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laptop to lcd tv

  • 01-02-2007 9:31pm
    #1
    Kaysen Unsightly Transition
    Posts: 0 ✭ Kaysen Unsightly Transition


    I bought a VGA cable to hook my laptop up to one of those Technosonic lcd tv's. I pressed Fn+F8 which is the shortcut to switch the display from the laptop to the external monitor. Everything was fine to start with and the display was showing on both the TV and the laptop screen.

    I pressed Fn+F8 again to change the display to the monitor only and suddenly it miniaturised to a small square on the tv with black on every side....I've tried fiddling around with the resolutions but with no joy? Anybody an expert on these things?


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    This is normal.

    When you press fn+f8, it cycles through the various display modes.

    It goes from Laptop LCD->Laptop LCD + TV-> TV only->Laptop LCD (or something fairly similar). The reason for the black border around the laptop LCD is that the computer re-sized the screen to fit on the TV, setting both the TV and the laptop LCD to the same resolution.


  • #3
    Kaysen Unsightly Transition
    Posts: 0 ✭ Kaysen Unsightly Transition


    so is there any way I get the display on the monitor/lcd tv full, without the borders on the sides, top and bottom?


  • #4
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,469 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Sounds like the output resolution to the lcd is too low, when the picture is on the lcd can you right click on the desktop, go into properties and make the resolution higher

    Are there any tv settings, aspect ratio maybe, that might set wrong


  • #5
    Kaysen Unsightly Transition
    Posts: 0 ✭ Kaysen Unsightly Transition


    I've been playing with the resolution and other settings to no avail....like I said when I first connected it up it was grand and it would scroll when you moved the mouse to the top or bottom of the screen. Whats complicating things is there's all these options for extended desktop etc which I dont understand.


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