Question about the Dell 2005FPW.

[MacFan25863]

Hi all,
I just got a 2005FPW today (yes!), however, one thing I noticed is that I can only switch between either VGA and DVI or S-Video and RCA. The only way to go from, say, DVI to S-Video is to enable Picture in picture, switch the screens, and then go to S-Video, and the same in reverse. Anyone know a way to just press the "input" switch to go through ALL the inputs?

 

[p0intblank]

I also have the 2005FPW and I can switch through them just fine. Check your on-screen options and make sure you have everything setup correctly.

 

[danny_w]

I also have the 2005FPW and I can switch through them just fine. Check your on-screen options and make sure you have everything setup correctly.

Same here. It goes 1-VGA, 2-DVI, 3-S-Video, and 4-Composite.

 

[p0intblank]

Same here. It goes 1-VGA, 2-DVI, 3-S-Video, and 4-Composite.

Yup, exactly right.

 

[MacFan25863]

I can't find anything wrong in the screen settings....Dell won't talk to me unless I have a service tag or something...anyone know where it would be? (its not on the back-I already checked)

 

[danny_w]

Just make sure that PIP and PBP are set to OFF in the PIP/PBP menu. Then you should be able to cycle through all 4 inputs by using the left-most (out of 6) button.

 

[MacFan25863]

In the PIP settings menu, mode is set to "off", but I can't go through all four...

 

[MacFan25863]

So I just talked to Dell support, and, according to them,

Sean, I have checked all options, your monitor is working perfectly fine. You can only use the far left button to toggle between the VGA and the DVI modes.

So now Dell is lying to me? This is stupid...

 

[danny_w]

Perhaps they changed the firmware, or changed the supplier. sorry to hear that, because that would really reduce the functionality.

 

[Capt Underpants]

Don't they have a no questions asked return policy? It would be an inconvenience, but if you really wanted to, you could return it and get a new monitor.