Connecting laptop to tv through S-Video...

[Bruiser]

I hooked it all up. I searched the internet and all to figure out how to configure it to play video clips, games, etc. on the bigscreen. Right now I am only getting a black screen after plugging it in and going to "Video 4" which is the input I plugged it into.

My video card is GeForce 4 420 Go
if that matters.

Thanks,

brandon

[redwudz]

Don't know where you're at now, but you probably need to get into your video settings and see what your options are. TV and computer video are quite different, though if your card will output it, there should be settings available. If you would state your laptop make and model, maybe someone here could give you a better idea of how to set it up.

[moviebuff2]

Does your video card GeForce 4 420 Go have an S-Video jack? If it does, all it takes is to install the driver for your video card then to connect between the S-Video jack of your video card to an S-video jack of your television monitor. If your video card does not have an S-Video jack, look for a RCA-type video jack. Then connect your video card to the television monitor using a single RCA-type connection cord.

[Bruiser]

I figured it out. Only think now is, when I move Windows Media Player to the tv, I can only open to like 200% instead of full screen. When I double click to go full screen(on the tv) it shows up on my laptop full screen. For some odd reason it will not go to full screen on my tv.

Thanks

[sitlet]

on my laptop, i have to make the tv the primary display instead of the laptop screen. right click the desktop, go to settings->advanced->displays, then click the button to make the tv primary

[Bruiser]

That does not seem to work either.

[mujahid7ia]

get NView from the Nvidia site, it gives you some options like cloning or extending desktop...