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10th October 2008, 05:26 AM
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Ok so i got the thing that plugs into the pc moniter port on my laptop and gos to the 3 wire (red, white, and yellow) a/v port on my tv and when i plug it in it justs makes a sound and the screen remains black do i need so kind of driver or what
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10th October 2008, 07:37 AM
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Usually these things just work - on some tellies you have to tune the channel to the laptop output. RTFM might be a good idea!
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10th October 2008, 08:30 AM
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and how would i do that?
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10th October 2008, 08:38 AM
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Sorry - I have no idea as I am not a telly engineer - suggest the TV manual might help if you look under tuning to external inputs or something like that - in the same way that you have to tell the thing what channel your DVD player is running.
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10th October 2008, 11:46 AM
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10th October 2008, 12:41 PM
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Where in the world are you as that will make a difference on how your tv will work in relation to your laptop? We also need to know what version of windows you are using.
The yellow (video) red and white (audio left and right) plugs are known as component video. We need to know if you are plugging them up to a component input or if you are plugging them uo to a component to scart adapter.
Which ever way you are connecting it up, your tv will need to be switched to the correct "av" channel and the graphics software on your laptop will need to be set to look for the tv in order to work.
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10th October 2008, 02:11 PM
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And a further comment from me - don't forget that you might have to reboot the laptop for it to "see" the new display.
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11th October 2008, 07:29 AM
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florida usa windows xp service pack 3 and its just a little adapter i got off ebay from dragonext it plugs into the monitor port on my laptop and switchs into s-video and the red,white, and yellow cables
can i put links on here if i can i'll post the link the adapter i have
Last edited by Jason; 11th October 2008 at 10:15 AM.
Reason: Please use the 'Edit' button rather than creating a new post when there are no other replies in between, unless 24 hours have passed. Thanks.
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11th October 2008, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by GoshinkiTKP  florida usa windows xp service pack 3 and its just a little adapter i got off ebay from dragonext it plugs into the monitor port on my laptop and switchs into s-video and the red,white, and yellow cables | It should work "out of the box" - maybe you need to activate the port on the laptop? Can you check it with another system?
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11th October 2008, 11:00 AM
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Right click on an empty part of your background and select properties from the menu, then settings. Click the identify button and see if you get a large 1 on you laptop screen and a large 2 on your tv.
Do that with the cable connected and your tv turned on and set to av.
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11th October 2008, 08:55 PM
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tried to do the identify but nothing showed on my tv and i hooked up a reg monitor into the port and it worked just fine i was thinkin maybe its a driver i dont have or somethen i dont know and i put it on the right a/v channel its on port 2
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11th October 2008, 10:34 PM
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Ok, does the cable to your tv connect to the same port on the laptop as the monitor did? If so i think you may have the wrong cable.
Let me know the make and model of your laptop and i will see what information i can google on it to be sure.
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11th October 2008, 11:23 PM
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11th October 2008, 11:59 PM
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On the ebay listing under Product Specifications it says "Please make sure your VGA card supports TV signal output." I can't find any information on your laptop about that at all.
[Edit] When you had a look at display properties, did it look anything like this? 
[Yet another edit] I just found this - http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma900/index.htm it's all about your graphics "card", there is absolutely no mention of tv support anywhere that I can see.
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Last edited by Rik; 12th October 2008 at 12:11 AM.
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