Laptop to TV cable connections are not rocket science. They’re easy and simple. All you need is the proper cable and a few adjustments to your laptop settings.
Cables & Jacks for Connecting Laptop to TV
The first step is to inspect both your laptop and TV and identify the connections, easily located on the back of either component. There are five basic types of jacks, or ports involved:
*Composite/phono plug (RCA)
*S-Video
*Video graphics array (VGA)
*Digital video interface (DVI)
*High-definition multimedia interface (HDMI)
*An RCA connector, sometimes called a phono connector, is used for analog audio and video components. Three round, colored sockets are standard — left audio is white, right audio is red, and composite video is yellow. These are standard jacks on older TV’s and laptops. A three-prong cable, readily available at any computer or electronics, is the easiest way to make an RCA laptop to TV connection.
*S-Video, or Super-Video, a more advanced analog video connector, uses a four-prong round plug, like those used in TV cable installations. Separate audio cables are the same as for the RCA connector, left audio/white, and right audio/red. S-Video is commonly found on older TV sets and some laptops.
With S-Video on both TV and laptop, connecting a laptop to a TV is a simple matter of a single S-Video cable. If your laptop has a great sound system, you won’t need audio cables, but for better quality you’ll also want audio cables.
RCA to S-Video cable, a special laptop to TV cable, is available when you have RCA jacks on one device and an S-Video port on the other.
*A VGA connector and cable are used to carry analog video signals plus display and graphics data. The VGA is a 15-pin connector commonly found on laptops and other devices. With this port you need a PC-to-TV Convertor to connect laptop to TV. You simply plug the VGA cable from the source into the convertor, and use an S-Video or RCA cable out to the TV. The converter is USB powered, so there’s no external power adapter to carry around, making this laptop to TV connection entirely portable.
*A DVI port is rectangular with 24 pins arranged in three horizontal rows of eight pins for digital video; separate RCA analog audio cables fit into white and red plugs. DVI ports are found on Macintosh laptops; sometimes they are smaller than normal DVI ports and require an adapter, which usually comes with the laptop.
*The HDMI port, one-half the size of the DVI port, is also rectangular with 19 pins. It provides digital audio in addition to digital video, despite it’s smaller size, for a complete TV to laptop connection. These ports are found on new HDTVs, and sometimes there are two or more. TVs with HDMI ports are the only ones that do not require additional audio cables.
TV’s with a single digital port labeled HDMI/DVI require only one cable when the source is another HDMI component. But when source is a DVI laptop, you need a DVI-to-HDMI cable for the video and a separate pair of RCA analog stereo cables.
NOTE: Whenever ports do not match, you can by adaptors and/or cables to make any connection.
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Tuning
The second factor in a laptop to TV connection is proper tuning. If the screen resolution and aspect ratio of your TV screen and computer are not the same, the TV picture will be distorted. This is important whether the screen is LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or non-LCD flat-screen.
The screen aspect ratio is a monitor’s proportion of width to height. Prior to 2003, most computer monitors had a screen ratio of 4:3, the same as standard TVs. Since then, ratios of 16:10 have become common, especially in laptops. HDTV has a ratio of 16:19; and motion pictures and still photography have even different ratios. One common example of a screen-ratio problem is when wide-screen video is shown on a standard screen. The result is undesirable letter-boxing, with black bars filling the screen at top and bottom.
Similarly, screen resolution varies between monitors. Resolution is measured in number of pixels across and down. Laptop LCD screens range from 1024 x 768 to 1920 x 1200 pixels, for a 15- or 17″ screen. HDTVs and wide-screen TVs have pixel resolutions varying from 1920 x 1080 to 1366 x 768. Unless your laptop screen and TV screen are the same size, adjustments have to be made to pixel ratio to ensure the best connection from TV to laptop.
Make sure both screen aspect ratio and pixel resolution of TV and laptop are compatible. You can adjust both picture ratio and resolution with the Display Settings on the Control Panel of a PC laptop. Mac laptops automatically adjust settings for screen resolutions and ratios; if necessary, the adjustments can be tweaked in System Preferences. Your laptop user’s manual and manufacturer’s Web site provide information on settings and options for video output.
These few guidelines are the basics for making the right connections that result in clear, non-distorted video from laptop to TV. Whether downloading a motion-picture, streaming video, or playing a DVD, the convenience of a laptop and the luxury of a larger screen are easily attained.
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What about Component connection to TV. My home is wired all component to one main closet. I’m looking to hook my laptop up, convert video out to component in on TV.
I have a laptop name lenovo and i have s- video cable only with a video out and i tryid to conect my laptop to tv but it didnt work and i tryid to use the fn boten and all the f’s but still it didnt work is there some other way i can connected.
I have Lenovo Y series 5AQ model laptop. I have connected S-video out to TV (RCA). It is showing black screen on my TV (AV mode). Tried a lot with Fn keys and Graphics setting.Nothing worked out. Is there any other graphics driver needs to be installed for S video out?
I have LG R400 series notebook and i could connect the S-Vedio out to TV (RCA). I could get the display on the TV but in black and white……without colour and also i am not getting audio on the TV set. My S-Vedio card is 7 pin jack.
Kindly advice to obtain colour display and audio on the TV.
Hi guys,
From what I’ve read this is a common problem and I don’t know why exactly is happens:
“There are many programs that can’t display video through the regular “S-Video Out” connector because the video only plays on your laptop’s screen and it is “black” on the secondary screen.”
One way to fix this is to buy a PC-2-TV-Converter… try this site!
http://www.svideo.com/
http://www.svideo.com/vga2video2.html
I have Thoshoba(Windows Vista) laptop and Sharp TV. I have S-video cable also.
I connect from laptop to TV and I could hear the voice but not the video. I don;t know why I couldn’t see it. I used for Fn + F7 key. But it didn’t work.
In vista did it work ? If so please tell me…
I would appreciate if I get a reply.
Thanks,
Suresh
i have connected my s-video cable from laptop to tv, i was told in pc world i only needed the one cable. I am getting a great picture but no sound at all. Any advice you could give me, i thought i would have to adjust something on my laptop but dont know how to do this. cheers x
Hi,
Suresh:
The only reason though that I can think of why you’re getting sound and no picture is that you need to perhaps upgrade your video codecs in Windows.
Michelle:
You seem to have the opposite experience to Suresh’s. Maybe upgrade audio drivers…? But this is a pure guess.
Hi,
I purchased HP-DV5T laptop, which does not have S-Video outport. But has HDMI instead. But my TV is old model. Is there anyway by which I can still connect Laptop with TV.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards
–Shrikant
Hi,
I purchased HP-DV5T laptop, which does not have S-Video outport. But has HDMI instead. But my TV is old model. Is there anyway by which I can still connect Laptop with TV.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards
–Shrikant
Michelle,
S-video does not carry sound,video only. You will need a separate audio cable. Normally a 3.5 mm cable inserted into your computer’s headphone jack. If your TV does not have a 3.5 mm jack, there are 3.5 mm to RCA (red and white) conversion cables available (try Cabelsforless.com or Radioshack).
FYI
my tv has a DVI port to connect to computers, but my laptop only has a VGA port. so i bought a male DVI to female VGA adapter and tried to connect my laptop with a regular vga cable. the problem is when i check the “extend my windows desktop to this screen” and click apply the computer just unchecks the box and flickers. do i need a better graphics card?
I am having a HUGE problem. My computer and tv both have hdmi inputs, so I bought a hdmi-hdmi cable. But my problem is this, Not only am I not getting audio, but the hdmi and sdfid audio drivers are not showing up in the audio control panel. Someone please help!!!I need sound!!
Hi Ryan,
The HDMI sound issue is really a huge problem to many users out there.
Try this site for your high def questions:
http://www.highdefforum.com/
I have an Acer A110 Laptop with only a VGA output (15 pins)
and an old television with RCA(i.e the 3 coloured cables)input
.I have a cable VGA/3RC.I hav windows XP installed.Is there any way to connect the laptop to the TV??? If so how?
Are there any settings. please help.
prem
Hi, your help is terribly needed. I have connected my laptop and my lcd tv through hdmi and although i get the perfect picture i get no sound which is frustrating. Is there anything to be done to get audio as well from my tv?
thanks in advance
NIKI
i have connected my laptop to my tv i have got picture but no sound on tv only on my laptop
i have brought a vga lead to connect my laptop to my TV but i get nothing !!!!! no sound and no picture !! i have vista could this have something to do with it?? is there something i need to do to my laptop to allow it to happen HELP PLEASE !!
Hi,
I’ve got a bit of a problem— my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1420) is equpied with a 15 pin VGA port and a 7 pin S-Video port, but my television cable box (the tv itself, an LG 21FX4R, only has RCA connections and an old circular 1 pin cable connect) has a 9 pin VGA port and a 4 pin S-Video port. I’ve also recently moved to South Korea and have a hard time explaining anything remotely technical to anyone. What can i do?! I really want to connect my laptop to the TV so i can watch programs from back home, but don’t know what my options are. Thanks for your help!
Can anyone tell me how to connect a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop to a 1995 Crosley television with Yellow, White and Red inputs on the back. Also if you could tell me what cables i will need.
This informatio is not the most helpful sorce i have read.
It does not inform you to what you have to apply to your PC for it to be compatable with the telvision of your succension
hi, got HP laptop, 32″LG LCD TV, got VGA male/female cable,male fits into laptop, the TV got female,so not fitting,it also has HDMI on both, would you reccomend i use that cable? iv got vista on laptop,and what is Fn key?
try pressing function and f4 buttons to change screen source
hi,connected with HDMI cable,from HP LAPTOP(VISTA) to LG LCD, everything like picture,video quality excellent,but no audio coming from TV,why? HDMI CABLE suppose to give audio as well unlike VGA. audio is coming from laptop,not from TV..pls advise?
hey folks n folkies…!
same old issue… have a Dell XPX1330 w/HDMI port and a LG LCD 32″ w/2 HDMI ports. Picture is all great but no audio…!?! what the hell….? came here… saw several posts on this… phew…. what next?
I have a brand new Macbook Pro (2008) and I would like to connect it to my T.V. through HDMI. Does my labtop have an HDMI connector port or can I get an adapter for it???? Somebody please help.
hi,
i got a VGA to RCA composite cable. i want to connect my hp laptop DV5T to RCA TV.
After connecting the cable, i am able to get the image on TV but it is scrolling continuosly and image is coming in black and white with screen showing in 3 pieces/sections…hope u got it what i am trying to say here.
please help me out in this regard
regards
srini.
http://realhyd,synthasite.com
hey…great info..anyway when i connect my laptop to the t.v. i get picture on the t.v. for ten seconds or so..then it blacks out…..its hdmi input on both laptop and t.v. and the wire is brand new and wasnt cheap! any help is greatly appreciated…..
another one…
For initial 2 weeks the monster HDMI 400 cable worked well with HP Pavillion dv5 series connected to Panasonic Viera LCD TV. (Windows Vista Home Premium) Since the auto update of OS to SP1, only the video is transmitted while the audio isn’t .
Is this due to the OS update ? has anyone tried this with Ubuntu or OpenSuSe ?
A search for HDMI in the Windows Help and Support / HP Support provides ‘0′ results. what the heck?
Hi
I have connected my laptop and tv with a vga cable, my screen saver and wallpaper display on the tv but nothing else. I have gone to control panel – display, it shows I have notebook and moniter display options but no tv out option. am i missing the obvious as every sit says connecting with vga makes life simple.
I have that same problem! helppppp guys. It happened after i rebooted my laptop.
I have been trying to connect my laptop to my tv using an rgb to scart cable but having no luck!! I get a noise on my tv and the tv says no signal when I try the f5 key which should send the picture/soudn to the tv. any ideas???
I am using Compaq V3500 laptop with Windows Vista.
I connect the S-Video to my laptop and RCA to TV but I could hear the voice but not the video. I don’t know why I couldn’t see it. I’d try go to Display property setting but failed also.
Pls kindly help. Thanks in advance.
I have a acer laptop and a samsung tv, i tried a S-Video cord with my laptop got 7 pins and my tv has 4 pins. I can’t get either cord to fit both the laptop and tv.
Please help me, its very important, thanks
Folks,
I have reviewed above replies and do not see anything that addresses the problem that I am experiencing. I get audio and video when I connect my laptop to TV. Hovever, the size of the image is small. My TV is 32″ and my laptop is 16.4″ – can anyone tell me what may be the issue?
Thanks in advance,
Easwar
Folks,
I am connecting a laptop that has HDMI port to an LCD TV that also has HDMI port. However, when I play any Movie from my laptop only vedio is displayed from the LCD, while audio is still coming from the laptop.
Can anybody help in this regard??
Cheers all!
PCTVCables.com
I have a Dell XPS M1530 and what works for me in regards to the no sound issue when hooking up to tv via hdmi is this:
Go into Sounds > Playback and select HDMI. Sometimes the sound will switch over to tv automatically, but other times it won’t. When that happens, restarting has always worked for me.
Hi,
I have a macbook pro and have connected it to my Samsung LN32A450 LCD using a DVI to HTML which is fine for the image but when I connect sound using my headphone out with rca red and white to audio in (Belkin stero cable) I get no sound! I’ve tried all the in jacks on tv, but nothing. Any ideas?
Thanks
Hi,
First of all sorry for my english, im portuguese.
I bought an HDMI cable, and want to connect my Laptop (hp pavillion dv9700) to a LCD TV (32lg5000).
But i couldnt connect with success.
The HDMI channel is enabled on LCD but it says “No Signal”. On Laptop, on Nvidia Control Panel (i have a Geforce 8600m gs board) when setting several screens the tv is also not detected.
Im using windows vista…
I would appreciate if you could hep me…
thanks!
I have connected my Fujitsu Laptop AmiloL to my LCD TV HD Sony Bravia with AVG cable(15 to 15 PIN,male to male) and Audio cable(3,5mm to 3,5mm jack).I have not sound and have not Video/animation to TV(all I get is the Desktop Background).I have Display setting for the Monitors-resolution,rate refresh,but is not at all OK!Is…NOTHING. Can you help?Thanks.Mag.
My laptop has a vga plugin. i watch streaming video/movies online all the time. i’d like to connect my pc to my tv via 3prong RCA cord. I realize this will carry the video, but not the sound. can i not use the vga to rca for video, then connect my external speakers via the headphone plug for sound?
I’m trying to do this without purchasing the converter……. I am a single mom raising my kids on my own,, this would be a luxury! but the $6 cable on ebay i can do.
thanks.
stormi_ladi@yahoo.com
hi there i am wanting to use my laptop to connect to my tv, so i can watch movies i have on my laptop, it will probably be a regular thing if i can get it to work good.
at the moment its all connected up via a VGA cord. the picture is ok but i was really good quality if it is possible.
so if someone could let me know the way to get the best possible picture that would be awesome
cheers
to Leigh
the best possible picture to get is by connecting the computer to the TV via an HDMI cable
hey niki
i thought so but is it far better quality thatn the vga which i am using now???
as i want to see the movies on my tv at the same qualitythey play on my computer which is very good!!!
thanks heaps
I do not have an hdtv, just a regular, 3 yr old tv. this hdmi cable will not work for me. so i am still at a loss here. thanks
I have my Gateway laptop conectec via HDMI with Windows Vista now I have checked de sound settings and it says its working properly but I have no sound.
To killermicrobe
You have to look to the computer manual to solve your problem. This happened to me as well and the solution was to go to control panel and click to sound and then click HDMI connection and it worked to for me.
I have an old tv with 2 scart lead ports and 1 rf port plus the usual red white and yellow ports and my laptop has svideo port,vgi port,usb.So obviously i cant connect the 2 or can i ?
the only way i could think of was connecting the svideo lead from laptop to dvd player and the same with audio and then a scart lead from the dvd to the tv but all i got was sound
any ideas?
would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance
I’m having a DELL Inspiron 1501 and Sony Bravia 32″ HDTV. I wanna connect my Laptop with my Sony HDTV and for that I bought a High Integrity SVGA Monitor Cable (BELKIN).
But upon connecting I’m unable to see anything just the message “No Signal”.
Please guide me on this.
Email me : subinverghese@rediffmail.com
Hi all.
I just managed to get mine working yesterday. After weeks of trying and frustration. I have a Fujitsu E Series 4010 (around 2003-4 I think) with a 7pin S-Video slot and a 32″ JVC TV. It only has Scart and RCA slots so this is the older method.
I bought an S-Video to RCA converter on Ebay.
Here’s how I did it.
First and for most make sure your graphics drivers are up to date. Mine weren’t hence the time it took!
Plug the S Video into the laptop and the Yellow RCA into the tv. Reboot and go to Display options in Control Panel and click on the settings tab. You should now have 2 screen options. Select the second screen which should be listed as Generic Television or something along those lines.
Change the resolution to 800×600 and tick the “Extend My Desktop to this Monitor” box.
Reboot.
Now select the Channel on your TV that supports the RCA input and you should see the Desktop background with no Icons. Don’t worry tho, the TV is acting as an additional monitor. Now open Firefox or any window but make sure its reduced so you can drag it around.
Grab the window and drag it to the right. Keep going past the edge of your LCD and you should see it appear on to your tv.
Once it’s on your tv maximize and enjoy. I tried a few movies using VLC and the playback was pretty tidy.
One word of warning. Don’t start the playback until the Window is on your tv screen or it will just show up black.
Oh and you’re gonna need a RED & White to 3.5″ Aux lead for the sound. The red and whites attached to the SVideo lead I have don’t work. Plug this into your Headphone Jack. So many ppl seem don’t seem to realise that the signals are seperate.
This is how I did it. Obviously, TV’s and Laptops are all different.
Good Luck!
Hi
I have Philips 42″ LCD hdtv, which has 4 hdmi, 2 S-vido, 1 USB, 3 rows of AV conectors most useless since i am not going to do suround sound NO DVI or VGA. My laptop Toshiba, Satalite it has VGA, 3 USB, 1 S-Video and slot for pci card NO DVI. I just bought the TV got the good deal so i thought i take adventage of it. I tried conecting S-Video to S-Video and audio for laptop and GOT NOTHING. The insturction manuel said that i can conect with S-Video, but online instruction say only DVI to HDMI. Since my laptop only has VGA, I instantly new it is going to be Madness getting these two to synch. The TV instruction say to Turn OFF TV and Laptop than start TV and press SOURCE buton on Remote repeadedly fot TV to recognize Conection and still NOT a Dame Thing. Aldoe it did work with my digial camera. So what should i do Go get the VGA to DVI converter and DVI to HDMI or just VGA to HDMI. It looks like it is almost inposible to get DVI video card. Should i just go and buy different TV that has ALL inputs. Here we are trying to go DIGITAL and We still having trouble to get the two simple things together. Why is this so hard? Do I need a technician to do it, becuse i can’t.
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Leigh Says:
January 14, 2009 at 1:32 am
hi there i am wanting to use my laptop to connect to my tv, so i can watch movies i have on my laptop, it will probably be a regular thing if i can get it to work good.
at the moment its all connected up via a VGA cord. the picture is ok but i was really good quality if it is possible.
so if someone could let me know the way to get the best possible picture that would be awesome
cheers
[quote]
Hi Leigh,
You said that u r able to see the picture on tv via VGA card.
Ccan you please tell me what are the steps to be taken here..
See i have HP laptop which has VGA output and my TV is old TV which has RCA Slots. Now i got RCA conveter cable got on ebay and trying to connect both the ssystems.
After making connections, i am getting the screen in black and white on tV and image is being divided in to 3 images on the screen.
i tried with all the options in the control panel/display options. BTW my Graphics card is NVIDEA graphics Card.
Please help me.. I request everybody to give ur valuable comments if anybody has connected successfully ….
appreciate ur help.
reg
Srinu
I connect HP Presario 2000 notebook to TV using S Video and press Fn+F4 but the TV is blank.
But when I connect another AVG monitor throught the COM port hitting the same keys it comes up. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy????
I have a tv with 2 HDMI ports and a laptop with a VGA port. Do I need to get an adapter or can I just use a cord with VGA on one end and HDMI on the other?
Hello, Im running a Dell Inspiron 6000 im using a s-video cable hooked up to my HD tv…..pardon my french here but the quality sucks ass….Is there any converter from a RGB output to HDMI inupt??
my email is millerlite9467@gmail.com
Where do I buy the S-Video to Female RCA cable that is shown on the above page? Please advise. Thanks.
John Brandis…
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i connected my laptop toshiba a300-05u to my 40′ tv, using an hdmi cable, the image shows but the sound is coming out of my laptop, does anyone know how to make the sound come out of the tv??
i have acer 5735-4774 laptop,i want connect sony wega 61″ tv
let me know what kind of cable do i need
i have an old RCA TV and a new HP laptop. What kind of connecter shall i purchase to watch Laptop video from the TV? The audio on my laptop is not great. thanks a lot, rita.
Hello, I have a problem I haven’t been able to find here……I have my old laptop connected to my TV, but my old laptop screen is shattered, so you cant see anything. I thought why not attach it to the tv to watch movies that are on it. but, I also want to use the internet if possible. The problem is ALL words on the screen are extremely difficult to read. The picture quality of the video is great, but the words……any ideas?
i’ve o toshiba laptop a200 and i try to connect with my lg tv but nothing happens.what can i do to work i forgot to tell you that i have a cable s-video to hdmi but nothing…please tell me
I have a new laptop that I bought because it has an hdmi output on it. I want to connect it to my tv but my tv has a dvi input on it. No problem I buy the hdmi to dvi cable because the tv’s dvi input is all digital. Well my tv still won’t recognise my laptop. I have tried every flippin resolution even though it should only be 1920×1080 because it is a 1080i. need help!!!
I recently bought a HDMI-DVI cable to connect my Dell to the LCD tv. I found out that DVI wasn’t the correct cord i needed (VGA) so i also bought a converter from DVI-VGA. So now i have a HDMI-DVI-VGA. No surprise, but it didn’t work. I was wondering why it wouldn’t work. Thanks.
insaneman400, what outputs do you have on the tv and what are the outputs on the computer?
Standard VGA 15 pin (female).
Thanks
hey… please reply to the email here… was given a Winbook (not new) and there’s power from wall and tower, but there’s no picture at all… the power light flashes orange, then green, and changes when the screen saver comes on or in power-save, but no picture… pushin the buttons for the settings doesn’t do anything… thanx!
I am wanting to hook up my Acer Inspire One laptop to a Vizio HDTV ( Both Laptop and HDTV have VGA Connections) When i orginially made the Laptop to HDTV connection, i saw the Windows XP screen on my HDTV. When my laptop finished booting up, the HDTV screen went Blank and an error message came up: No signal. In reading, i’ve tried to send a signal from laptop to HDTV Via using the FN and F5 Keyed simultaneously on my laptop but to no available. Obviously, im note doing something right!!!! ANY suggestions,advice or words of wisdom will be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Im connencting my laptop to my tv with a vga cable, but the picture is flickering.
When i connect my stationary pc to the tv, i dont have this problem. Ive tried editing the resolution on my pc, but it doesnt help:S
just got ps3 console cant get on internet
I want to watch films stored on my laptops hard drive on my Sony Bravia 40inch lcd tv. The laptop is an HP G60-214 and the tv is a Bravia 40w4000.
Both are about 3 months old at most. I want to connect the laptop to any one of the 3 HDMI ports on my tv. However when I plug the hdmi into both items then change the channels between all 3 HDMI inputs I get no picture from the laptop. Not even the desktop image. This has worked once before but I don’t know if I did something differently then.
Any ideas ? Please help ? Please email me at sam_martin82@hotmail.com ?
I have lenovo laptop.PLEASE help to connect
i have a toshiba l355d-s7901 and hitachi 57inch hdtv my laptop dosent have ne s- video or hdmi outputs but does have vga, and my tv dosent have a vga but has everything else i NEED HELP PLEASE email me back at bigdog_41384@hotmail.com thank you
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have a dv6000 pavilion hp laptop (windows vista) have s-video on laptop as well as on hatachi 46″TV.
I also have 15 pin VGA and hdmi outputs on laptop. will just the s-video calble do the job? or will I need more cables?
Thanks,
T.
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My tv doesn’t acept the normal cable it is a panasonic hdmi and for some reason there is another king of conection. My problem is I don’t know where do I get the correct exit of the laptop convine with the hdmi cable.
I have a VGA to RCA cable. I want to connect my laptop to my old tv. Its a samsung one. I have but the vga male into my laptop and i have 3 female ends. Red white and yellow and i also have a S video female. I have only connect the 3 rca wires up to my tv as it does not support s video. There is no picture can any1 help?
hi,
I have the same problem what ozzy have, i have tosiba satllite, it has 4 pin svideo and vga, TV videocon 34″ jumbo model i connect via vga to rac 3pin’s to av2 pressing fn+f5 show’s lcd not TV option, also tryed with svideo 4 pin to rac 3 pin’s pressing fn+f5 same no change, display properties shows 2 monitor screens where 1st monitor is general.. and 2nd is default when click identify 1 display to laptop 2nd no display going to deatvice mode when ever selecting to attached see this screen shot
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i have a hp 550 laptop and a umc tv.i connected my laptop to the tv usong a vga cable to picture came but there wos no sound so i bought a av adapter cable but there is still no sound.what do i need to do or buy.please help
I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 with Windows XP and it just has a VGA port. So I bought a VGA to S-video converter. I hooked it up to my TV and it is just a blue screen. I tried changing the display settings on my computer, but that didn’t help. Do I need any software?
I’ve got a MacBook Pro. No VGA connectors or DVI ports. It’s got lots of USB ports though and my TV does also. Perhaps an updated video is in order…
i am using an RCA connector, but when i hook it up to the tv nothing shows up on the tv and nothing happens on my laptop. is there something i am supposed to do on my laptop that will cause it to show up?
can you use a vga cable on a sony vaio laptop ns series .? if so where do you connect it from the laptop to a tv ,.?
what you have to do is go on line to dell or hp and get the update
video driver for your computer.
down load it, and install it, that will take care of alot of problem.
the new driver will have all the updates
Hello,
I have a PowerBook G4 MAC laptop and a new Samsung flat screen tv. What cables can I use in order to connect my laptop to my tv?
Thank You,
Alex
Hi
I was trying to connect the laptop to my dads tv for him and got the desktop picture but nothing else. The laptop popped up a window saying that “powerplay” was making it impossible to displey normally. I tried to fallow the help guid of turning it off but still nothing happened. Could u possibly know whats wrong?
Thanks
B.T.W
its a Acer laptop and a sharp aquos somethin tv
I have a dell laptop and when I connect it to my tv with a s video cord (male to male) it comes but not clearly. I go to my display settings but I don’t know what setting to put it in. I give me choices like 1 or 2 and some numbers. Please share your thoughts and recommendations with me.
i have a hp satellite laptop with svideo port and my tv has one as well it also has a vga port i have tryed to connect the svideo to my tv but no luck could i try vga connect i also have white and red with jack for sound do you think that would work
Hi, my laptop has a VGA out and the TV I’m looking to buy has a “pc in” VGA as well. Are there any converters needed for this setup. What kind of cable do i need?
I hooked my lhp laptop to my vizio flatscreen using an hdmi cable. The display on the tv is clear but small. How can I expand it to fulll screen on the tv?
Hi guys
I’m going crazy trying to connect my toshiba a300 to my samsung LCD. they both have a VGA 15 pin conector so i conected them via VGA Cable and I got good image at first but the second time I conected them the image was poor in the color. it shows only could colors like blue an green, the reds show as grey.
I tryied a lot of things but I can’t figure this out.
Can anyone help me please.
Thanks
I have a macbook pro and was trying to hook it up to my HD tv.
I was having the problem a few others had where only my wallpaper and screen saver would show up on screen.
Solution:
-go to system preferences
-select display
-click on the arrangement tab
-select “mirror display” on the bottom left
-should be good to go!
I could say a HDMI to DVI adapter for it. But the thing is, the HDMI to DVI adapter only provided the video, but not the audio. If you have an older HDTV, try a VGA cable, which produces better picture quality and works with both Macs and PCs. To connect, turn off your laptop and your TV. Find the trapezoid-shaped VGA outlets on the TV and on your laptop.
I am successfully able to contect my laptop to TV, through S-VIDEO and AUDIO RCA cable & it is working perfectly well. I wanna know is there any way i can let the other family members watch Videos on TV which r being played on laptop and imean while can i browse internet on the same laptop ?
How do I fix the picture?? Once I hooked up the VGA cable with my laptop and tv, my image on my laptop became extremely large..How do I get it back to normal size?
help me!
August 13, 2009 at 5:53 am
i have a hp 550 laptop and a umc tv.i connected my laptop to the tv usong a vga cable to picture came but there wos no sound so i bought a av adapter cable but there is still no sound.what do i need to do or buy.please help
VGA cable will only carry video images. For audio part, you need to buy separate 3.5mm male (on laptop as headphone connection) to 2 audio male (on tv as audio input) cable. It is very cheap, only about $3.00
Try this VGAtoVideo Extender Kit which provides you with the quality and results that allow you to send video farther, see images clearer and enjoy yourself more than ever before. Get quality video results and relay on our proven technology to span long distances (up to 125 feet) by connecting any video source to any screen. This is all done using regular ethernet CAT5 or CAT6 cable.
- Entertain family and friends by connecting your PC to your big screen TV!
- Enjoy your favorite downloaded movies
- Show home videos and photo slide shows
Here is a simple instructional video on how you can hook everything up:
http://VGAtoVideo.com/instructions.html
Go to a computer service store and end your pain!!
Hi, I was looking at getting a new tv, it has a dvi input but my laptop only has vga (connected perfectly to my samsung 32″ at the mo) is it as simple as connecting dvi to tv then getting dvi-vga adaptor to connect to laptop? Thanks in advance.
Hi I just bought a new HDMI cable to conect my HP pavilion entertainment Pc. My T.v also compatiable with HDMI.
Both unit connected with new cabel.
What shall I do next?
Do I need to do some settings in My PC or in my T.V.?
I wasexpecting the same display what i see in my laptop will come to the TV screeen as soon as HDMI cabel
conneted. am i right or wrong?
plese hep me. waiting your rely.
thanks
Hello,
I have Lenovo SL 500 series laptop and HDTV. Both have HDMI inputs available in them. I bought HDMI cable to connect laptop to TV. My TV always shows “Searching for Signal” and then “Weak or No Signal”. Could someone please help me in resolving this issue? Thanks…………………CK
hi I have sony vgn-fw21e, and through a HDMI cable am connected to philips lcd tv……have been playing downloaded films etc from my hard drive through the TV …no problrm. but now, its stopped working, when i select the hdmi channel the laptop is connected to, it says no signal.
tried other ports…no signal
tv plays dvd,s through all ports from my player and hdmi lead
laptop plays media from my hard drive on brothers tv
it just seems this particular combo has ceased to work, all individual components work, so has anyone out there got any idea what has gone wrong, and what can i try to fix it
many thanks Mes
I HAVE A PROBLEM CONNECTING MY ZED BOOK OF ZENITH NOTEBOOK IE LAPTOP WITHOUT CD/DVD ROM ON IT.
I PURCHASE A S VIDEO LEAD TO CONNECT BUT IT WAS NOT WORKING WHAT SHOULD I DO
i have brought a vga 15 pin lead to connect my laptop with the other end a scart socket to my TV but i get nothing !!!!! no sound and no picture !! i have vista could this have something to do with it?? is there something i need to do to my laptop to allow it to happen HELP PLEASE !!
Hi, I have connected my laptop and tv with a vga cable, my screen saver and wallpaper display on the tv but nothing else. I have gone to control panel – display, it shows I have notebook and monitor display options but no tv out option. am i missing the obvious as every sit says connecting with vga makes life simple. I am using vista ultimate and toshiba lcd
I connected my Dell Latitude 600 laptop to my TV via an S video cable. My laptop recognizes my TV and I can direct write to it, but I can’t see a video on it. (I’m not worried about audio as I’m using another hookup) When I go to Control Panel and display it will point to my TV as monitor 2 and even identify it, but nothing except my mouse appears on the TV screen. Can anyone help?
Thank you.
i recently broke my laptop screen, i was sure the laptop still worked so i connected it to a tv, the tv says it has connected to the laptop but there is no picture,
help appreciated
Michael
Michael,
You need to hold down the function key and F7 at the same time.
Mu lap top screen is cracked it is a Acer how can I see how to get it transfered to the tv my done it once and then could not do it again Please Help me I have a few items on there that i need to acess. Thank you
Please help! I recently bought a VGA cable and hooked my HP pavilion laptap to my Samsung LED TV. I have no problem with video but sound comes out only on my laptap and not my TV. Please advise. Thanks!!
hi i have a sony vaio laptop with windows vista. i am trying to connect my laptop to my tv, i have bought a vga to tv converter. i have a scart lead with three phono plugs on 1 end 1 video 2 audio. when these are all connected nothing happens. is there something i need 2 turn on for the external display really goin mad with this please help
Same problem…..grxffff….pls sos sos sos … .. … .. … .. … help me!!! thx