1901FP Monitor - how to switch it to accept digital input

Question

Does anyone know how to tell my 1901FP monitor that I want it to accept digital input?  I've been using the analog cable for three years and I want to try the DVI cable that Dell provided with the monitor.  However, when I hook up the DVI cable and take out the analog cable, I get nothing.  There's three small buttons on the lower right border of the screen, but the menus aren't very intuitive.  I can't believe Dell would be so careless as to not provide step by step instructions on how to tell the monitor to accept digital input!!!

Nascar Nut72 · Answer

The second button from the left switches you between analog and digital mode.

Dell Demension 8400
3.0GHz HT P4 processor
250 GB SATA HD
ATI 300SE 128MB RAM PCI Express Video Card
1901FP 19" Flat Panel
NIC card
DVD+RW 16X Drive
DVD ROM drive
56K Modem
Windows XP Home SP2 OS
1 GB DDR2 533MHz memory
Sound Blaster Audilogy 2 Sound Card

Dell XPS T850r
512 MB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 3 64MB RAM Video card
20 GB IDE HD
30 GB IDE HD
20" RasterOps CRT Monitor
NIC Card
DVD-/+RW 16x Drive
CD-RW Drive
Sound Blaster Live Audio
Windows XP Home SP2 OS

Dell Inspiron 8100 Laptop
1.13 Pentium III M processor
512 MB Ram
30 GB HD
15" Screen
DVD Rom Drive
CD-RW 8X Drive
Linksys Wireless Adapter
Windows XP Home SP2 OS

All systems networked using Linksys Wireless Router.

Timotheus14 · Answer

I'm not trying to be a wise guy, and I hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question, but I see only three buttons. One has a plus sign, one has a minus sign, and one has nothing. When you say 'the second button from the left,' are you talking about the middle button? I just want to make sure you're not talking about a newer version of the monitor that has more buttons (I see a lot of those where I work).

Nascar Nut72 · Answer

I'm sorry when I counted the buttons I counted the power button. It would be the middle button. I have the same monitor you have and it works for me.

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1901FP Monitor - how to switch it to accept digital input

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