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‎04-03-2021 04:05 AM - edited ‎04-03-2021 04:07 AM

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Product: hp pavilion laptop 15-cc0xx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

purchased a  device that takes HDMI  1 input to connect  2 external monitors

the 2nd monitor is displayed but its a copy of 1st external Monitor

is this HP device unable to simply have   1 2 3

ie detect?

 

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‎04-05-2021 08:26 AM

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@PADRAIGOHARA 

I don't see how that could work.  The laptop only sends out one signal over one port, so Windows sees each port as ONE screen.  A splitter connected to that port still only gets one video signal -- even if it replicates that signal to two cables.



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