[gissin]

ok i have a sony vaio (vgc-v2m) which is like a mac (compact pc) its has a nvidia geforce fx go 5700 128mb
i want to connect my pc to my tv which has 15 pin d sub vga connector on the back of it it also has s video 2 scart and 2 hdmi
my pc only has s video,audio and video outputs is there any way this is possible, ie buying a new graphics card, or certain cables???

any help on this matter will be greatly appeciated.
regards
Tom gissing

[Dave Hybrid]

Get a s-video to scart lead like this:

http://www.hificables.co.uk/ProductD...7-c7cfeb2c831a

Shop around you can probably get one much cheaper, maybe try eBay.

[gissin]

yeah ive tried that i have a 2 svideo cable into a scart and my tv only displays a blank screen, ive tried moving a window across to the tv, still nothing happening, :(
i've been on my display setting and its only showing one monitor, which is a plug and play monitor?

[hAvAAck]

did switch display to external from the Keyboard?
like funct F7 or whatever

[gissin]

sorry didn't get what you mean there,

[SocialWarfare]

I had a similar problem to yours a few years back, cant remember exactly how I fixed it but I know it was something to do with the settings in the nvidia control panel, were I had to change to format from ntsc to pal or the other way around
Its got to worth a look anyway;)

[gissin]

ok cool, ill check that out and see what i can do altho all im getting up in my settings is overlay controls and colour correction?
but cheers for the help.

[gissin]

hmm just found this don't know if it'll help but in device manager, under display adapters there is no list for secondary display adapter???

[SocialWarfare]

Also have a read here it may help you :)

[gissin]

cheers for the nvidea forums have been reading them for some time now, still not getting any closer, ahhh n i thought it would be nice n simple, foolish thought,

ok so if any one can help or any more advice maybe installing a certain driver or like a component video to vga lead ...if they exsist???

cheers tom

[gissin]

ive been reading this on nvidea forum and this sounds pretty much like my case ....
Now it's been totally resolved by updating the drivers to 7.1.8.4 from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com, and checking that the tv accepted s-video input; one of them didn't so I had to use a s-vid/composite adapter to make it show colour. TVtool is no longer necessary but still quite cool.


ive been on that site but can't find that driver, as i also dont reli know what the 7.1.8.4 means, so any help would be cool and maybe my problem sorted out aswell?!?!?!:):)
cheers

[Dave Hybrid]

It means if you have a Nvidia graphics card goto the Nvidia website and get the latest drivers.

Do you have an Nvidia graphics card?

[Dave Hybrid]

If you have a Nvidia graphics card you could also try adjusting the settings in Nview.

The Nview software can be found in control panel in Windows.

[gissin]

ok ive tried to load new drivers, but all i get is .....the nvidea setup programe could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware.setup will now exit.

so now i really don't have a clue????
suggest a new graphics card??? don't know if thats possible as its a campact pc???

:(

[Dave Hybrid]

You do not have a Nvidia graphics card.

Try contacting Sony to find out what you do have and if what you want to do can be done at all.