My 1520 was finally shipped yesterday, and i just have 2 quick questions.
I cannot tell what plug is required for these speakers...does my 1520 have this or will i need to buy an adapter of some sort to connect them?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121126&Tpk=logitech+x+530
Is the s-video on the 1520 a 7 pin? will this cable work for connect the 1520 to my tv?
http://cgi.ebay.com/7-PIN-S-VIDEO-T...goryZ175QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Specs:
Inspiron 1520, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 4M Cache
Jet Black Color with Matte Finish
2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1440x900)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
160G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Microsoft Windows Vista Premium Edition
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem, for Inspiron
Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card
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The last two dells I ordered came with the 7 pin s-video cable spliter. It broke it up into a video and audio feed. I dont know about the 1520... mine is in the boxing stage
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speaker connectivity:
2OPTIONS:
1. the traditional headphone jack method -- the standard in computing/consumer electronics. This is a regular 3.5 MM stereo jack.
2. Use S/PDIF -- if you have speakers or a DTS/Dobly Digital decoder/amp/receiver/home theater system/etc. etc., and it has S/PDIF input, you can connect the laptop using this to obtain surround sound. you must buy a adapter from dell that plugs into the S-VIDEO
FOR SVIDEO:
1. If your tv has svideo in, then you can just use any old s-video. it will just use the four correct pins, and not connect to the wrong ones.
2. COmposite/RCA: get a svideo to composite adapter or get a adapter from dell.
3. Component Video: highest quality video. requires adapter from dell to plug into S-VIDEO
ok:
dell sells a few adapters that connect to the S-VIDEO port:
a. this adapter connects to the S-VIDEO port and allows your laptop to output with S/PDIF, composite, and s-video
b. this adapter provides S/PDIF, and component outputs.
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looked at your products
unfortunatly, your speakers won't work, no digital inputs. maybe if you added an external sound card or something....or a DTS decoder.
and...i have no idea about that cable. -
Is the video quality using the the S-Video to Component adapter better than the 15-pin connection? or is it just to get the s/pdif audio output. The output from the laptop is s-video, the quality can't improve by using the adapter, can't it? It's pretty disappointing that there's no HDMI or DVI connection.
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why not use somthing like this:
VGA to Component HDTV Adapter
Inspiron 1520 Speaker Question and S-Video Question
Discussion in 'Dell' started by wohast, Sep 10, 2007.