How to Get Dual Monitoring for FSX

Dual monitors expand the view of your desktop.

Flight Sim X or FSX is a flight simulation software that can use two monitors or have dual monitoring to enhance the user's experience. In order to use two or more monitors with your computer, you will need a PC with a graphics card that has two video graphics array (VGA) or digital visual interface (DVI) ports on it, or a laptop with one VGA or DVI port.

Things You'll Need

• PC with two VGA or DVI ports
• 2 VGA cables
• DVI to VGA adapter

Instructions

1. Turn off your PC. Connect the first monitor to the VGA output on your PC tower with a VGA cable.

2. Insert a DVI to VGA adapter into the DVI port on your PC, if it has one. Connect the second monitor to the PC with the other VGA cable. If it doesn't have a DVI port, just connect the second VGA cable to the PC and monitor.

3. Turn on your PC. Right-click on the desktop, or main monitor to open a drop-own menu. Select "Properties." Click "Themes" and then click the second monitor box to select it. Click on the box next to "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor." The second monitor should now have an extension of the desktop and if you move your mouse off the main screen it will appear on the other computer.

4. Open Flight Sim X. Once the program starts, right-click the airplane console panel on the screen that you want to move to the second monitor, such as aerial view or GPS view, and then select "Undock Window" from the drop-down menu. Click and drag the panel across the first monitor screen and move it towards the second monitor. When you drag the panel off the first screen it will appear on the second monitor.

References

• Fly Away Simulation: How To Setup Dual Monitors
• Flight Sim Talk: How To Play FSX in Dual Monitors or Multi Monitors
• Boston Virtual ATC: FSX Tips & Tricks