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Adjusting Display Mode, Choosing an appropriate color mode

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Adjusting Display Mode To display images of aspect ratios other than your monitor aspect ratio and sizes other than your display size, you can adjust the display mode on the monitor. 1. Press the 5-way controller to bring up the hotkey menu, and select the main menu. (Menu) to access 2. Go to Picture > Advanced > Display Mode. 3. Select an appropriate display mode. The setting will take effect immediately. Choosing an appropriate color mode Your monitor provides various color modes that are suitable for different types of images. See Color Mode on page 62 for all the available color modes. Go to Color > Color Mode for a desired color mode. The computer's color profile (ICC profile) may not best suit your monitor. If you want to make sure to obtain the accurate color matching representation, change the computer's ICC profile to ensure the computer works better with the monitor. Visit Support.BenQ.com to access the ICC Profile Installation Guide under your monitor model for instructions. Alternatively, enable the ICC Sync function from Display Pilot (page 48). Refer to the Display Pilot manual for details. Working with two video sources (KVM Switch) If you have two computer systems, you might find yourself busy going back and forth between two sets of keyboard and mouse to control each display separately. Now with the KVM feature and sufficient I/O ports on one monitor, you can work with one set of keyboard and mouse only. To use KVM Switch feature, toggle between Thunderbolt 3 (PD2720U / PD2725U / PD3220U) / USB-C (PD3420Q) or USB Upstream under KVM Switch. • KVM Switch > Thunderbolt 3 (PD2720U / PD2725U / PD3220U) / USB-C (PD3420Q): Switches to the Thunderbolt™ 3 (PD2720U / PD2725U / PD3220U) / USB-C™ (PD3420Q) input. • KVM Switch > USB Upstream: Switches to one of the video inputs other than Thunderbolt™ 3 (PD2720U / PD2725U / PD3220U) / USB-C™ (PD3420Q). With appropriate setting, the display is switched to the set input while the keyboard and mouse control is switched as well. To determine the input, see Setting up the second video source for KVM Switch before use on page 49. You can designate one of the custom keys to KVM Switch to toggle between the options quickly. See Customizing the hot keys on page 45. Setting up the second video source for KVM Switch before use One of the video sources is pre-defined to be transmitted via Thunderbolt™ 3 (PD2720U / PD2725U / PD3220U) / USB-C™ (PD3420Q) and cannot be changed. The other source can come from other available inputs and should be set appropriately in advance. How to adjust your monitor 49

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How to adjust your monitor
Adjusting
Display Mode
To display images of aspect ratios other than your monitor aspect ratio and sizes other than
your display size, you can adjust the display mode on the monitor.
1.
Press the 5-way controller to bring up the hotkey menu, and select
(
Menu
) to access
the main menu.
2.
Go to
Picture
>
Advanced >
Display Mode
.
3.
Select an appropriate display mode. The setting will take effect immediately.
Choosing an appropriate color mode
Your monitor provides various color modes that are suitable for different types of images. See
Color Mode on page 62
for all the available color modes.
Go to
Color
>
Color Mode
for a desired color mode.
Working with two video sources (
KVM Switch
)
If you have two computer systems, you might find yourself busy going back and forth between
two sets of keyboard and mouse to control each display separately. Now with the KVM feature
and sufficient I/O ports on one monitor, you can work with one set of keyboard and mouse
only.
To use KVM Switch feature, toggle between
Thunderbolt 3
(PD2720U / PD2725U /
PD3220U) /
USB-C
(PD3420Q) or
USB Upstream
under
KVM Switch
.
•
KVM Switch
>
Thunderbolt 3
(PD2720U / PD2725U / PD3220U) /
USB-C
(PD3420Q):
Switches to the Thunderbolt™ 3 (PD2720U / PD2725U / PD3220U) / USB-C™ (PD3420Q)
input.
•
KVM Switch
>
USB Upstream
: Switches to one of the video inputs other than
Thunderbolt™ 3 (PD2720U / PD2725U / PD3220U) / USB-C™ (PD3420Q). With
appropriate setting, the display is switched to the set input while the keyboard and mouse
control is switched as well. To determine the input, see
Setting up the second video source
for KVM Switch before use on page 49
.
You can designate one of the custom keys to
KVM Switch
to toggle between the options
quickly. See
Customizing the hot keys on page 45
.
Setting up the second video source for KVM Switch before use
One of the video sources is pre-defined to be transmitted via Thunderbolt™ 3 (PD2720U /
PD2725U / PD3220U) / USB-C™ (PD3420Q) and cannot be changed. The other source can
come from other available inputs and should be set appropriately in advance.
The computer’s color profile (ICC profile) may not best suit your monitor. If you want to make sure to obtain the
accurate color matching representation, change the computer’s ICC profile to ensure the computer works better
with the monitor. Visit
Support.BenQ.com
to access the
ICC Profile Installation Guide
under your monitor
model for instructions. Alternatively, enable the
ICC Sync
function from
Display Pilot
(
page 48
). Refer to the
Display Pilot
manual for details.