Has anyone hooked up an external monitor and if so, how did you go about doing so? There does not appear to be an HDMI or VGA hook up.
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There is a micro HDMI port on the left side of the laptop and the VGA adapter is $40. I had no problem hooking this up to an external monitor.
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Did you uninstall all previous Video Drivers? Also start out with a simple VGA cable. Make sure you are direct connect with VGA cable computer to monitor.
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Well, there are two choices. There is no HDMI hook up available, so the choices are either an RCA hookup or an optical/digital hookup. I am currently using the RCA hook up, only because I am looping it through a graphic equalizer. Were it not for that fact, I would use a digital optical cable.
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Just purchase an HDMI to DVI or DP adapter, problem solved. Or use one of those outputs on one of the monitors.
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No HDMI input, only VGA and DVI inputs. A HDMI to DVI cable would be required to connect a HDMI device to this monitor.
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You can definately add an external monitor that has mini hdmi. If you still have the older vga cable then no. It may be possible to get some sort of connector that allows you to swap down from VGA to mini hdmi, but I haven't looked and not doubt they would probably be quite expensive.
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i just order this monitor - where do you plug in the external speakers - so i can listen to music and movies. hope someone will answer - if there is no place to connect i will refuse shipment thanks everyone...
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you can put vga or dvi input and out just dvi or use vga adapter... no hdmi
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Put an external monitor on the laptop. If it comes up. Monitor may be bad. If external does not come up,bad video card.
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it is FROM HDMI -> TO VGA - not from VGA to HDMI (different cable)You can connect HDMI port on your laptop to VGA monitor but not the other way . Hope this helps
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I am not sure, I don't believe there is a USB or HDMI connection on the monitor.
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Not beyond setting it up. You have to configure the thing. Once that's done,no you do not. Oncecconnected to the TV and turned on it will show up as an external monitor. TV must be setto pproper HDMI input and visit launched on the computer.
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You could always buy the DVI to HDMI connector I did and works great! only about 6 dollars if you really want the monitor :)
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I was so happy with this monitor, i bought another one to extend the display. I use a laptop HDMI connection. But i am unable to extend the display on the two HP monitors. Second one is not getting any signals. Does anyone know how to make this work?
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I understand the first part of what you said. I'll look for a TV with a VGA port. Is there a special cord or connector for that? The second part sounds like a lot of work just to watch a movie. I truly thank you for your help
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There should be 2 VGA ports IIRC and an HDMI. Try it with a different monitor too!!
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We have it connected through DVI, but that is because our computer only has DVI. There is an HDMI port on there, and we plan on hooking up our PS3 using that, but haven't gotten around to it yet :)