Today I wanted to configure my Dell U2410 to use Picture in Picture so I could watch the cricket while I was working 🙂

Now, I thought this was simple. Select the menu and choose PIP and select HDMI. Turns out thats not actually the case. The Dell U2410 only supports PIP for certain inputs.

It took me a while to find, Here is the full list of supported PIP modes that you can actually watch at the same time.

Main Source = VGA

PIP to = DVI, HDMI, DP, Component, Composite

Main source = DVI

PIP to = VGA, DP, Component, Composite

Main Source = HDMI

PIP to = VGA, DP, Component, Composite

Main Source = DP

PIP to = VGA, DVI, HDMI, Component, Composite

Main Source = Component

PIP to = VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP, Composite

Main Source = Composite

PIP to = VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP, Component

My challenge is that I use a Mac Mini with my Dell U2410 and a Apple Thunrderbolt Displasy. No big deal your thinking? Switch your cables around. Well I use the Thunderbolt port for my Thunderbolt Apple Display and the HDMI port for the Dell monitor. Unfortunatly the Mac Mini cannot send an analogue signal out of the HDMI port, so I cannot use a DVI/VGA convertor.

This article explains the issue with Apple Mac Mini and HDMI ports https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3682821

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