Second monitor problem (1 Viewer)

[ditavs]

Hi there Guys. Just installed MP for the first time and think it's gonna be a great solution to watching my 720 + 1080 mkv files aswell as my avi's,jpegs and mp3's all through one nice GUI....something that Media Center fails to do due to no support for mkv's.

My current situation is as follows. I have a 3Tb file server I also use as my media player in my main room, this is connected to a Samsung 20" TFT that I use as my main monitor. As a second screen its connected to our 40" 1080p Toshiba LCD TV. I would like to be able to open MediaPortal and for it to open on my second screen so whoevers using it can sit on the sofa and navigate with an MCE Remote whilst I can operate my PC as normal on my primary screen....browsing the internet, downloading and using word docs etc etc.

I started to read a post about someone doing something similar using 6 screens lol by making bat files, but it all sounded like stuff I'd never done before. So basically was just wondering if someone could point me in the direction?

Any help is much appreciated! Many Thanks

PS: I have been into MP's configuration area and the (Start Screen) under the General tab is selected to my primary monitor but it is greyed out so you cant select my Toshiba!!

 

[ditavs]

No one??

 

[carmenm]

in the general conf select the "use screen selector ...."

 

[ditavs]

Cheers for the reply but as I stated in my post. The option for screen select in the general config is Blanked out and wont let me choose between the monitors....almost as if it doesnt see my 40" Tosh.

 

[carmenm]

What is blanked ? the combobox or the checkbox to enable the combobox ?

 

[zsteven1]

You have to enable this to use this

In configuration -> general
The last option (use screenselector [...]) must be enabled.