can no one help???

hi i posted a thread yesterday and no one replied to it just wondering why this is if anyone could comment ??

it was about gettin my laptop to use hdtv as monitor instead of laptop screen on my windows xp display part there is no option to change the output it just says notebook and theres no other option how can i get this ????

someone please reply

any help very appreciated as im a bit of a noob please heeeeeeeelp

 

you need to post-
Your laptop, specs and ports
your TV

 

It sounds like you are trying to switch from your laptop display to a external display. If the cable is conected and the source is capable then pressing the "Fn + ??" where ?? is equal to the F# key that has the CRT/LCD in little letters is. On my laptop it is Fn + F8.

 

Hi Thank you very much for replying appreciated

TINSELWORM
hi my laptop is dell inspiron 640m my graphics card i think is
mobile intel 945gm express chipset family
my laptop runs on windows xp
Processor : x86 family 6 model 15 stepping genuine intel~1664Mhz
Total physical memory : 1,024.00mb

PORTS SERIAL>JUST COPIED AND PASTED DONT KNOW WHAT YOU NEED Hope this helps thanks for your help ?

Name Conexant HDA D110 MDC V.92 Modem
Status OK
PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1&DEV_2BFA&SUBSYS_14F100C3&REV_0900\4&1F5DDB1&0&0102
Maximum Input Buffer Size 0
Maximum Output Buffer Size No
Settable Baud Rate Yes
Settable Data Bits Yes
Settable Flow Control Yes
Settable Parity Yes
Settable Parity Check Yes
Settable Stop Bits Yes
Settable RLSD Yes
Supports RLSD Yes
Supports 16 Bit Mode No
Supports Special Characters No
Baud Rate 9600
Bits/Byte 8
Stop Bits 1
Parity None
Busy No
Abort Read/Write on Error No
Binary Mode Enabled Yes
Continue XMit on XOff No
CTS Outflow Control No
Discard NULL Bytes No
DSR Outflow Control 0
DSR Sensitivity 0
DTR Flow Control Type Disable
EOF Character 0
Error Replace Character 0
Error Replacement Enabled No
Event Character 0
Parity Check Enabled No
RTS Flow Control Type Disable
XOff Character 0
XOffXMit Threshold 0
XOn Character 0
XOnXMit Threshold 0
XOnXOff InFlow Control 0
XOnXOff OutFlow Control 0







RJFRENCH i have just tried this it just says on my tv that there is no video input ? im waiting on new wires aswell at the moment to see if they will work i have a vga to hdmi cable another s-video to s-video and vga to vga i will try this when it turns up thanks

 

you are using a VGA cable or an S-Video cable aren't you?

 

yes im using an s-video cable ? i take it this is the wrong cable ??

thanks for your help billy

 

Do you have the TV set to accept input from the s-video cable?

 

hey cat mom it does except input but it doesnt say s-video when i switch to out put just says tv , hdmi , yPbPr and pc i thought it would be the pc output that would cover it ??

thank you

 

Find a button on the TV, or on the TV remote, that says input. On the TV, not on the computer. Keep pressing the button until it scrolls to s-video. It should scroll thru all the ports on the tv like hdmi-1 hdmi-2 video-1 video-2 etc.

on my TV the s-video and video-1 are the same.

Just try scrolling thru all of the inputs and see if one of them works.

 

Once you have the tv set to accept video from the s video cable,you may also need to do one or a combination of the following.

reboot the computer

find the fn key on the computer that toggles between Display on only the computer, display on only the tv, and display on both monitor and tv. rjfrench said it is the fn+f8 on his computer. It is the fn+f4 on my gateway and hp.

If you can not find the proper fn key, you can try going to control panel > display> settings