There are 2 video output connections on the SA2000, one HDMI and one VGA. You could convert the HDMI connections into a DVI connector by simply buying the necessary video adapter if your LCD monitor doesn’t support HDMI input. Make the HDMI output on the SA2000 the primary video output and the VGA output the secondary output. By default when you utilize both the HDMI and VGA connections, you would see the same contents being "cloned" onto the second LCD screen. You could alternatively enable both LCDs to work as one giant screen; meaning you effectively "extend" the screen from LCD number 1 to LCD number 2.
Follow the instructions below to enable both screens to work with the SA2000 in the "extended" mode:
Note: This is assuming that you have the latest ATI Catalyst driver installed on your SA2000 (you need version 8.56xxx or above). If you have the SA2000 (95051) image you should already have the latest ATI driver. Also this is a temporary solution until the release of WCM3.2 which has special template builder which allows the user to create templates of any sizes.
Step 1: Configure the ATI Catalyst driver. (See picture)
Start by exiting the WebDT Player software screen by pressing control+shift+space at the same time. Then right click on the “Catalyst™ Control Center”
Step 2: Select Displays Manager -> Displays Properties (See picture).
Step 3: Right click on the “Right most” monitor and select “Stretch Main vertically onto Monitor”.
Step 4: Select Desktop area 2560x1024 (or anything less). You could go higher than 2560x1024 but certain video files will probably not play on the screen.
Step 5: Now you can design the content to fill up the whole 2560x1024 zone or create several smaller zones to fill up the entire screen.
Step 6: Since the 2 screens share the full resolution you had selected equally, when you design a template that looks like the following, the left zone contents would then appear entirely on LCD number 1 and the right zone contents would then appear entirely on LCD number 2.
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