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Hi, I'm new to the forum, and I searched old threads for this problem but couldn't find it.

I just bought an LCD that I hooked up to my laptop. It displays all output fine from the laptop, except when I play files like .avi and .wmv.

The video file shows up perfectly on my laptop screen, but the connected LCD is blank, as if the media program I am using is not running any file at all. (Just to be clear, the picture of the media player does output to the LCD.) This problem occurs with windows media player, nero, quicktime, etc.

Do I need to configure something in my OS? By the way, I'm using a VGA output cable, if that matters. Any suggestions?

Samuel

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You probably need to set your external display as your primary monitor. That enables the overlay function to work on that display.

Usually, you're not able to watch AVI's or WMV's on more than one display at one time, only the primary one.

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