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    Anyone know what this cord does?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by amoney3, Jul 4, 2008.

  1. amoney3

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    The attached image is below. I got the cord with my ASUS Lamborghini VX2S and it's been eluding me as to what its function is. I was thinking its an audio output for when you're using VGA. The cord itself plugs into the S-Video port, but has another connection on the other end, so go figure. Any help?
     

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    S-video out for tv's. (Video only)

    Use macro mode on your camera for close up shots ;)
     
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    Could you please clarify? I realize it is an S-Video out cable, however, it only has one S-Video connector. The other end seems to be an a/V jack. How would I go about setting up and using it?
     
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    S-video out is only video, no audio. Thats why theres only 1 hole

    Use a A/V cable but just use the video cable (yellow).
     
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    You'd plug an analog cable into the other end and that into the TV, it's for hooking your laptop to a TV. As flipfire said, video only.
    Yellow = video
    White/Red = audio L/R
     
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    Kool, I figured it was along those lines. However, when I do so nothing seems to happen. Do you have to manually enable this output? Since, nVidia's Control Panel doesn't show any option for it. i.e.- when i plug in via VGA or HDMI I automatically see a notification that I'm connected to an external display.
     
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    It should be one of those Fn+F* key to switch LCD/CRT-out shortcut on your keyboard. Some laptops will output to the s-video out at the same time than the CRT out, if not you'll have to go into your display properties settings.
     
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    With mine you need to have the cable plugged into both the laptop and TV prior to loading Windows. Then it loads the TV automatically.
     
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