How-to: Connect an HP notebook (with NVIDIA GPU) to an HDTV!

cebolao: Nope, that is not the one. You need the one that I posted in the previous post... you need one like this:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/7-PIN-S-VIDEO-TO...oryZ3759QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Get one from that seller as they always seem to carry them. You need the one with the s-video (black) connector not the composite (yellow) connection.

 

Cool
Now is there an actual difference between the cable i linked and the one you linked other than composite and svideo? I mean they are both videos right?
Ok, now how are you suppose to connect the laptop to the tv with a 10 inch cable? found a longer one, but doesn't have the svideo.

 

These have female connections, so you will need regular composite cable to run from these dongles to the connections on your tv. You can't connect these dongles directly to a tv.

 

i guess i will get the cable and give them a try.
Any comments on the picture quality? I am assuming these a analog signal right? Compared to DVI?

 

would this cable suffice? It is a male to male connection so it looks like I wouldn't need a seperate component cable:

http://cgi.ebay.com/7-Pin-S-Video-T...yZ116331QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

I just bought a 7 pin s-video to 3 rca. The colors on the RCA-connection is yellow, red, white. I don't know if this makes any differens.

The problem is when I try to connect my cable the picture is just black and white.

I have a Zepto 6224w with nvidia 8600M GT with the drivers 169.28 from laptopvideo2go. The nvidia program reconize my hdtv and i can choose to use component video output with resolution up to 1080i but i still don't get any colors.

Is it my cable that doesn't work and does someone know where i can buy a new one that work.

 

The problem is the cable you got (Yellow, Red, White).. The correct cable you should have gotten is (Blue, Green, Red) Like this one http://cgi.ebay.com/7-Pin-S-Video-T...ryZ73388QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Or if you don't have a separate component cable, this one will also work, http://cgi.ebay.com/7-PIN-S-VIDEO-T...ryZ51151QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

what about the ones like the 2 u just posted, plus a 4 pin s video conection?
any differences? or is it just something extra?


And anybody else know if this is gonna work with ati?? anybody?

 

IronmanDunn - Why do you think the extra s-video out on your cable is important? We only plug the component-out into the HDTV, to my understanding. The cables Xstation linked to should do the job fine. Please elaborate if I (and others reading) are missing something! Thanks!

 

I think it is important because I had one without the s-video connection and it didn't work for me as I only had a green picture. I then got the one with the the s-video connection included and it worked perfectly, thus me coming to my conclusion that the one with the s-video works. I am not sure why as I did not pull the cables apart, but maybe it has something to do with how the cables are wired and which pins go to which cables. Just guessing at that though.

 

Interesting
Are those signals analog or digital?
And have anybody tried this with ATI video cards?

 

Cool thanks for the fact, also if you buy the HP express tv tuner card it comes with cables so you can plug a xbox, ps2, or dvd player or anything that uses composite cables or s-video cables and of course you can use it to watch tv. (make sure it will fit in your laptop)

http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/notebook/notebook_hp/audio_video/1/accessories/RM436AA%23ABA

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cheap

 

Need help:

I purchased the cable that Ironman recommended. However, I am having difficulty finding a resolution. I get the HD output, but it looks horrible. the screen is blurry, shakes constantly, and does not look good at any resolution. My display needs to be at 1680x1050 but the closest resolution i get is 1600x1024. I feel like if I can get the resolution correct, it will work out. what do I do?????

 

^^^also, fwiw I am running vista home premium with geforce go 6150 driver 7.15.10.9815

 

Thanks for the information on topic....

I have an HP DV8000 (ATI video card), a HP DV9000 (NVidia card) and a Compaq Presario C700 (Intel Video).

All laptops have a 7-pin S-Video connector - so I am hoping I can successfully get on of them to work on my Mitsubishi 65733 HDTV. From the previous posts, it seems that Ironman has gotten the NVidia to work successfully...

I should be able to confirm whether the ATI will work in a few days - as I ordered the adapter cables just after Christmas...I'm hoping they arrive within the next day or two.

I order both cables - the one 'Ironman' verified (7-pin S-video to component/S-video), as well as the other one (7-pin S-video to component). Saved on shipping and if the ATI card will not support one...perhaps it will support the other... we'll see.


I am REALLY hoping I can get resolution on the DV8000 - as it is running XP Media Center - and I like that MUCH better than the Vista loaded DV9000.

 

IRONMAN -

You said that you have some overscan running 720p...

I am getting all sorts of distortion - difficult to describe - but seems like scan issues - but in 'vertical bars' across the screen...

What are your adapter settings?

Also - The ATI adapter won't recognize the HDTV over component video.

 

I swiped the svideo to component cable adapter off my desktop's nVIDIA eGeForce 7600 GS video card and plugged it in to the svideo port of my HP Pavilion tablet tx1000/tx1308nr (its an nVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 GPU) and was able to get the Control Panel/Display Settings up to 1768 x 992 interlaced to be fully within the screen boundries of my 50" Panny HDTV. Its so sweet!

Watching VONGO movie downloads look jitter free (even widescreen movies) and almost SD DVD quality, so for a $699 its a decent portable PC tablet for home entertainment or on the go. It possibly may not be as good in terms of video quality going up against a DVI-D or HDMI video interface, but for the money, it's decent nonetheless. There's a very subtle degradation of random scan lines on the HDTV display among solid darks, but easy to ignore. The laptop LCD display is superb throughout.

Just be sure you run the video monitor scan resolution in the Windows Media Center setup (NOT the Control Panel Panel/Display Settings) to set the HDTV scanning to 720x480P and Widescreen so you can watch widescreen DVD (standared def quality) on the HDTV, otherwise WMC will tell you to take a hike.

Hmm...maybe some HP laptop user who also owns a BluRay external drive can do a test run on how the quality out this port pans out.

 

Leave your laptop's screen to it native resolution, lets say 1280 x 800 if that be, and have that screen be the primary, with Primary and Attached checkboxes checkmarked. Set your secondary (the HDTV) Attached checkbox checkmarked.
Click on the secondary icon (the HDTV), then you'll have to play around with the Resolution slider. You can also click on the Advanced button and choose among the selection of color depth, screen rez and scan frequency for more choices.

This setup worked (for me) the best. The secondary (HDTV) is in extended mode (the mouse travels from one screen to the other, but not simultaneously (as in clone mode). See my post on VONGO and Windows Media Center. I've tried different monitor configurations, both singular external (laptop screen disabled) and cloned external monitors and kept getting problems like you described. Did you do both a Windows Update and HP's hardware update?

Without resorting to a scan converter software (if thats even possible), you're reduced to the choices available through the Display Settings/Advanced applet. And although my own HDTV can image an 1920 x1080i signal, it would leave me with the MIN, MAX, & CLOSE buttons and scroll bars off screen, and Pan and Scan mode wasn't even an option with this nVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 GPU to pan over to the resolution's extents. So I had to go down to the next lower resolution choice to keep my scroll bars within the HDTV's screen bezel. A lower rez makes for better text reading anyway. Besides, it makes no difference to Windows Media Center, because when properly set, it downgrades to a lower scan line anyway, AFAIK.

 

Not that I've looked at other brands, but AFAIK, only some nVIDIA desktop and laptop GPU's have thier svideo ports put out YPbPr.

I may be wrong about this, but I don't believe component video is plug-n-play, so your video adapter has no way to inquire through YPbPr (handshake between devices appears unsupported, unlike DVI or HDMI).

 

Before I stumbled upon these steps (manuals? what manuals!) I got so much grief with crappy VONGO video downloads (jitter, blotchiness, soft focus) and ill defined, confused aspect ratio, or simply a refusal to play DVD's through to the HDTV that I was considering returning this laptop back as defective. But all is good with the world (at least for now).

For Control Panel/Display Settings out the svideo port that worked for my laptop, see my earlier post #68.

In regards to outputing standard def DVD video through this svideo port to an HDTV, you'll need configure Windows Media Center first. Start WMC. Make sure you're seeing all this in your HDTV during the configuration. In WMC, click through Tasks>Settings>General>Windows Media Center Setup>Configure Your TV Monitor. Checkmark the appropriate buttons when asked and click Next. One of them is Component (YPbPr) -- checkmark it. Widescreen? Check. You'll come across a screen asking you to Confirm Your Display Resolution. It'll tell you what your current resolution is. If it says anything other than 720x480, it'll state on the next line below that, "This resolution does not appear correct." You'll checkmark No. Click Next. Then you'll be given a scrollable selection box to select what display resolution to set. You'll want to change that to 720x480p. After clicking Next, you'll continue to page into other dialog boxes after each Next confirmation until you've completed everything. You should then be good to go to watch at least a standard definition DVD on your HDTV without jitters, squashed aspect ratios, etc. Just remember that you'll still retain the prior maximum resolution you set your secondary (HDTV) to, but it'll be temporarily configured on the fly to full screen 720x480p only when WMC launches. WMC will restrain the cursor to within the screen area confines of your HDTV monitor and will release it as it reverts to the prior screen resolution when you QUIT or MINIMIZE Media Center.

 

Finally got this working on my set-up...


it is the coolest.

 

don't think you need to go tru that to watch dvds with WMC in 1080i or whatever res you can push to your hdtv.
I got the drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com...actualy I messed up the inf and got BSOD when I tried to isntall the drivers first time...Then I rolled back to prev version, but I got more options in nvidia control panel
So the other day I got updated driver from windows update and got my hdtv up to 1080i... To watch dvds upconverted to 1080i you just need to restore down your wmc - then just drag it to the tv (I used the secret settings on wmc) and just play the dvd from there. I can play any media in wmc and it's all full screen and 1080i.
On the res note - is it possible to go to 1080p on component?
I got dell XP laptop and was able to get it to connect over dvi and I can tell the difference between 1080p and 1080i but I found that digital color vibrance in the control panel can fix that But still I miss the p in the whole thing. I miss video mirroring in vista as well, but so far haven't found a way to enable it

 

OK...

Has anyone figured-out a solution for the ATI graphics card?

I have HDTV output thru my Nvidia equipped DV9000, but can't get my ATI DV8000 to show.

Any help? I have both of the 7-pin S-Video conversion cables.

 

Correction to my previous post. WMC goes only up to 480i for dvds Didn't notice the flashes of my tv when vide change res.
Not sure about ATI but they might have dif pin out.
I bough 7 pin of ebay - not exactly the same as mentioned in this post but from the same Hong Kong seller and waited almost 3 weeks and it didn't work for me. But I asked around my friends and now have 2 9 pin cables(1 cable and 1 dongle) form dif OEM nvidia video cards and both work. I think that the best you can do is 1080i for component. The 1080p is reserved for dvi.

 

Sorry if someone already said this - I had the same problem with only two of the colors showing up on my TV - it turned out it was sending svideo over the component cables. These funny 7 pin ports default to S-Video. You have to go into the nvidia control panel and tell it what kind of HDTV you have. Once that's done it switches from svideo to component. This was driving me crazy on a 7300GT with HDTV out and I finally found the solution online somewhere. Again, the dumb cards appear to default to svideo.

 

Two quick questions.
Has anybody tried it with a dv6500 HP with GeFore Go 6150 or something similar.
Getting this adapter will convert my PC into an upconvert DVD player?

 

well, this is what you would think - it'll upconvert my dvds...Well, not really I have hp tx1000(6150Go) and working 1080i connection to my hdtv. Unfortunately movie industry is pushing HDCP on hardware level and it looks like the driver I have on my vista doesn't support HDCP so WMC and any player either fails durign HDCP verification (i.e. when I move my window from laptop screen 1280X800 to 1920X1080) or in case of WMC switches to 480.
I just found a way to go around that with anyDVD but I think I have issues with my dvd drive which stuters and seems like upconverting even makes the matter worst. Maybe it's the setup of ffdshow filter that I still play with.
For now my stand alone dvd player that only can upconvert from 480i to 480p + the scaller of the hdtv does better job in terms of quality...until I figure out a way to play my dvds upconverted on my laptop

 

I have an HP DV8000 equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce go7600 with 256mb ram.

The 7-pin cable I currently have doesnt work I get a blue screen, I dont know where this 7pin cable came from but it does fit into the svideo socket. My 9pin with my radeon x800 won't even fit.

I am wondering, if One any of the cables listed throughout this forum will work. I just ordered the one IronMandunn mentioned, figuring it might work since im guessing the nvidia card's are the same if not real similar.

 

Thanks, this works on all three of my HP laptops. The first cable I bought did not work but the second one I bought does. The second cable I bought has a S-Video input and has three component out and a s-video out. First laptop is a DV2700T with a 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS. Second laptop is a DV2736us with a NVIDIA GeForce 7150M. Third laptop is a dv2116wm with a NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150. The first two laptops have Windows vista with non modded Nvidia drivers. The third laptop has Windows Xp Media center with non modded Nvidia driver. The third laptop when first connected had a blue tint to the picture. The laptop was putting out s-video signal and I changed the signal to component out and it works.

 

@IronmanDunn (and everyone else)...

So, back in December I ordered the cable we talked about. Unfortunately, while the HDTV outputs in full colour now, it is all blurry no matter what I do. I have tried it on two TVs.

One poster claimed they were having the same problem.

I wonder if it is a driver issue. I am running the Mobileforce drivers. On my Nvidia 6150. What drivers are the people who this is working for running?

Thanks.

 

bump

can anyone confirm which and a source for the correct 7pin to component (with the extra svideo out plug if needed) cable?

i have found this

http://cgi.ebay.com/7-PIN-s-video-Svideo-to-RCA-component-HDTV-TV-cable_W0QQitemZ330273769787QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330273769787&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A15|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

which is female, i need a male so i also found this

http://cgi.ebay.com/7-PIN-S-VIDEO-t...2356865QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

however that one doesn't come with the extra svideo output that some people are saying is required. can anyone help?

 

Wanted to give this thread a bump. I bought one from this listing below for less than $2 shipped. Shipping took about 10 days after I placed the order. Works great exactly as described in post.

ebay listing

 

since the DV5t has HDMI...can we just use that to connect

 

I have but you need a good quality cable, probably a HDMI to DVI because many HDTV have this socket. Saying that you best check which input sockets you have before shelling out.

 

If you need to buy cables, buy from monoprice. Highly recommended

I think this is what your looking for.. S-Video (MDIN7) to 3-RCA Component Cable $2.58 at Monoprice

 

HDMI to DVI Check here

 

HOW? the only options in the NVIDIA Control Panel is S-Video: And when i try all i get is a 480i black & white image.



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HP DV9815nr with GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i

 

Have you tried this displayvideo

 

For others who stumble upon this thread as I did, there is currently a 7-pin "S-Video" to RCA component adapter available on eBay which has allowed me to connect my Pavilion DV9420US laptop to my HDTV at 1920 x 1080 resolution and in full color (no green tint).



Item description here. The best value I've received for a $1 in a long time.

 

Wondering if anyone ever has experienced this. I'm still getting blurred picture on Component-Out with the cable. I'm using the right cable - I've tried two. I'm wondering if the problem is perhaps my television. Anyone get any luck connecting this to a Viewsonic?

I've also done the mobo swap through the warranty enhancement - no change.

 

You can use an HDTV connector on both ends. It carries both audio and video. You might have to go to the control panel, NVIDA control panel and chose the "nview". I use TV + laptop display. Works very well. I view TV programs I missed on hulu.com. Works great usually. Sometime I have to reboot if sound doesn't work.

 

Terrific thread I am extremely happy to find this ancient thread. Resurrection incoming on my old dv8320 in the living room. How about sound though? Funky mini-rca to rca setup or something?

EDIT:

Well I have a colorstream connector from a 9600GT sitting here I figured I'd try, I think the TV itself is the limiting factor frankly. I tried an AIW 9800pro from a Media center desktop I had sitting here a couple years back with pretty much the same result, a max res on the HDTV (Toshiba 40H80 rear projector) of 1024x768 and it just displays the same as the ATI unit did with a fuzzy pic and washed out (very poor with a blue tinge) colors. I dunno why I have an upscaling DVD and a Motorola PVR attached via color stream cables and they seem to work just fine. :/ I'm going to see if I can fish up any info from the Web on this older 1st gen HDTV

Ok I guess my question is, what exactly is the signal output from this 7 pin connector?

 

I have finally hooked up my HP Pavilion dv9000 latop to my Samsung hdtv and got the picture to transfer from the laptop to the tv. i am running into the issue that not all color transfers. it show all colors except the reds. the picture is very blue. is there a fix for this? Can someone let me know how to fix.

Thank you

 

It means you're not using the right kind of SVIDEO to RCA connector. There are two out there - one of them causes the symptoms you describe, the other does not.

Does yours have only the three RCAs coming from it, or does it have the 3 RCAs PLUS an SVideo? The latter is the one that worked for me.