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Dell Ultra Sharp U2419HS/U2719DS Dell Display Manager User’s Guide Model: U2419HS/U2719DS Regulatory model: U2419HSt/U2719DSt
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NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. Copyright © 2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are tr...
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Contents Overview . .4 Using the Quick Settings Dialog. .5 Setting Basic Display Functions. .6 Assigning Preset Modes to Applications . .8 Organizing Windows with Easy Arrange. Managing Multiple Video...
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Overview Dell Display Manager is a Microsoft Windows application used to manage a monitor or a group of monitors. It enables manual adjustment of the displayed image, assignment of automatic settings,...
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Using the Quick Settings Dialog Clicking Dell Display Manager’s notification tray icon to open the Quick Settings dialog box. When more than one supported Dell monitors are connected to the computer, ...
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Setting Basic Display Functions You can select Manual Mode that enables you to manually select a preset mode or select Auto Mode that applies a preset mode based on the active application. An on-scree...
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NOTE: When multiple Dell monitors are connected, select “Enable display matrix control” to apply brightness, contrast and color presets controls to all monitors. Dell U2419HS U2419HS Dell U2719DS U271...
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Assigning Preset Modes to Applications The Auto Mode tab allows you to associate a specific Preset Mode with a specific application, and apply it automatically. When Auto Mode is enabled, Dell Display...
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Organizing Windows with Easy Arrange Easy Arrange helps you to effectively organize your application windows on the desktop. You first choose a pre-defined layout pattern which suits your work, then y...
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For Windows 10, you can apply different window layouts for each of the virtual desktops. If you often use Windows snap feature, you can select “Hold down the SHIFT key to enable zone positioning”. Thi...
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If you are using multiple monitors in an array or matrix, Easy Arrange layout can be applied across to all the monitors as one desktop. Select “Span multiple monitors” to enable this feature. You need...
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Managing Multiple Video Inputs The Input Manager tab provides convenient ways for you to manage multiple video inputs connected to your Dell monitor. It makes it very easy to switch between inputs whi...
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You can use the dropdown list to switch to any input source. Dell U2419HS U2419HS Dell U2719DS U2719DS NOTE: DDM communicates with your monitor even when the monitor is displaying video from another c...
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Restoring Application Positions DDM can help you restore application windows into their positions when you reconnect your computer to the monitor(s). You can quickly access to this feature by right-cl...
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Applying Energy Conservation Features On supported Dell models, an Options tab is available that provides Power Nap energy conservation options. You can choose to set the monitor’s brightness to the m...
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Troubleshooting If DDM does not work with your monitor, DDM will show below icon in your notification tray. Click on the icon, DDM shows a more detailed error message. Please note that DDM only works ...
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DDM may not work with below monitors: Dell monitor models earlier than year 2013 and D-series of Dell monitors. For more information see www.dell.com/support/monitors. Gaming monitors using Nvidia-bas...