How To Attach An External Monitor To Laptop Computer, Macbook and Android.
Number of reason you may need to attach external monitor to laptop HDMI.
Reasons to connect LCD screen to Laptop.
1) You move with your laptop and planning for presentation. In that case you need to attach projector LCD screen to laptop for larger output.
2)It may possible that laptop screen is not working properly and you want to use laptop. You have to connect external monitor for laptop troubleshooting. You can use this steps to connect monitor to Macbook, Chrombook, android phone and CPU. Some steps may be different but overall process is same.
3) Share market terminals require to connect multiple monitor to laptop.
4) High end games support more than one display screen connection to computer.
Methods to connect TFT Screen to laptop.
It is very easy to attach external monitor to laptop, it will not require much technical knowledge. But laptop must have VGA PORT (15 pins) or HDMI. HDMI full form is High Definition Multimedia Interface. VGA full form is Video Graphics Array. Generally VGA port has 15 pins and it is in blue color. Connect external monitor to VGA port same as your desktop computer. And your monitor may require to connect to power supply. You can use dual screen devices or dual HDMI adapter and dual monitor adapter. This method is
applicable to all brand notebook like Lenovo, HP Hewlett Packard, Dell,
Google chromebook, Apple, Asus, Acer Allview gamebook, gigabyte, LG,
Nokia, Optima and MSI Micro Star International. USB to HDMI converter is used to connect monitor to android phone. You can use cast screen and WiFi to connect LCD screen to android devices.
How to shift Display between LCD screen and Monitor.
Important point is some laptop automates the starting of monitor. Or some laptop require software or special keyboard command to start monitor.(keyboard’s function key F5 / F6 is normally used for shifting display between laptop LCD screen and external monitor).
Laptop keyboard keys to shift display between laptop screen and monitor.
You have attached external LCD monitor to laptop. Sometimes it require to configure screen which is given in user manual of laptop. It is only some keyboard keys, you need to press to use external monitor which is given in manual. Different laptop has various keys to shift display between LCD screen and monitor. Keyboard function keys are used to shift display between screen. Most common keys for shift display are F5, F6. For apple and google laptop keys for shift display from notebook screen to monitor is different.
How to Configure connected monitor to laptop.
You have instructed the computer about the external monitor, Microsoft windows, Linux, Macintosh and android operating systems need to configure how the second laptop monitor will be used. Assign one monitor as the primary monitor and another as the second.
Here are the steps for windows to attach external monitor to laptop:
1. Click on start > setting >open Control Panel.
2. find the “Display" icon. Double click to open it. This will give you dialog box for Display Properties.
3. Open setting inside the display property.
4. Go to the numerical icon to assign primary and secondary monitor.
5. Checkmark “use this device as the primary monitor" according to your need. And save changes.
You have connected monitor to laptop. Multiple display screen can be connected to system.
