No Sound when connecting Laptop to TV

aycee

Hello

I've connected my laptop to the tv using a VGA cable - works fine. But if i wanted to route the sound to come from the tv where am i going wrong? I have a 3.5mm jack to L R Phono cable i'm using to connect the two. As soon as i plug the 3.5mm jack into the laptop the sound on the laptop goes off but nothing from the tv. Are there certain settings i need to tweak on the tv?

Thanks

S0litaire

What's the make of TV (in case it only has audio out rather than audio in!!).
If your graphics card has s-video out you can get a hold of a 'component to scart' cable and see if the sound works.
something like this you can get it cheaper from other locations

aycee

The TV is Panasonic TH42PX80B - i'm pretty sure the panel at the front has Phono Inputs, Video & S-Video.

aliEnRIK

Are you sure the phonos you plugged into are for the VGA input (they should be right next to one another)?

bob_a_builder

I have same TV, when using with PC, I plug the 2 phonos into the the "Audio in" connections on the back of the set
Looking from the back there are 3 vertical columns of phono sockets to the left of the 2 scart sockets, the middle column is labeled Audio In
That where I plug sound in - not actually close to VGA connector

The ones on the front are selected by picking "AV3" - but this will then not show VGA input - AV3 intended for video camera etc

Traveller1981

On my old panasonic plasma, I only had a 3.5mm audio input for the VGA port, and it was located right next door to it. That audio phono in, might be for another AV input. Check the manual.

aycee

Thanks guys - works a treat when using the phono inputs at the back.... was using the front ones!