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To Connect your laptop to your TV with HDMI follow these steps below:

  1. Make sure your TV and laptop are off.
  2. Connect an HDMI cable from the HDMI Out on your laptop's video card to any of the HDMI inputs on your TV.
  3. If you are using any other HDMI input besides HDMI/DVI 1 input then the audio will need to be transfered through the HDMI cable. If you are using the HDMI/DVI 1 input you will be able to connect a mini stereo to mini stereo cable from the audio output on the laptop to your TV's DVI audio input for audio.

    Note: If you are using the laptop's speakers or have your laptop connected to separate speakers, you can skip this step.

  1. Turn on your laptop.
  2. Turn on your TV.
  3. Press the SOURCE button on your remote or on the front panel of your TV to select HDMI 1 (unless you have selected a different HDMI input).
  4.  Press and hold the FN key (usually located in the lower left side of the laptops keyboard) and, depending on your laptop, the F5, F7, or F9

    Note: There are three different screen modes that your laptop can be set to for use with your TV:

    • Mirrored: This mode can also be called cloned. In this mode the laptop screen and your television screen display the same image. One drawback with this mode is the resolution being used but be supported by both screens.
    • External: This mode may also be called presentation mode. In this mode the laptop screen is disabled and only your television will display a picture.
    • Extended Desktop: This mode can also be called Dual View. In this mode your desktop is extended across both screens. A benefit to this mode it that you can run different resolutions on your different screen.
  1. Adjust the display if necessary using the Windows Display dialog which can be accessed through the Control Panel.

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