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    How To Work TV-Out W3J

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by dorkiedoode, Apr 29, 2007.

  1. dorkiedoode

    dorkiedoode Notebook Geek

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    hi, i want to watch movies from my w3j to my tv. i have no clue on how to go on doing this. i check some sites but i don't know why they can't detect my tv. has anyone ever done this with omega drivers?
     
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    I assume you've connected your s-video cable from the laptop output to your TV. All you have to do is extend desktop to secondary monitor from your display properties. Or you can use Fn+F8 to mirror your monitor.
     
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    tried checking extend but after i click apply, it would revert back to normal.
     
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    You may have to adjust the resolution of the extended display. I'm using the Catalyst 7.3 drivers and CCC never has an issue detecting the external display once I connect it, either by VGA or S-Video/Composite.
     
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    actually i did adjust the resolution of the extended display. how can i fix this?
     
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    Once the S-video is plugged into the TV, restart the computer. For me, sometimes the restart alerts the video card that there's another connection and gets it working.

    ~ Brett
     
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    i tried that and no avail. i also tired installing new drivers from ati and omega rwar.
     
    dorkiedoode, Apr 29, 2007
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    Did you disable some of the ATI startup programs? Sometimes that has a habit of interfering with it.

    There's also the fact that you're using the Omega drivers. Is there any reason that you need to be using them except for the fact that they're tweaked for games? Maybe try putting the ASUS ones back?

    Also, when you press the Fn-F8 button, do you see the modes scroll by in the upper left of the screen (ie: LCD, TV, CRT, LCD+CRT, etc.) each time you press it? If not, maybe you don't have HControl or whatever is responsible for that loaded. Might interfere with that functionality also.

    I'm inclined to think it might be a driver thing, since even Intel's basic drivers don't work with ASUS' software switch without some modification.
     
    AlexF, Apr 30, 2007
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