How to Set Up Eight Monitors on One PC

Whether you are setting up a computer display for a trade show or equipping a training lab, you'll need a KVM Switch if you want to send video signal from

one computer to multiple monitors. The possibilities for controlling other computers (including keyboard, video, and mouse functions or "KVM") from one

central computer are almost endless. KVM switches come in many design configurations and price levels and are available for purchase online.

Determine what functions the KVM switch must perform; different types of KVM switches can accomplish different tasks. If you want to simply send a video

signal from one "control" computer tower to eight stand-alone monitors, for example, an "8-output video" KVM switch will work. The KVM switch will feature

one set of "master inputs" for the control computer, and eight video outputs. These video outputs will accept DB9 type ports. DB9 ports are blue and shaped

like a parallelogram. Purchase the KVM switch that meets your needs and your budget.

Turn off the control computer. Place the KVM switch box near the control computer.Plug the hardwired DB9 video plug coming out of the KVM switch into the

corresponding DB9 video plug on your computer tower. Plug your control computer monitor into the KVM "output" switch set aside for the control monitor.

Connect the video monitors to the DB9 output ports on the KVM switch. If the video monitors are located very far away from the control computer and the KVM

switch, you may need to purchase extension cables to span this distance. These extension cables are available at local computer parts shops and online. They

will have one male DB9 end and one female DB9 end. Plug the extension cable into the satellite monitor cable and then connect the other end of the extension

into the KVM switch. If any of the monitors are of the DVI type, purchase an adapter to convert the DVI monitor to DB9.

Boot the control computer and switch on the control computer monitor screen. You will see the desktop boot to the control computer video screen. The signal

to your monitor is coming out of the KVM switch.Turn on the satellite video monitors at their power switches.On the KVM switch box, select any of the

satellite monitors that you want to receive video signal. You can turn off a video feed to any of the satellite monitors by turning off that monitor's

assigned feed button on the KVM box. The image coming from the control computer tower, and seen on the control computer monitor, will display across all

satellite monitors when they are selected "on."

Adjust your video card adapter settings if you would like to attempt to "stretch" the image coming out of the control panel across all satellite monitors in "jumbotron" fashion. Not all video card adapters are capable of this trick, however. Go to Start/ControlPanel/Display/Settings/Monitors to see if your video card allows for "stretching" across more than one desktop field. Creating one large "jumbotron" image using clustered monitor screens often requires use of a special type of video card or KVM switch made for this purpose. These "jumbotron" cards and switches are available online.

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