For those users that have used S video before

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GabrielG

I just bought a S video cable for my laptop and is connected to my TV but
it's not working at all. Am missing something else ? What Do I have to do
to view my Laptop screen to my TV ?
As always any feedbacks are greatly appreciated.
Gabe
 
Usually you have to turn on the S-Video when you hook something up to it.
Most laptops I've seen use a keystroke such as Fn-F6 to do this. If your Fn
key is purple then you should see a little purple tv icon on one of your
keys (it's F6 on mine).

Another possibility might be to go to Control Panel -> Display and check on
the Settings tab. You might be able to enable it through there.

Brad
 
Is the default LCD screen working?
If so, try some hotkey, it should be described in your documentation.
Ask your notebook's dealer.

As you wrote, it doesnot work at all - nor when booting nor in BIOS.
Another problem could be getting it to work under your OS.
Get prepared, you might need to boot some 'VGA mode' to set TV mode.

Zdenek Sojka
 
Brad said:
Usually you have to turn on the S-Video when you hook something up to it.
Most laptops I've seen use a keystroke such as Fn-F6 to do this. If your Fn
key is purple then you should see a little purple tv icon on one of your
keys (it's F6 on mine).

Another possibility might be to go to Control Panel -> Display and check on
the Settings tab. You might be able to enable it through there.
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I've never used S-Video. My question is, is there a similiar thing you
have to do with desktops or will the S-Video port just work?



 
Or Fn-F4
Brad Griffis said:
Usually you have to turn on the S-Video when you hook something up to it.
Most laptops I've seen use a keystroke such as Fn-F6 to do this. If your Fn
key is purple then you should see a little purple tv icon on one of your
keys (it's F6 on mine).

Another possibility might be to go to Control Panel -> Display and check on
the Settings tab. You might be able to enable it through there.

Brad
Click to expand...
 
Zdenek Sojka said:
Is the default LCD screen working?
If so, try some hotkey, it should be described in your documentation.
Ask your notebook's dealer.

As you wrote, it doesnot work at all - nor when booting nor in BIOS.
Another problem could be getting it to work under your OS.
Get prepared, you might need to boot some 'VGA mode' to set TV mode.

Zdenek Sojka
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I think you need to in this order
1) plug s video into tv
2) plug s video into laptop
3) turn on tv
4) turn on laptop
5) go into display proerties and look for an option to change from monitor to TV

You have to have the TV plugged in and on so that the laptop detects it during boot

I think :)
 
I think you need to in this order
1) plug s video into tv
2) plug s video into laptop
3) turn on tv
4) turn on laptop
5) go into display proerties and look for an option to change from monitor to TV

You have to have the TV plugged in and on so that the laptop detects it during boot
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On my Toshiba laptop (S3 Graphics SuperSavage chip), I
don't think you have to worry about timing (as to what
gets turned on first anymore). But I haven't tested
that empirically.

1) Plug the external display into the appropriate port
(e.g. TV to the S-Video, or external monitor to the back
VGA plug). Turn the external display on.

2) Go to your desktop, right-click and go into Display
Properties. Switch to the "Settings" tab, click on
"Advanced" button.

3) On the S3Display tab, you can then pick which devices
you want to use in combination (you can pick up to two).

Most other modern graphics drivers should have a similar
control panel.
 
GabrielG said:
I just bought a S video cable for my laptop and is connected to my TV but
it's not working at all. Am missing something else ? What Do I have to do
to view my Laptop screen to my TV ?
As always any feedbacks are greatly appreciated.
Gabe
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The Fn key sounds like the right direction to me... Remember that there are
likely 3+ settings so toggle through them one at a time and don't panic when
your laptops display goes out!

You know that you will need to use some more cables for sending the audio
over right?


Charles
Torrance, California
http://www.tcpslashipdomains.com
 
There are probably sound settings in Control Panel in Display that have to
be setup for TV out.
 
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