If your monitors were purchased after 2010 and each have a DisplayPort In and Out port, you should be able to daisy chain them. If your laptop has a USB-C port, confirm it supports DisplayPort, then make sure you have a USB-C to DisplayPort cable.
Thunderbolt and USB-C ports use the same connectors, so if your laptop has a USB-C port that can output video, that will work too!
If your monitor instead has USB-C ports, make sure you are using a port that supports video input and output. You can try to verify this by looking up the specifications of your monitor and checking to see if the ports support “Alt Mode”.
Some laptops connect to docking stations by sitting on top of the station, then being locked into place, so there will be no connecting cable.
The two most common connection methods will be setting your laptop in a specific position on top of the dock or connecting the dock with a built-in cable.
Make sure that the ports are compatible with those on your monitor. If they are not compatible, you will need to purchase adapters, such as USB-C to HDMI, or cables with different connectors, such as an HDMI to DisplayPort cable.
Depending on the age of your computer or monitor, you may instead need a VGA cable.
Double-check that you have enough cables to get everything connected! You will need two HDMI or DisplayPort cables.
Both Mac and PC have an option to allow you to view the number of each monitor. That way, you can then see the numbers on the little picture inside the screen and you can also see them on the physical monitors. You can then drag the monitors around with your mouse and put them in exactly the orientation they are in your screen. For instance, if one is two inches higher than the other ones, put it two inches higher on the screen so things work smoothly between them.
