How to connect an external LCD monitor to your laptop

Last updated Jun 23, 2017 611

Often it is necessary to connect your laptop to external LCD monitors or televisions common. This is essential if you likes to see multimedia content and with higher quality than the display of a normal PC. This can have an impact in the world of work (think of just to a representative who wants to illustrate the images to other users) or in private life (think of modern video games that deliver appreciable only monitor with high performance).

1.) First, we have to verify that the laptop is equipped with an HDMI port. Above the port, it is located in the middle. Usually, you can read the letters ” HDMI ” in the immediate vicinity of the door. Similarly, we must also check whether the LCD monitor or TV is equipped with this technology. The HDMI port is placed in the middle and is the same for both the PC and the monitor.

2.) After verifying the presence of both devices of the door, you must make a connection using a standard HDMI cable, which is available, usually at any electronics store at affordable prices. The cable will be connected to the PC and the other to the Monitor. Often monitors have multiple HDMI ports. The user can choose the door without any hassle they prefer because they are exactly alike.

3.) When you turn the handset on the external screen will not display anything. On a laptop keyboard at the top, there are the function keys (F1, F2, F3, etc.) one of these is the key that is used to send the video image to the external display only or both. Each laptop is a different key, is easily recognizable. Pressing it is possible to access the options to allow the PC to send the video and audio signal to the external monitor. The options are varied, for example: you can choose to display multimedia content on the external display that is on the PC, or only on the external display.

4.) Once your PC, you may need to go into the settings of the TV. From here you must access the ports and select the HDMI device in which we included cable. For a better understanding of this passage, it is necessary to consult the manual for your TV. At best, the external monitor will be configured in a completely automatic and the user has completed the connection between PC and monitor.