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    help with s video out to Tv

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by heyou87, Jul 27, 2006.

  1. heyou87

    heyou87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Uh i have a 1505 with teh ati X1400 and I cant seem to get teh tv to work. I hook up the s video to composite on my tv and it shows static and then i go into atis control center and i had to force tv detection and then i tried to copy my desktop to the tv but all i get is teh same static. Any help?

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    Mark Desktop Debugger

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    Did you press Fn + F8?
     
    Mark, Jul 28, 2006
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    heyou87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah but it says that nothing is attacthed...
     
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    Hmm...wish I could help. I always just do Fn + F8 and then try to match the TV and lappy resolutions.....I bump lappy down to 800 x 600. Do you have another TV or S-vid in you can try it out on? Do you maybe have a bad cable?
     
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    heyou87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think it is my cable... i tried using a s vid to s vid and that works, but my personal tv doesnt have s video so i guess ill have to head over to radio shack.
     
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    Yea, you should be able to get an s-video to coaxial converter or something that will work.
     
    Mark, Jul 28, 2006
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