need help, i want to hook my laptop to the tv

[sonicslayer]

i have an inspiron 2200 laptop and an old symphonic tv my laptop according to the manual has a video connector but no s video and my tv has a rca connection on it u know the red yellow white connector i want to hook my laptop to it so that i can play computer games with my friends hard to get around this small laptop i have a video connector to rca connector and a rca cable hooked from that to the tv but it is not working so am i doing something wrong i know that i can use my laptop to display on the tv so what do i need to make it work. Before anyone gets mad this might be posted somewhere here but i could not find it so any help you can give would be nice thanks

[Baldrick]

I changed your thread title.

[sonicslayer]

this is the connector that i have that goes from the computer to the tv and a male to male rca cord to accually hook to the tv

[edDV]

this is the connector that i have that goes from the computer to the tv and a male to male rca cord to accually hook to the tv

<1% chance for that will work.
sonicslayer explain the cases when this does work if you can. After ten years I haven't found one (excluding proprietary projectors that use VGA cables to send proprietary S-Video + audio because at the time they were cheaper).

[edDV]

i have an inspiron 2200 laptop and an old symphonic tv my laptop according to the manual has a video connector but no s video and my tv has a rca connection on it u know the red yellow white connector i want to hook my laptop to it so that i can play computer games with my friends hard to get around this small laptop i have a video connector to rca connector and a rca cable hooked from that to the tv but it is not working so am i doing something wrong i know that i can use my laptop to display on the tv so what do i need to make it work. Before anyone gets mad this might be posted somewhere here but i could not find it so any help you can give would be nice thanks

What is this "video connector"? (usually called TV port).

If it is RCA, this is a settings issue.

If it is a multi-pin DIN, then we can help.

[sonicslayer]

the tv is rca but the laptop all it has is a video connector

[edDV]

the tv is rca but the laptop all it has is a video connector

Jibberish

What TV model number?

What laptop model number?

What laptop display chipset?

What do you mean by "video connector"?

NVidia says "TV Port"

I challenge you to get from a laptop to "RCA" composite TV off the VGA port.

Only known exception (to me) were certain proprietary very early ATI All-in Wonder cards that needed a proprietary VGA to analog component adapter.

There is a huge internet scam going on claiming VGA to whatever. Many even have footnotes explaining that these are unlikely to work. Prices are kept low so nobody will pay to return for credit. A near perfect crime.

[sonicslayer]

all i know is that my laptop is a inspiron 2200 and is 6 years old and my tv is an symphonic and is older then my laptop ad the manual calls the vga port a video connector but that is all i know

[edDV]

all i know is that my laptop is a inspiron 2200 and is 6 years old and my tv is an symphonic and is older then my laptop ad the manual calls the vga port a video connector but that is all i know

So you are saying the laptop output is VGA and the "symphonic"TV also has a VGA input port?

Then why show the VGA to S-Video/composite cable?

[sonicslayer]

no the only connection that the tv has is rca u know the red white and white connections

[edDV]

no the only connection that the tv has is rca u know the red white and white connections

Red/White is audio.

Give details and model numbers

[sonicslayer]

tell me how to find them and i will

[edDV]

tell me how to find them and i will

Labels, usually on the back.

[CobraPilot]

For clarity, you might also consider the occasional period at the end of a sentence.

[sonicslayer]

model no for the laptop pp10s as for the tv wf2702

[usually_quiet]

Model numbers confirm that the Symphonic TV only has composite video inputs and RCA stereo audio inputs, and your laptop only has a standard VGA port for video-out.

A VGA to RCA composite + S-video + RCA Stereo Audio cable will not work with your Dell laptop. The laptop cannot be configured to output S-video, composite video or stereo audio from its VGA port. An external box with electronics inside (known as a scan converter) is needed to go from computer-friendly VGA video output to CRT TV-friendly composite video input. You also need a mini-jack to RCA stereo cable to connect your laptop headphone jack to the TV for audio.

The laptop VGA would be set to output 640x480 or 600x800, depending on the scan converter and available laptop video settings. The laptop VGA port would connect to the scan converter's VGA input. The scan converter's RCA composite output would connect to the TV's RCA composite input. The mini-stereo speaker jack to RCA stereo cable would connect the laptop headphone port and the TV's RCA audio input.

Examples of VGA to composite scan converters:
http://www.amazon.com/KWorld-PC-TV-Scan-converter/dp/B0016VNYS2
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BVVYSM/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf...QP50DJ7FY56RSE
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10114&cs_id=1011407&p_id=...seq=1&format=2

Example of Mini jack to RCA cable
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Audio-Cable-Splitter-1-Mini/dp/B00004Z5CP/ref=sr_1_2?s=el...0328947&sr=1-2