5.11 Use Your Tv As A Pc Monitor; Supported Screen Resolutions - Magnavox 42MF438B User Manual

5.11 Use your TV as a PC monitor

For information how to connect a PC to your TV see Connect a PC on
page 30 . Use an HDMI-DVI cable or an HDMI-DVI adaptor. For sound,
add an audio cable with a stereo mini jack.
B Caution
Before you connect your PC, set the PC monitor refresh rate to 60Hz.

Supported screen resolutions

The following screen resolutions are supported in PC mode:
Resolution Refresh rate
640 x 480 60Hz
800 x 600 60Hz
1024 x 768 60Hz
1280 x 768 60Hz
1280 x 1024 60Hz
1360 x 768 60Hz
1920 x 1080 60Hz
If necessary, you can adjust the picture position to the center of the
screen with the cursor buttons.
Confi gure your TV in PC mode
1. Connect the PC to your TV as described in
30 .
2. Press MENU on the remote control and select Features > Mode
Selection.
TV menu
Features
Mode Selection
Caption settings
Sleeptimer
Child lock
Change PIN
3. Select PC and press OK to confirm your choice.
4. If necessary, adjust the picture settings as described in
settings on page 13 .
E Tip : Set the picture format to Unscaled when using wide-screen PC
resolutions.
5. Press MENU to exit.
D Note
Mode Selection appears for the following input signals only:
- 720x480p@60Hz
- 1280x720p@60Hz
- 1920x1080p@24/25/30/50/60 Hz
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Connect a PC on page
Mode Selection
PC
HDTV
Change picture