JT! Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Got a 15 pin monitor thingy to the blue green and red things to the back of the tv. Changed the picture source on the tv to aux, and been into display setting but can't get the picture or sound on the tv.Any ideas? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 A lot of laptops have a button you need to press - like function + F7 or something. It's often different and sometimes you would have to reboot with the cable plugged in the laptop, sometimes not etc. So basically read the laptop's manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JT! Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 A lot of laptops have a button you need to press - like function + F7 or something. It's often different and sometimes you would have to reboot with the cable plugged in the laptop, sometimes not etc. So basically read the laptop's manual.Fn f5, but when the menu comes up it only has a laptop icon. I did reboot and slight bits of the screen came up, although it was repeated 3 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Repeated 3 times on the TV? Set the resolution from in Windows? Or have a fiddle in the BIOS if you can, occasionally there is an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yeah when i first re-set after reading that i may have to be when the text came up at the start it was kinda repeated 3 times across the tv, but when windows loaded up there was nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I have no idea what you're talking about, and can't really be bothered to guess. Be more detailed / specific?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Sorry i was in the middle of trying to get it to work and getting generally pissed off.My laptop only has the 15 pin monitor port, and when my gf's brother plugged in his xbox he did that with the white red and yellow cables. So i searched about on ebay for a 15pin to red white and yellow jacks which i found and bought.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3DLVI%26ps%3D54I plugged them in as it says to on there. Then went to the display settings as pressing fn+f5 to change the display output didn't work. So after an hour i decided to change the cables round and see what happens. I was doing that when i'd reset my laptop and it was doing that scan disc checking thing it does when you turn off without powering down properly and that showed up 3 times on the tv set split vertically. And each third wasn't very clear either.Also, i noticed there's a s video female port in the back of the tv. Should i be using that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Is there an S-video port on the laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Nope, but there's a hole coverd with plasic for it. It's like when you buy a cheap car and you can see where the air con button should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 plug that shit into your tv, get into control panel/display and tick 'extend my desktop onto this display'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Done that. Nothing happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerdude2006fr Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I have the same problem on my laptop but when trying to extend the moniter via the s-video slot.... It works perfectly via the d-sub 15 but i get nothing from the s-video... any ideas?p.s sorry to hijack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 p.s sorry to hijackNah go for it. Pretty much found out that the card won't allow output to tv unless i get some £50 converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-baby158 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I had this trouble with my laptop and t.v, i pluged it in by the t.v slot on the back of the t.v and i could only get sound no picture. We thought it might be a bad lead but got a new one and was still doing the same, tried rebooting it with it in but didnt have none of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Sorry i was in the middle of trying to get it to work and getting generally pissed off.My laptop only has the 15 pin monitor port, and when my gf's brother plugged in his xbox he did that with the white red and yellow cables. So i searched about on ebay for a 15pin to red white and yellow jacks which i found and bought.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3DLVI%26ps%3D54Well, looking at your post and that link, at least one of us is blind. You've bought a component cable, and I'm guessing your TV doesn't accept component in. The xbox was plugged in via composite video (the yellow lead) and the sound was coming through the red and white cables. Two different things, which confusingly use the same jacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I was just going to put what Tomm did.Component and Composite are two very different leads mate - think of it like Petrol or Diesel for your vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDeathMonkey Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I think what most people are failing to grasp is that the 15pin VGA output on their laptop is purely a video ouput, therefore regardless of the leads they buy it will not output sound. To get the sound on your TV you'll need to get a 3.5mm headphone jack connected to your laptop to either another 3.5mm heaphone jack or red and white phono connectors on your TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Component and Composite are two very different leads mate - think of it like Petrol or Diesel for your vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Round 2. FIGHTSo i've given up on my laptop and i've moved onto the wifes. She has an s-video port. So what cables do i need to get picture and sound from that onto a tv? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerdude2006fr Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Depends on the input on your tv... Personally i wouldn't bother with S-video, just because it has such an awefull image quality, especially on a tv! The colours are rank!!!! But if you really want to you will probably need an s-video to composite video adapter/cable like so and then a jack to RCA cable to output your audio to the tv like so That's all you'll need to output laptop video and audio to your tv (S-video to Composite/RCA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Depends on the input on your tv... Personally i wouldn't bother with S-video, just because it has such an awefull image quality, especially on a tv! The colours are rank!!!! But if you really want to you will probably need an s-video to composite video adapter/cable like so and then a jack to RCA cable to output your audio to the tv like so That's all you'll need to output laptop video and audio to your tv (S-video to Composite/RCA)So sound will travel through the s-video port as well as the picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 So sound will travel through the s-video port as well as the picture?Nope You'll still need the headphone jack as mentioned previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 (edited) Oh, ok. Didn't read that properly.So I've got the choice of the jack, or an s-video port (int he back of our tv) which should i go for, or doesn't it matter?Like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/GOLD-15Ft-S-Video-S-VH...:0|293:1|294:50Orhttp://images.marketplaceadvisor.channelad...AUD8_2_it_L.jpgWould that one do the full monty? Edited March 10, 2009 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Why are you needing to convert from S-Video if your laptop has an output for it? S-Video (usually) consists of a 4 pin plug (ground, ground, intensity and colour) and will carry video only. You'll need the 3.5mm audio jack to carry the sound to the television, however you're laptop will still play through the speakers if the sound is not a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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