Display settings mac mini

Hi, i have a real beginners question. It seems my two year old daughter had some fun with the setting of my mac mini. Now the display has no red colors. Everything is fine during an application update or reboot. Any ideas? Thanks!

One thought: Try starting the the Mini with NO monitor connected, then plug in your usual monitor. That may cause it do go to a default monitor setting which will be viewable. If so, then go to the monitors control panel and set it the way you want.
-- Eric

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Is it possible to use multiple displays on mac mini?
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Baddoll wrote:
Is this possible??
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Eric. wrote:
Danny Young1 wrote:
The Mac Mini never came with an HDMI to DVI adapter.
The second display has VGA only, is there an adapter for this as well?
You said you bought a MC816B/A, which is a 2011 Mini 2.5 i5. The 2011 Minis have an HDMI to DVI adapter right in box. See here (scroll down to "In the Box"): http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
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Eric,
So according to Apple's specs, the maximum resolution on the HDMI output (hence DVI with adapter) is 1920x1080. What are the other resolution choices?
Are the quality of the two outputs (the HDMI, the Thunderbolt via adapter) otherwise the same (for the same resolution)? Refresh rate, etc.? I can't find any details on Apple's sites. I'm connecting two indentical monitors (Gateway FHD2401). Need them to look identical.
Natively this monitor supports 1920x1200 (1.6:1). Tried my adapter (MacPro) on 1920x1080 (1.3:1) and it doesn't look so good. So that may answer my question...

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Hello @adsben,
I understand that the image quality for your HP monitor is poor when connected to your Mac Mini, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
According to this document on using HP Monitors on a Mac:
"HP monitors are not supported in a Mac environment. However, newer Macs use graphics with VESA modes and can display to most HP LCD monitors. To do this, connect the monitor to the Mac while the Mac is off, and then turn on the MAC. The monitor should operate at 60Hz. The INF and software for the HP monitor are for Microsoft Windows and cannot be run in a standard MAC OS environment."
I hope this helps!
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