what lead do i need to buy to connect tv to pc

squiggle37

Hiya

i want to connect my pc to telly (LG 32LC46) it has to be about 5m long, anyone know which one i need to buy.

many thanks

Ange

rdpro

depends on your graphics card outputs, but http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130558 should do the trick (check your TV and PC have male ports)

squiggle37

thanks
how do i find my graphic card output???

Cricri

If it's a round plug, yellow in the middle with a big hole, you need a RCA male-male cable to plug on the composite input of your TV.
If it's a black plug with several holes in it, you need a miniDIN male-male cable to plug to to the S-Video input of your TV.

rdpro

try to find out what graphics card you have, then it's possible to hook you up with the best cable

totalsolutions

5m is pushing your luck a bit..

squiggle37

thanks for replies but i have no idea what graphic card i have, does anyone know how i find that out.
many thanks

unrich

You need to carry the picture and the sound. Some graphics cards have a good selection of outputs. Basic cards just have the VGA connector. If you just have the VGA connector then I guess you need to upgrade.

Picture:
You need either "composite" out, the yellow phono socket
or S-video the socket that looks a bit like a keyboard socket but is labelled s-video.

Sound:
And you need headphone out socket. 3.5mm stereo socket.

Your telly (or video ) needs matching, phono inputs (red and white for right and left stereo).And either composite (yellow) or S-video inputs.

You then need cables:

maplin or a local TV shop or a stall on the market may be able to help once you have identified what cables you need.

i.e. I want a 5m cable 3.5mm stereo jack plug(male) to left and right phono plug.
And I want a 5m s-video plug to composite video phono socket yellow PLEASE.

rdpro

on the PC, go to Start, then Settings, then Control Panel, then open System - click on the 'Hardware' tab then on 'Device Manager'

In the list, you should have Display Adapter - click on the '+' beside that to expand the details, and it should tell you there

squiggle37

rdpro wrote: »

on the PC, go to Start, then Settings, then Control Panel, then open System - click on the 'Hardware' tab then on 'Device Manager'

In the list, you should have Display Adapter - click on the '+' beside that to expand the details, and it should tell you there

thanks it say


nvidia geforce fx5200

Will i need to upgrade graphic card????

thanks

bunter

nvidia geforce fx5200 is just the chipset that the graphics card has, but most nvidia geforce fx5200s ive looked at seem to have a tv-out (s-video) output. the easiest way is to see if youre card has an s-video output on the back of youre pc, heres what you should be looking for:



also tv-out kits can be had for less than £10 on ebay as i bought one for my GF the other week. also quite simple to set youre tv up for use too, just set it as an extended desktop