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Question:

 How to connect and optimize my Samsung TV as a computer monitor for my Windows PC?

 

Answer:

Starting and Using Your TV With Your Windows Computer

All computer compatible Samsung TVs are Plug and Play compatible. This means that your Windows PC system automatically detects and configures itself to display on your Samsung TV. You do not need to install additional drivers.

Note: Samsung does not make or supply installable drivers for its TVs. The TVs use the default drivers provided in Windows.

To use your TV with your computer, follow these steps:

  1. Turn on your PC.

    2. Important: On some Samsung TVs, if you don't have the PC on, the TV will automatically shut down when you switch the source to PC or Computer. Also, on some TVs, if you don't have the PC on, the PC Source will be grayed out on the menu and you will not be able to select it.

  1. Turn on your TV.
  2. Press the Source button on your remote or on the front panel of your TV to select PC.
  3. Adjust the display if necessary using the Windows Display dialog which can be accessed through the Control Panel. See below.

Adjusting the Size of the Screen in Digital and Analog Mode in Windows

If the screen image is either too large or too small, most likely you need to set your computer display to the optimum resolution and/or optimum refresh rate (vertical frequency) for your TV.

To set the optimum resolution and/or refresh rate, follow these steps:

Important 1: The Optimum Resolution for your LCD TV may be different from the Optimum Resolution displayed in Step 4 above. See the PC Display section of your User's Manual for the exact value. The Optimum Refresh Rate for all Samsung TVs is 60 Hz.

Important 2: Appearance and Themes may not exist in your Control Panel. If that is the case, you should be able to click Display directly.

Computer Picture Quality Adjustment in Analog Mode

Many current Samsung TVs that can be used as a computer monitor have an Auto Adjust function that automatically adjusts the computer video signal the TV receives, fine-tunes the settings, adjusts the vertical and horizontal frequency values, and adjusts the picture position.

To use the Auto Adjust function on most current Samsung TVs, follow the steps below:
 
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