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Modify Resolution

The document provides instructions for adjusting the resolution on a Raspberry Pi connected to a screen. It describes opening the config.txt file, adding or modifying lines to define a custom CVT mode and HDMI settings, and then rebooting for the new resolution to take effect.

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Modify Resolution

The document provides instructions for adjusting the resolution on a Raspberry Pi connected to a screen. It describes opening the config.txt file, adding or modifying lines to define a custom CVT mode and HDMI settings, and then rebooting for the new resolution to take effect.

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Adjust Resolution for Raspberry Pi

If you are using Raspberry Pi with the screen, you may encounter incomplete display, with
black space around. that would be wrong resolution.
Step 1: Open config.txt

Connect a mouse and a keyboard to your Raspberry Pi. Click open the Terminal, and type in
the command to open config.txt

sudo leafpad /boot/config.txt


Step 2: Modify the config.txt file

Now the file config.txt is opened.


1) Define a custom CVT mode add the following lines below #hdmi_force_hotplug=1.
hdmi_cvt=1920 1080 60 3 0 0 0
hdmi_cvt=<width> <height> <framerate> <aspect> <margins> <interlace>

Value Default Default


width (required) width in pixels
height (required) height in pixels
framerate (required) framerate in Hz
aspect 3 aspect ratio 1=4:3, 2=14:9, 3=16:9, 4=5:4, 5=16:10, 6=15:9
margins 0 0=margins disabled, 1=margins enabled
interlace 0 0=progressive, 1=interlaced
rb 0 0=normal, 1=reduced blanking

2) Find the following lines (If there is a "#" mark at the beginning of any of the three lines,
which means they are comments, delete the mark. The asterisk "*" represents the value.
hdmi_group=*
hdmi_mode=*
hdmi_drive=*
3) Modify the value, like this:
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
....
hdmi_drive=2
hdmi_group=2 means DMT (Display Monitor Timings; the standard typically used by
monitors)
hdmi_mode=87 indicates the resolution mode we set before.
hdmi_drive=2 selects the Normal HDMI mode.

For more details about configuring config.txt, refer to Raspberry Pi official website:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt.md.

After the modification is done, save, exit then reboot your Raspberry Pi and enjoy.

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