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Laptop to tv? any ideas...

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  • 13-04-2007 2:25pm
    #1
    2e.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    Hey just starting this wondering if anyone knows of places around dublin I can get a cable to connect my laptop to tv for watchin stuff.... Thanks


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    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    Assuming you have an S-Video out, you can get an S-Video to Scart cable.

    You can get them in most decent electronics stores. Some places will try to rip you off on them.


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    Duras
    Registered Users Posts: 432 ✭✭Duras


    I bought this from e-bay some while back. I'm happy with it, I should have taken a longer one though... This will help you for video.

    For sound a use a different cable, one that looks more or less like this one.

    I see there are cables that do both sound and video, like this one. However I didn't try it so far.

    If your TV doesn't have S-Video or RCA entries you will need an adapter for Scart. I got one for few euro (from a local shop) but it was sort of crappy (bad connections).


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    2e.
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    hey duras thanks- in a bit of a coincidince i went out and bought those three things before checking for replies... But now they won't work- I have them all connected up giving me perfect sound but no picture... do i need software of some kind r whats the story?


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    wheatln2
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭wheatln2


    2e. wrote:
    hey duras thanks- in a bit of a coincidince i went out and bought those three things before checking for replies... But now they won't work- I have them all connected up giving me perfect sound but no picture... do i need software of some kind r whats the story?

    Elaborate a little, did you buy an svideo connection? And does this then plug into your TV via the scart/svideo input? You will need to specify to your laptop that this is connected, the easiest way to do this is to hook it up and then start/reboot your computer, and it will automatically be recognised. Also then your TV needs to be set to the right connection, AV1, AV2 or AV3, to receive it.


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    humbert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    2e. wrote:
    hey duras thanks- in a bit of a coincidince i went out and bought those three things before checking for replies... But now they won't work- I have them all connected up giving me perfect sound but no picture... do i need software of some kind r whats the story?

    Are you sure you've told your display driver to use the s-video out. On my dell laptop you have to go to display->settings click the advanced button. Go to the display tab and select the tv option before anything will happen.


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    jabberwock
    Registered Users Posts: 928 ✭✭✭jabberwock


    what kind of laptop is it?
    there is usually a FN combination you can use to change the video output. mine here is fn+F4


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    harney
    Registered Users Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭harney


    It might be worth checking if you have the correct country set for the output. I used to have to change this sometimes on my laptop. It was in the advanced properties of the graphics card. Had to change it to something like PaL /I (cant remember off the top of my head).


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    fatjose101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭fatjose101


    hey i want to do the same thing, just wondering which cable is best
    to buy and if my tv does not have s-video, are those adapters any good


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    recyclebin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭recyclebin


    aldi had a set of the all the required cables last week for 6euro . they may still have some left


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