As Secondary Screen For My Laptop?
February 2, 2010 by Rich
Filed under Frequently Asked Questions
Hi, I bought a 42″ RCA LCD TV. I noticed that it has a vga port in the rear. So I bought the appropriate cable and connected to my Gateway laptop. Went into desktop properties/settings and extended my desktop to the second monitor. Nothing really seems to happen. I used the troubleshoot feature and didn’t get anywhere. I also checked my drivers and it seemed ok, did I miss a step?
Please if anyone has gone through this can you drop me a hint.
Thanks
the tv might not be on the right input. if it is then on a laptop use the function key should be by the ctrl key and then look at the keys and see if there is one that looks like a moniter or something
You should have a hot-key combo to switch between displays. Mine is Fn F3.
Look closely at your keyboard for an icon of a monitor.
Look on your keypad and find “Fn” than look at your F1-F12 row and find either a picture of a monitor or lcd/crt and hold Fn and push it!