Link Laptop to Tv

emilie03

Not To Tech, hope someone can help

want to link my old laptop thru tv-how do i do.
thanks

Fonz_2

The easiest way is if your laptop has an S-Video output... which looks like this..

http://pics.computerbase.de/lexikon/32156/180px-S.video.socket.png

Straight into the S-Video port on your TV (this is normally under a flap at the front of the TV)

Encantador

I am trying to do the same. I have a cable between LCD TV and laptop (15 pin) but when I go to propertes, settings, advanced, displays, from desktop it says TV not connected. The other two options panel and monitor are available but not TV.

I have tried connecting the laptop before turning it on, turning TV off and on etc but without sccess.

I have a SVHS socket on the laptop, if I get a cable and use it to connect between laptop might this work?

Any other options?

Thanks in advance.

Fonz_2

On most laptops you have to 'activate' the display to make it work on an external LCD or TV. For example, on both HP Laptop it's "FN" and "F5" and on my Toshiba Laptop it's "FN" and "F4"

Tallymanjohn

You'll find that connecting to an 'old-style' tv (non HD) will give a very poor quality picture as the TV resolution isn't high enough. For modern flat TVs it should work with either S-VHS or component connection, though the best will be using DVI, though haven't seen this on a laptop yet. Then follow Fonz's post to activate.

Encantador

Fonz wrote: »

On most laptops you have to 'activate' the display to make it work on an external LCD or TV. For example, on both HP Laptop it's "FN" and "F5" and on my Toshiba Laptop it's "FN" and "F4"

Thanks for that, mine is a HP laptop running XP and a Samsung HD TV.

Can you explain what you mean by FN and F4 and at what point I need to do what.

Thanks again.

Fonz_2

On your laptop keyboard there should be a button (mine is near the bottom) called "fn". Hold this button down and at the same time hit the "F5" key at the top of the keyboard

jampton

Tallymanjohn wrote: »

You'll find that connecting to an 'old-style' tv (non HD) will give a very poor quality picture as the TV resolution isn't high enough. .

Rubbish - if you want watch a movie or streaming video on tv then the picture will be fine.

iashem

on my dell it is Fn F8 you then have the option of piping the picture through the tv or through the tv and on the laptop simultaneously

Computertec

Hi I have a dell insprion 1300 laptop that doesn't have a s-video solt it just has a VGA video one, what leads do I need to connect it to a tv that has 3 phono (red, yellow and some other colour)?

Thanks in advance

codetown

iashem wrote: »

on my dell it is Fn F8 you then have the option of piping the picture through the tv or through the tv and on the laptop simultaneously

which dell model do you use? I have a Dell Inspiron 640m, which has the S-output and tried many times to push video out without any success. The combination Fn+F8 works perctly if you connect a VGA output (for example a Monitor or a video projector), but I was not able to send the video to the S-video cable to my TV (normal old style CRT-tv)