Trying to connect PC to TV wth a S-Video Cable

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I have my computer and tv connected with a S-Video Cable. My computer's
background is displayed on the tv but that is all. I want to play movies
using my computer but have the actual movie playing on the TV screen. I have
"Extend Desktop" selected for monitor 2 (the tv). I have a NVIDIA GeForce
7300 LE video card and Vista Home Premium OS.

Thanks!
 
Drag and drop the Media Center ICON from the primacy display to the
secondary display and then start Media Center.
 
Ok, I had to install different drivers from nVidia to get the Control Panel.
I want DualView and have it selected but how do I get something other than
just my desktop wallpaper to show on the tv? I tried dragging a shortcut to
Media Center onto the #2 monitor but that didn't work.

Thanks

Richard G. Harper said:
Sounds like you need to turn off the extend desktop feature and have the two
desktops "mirror" each other. You'd need to set this up in the nVidia
Control Panel.

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Erika said:
I have my computer and tv connected with a S-Video Cable. My computer's
background is displayed on the tv but that is all. I want to play movies
using my computer but have the actual movie playing on the TV screen. I
have
"Extend Desktop" selected for monitor 2 (the tv). I have a NVIDIA GeForce
7300 LE video card and Vista Home Premium OS.

Thanks!
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Make sure when you try to drag and drop it with a left mouse click that you
try in all 4 directions, left, right, up, and down it should work in one of
the directions.

Erika said:
Ok, I had to install different drivers from nVidia to get the Control
Panel.
I want DualView and have it selected but how do I get something other than
just my desktop wallpaper to show on the tv? I tried dragging a shortcut
to
Media Center onto the #2 monitor but that didn't work.

Thanks

Richard G. Harper said:
Sounds like you need to turn off the extend desktop feature and have the
two
desktops "mirror" each other. You'd need to set this up in the nVidia
Control Panel.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
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Erika said:
I have my computer and tv connected with a S-Video Cable. My computer's
background is displayed on the tv but that is all. I want to play
movies
using my computer but have the actual movie playing on the TV screen. I
have
"Extend Desktop" selected for monitor 2 (the tv). I have a NVIDIA
GeForce
7300 LE video card and Vista Home Premium OS.

Thanks!
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As I said, you need to turn off the "Extend my desktop onto this monitor"
option and mirror the same main display on both.

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Erika said:
Ok, I had to install different drivers from nVidia to get the Control
Panel.
I want DualView and have it selected but how do I get something other than
just my desktop wallpaper to show on the tv? I tried dragging a shortcut
to
Media Center onto the #2 monitor but that didn't work.

Thanks

Richard G. Harper said:
Sounds like you need to turn off the extend desktop feature and have the
two
desktops "mirror" each other. You'd need to set this up in the nVidia
Control Panel.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Erika said:
I have my computer and tv connected with a S-Video Cable. My computer's
background is displayed on the tv but that is all. I want to play
movies
using my computer but have the actual movie playing on the TV screen. I
have
"Extend Desktop" selected for monitor 2 (the tv). I have a NVIDIA
GeForce
7300 LE video card and Vista Home Premium OS.

Thanks!
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Hi. If you are confused about which cable you need, to connect your laptop or pc to tv. I will recommend you to try website below . I think they have the best wizard which will help you to get the right lead..

http://www.plugPCtoTV.com
 
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