Dell 27 Monitor
G2722HS
Dell Display Manager
User’s Guide
Model: G2722HS
Regulatory model: G2722HSt
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better use of your computer.
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Contents
Overview .........................................4
Using the Quick Settings Dialog........................5
Setting Basic Display Functions........................7
Assigning Preset Modes to Applications .................8
Organise Windows with Easy Arrange ...................9
Managing Multiple Video Inputs....................... 11
Restoring Application Positions .......................12
Applying Energy Conservation Features ................13
Other Shortcut Keys ...............................14
Attaching Dell Display Manager to active windows (Windows 10
only) ............................................15
Troubleshooting ...................................16
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Overview
Dell Display Manager is a Microsoft 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, window organization, image rotation, and
other features on selected Dell monitors. Once installed, Dell Display Manager runs
each time when the system starts and can be easily accessed from the Windows
notification tray. Information about monitors connected to the system is available when
hovering over the notification-tray icon.
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NOTE: Dell Display Manager uses DDC/CI channel to communicate with your
monitor. Ensure DDC/CI is enabled under the Others menu as follows.
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Game
Brightness/Contrast
Input Source
Display
Audio
Menu
Personalize
Others
Display Info
DDC/CI
LCD Conditioning
Firmware
Service Tag
Reset Others
Factory Reset
On
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4 | Overview
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 monitors are connected to the computer, a
specific target monitor can be selected using the menu. The Quick Settings dialog
box enables you to easily adjust the brightness, contrast, resolution, window layout, and
so on. It also allows you to enable automatic switching between preset modes or to
select a preset mode manually.
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The Quick Settings dialog box also provides access to Dell Display Manager’s
advanced user interface that is used to adjust basic functions, configure auto mode
and access other features.
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NOTE:
Feature Function Description
Quick Dell
Display
Manager
Access
Quick key to
call up Dell Display Manager UI
Control
individual
monitor in
multiple
monitor setup
• Ctrl+Shift+D
• Select the monitor from the dropdown box.
• If more than one monitor is connected to your
computer, an icon appears on the selected
monitor for a second so you know which monitor you have selected.
• Move Dell Display Manager UI to the monitor to
be controlled.
• Press Ctrl+Shift+D to bring up the miniUI under
the mouse pointer.
6 | Using the Quick Settings Dialog
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 onscreen message displays the current preset mode whenever it changes. The selected
display’s Brightness and Contrast can also be directly adjusted from the Basic tab.
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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.
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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
Manager automatically switches 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 another.
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 for batch les, scripts, loaders, and non-
executable les such as zip archives or packed les, are not supported.
You can also configure the Game preset mode to be used whenever a Direct3D
application runs in full-screen mode. To prevent an application from using mode, assign
a different preset mode to it.
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8 | Assigning Preset Modes to Applications
Organise Windows with Easy Arrange
Easy Arrange enables you to effectively organise your application windows on the
desktop. You first choose a pre-defined layout pattern which suits your work, then you
just need to drag the application windows into the defined zones. Click on “>” or use
Page Up/Page Down key to find more layouts. To create a custom layout, arrange the
open windows and then click Save.
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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”. This gives Windows snap priority over Easy Arrange. You
will then need to hold down the Shift key to use Easy Arrange positioning.
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If you are using multiple similar 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. To make it effective, ensure that the grouped
monitors have the same resolution and are physically arranged properly.
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There are other advanced usage of Easy Arrange. Refer to table below.
Feature Function Description
Enhanced
Easy Arrange
Custom layouts
6 MRU (mostrecently-used)
• Save and name ve customized Easy Arrange
patterns.
• Congure x*y patterns.
• Press Ctrl+Shift+Home to cycle among the last
six MRU layouts.
layouts
On the y partition resizing
• Hold down Ctrl while resizing current Easy Ar-
range layout to adjust the size and numbers of
cells in a layout.
• Newly formed Easy Arrange pattern is saved into
the Easy Arrange icon position.
• Hold down Ctrl while clicking on a modied layout
icon to restore it to default layout.
Easy Arrange
layouts for
• Portrait mode Easy Arrange icons are presented
when monitor is rotated.
portrait mode
NOTE: Some applications require a minimum eective resolution for its
window. Such application may not t in an Ease Arrange zone if the zone is
smaller than the required window size.
10 | Organise Windows with 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.
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You can use the dropdown list to switch to any input source.
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NOTE: Dell Display Manager communicates with your monitor even when
the monitor is displaying video from another computer. You can install
Dell Display Manager on the computer you frequently use and control
input switching from it. You may also install Dell Display Manager on other
computers connected to the monitor.
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Restoring Application Positions
Dell Display Manager can help you restore application windows into their positions
when you reconnect your computer to the monitors(s). You can quickly access to this
feature by right-clicking on Dell Display Manager icon in the notification tray.
If you choose “Auto-restore window layout”, your application windows’ positions are
tracked and remembered by Dell Display Manager. Dell Display Manager automatically
puts the application windows into their original positions when you reconnect your
computer to your monitors(s).
To go back to a favorite layout， first then“Save current window layout” and then
“Restore saved window layout”.
You may use monitors with different models or resolutions in your daily routine, and you
may apply different window layouts on them. Dell Display Manager is able to know the
monitor you have reconnected and restore application positions accordingly.
In case you need to replace a display in a monitor matrix configuration, you can save
the window layout before replacement and restore the layout after a new monitor is
installed.
NOTE: You should keep your applications running in order to benet from
this feature. Dell Display Manager doesn’t launch applications.
12 | Restoring Application Positions
Applying Energy Conservation Features
On supported Dell models, an Options tab is available that provides PowerNap energy
conservation options. You can choose to set the display’s brightness to the minimum
level, or to put the display to sleep when the screensaver is activated.
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NOTE: The Dark Stabilizer shortcut key is available only when you select
FPS game, RTS game, RPG game, SPORTS game, Game1, Game2 or
Game3 preset mode.
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Other Shortcut Keys
You can define the shortcut keys for quick access to the following Dell Display
Manager functions:
• Program shortcut key: Open the Quick Settings dialog box.
• Easy Arrange MRU shortcut key: Apply the five recently used window
layouts.
• Application window shortcut key: Launch a quick menu for options under
Auto Mode and Easy Arrange.
• Dark Stabilizer shortcut key: Quickly adjust the level of Dark Stabilizer. This
is only available for Game preset modes.
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14 | Other Shortcut Keys
Attaching Dell Display Manager to active windows (Windows 10 only)
In Windows 10, you can add the Dell Display Manager shortcut icon to the toolbar
region of active windows. To activate this feature, right-click on the Dell Display
Manager icon in the notification tray and choose Attach to active window from the
opened menu.
Once you right-click the icon in the toolbar, a quick menu of Dell Display Manager
appears, displaying options under Auto Mode and Easy Arrange for you to easily
make adjustments.
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Troubleshooting
If Dell Display Manager does not work with your monitor, It will show the following icon
in your notification tray.
Click on the icon, Dell Display Manager shows a more detailed error message.
Please note that Dell Display Manager only works with Dell-branded monitors. If you
are using monitors from other manufacturers, Dell Display Manager does not support
them.
If Dell Display Manager is unable to detect and/or communicate with a supported Dell
monitor, please take the following actions to troubleshoot:
1. Make sure the video cable is properly connected to your monitor and your
computer. especially the connectors should be rmly inserted into position.
2. Check the monitor OSD to ensure DDC/CI is enabled.
3. Make sure you have the correct and latest graphics card driver from the
graphics vendor (Intel, AMD, NVidia, etc.). Graphics card driver is often the
cause of Dell Display Manager failure.
4. Remove any docking stations or cable extenders or converters between the
monitor and the graphics port. Some low-cost extenders, hubs or converters
may not support DDC/CI properly and can fail Dell Display Manager. Update the
driver of such device if the latest version is available.
5. Restart your computer.
16 | Troubleshooting
Dell Display Manager may not work with the following monitors:
• Dell monitor models earlier than year 2013 and D-series of Dell monitors. For
more information, see https://www.dell.com/support/monitors.
• Gaming monitors using Nvidia-based G-sync technology
• Virtual and wireless monitors do not support DDC/CI
• Some early models of DP 1.2 monitors. It may be necessary to disable MST/DP
1.2 using the display OSD.
If your computer is connected to the Internet, you will be prompted to upgrade to
a newer version of Dell Display Manager when it is available. It is recommended to
download and install the latest Dell Display Manager application.
You may also check for new version by right clicking on Dell Display Manager icon.
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