Dell SE3223Q User manual

Monitor Model: SE3223Q
Regulatory Model: SE3223Qc
Dell SE3223Q Monitor
Dell Display Manager
User’s Guide

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2022 – 03
Rev. A00

Contents | 3
Contents
Overview ....................................................... 4
Selecting Quick Settings options..................... 5
Setting basic display options........................... 7
Assigning preset modes to applications............ 9
Organizing windows with Easy Arrange ...........10
Managing multiple video inputs ...................... 13
Restoring Application Positions...................... 15
Attaching DDM to an active window ............... 17
Applying energy conservation options............. 18
Defining shortcut keys................................... 19
Troubleshooting........................................... 20

4| Overview
Overview
Dell Display Manager (DDM) is an application that enables you to configure the
supported Dell monitor settings such as brightness, contrast, and preset modes.
After its installation, Dell Display Manager is accessible from the notification tray.
Information about monitors connected to the computer is available when the mouse
is pointed over the notification tray icon.
NOTE: Dell Display Manager uses Display Data Channel Command
Interface (DDC/CI) channel to communicate with your monitor. Ensure
that DDC/CI is enabled in the menu as shown in the following image.
Input Source
Color
Display
Dell 32 Monitor
Brightness / Contrast
DDC/CI On
Display Info
LCD Conditioning
Reset Others
Factory Reset
Service Tag
Firmware
Personalize
Menu
PIP/PBP
Others
Self-Diagnostic

Selecting Quick Settings options | 5
Selecting Quick Settings options
Click the Dell Display Manager’s notification tray. The Quick Setings window is
displayed.
If more than one supported Dell monitor is connected to the computer, a specific
target monitor can be selected from the Display drop-down list.
In the Quick Settings window, you can also change the following:
* Resolution
* Auto Mode or Manual Mode the screen appearance
* Brightness and contrast levels
* Easy Arrange window layouts for the monitor

6| Selecting Quick Settings options
In the Quick Settings window, click Open Dell Display Manager for configuring
the advanced settings.
Feature Function Description
Quick DDM Access Shortcut key to
open DDM user
interface (UI).
Ctrl+Shift+D
Control individual
monitor in multi-
monitor setup
Select the monitor from the drop-down
list.
Move DDM UI to the monitor to be
controlled.
Press Ctrl+Shift+D to open the mini UI
under the mouse pointer.

Setting basic display options | 7
Setting basic display options
Select Manual Mode to manually select a Preset Mode or select Auto Mode
that applies a preset mode based on the active application. An on-screen message
displays the current preset mode whenever it changes. The selected monitor’s
brightness and contrast levels can also be directly adjusted from the Basic tab.
Chroma Vision
NOTE: When multiple Dell monitors are connected, select “Enable
display matrix control” to apply brightness, contrast, and color presets
controls to all monitors.

8| Setting basic display options

Assigning preset modes to applications | 9
Assigning preset modes to applications
The Auto Mode tab enables you to associate a specific Preset Mode with a
specific application, and apply it automatically. When Auto Mode is enabled, Dell
Display Manager will automatically switch 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 the next.
Dell Display Manager is pre-configured for many popular applications. To add a new
application to the Application list, 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.

10 | Organizing windows with Easy Arrange
Organizing windows with Easy Arrange
On supported Dell monitors, the Easy Arrange tab enables you to easily arrange the
open windows in one of the predefined layouts by dragging them in the zones. Press
“>” or use Page Up/Page Down key to find more layouts. To create a custom layout,
arrange the open windows, and then click Save.
To get started with Easy Arrange, choose a target monitor and select one of
the predefined layouts. The regions for that layout are displayed momentarily on
the monitor. Next, drag an open window across the monitor. While the window is
being dragged, the current window layout is displayed and an active region gets
highlighted as the window passes over it. At any time, drop the window into the
active region to place the window in that region.
To create a custom window layout, size and position the windows on the desktop,
and then click Save in Easy Arrange. The size and position of the windows is saved
as a custom layout and the custom layout icon is created.
NOTE: This option does not save or remember the applications that are
open. Only the size and position of the windows is saved.

Organizing windows with Easy Arrange | 11
To use the custom layout, select the custom layout icon. To delete the currently
saved custom layout, close all windows on the desktop, and then click Save in Easy
Arrange.

12 | Organizing windows with Easy Arrange
The following table describes the addtional features of Easy Arrange.
Feature Function Description
Enhanced Easy
Arrange
Custom layouts Save and name five customized Easy
Arrange patterns.
Configure x*y patterns.
Six Most Recently
Used (MRU) layouts
Press Ctrl+Shift+Home to to toggle
between the last six MRU layouts.
On the fly partition
resizing
Press the Ctrl key while resizing the
current Easy Arrange layout to adjust
the size and number of cells in a layout.
Newly formed Easy Arrange pattern
is saved into the Easy Arrange icon
position.
Press the Ctrl key while clicking on a
modified layout icon to restore it to the
default layout.
Easy Arrange
layouts for portrait
mode
Portrait mode Easy Arrange icons are
displayed when monitor is rotated.
NOTE: An application may require a minimum effective resolution for
its application window. Such application may not fit in an Ease Arrange
zone if the zone is smaller than the required window size.

Managing multiple video inputs | 13
Managing multiple video inputs
The Input Manager tab enables you to manage multiple video inputs connected to
your Dell monitor. It enables you to easily switch between inputs while you work with
multiple computers.
All video input ports available on your monitor are listed. Name each input as per
your requirement and save 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.
NOTE: Dell Display Manager (DDM) 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 can also install Dell Display Manager
on other computers connected to the monitor.

14 | Managing multiple video inputs
Click the PIP/PBP mode selection button to set the preferred configuration. The
available modes are Off, PIP Small, PIP Large, and PBP.
You can select video inputs for your main window and sub window. Save your
change after selecting the required video input.
You can define a shortcut key to quickly swap the video inputs between main
window and sub window.
Click Video swap button or use the defined Video swap shortcut key to swap
the video inputs between main window and sub window.

Restoring Application Positions | 15
Restoring Application Positions
Dell Display Manager can help you restore application windows into their positions
when you reconnect your computer to the monitor(s). Right-click the DDM icon on
the notification tray to quickly access this feature.
If you select 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 monitor(s).

16 | Restoring Application Positions
To go back to a favorite layout, select Save current window layout, and then
Restore saved window layout.
You can use monitors with different models or resolutions in your daily routine, and
you can apply different window layouts on them. DDM recognizes the monitor you
have reconnected and restores application positions accordingly. If you want to
replace a monitor 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 must keep your applications running to use this feature.
DDM does not launch applications.

Attaching Ddm to an active window | 17
Attaching DDM to an active window
DDM icon can be attached to an active window you are working on. Click the icon
for easy access to the following features.
Feature Function Description
Attach DDM to
Active Window
Change preset or
snap to different
partitions
DDM icon can be attached to an active
window and you can easily switch the
window position, change color preset
mode, and assign auto preset mode.
Shortcut key trigger On a running application window,
press Ctrl+Shift+Insert to trigger the
attached DDM menu.
Move app window
among Easy
Arrange cells
Send the app window to previous/next
Easy Arrange cell.
Move application
window among
monitors
Send the app window to previous/next
monitor.

18 | Applying energy conservation options
Applying energy conservation options
The Options tab on supported Dell models provide PowerNap energy conservation
options. You can set the brightness to the minimum level, or put the display to sleep
when the screensaver is activated.

Defining shortcut keys | 19
Defining shortcut keys
You can define the shortcut keys for quick access to the following DDM functions:
• Program shortcut key: To quickly open the Quick Settings dialog box.
• Easy Arrange MRU shortcut key: To quickly apply the five recently used
window layouts.
• Application window shortcut key: To launch a quick menu for options under
Auto Mode and Easy Arrange.
• PIP position shortcut key: To quickly set the PIP position according to your
personal preference.

20 | Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
DDM works only with Dell-branded monitors. Dell Display Manager does not support
monitors from any other manufacturer. If DDM does not work with your monitor, the
following icon is displayed in the notification tray.
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When the icon is clicked, DDM shows a more detailed error message.
If DDM is unable to detect and/or communicate with a supported Dell monitor, try
the following troubleshooting steps:
1. Ensure the video cable is properly connected to your monitor and your
computer. The connectors should be firmly inserted into position.
2. Check the monitor OSD to ensure DDC/CI is enabled.
3. Ensure that you have the correct and latest graphics-card driver from your
graphic-card manufacturer such as Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA. Incompatible or old
version of graphics-card driver causes DDM to fail.