external monitor

secret society wrote on 2/23/2010, 4:23 PM

Hey all,
I can't seem to get my project to play on my external monitor.
Any help would be great, thanks, Jim.

Comments

OhMyGosh wrote on 2/24/2010, 7:13 AM

Have you gone to 'Help' (F1) and typed in 'external monitor'? There is quiet a lot of info there. After following those steps, if you are still having problems, let us know exactly what they are. Cin

richard-amirault wrote on 2/24/2010, 10:01 AM

First, tell us exactly what you have and how/where it is connected. Is it an "external monitor" or is it a second monitor, otherwise known as (I think) Windows Secondary Display?

secret society wrote on 2/24/2010, 4:48 PM

Thanks for the replys you guys.
It is a secondary Display / Windows XP, the second monitor is plugged in to the back of my Acer Laptop.
I'm going to try the F1 help option and see if I can get it to work.
Thanks again, Jim

secret society wrote on 2/24/2010, 5:14 PM

Ok, the box is checked for the second display, but still the same thing. My laptop will function properly with the preveiw but all I get on the external monitor is the screen saver, even when I click on the bottton for the external monitor by the preveiw window.
Jim

Chienworks wrote on 2/24/2010, 6:44 PM

Presumably you've enabled the second monitor in Windows display settings or you wouldn't see the screen saver. Have you also checked "extend my desktop onto this monitor"?

richard-amirault wrote on 2/24/2010, 6:53 PM

Go into PREFERENCES and choose PREVIEW DEVICE and for the DEVICE make sure that WINDOWS SECONDARY DISPLAY is chosen.

secret society wrote on 2/25/2010, 4:14 PM

Thank you for the help, yes I checked that as well.
Jim.

secret society wrote on 2/27/2010, 4:08 PM

Thanks again everybody, my external monitor is now working properly