diff --git a/docs/v2/Advanced Preferences.md b/docs/v2/Advanced Preferences.md index ef0393a..83e959e 100644 --- a/docs/v2/Advanced Preferences.md +++ b/docs/v2/Advanced Preferences.md @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +--- +title: Advanced Preferences +--- + To enable Advanced Preferences for monitors, toggle the "Show advanced settings under Displays" checkbox in the General Preferences and go to the Displays tab, where you'll now see advanced preferences for each display. Inside the advanced preferences you can experiment and modify some more advanced settings. @@ -12,7 +16,7 @@ Polling is used for reading current display volume and brightness values, which coming out of sleep mode. Because we try to read the values multiple times (for example, 10 tries for volume and 10 tries for brightness on `Normal` mode), it can cause some slowdown on your system. The different polling modes indicate a different amount of times we try to poll the display for information. -### Polling Modes: +### Polling Modes - None: 0 tries - Minimal: 5 tries diff --git a/docs/v2/Monitor Troubleshooting.md b/docs/v2/Monitor Troubleshooting.md index 2ecc9d3..4af0a12 100644 --- a/docs/v2/Monitor Troubleshooting.md +++ b/docs/v2/Monitor Troubleshooting.md @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ so here are some troubleshooting steps and general information to try and help y ## I can't control volume/brightness +### Known incompatibilities + +Mac Minis made after 2018 (including the M1 Mini) have trouble supporting DDC via the built-in HDMI port. Use the USB-C/Thunderbolt port instead! + ### Check if your monitor OSD has a setting for DDC Some monitors have a ddc settings that can be enabled/disabled, make sure you check if your specific monitor has this setting and if it does, you should ensure DDC is enabled. @@ -63,9 +67,16 @@ If these commands change your brightness or volume, you know that your display s Generally, people seem to have the highest success rates with DisplayPort and the lowest with HDMI. -### Known incompatibilities +## Mute does not actually mute the speakers -Mac Minis made after 2018 (including the M1 Mini) have trouble supporting DDC via the built-in HDMI port. Use the USB-C/Thunderbolt port instead! +By default, we mute by lowering the volume all the way to 0, we do this because it's the approach that works with most displays. + +If you are having issues with this, try: + +1. Preferences > Displays > Toggle `Show advanced settings` at the bottom +2. Toggle `Enable Mute DDC command` for the display. + +This approach uses the actuall DDC Mute command, which might work/behave better. ## I can't get accurate read values from the monitor