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Smart USB Monitors
DS-70U/DS-90U/DS90UC
DisplayLink Mac OS X Software
DS-90UC (9” Wide Screen)
User Guide
Version: 1.0
Date: 1 October 2008
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Contents Contents 1 Introduction 2 What is the DisplayLink Mac Driver? 2 What else do I need to use this driver? 2 What will I find in this User Guide? 2 Setup Guide 3 Installing/Uninstalling the DisplayLink Driver 3 Connecting displays to your Mac 4 Managing Multiple Displays 5 Setting the Display Resolutions 6 Rotating a Display 6 Setting the Position of Displays 7 Display Positions 7 Setting the Display to Mirror mode 8 Setting the Display to Extend
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Introduction This guide applies to software version 1.0 and above of the DisplayLink software. What is the DisplayLink Mac Driver? The DisplayLink Mac driver is designed for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard) to enable you to add an additional monitor to your Mac using DisplayLink technology. This software allows you to run your DisplayLink-powered USB devices on any Intel based desktop or laptop Mac, allowing you to connect up to 4 additional mon
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Setup Guide The latest version of this software can be obtained from: www.displaylink.com/mac Installing/Uninstalling the DisplayLink Driver To run the DisplayLink Installer, double-click the DisplayLink Installer image: this will mount the DisplayLink installer. Select ‘DisplayLink Software Installer ’ to begin installing the DisplayLink Driver on your Mac. This will run a standard Mac installer and will require a restart once complete. Select ‘User G
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Connecting displays to your Mac Once you have installed the DisplayLink software, simply plug in your DisplayLink- powered products via USB and connect each display to a device. You can now connect up to 4 additional displays. Example setups include: Example 1: Adding a second display to a Mac Mini Mac Mini connects to rst monitor via standard DVI cable, and to a DisplayLink-powered docking station via USB cable. Second monitor connects to DisplayLink-
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Managing Multiple Displays When attaching a display that the software has not seen before, the display will default to being extended to the right of the main display. To con gure the settings for each of your USB attached displays, select ‘Displays’ from the ‘System Preferences’ menu. This will open a ‘Display Preferences’ window on each of your attached displays allowing you to con gure each display as required. It is possible to use the ‘Gather Win
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Setting the Display Resolutions To change the display’s resolution, select an available resolution from the Display Preferences window of the display you wish to change: Display Preferences: Resolution Options The resolutions available depend on both the DisplayLink enabled product and the capabilities of the connected display. Rotating a Display If you wish to rotate your display, you can con gure the orientation using the ‘Rotate’ drop down. Select th
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Setting the Position of Displays If your computer is connected to more than two displays, you can specify that some are mirrored displays and others show the extended desktop. A mirrored display shows the same content as the main display whereas an extended display will be an extension to your existing desktop. You can arrange your displays so that they match the physical layout of your displays by selecting the ‘Arrangement’ pane within Display Prefe
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Setting the Display to Mirror mode When in Mirror mode, additional displays will display what is being shown on the primary display. Checking the “Mirror Display” on the ‘Arrangement’ pane enables this feature. Display Preferences: Displays set to Mirror Setting the Display to Extend To extend connected displays, make sure that the “Mirror Display” on the ‘Arrangement’ pane is unchecked. Display Preferences: Display set to Extend Page 8
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Using both extended and mirrored displays To work with both extended and mirrored displays, turn o mirroring then in the Arrangement pane press and hold 'cmd' and 'alt' and drag and drop the display you wish to mirror over the primary display. Repeat this with each display you wish to mirror, those untouched will remain extending. Changing the main display You can change which is the main display by moving the Menu Bar between displays. Changing the m
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Con guring Displays from the Menu Bar If you have checked the “Show displays in menu bar” in Display Preferences then you can con gure displays by clicking the display icon in the menu bar. This will show a menu similar to the following: Displays Menu Bar This menu allows you to perform the following actions: Detect all displays connected to the Mac. Turn display mirroring on/o Set the resolution of both the primary display, and the additional display(
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DisplayLink Mac OS X Software - User Guide Known Issues This release does not support OpenGL acceleration (3D hardware acceleration) so therefore applications and features that require OpenGL, Quartz Extreme, Quartz Composer and other framework based on OpenGL will not be fully supported. Examples of such features are Keynote Presentations, iPhoto Slideshows and iMovie. The most up to date information about known issues and FAQs can be found at: www.displaylink.com/mac Smart USB Monitor - Produc
