TV Out broken?

[iThinkYouBrokeIt]

My video card has a tv output. but, when i plug a video cable into it, and (duh) attach the other end of the cable to my tv, it does nothing.

I go to device manager and scan for new hardware. it finds nothing new.

i go to my video card settings and select "force tv detection". it now sees my tv as a secondary monitor, but all my tv shows is static. just like when i set my tv to a channel i dont have. nothing but static.

How do i fix this problem?

[jimmalenko]

How does it connect into your TV ? Coax ? RCA (composite) ? S-Video ?

[iThinkYouBrokeIt]

Sorry...
I don't know how I forgot to mention the technical details. Perhaps I was too much in a hurry to post it. lol
It's an RCA (composite?) output.
The video card is an nVidia GeForce PCX 5750 128MB.
I am running Windows XP

[jimmalenko]

OK.

Is it into AV (or AV1) on the TV, and maybe you need to turn your TV to this AV channel to pick up the composite signal ?

[iThinkYouBrokeIt]

I don't know what you mean by AV or AV1...

And yes, I have my tv set to AV Input, just as I do when i use my PS2 or my DVD Player

[jimmalenko]

OK, good.

You've got a composite (RCA) cable from your video card into the TV. What port does it hook into on the TV ? What does the TV call it ?

Do you have your DVD player and your PS2 hooked up at the same time, or do you need to pull one out to plug the other one in, ebcause you've only got 1 port ?

Some TVs have 3 AV inputs, some have 2, and some have just the one

[iThinkYouBrokeIt]

My TV just calls it VIDEO.
I have the RCA plugs on the front. yellow and white (my tv has mono sound )

No, I can't have my dvd player and my PS2 hooked up at the same time. I have to unhook one to use the other.

[jimmalenko]

OK, good. VIDEO is the same as AV (AUDIO/VIDEO).

Sounds like you've only got the one set of inputs.

So you've got the cable plugged into the yellow, and you've got the TV on the VIDEO channel ?

[iThinkYouBrokeIt]

yes....

[jimmalenko]

OK. I'd be pretty confident then that the TV side of things is solid. I'd assume you normally just do that exact same thing for DVD or PS2 input and it just works.


I'd be looking at the computer side of things.

[iThinkYouBrokeIt]

Yes, that's what I figured. But, I don't know what to do on the computer, vid.card settings, etc

Updated drivers for the vid.card perhaps?
I'm pretty sure they are up to date.