PROBLEM with HP Pavilion ze 4900

i connect my laptop with an external Tv (Sony) via s-video. I see only black and white. I have the latest drivers. Any ideas?

 

i seen this problem when use wrong svideo adapter some them have diffent pin outs and will some time show wrong colors

also make sure have you it set for right format tv nstc or pal

 

when i go to laptop's graphic settings( after ihave made the connection) there are a lot of Pal settings(eg PAL-B) and i have tried them all but no luck. the TV system is PAL. Also i don't use svideo adapter but direct svideo connection with the front TV panel

 

http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html

only thing can think of wrong svideo cable some have diffent pinouts

This adapter is designed to convert S-video signals to composite video. And it has proven to work well on this. This circuit cannot solve other possible incompatibility issues that you might have. A typical problem that causes black and white video instead of color is incomatible video standards on the signal source and the receiver. If your video signal source (for example PC video card TV output) puts out NTSC video but your TV is designed to handle only PAL standard you get usually black and white image, and with some devices video signal does not sync at all. PAL signal to NTSC TV does not work either. One very common problem with computers that have TV putput is that the default output video standard is not right for your TV. If you get problems with computer TV output, configure your video output to right standard that your TV supports and try again. The exact details how o do this configuration varies between different computers and graphics cards. Consult your computer user's manual and other documentation for exact details.

 

All my problems with S-video have been cable-related. Try another cable

 

Like everyone else said it is a cable problem try a diffrent one