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    A8JM & Connecting to TV

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by jlazz, Jul 9, 2006.

  1. jlazz

    jlazz Notebook Guru

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    I ordered the AJ8M and heard you can connect the laptop to the TV and watch movies and such. Does the laptop come w/ the cord that allows you to do that or do you have to buy it seperately? I think its called DVI out or something.
     
    jlazz, Jul 9, 2006
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  2. Darrick

    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Well, you can either use DVI or S-Video cable, and it doesn't come with either :) (well, there's this semi S-Video cable that you need to buy another extension for it... )
     
    Darrick, Jul 9, 2006
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    bigbear89 Notebook Consultant

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    You have to buy a tv out adapter. You can get it at radio shack or some other tech store. .
    DVI>VGA>S-video
     
    bigbear89, Jul 9, 2006
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  4. Darrick

    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    ? Adapter? I thought we'd only need the DVI cable since there's already DVI port in the A8Jm ?
     
    Darrick, Jul 9, 2006
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    SRD Notebook Virtuoso

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    you dont need an adapter. you need either a dvi cable if you have an HDTV. or a s-video cable. the only time you would need an adapter is if you want to use a tvs VGA port. then you would get an dvi to vga adapter.
     
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    i connected to teh AV port of my tv. I had to buy a mini to right and left channels for my audio. And a video extension cable. Cos the one that comes with the A8J is a svideo to regular video out.

    And then i had to play around with the settings for a long time before i could get it to work but eventually it did, and its not so bad :)
     
    zydus, Jul 10, 2006
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