DELL S2718H Display Manager User Guide
- June 17, 2024
- Dell
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Using the quick settings dialog
- Setting basic display functions
- Assigning preset modes to applications
- Organizing Windows with Easy Arrange
- Managing Multiple Video Inputs
- Options
- Applying energy conservation features
- References
- Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
- Download This Manual (PDF format)
Dell S2718H/S2718HX/S2718HN/
S2718NX
Dell Display Manager
User’s Guide
Model : S2718H/S2718HX/S2718HN/S2718NX
Regulatory model : S2718Hc/S2718Nc
NOTE : A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better
usem of your computer..
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Overview
Dell Display Manager is a Windows application used to manage a monitor or a
group of monitors. It allows manual adjustment of the displayed image,
assignment of automatic settings, energy management, image rotation and other
features on select Dell models. Once installed, Dell Display Manager will run
each time the system starts and will place its icon in the notification tray.
Information about monitors connected to the system is always available when
hovering over the notification tray icon.
Using the quick settings dialog
Clicking Dell Display Manager’s notification tray icon opens the Quick
Settings dialog box. When more than one supported Dell model is connected to
the system, a specific target monitor can be selected using the menu provided.
The Quick Settings dialog box allows convenient adjustment of the monitor’s
Brightness and Contrast levels, Preset Modes can be manually selected or set
to Auto Mode, and the screen resolution can be changed.
The Quick Settings dialog box
also provides access to Dell Display Manager’s advanced user interface which
is used to adjust Basic functions, configure Auto Mode and access other
features.
Setting basic display functions
A Preset Mode for the selected monitor can be manually applied using the menu
on the Basic tab. Alternatively, Auto Mode can be enabled. Auto Mode causes
your preferred Preset Mode to be applied automatically when specific
applications are active. An onscreen message momentarily displays the current
Preset Mode whenever it changes.
The selected monitor’s Brightness and Contrast can also be directly adjusted
from the Basic tab. 
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 Manager will automatically switch to the corresponding Preset
Mode whenever the associated application is activated. The Preset Mode
assigned to a particular application may be the same on each connected
monitor, or it can vary from one monitor to the next.
Dell Display Manager is pre-configured for many popular applications. To add a
new application to the assignment list, simply drag the application from the
desktop, Windows Start Menu or elsewhere, and drop it onto the current list.
NOTE: Preset Mode assignments targeting batch files, scripts, and
loaders, as well as non-executable files such as zip archives or packed files,
are not supported and will be ineffective.
Organizing Windows with Easy Arrange
Some Dell models feature Easy Arrange, which allows the selected monitor’s
desktop to be organized into various predefined or custom window layouts.
When Easy Arrange is enabled, windows can easily be repositioned and resized
automatically to fill specific regions within a window layout.
To get started with Easy Arrange, choose a target monitor and select one of
the predefined layouts. The regions for that layout are displayed momentarily
on the monitor. Next, drag an open window across the monitor. While the window
is being dragged, the current window layout is displayed and an active region
gets highlighted as the window passes over it. At any time, drop the window
into the active region to place the window in that region.
To create a custom window layout,
size and position the windows (maximum 10) on the desktop and then click the
Save link in Easy Arrange. The size and position of the windows is saved as a
custom layout and the custom layout icon is created.
NOTE: This option does not save or remember the applications that are
open.
Only the size and position of the windows is saved.
To use the custom layout, select the
custom layout icon. To delete the currently saved custom layout, close all
windows on the desktop and then click the Save link in Easy Arrange.
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 while you work with multiple computers.
All video input ports available to your monitor are listed. You can give each
input a name as you like. Please save your changes after editing.
You can define a shortcut key to quickly switch to your favorite input and
another shortcut key to quickly switch between two inputs if you often work
between them.
NOTE: DDM communicates with your monitor even when the monitor is
displaying video from another computer. You can install DDM on the PC you
frequently use and control input switching from it. You may also install DDM
on other PCs connected to the monitor.
Options
Applying energy conservation features
On supported Dell models the PowerNap tab will be available to provide energy conservation options. When the screensaver activates, the monitor’s Brightness can automatically be set to minimum level or the monitor can be put to sleep in order to save additional power.
