-
×InformationNeed Windows 11 help?Check documents on compatibility, FAQs, upgrade information and available fixes.
Windows 11 Support Center. -
-
×InformationNeed Windows 11 help?Check documents on compatibility, FAQs, upgrade information and available fixes.
Windows 11 Support Center. -
- HP Community
- Notebooks
- Notebook Video, Display and Touch
- Can a hp 17"-cp0700dx laptop support two display monitors?

Create an account on the HP Community to personalize your profile and ask a question
05-19-2024 05:47 AM
I am trying to connect two display monitors to my hp 17"-cp0700dx lap top. When I go into display settings/multiple displays and select "Detect other display", it comes back and says "We didn't detect another display". I have one display plugged directly into the laptop via the hdmi port. I have tried plugging the second display into a multiport adapter with a 2nd hdmi port. I have also bought a 2nd adapter and tried plugging the second display in using a display port, but nothing works. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Accepted Solutions
05-19-2024 06:57 AM
There is only one video port, #2
The USB ports on this laptop cannot transfer video.
I assume you want all 3 displays to be different.
You can attach one monitor to #3 HDMI easily
You can add an additional display by either projecting over WiFi or using a USB adapter.
You can project your laptop to any WiFi enabled system such as TV or Monitor with WiFi adapter
Some TV are smart but others need a dongle such as ROKU or Microsoft.
If you get a USB adapter be sure to read the reviews. Do not get an adapter that mentions thunderbolt as that means your laptop needs to have a thunderbolt port. Your USB-C port is NOT thunderbolt.
Note that WiFi will lag. A USB2/3 adapter will also lag but not as bad as WiFi.
Thank you for using HP products and posting to the community.
I am a community volunteer and do not work for HP. If you find
this post useful click the Yes button. If I helped solve your
problem please mark this as a solution so others can find it
05-19-2024 06:57 AM
There is only one video port, #2
The USB ports on this laptop cannot transfer video.
I assume you want all 3 displays to be different.
You can attach one monitor to #3 HDMI easily
You can add an additional display by either projecting over WiFi or using a USB adapter.
You can project your laptop to any WiFi enabled system such as TV or Monitor with WiFi adapter
Some TV are smart but others need a dongle such as ROKU or Microsoft.
If you get a USB adapter be sure to read the reviews. Do not get an adapter that mentions thunderbolt as that means your laptop needs to have a thunderbolt port. Your USB-C port is NOT thunderbolt.
Note that WiFi will lag. A USB2/3 adapter will also lag but not as bad as WiFi.
Thank you for using HP products and posting to the community.
I am a community volunteer and do not work for HP. If you find
this post useful click the Yes button. If I helped solve your
problem please mark this as a solution so others can find it
05-19-2024 01:07 PM
Thank you for the information. And yes, I do want all 3 displays to be different. I had used a USB-C multiport adapter (with two USB ports, a hdmi port, a USB-C port, a CATV port, and a hdmi port), and plugged into the hdmi port, but it did mention thunderbolt. I also tried using a USB-C port to display port adapter, plugged into a display port to hdmi adapter, and then plugged into the additional display, but that did not work either. How would I connect a USB2/3 adapter?
05-19-2024 08:14 PM - edited 05-19-2024 08:18 PM
It just plugs into the USB2 or USB3 port and has HDMI
Anyone of the ones l gave the amazon link to. Just make sure it is USB2 or 3 and not C or thunderbird
check reviews also.
There is a limit on how many displays you can have and it is a function of refresh, resolution, color depth and bandwidth
There needs to be enough video memory to hold icons for 3 screen. That can be a problem for laptops as the video memory is small or shared with the cpu.
Lag is only a problem for games
If you have a smart TV or roku then enter the windows key plus "p" and the tv or roku will show up and you can project to it.
----
This link here gives instructions on adding a laptop to desktop as a monitor or vice-versa using Wi-Fi
Android can also do this as shown here
Once you are projecting on the screen you can select "mirror" or "extend"
This will either duplicate the screen or give you a second display.
Note that WiFi will lag. A USB2/3 adapter will also lag but not as bad as WiFi.
You would not want to project a game to a larger monitor using WiFi but it would work nicely for web browsing, Office apps or anything other than a first-person-shooter game.
If you get a USB adapter be sure to read the reviews. Do not get an adapter that mentions thunderbolt as that means your laptop needs to have a thunderbolt port.
Even playing solitaire on laptop the wifi lag to a tv is unbelieve slow yet a movie or podcat works fine.
Thank you for using HP products and posting to the community.
I am a community volunteer and do not work for HP. If you find
this post useful click the Yes button. If I helped solve your
problem please mark this as a solution so others can find it
06-15-2024 05:40 PM
Hi.
I just posted a similar question for what I suspect is a very similar model (17-cn2070cl) laptop.
Were you successful in connecting two external monitors to your laptop and do you now have 3 working monitors including the one on the laptop? If so, what solution did you use?
Thanks in advance!