PC to TV Converter

anno1664

Does anyone know of a unit that will allow me to see my laptop output on a TV screen. I have Toshiba laptop with one USB port and my tv has the SCART socket or the 3 pin red, yellow and white jack sockets.
If a converter exists where could I get it and also what would the picture quality be like

Lorian

What other ports/sockets are on the laptop?

anno1664

I have one single yellow jack output and a round multipin similar to a hifi output, as well as the usual serial and parallel ports

SJames_3

The yellow connector is TV-Out and the multipin is an S-Video connector, as long as you have the correct cable (4-pin connectors are most common for PC-TV) you can plug these straight into your TV, then change the display settings on your laptop. TV-Out should be ok with just a regular RCA lead.

A standard definition TV will display video pretty well, but stuff like text will be blurred.

anno1664

I have found a 3 pin lead (red,yellow,white both ends). I plug the yellow from the pc to the yellow of the tv, but can find no pictue in the av section of the tv.
Where am i going wrong
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200 Series

SJames_3

Have you changed your display settings?

Control Panel > Personalization > Display Settings

anno1664

No I have not. What do I change them to?

anno1664

Do I have to use the Fn +F5 buttons (if so how do they work as nothing happens)

exup

not tried it with a laptop but you may ned to go into your display settings and activate the 2nd screen if you right click your desktop and click properties - settings you should see the monitor overview come up.

the number 1 is your main default dislay and there should also be a number 2 which is greyed out - right click on this and seclect attach. Once you do this the number 2 should brighten up
if it detects that the TV is plugged in - it will stay bright and your TV should show some sort of picture (usually your desktop background picture) - otherwise it will unattach itself in a few seconds

anno1664

Thank you exup, i tried this and it is now working. Thank you to everyone who offered advice. It is much appreciated