# Connect external screens

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You can connect up to two external screens or touch screens on a console – right and left.

**Information:**\
We recommend ELO touch screens with the following specifications:\
\- Certification: Microsoft WIN8 compliant\
\- Connectivity: A USB interface\
\- Video Interface: VGA or DVI or HDMI\
\- Resolution: Monitors are to have a minimum resolution of 1024x768.

**Requirement:**

- Console is turned off
- DVI cable

**Information:**\
If the external screen has a VGA connector, a DVI adapter is necessary for VGA.

![](/img/grandma2/img_grandma2_dviconnector_3_2-ec036e.png)

_DVI connectors for external screens_

 

1. Connect the DVI cable for the right external screen with the **Right DVI-I connector**.
2. Place the external screen on the right, above the internal screen 2.\
   The screen number for the external screen on the right is 5.
3. Connect the DVI cable for the left external screen with the **Left DVI-I connector**.
4. Place the external screen on the left, beside the external screen on the right.\
   The screen number for the external screen on the left is 6.
5. Connect power to the external screens.

The external screens are connected.

For more information see [change screen options](/grandma2/key_window_screenoptions/).