svideo Ati Radeon Xpress 200M

[ya1theman]

Hey guys, really sorry about posting again, but as i said on my last case i formated my laptop, i still can get my laptop to connect to TV.

I am using svideo out to rca cable. This cable works fine with my computer, however when i do the same thing with laptop, nothing works. I have got the latest drivers for my ati radeon xpress 200m from HP. They havent got a catalyst control center for this gfx which sux, can anyone please help me. this is wat i do

1. Connect everything, and yes everything is connected properly
2. Restart laptop, with everything connected and TV on
3. Wait for XP to load, login, go to display>settings>advance. It shows TV not connected :S :@

Please help, thanks alot guys .

[jholland1964]

Did this work BEFORE the reformat?
Here are a few links. Don't know if these will help or not. This doesn't seem to be as easy as it may sound. On some computers/tvs adapters need to be purchased.

http://www.svideo.com/compaq1700.html

http://www.videohelp.com/play#problem

http://forums.itweek.co.uk/message.j...ssageID=639166

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7587-0....sageID=2231835

[ya1theman]

no it didnt work before the format either. I was having other problems as well, so i thought its best to format and hopefully this would work but no .
I have read all th articles, and done everything said. Still no luck

[TurcoLoco]

Could you please capture the Display settings windows in question so we might pinpoint the problem.

I am attaching a screenshot from my work laptop to give you an idea of what to capture...

~TL

[ya1theman]

here you go. Thanks guys for trying to help me, i've been trying this for ages.

[TurcoLoco]

Well, none of the panels indicate an obvious problem. So, what happens when you click on the #2 Monitor in the first panel? Once the monitor #2 is selected if you want to use as an addition to your laptop screen then check the "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor" option. To use only the TV as a display, leave that option unchecked. Once #2 is selected, click on Advanced and then configure the other settings if need be.

Let us know if there are any issues following the steps.

~TL

[knight0334]

Some of those s-video ports are actually a combined port which need an adaptor. the adaptor plugs into the "s-video" port, then you plug a real s-video cable and/or rca cables into that.

I ran into that with my older Dell laptop..

[jholland1964]

Some of those s-video ports are actually a combined port which need an adaptor. the adaptor plugs into the "s-video" port, then you plug a real s-video cable and/or rca cables into that.

I ran into that with my older Dell laptop..

As this link talks about....
http://www.svideo.com/compaq1700.html

[ya1theman]

Still no look any other ideas? Thanks a bunch guys

[TurcoLoco]

Sorry, I can't think of anything other since I don't really use ATI, other than my work laptop. What Knight said and Jholland pointed out, made the most sense to me anyhow.
No obvious problems mentioned, so it has to be with the way the device is connected. I wonder if there is a way to convert the S-Video to standard VGA connector or something that would be much more likely to work in this scenario?

~TL