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Can I connect a secondary display to the unused video outputs?

April 26, 2017Connect display outputs Secondary unused video

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Can I connect a secondary display to the unused video outputs?

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You can connect a second display to a Player. The Player normally sends video to all video outputs but they cannot be controlled independently. The settings you make for the Primary Video Output in the Installer Web Utility apply to all video outputs. For example, if you set the Primary Video Output to match a 16:9 display and a secondary video output is connected to a 4:3 display, the image on the 4:3 display will be distorted accordingly. The audio synchronizes with the Primary Video Output as well. In some configurations, the audio from a secondary output might be perceptibly out of sync with the video. With the Movie Player and Movie Player 2, if you specify component video as the Primary Video Output and you are using HDMI as a secondary video output, you are limited to 480i or 480p output to support the HDMI display. Many HDMI and DVI devices cannot display a 480i HDMI or 480i DVI signal, so set the component Primary Video Output to 480p.