How can I connect my laptop to a TV via S-Video port? Do I need to do any additional settings or install any driver?
First of all, thrilled to see a website dedicated to laptop repair!!! I have got a small problem here. My laptop Toshiba Satellite A50 has an S-Video output. I have connected it directly through the cable to the S-Video input of my TV. But I tried my level best; it’s not displaying any picture of my laptop. Please tell me what can be the possible problem? Do I need to do any additional settings or install any driver? I hope this is not a too trivial question.
You do not have to install any driver to use S-video port. Connect the S-Video cable to the back of your TV and turn it on. Using TV remote control switch it from TV mode to Video mode (TV/Video button, Input button, etc…). Turn on the laptop and wait until it boots to the desktop. Connect the S-Video cable to the port on your laptop. Now you have to use Fn+F5 keys to enable TV video output. Press Fn key and while it’s pressed press on F5 key until the TV output is selected. When you done with TV, set the video output back to LCD using the same Fn+F5 keys.
On some laptops you have to enable TV output in BIOS and connect S-Video cable to the laptop before you turn it on.
February 19th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Please please help me. i have an hp pavillion ze 2000. i recently picked up a radio shack gold d=series s – video cable. i come home, turn of fmy computer, connect it to the tv, turn on my computer, and everything is displayed fine, but its in black and white.
i have an ATI Mobility Radeon Xpress 200.
running Catalyst Control center.
thiss really irritates me, i have been searching the web for a few days, and have seen that lots of people have the same problem, but no one has diagnosed it. i was hoping you would be able too. thank you very much.
February 11th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Etha,
I noticed that too. I have a Dell notebook at work, probably I’ll bring it home and try connecting it to my TV, just to figure out what’s going on.
I don’t have a Dell notebook in front of me but I guess there could be some settings in the BIOS. Maybe you should enable TV output in the BIOS?
February 10th, 2007 at 12:14 am
Hey.
I realised that everyone who has a DELL seems to have problems with connecting the laptops to the TV.
I’ve plugged in the laptop to the TV.. n then press Fn + F8.. but apparently it says that there’s no external display is attached. Y does it not recognise that there’s a S-video attached and is able to send output via that?
The laptop im using right now is Inspiron 640m.
Any help would be greatful. Thanks
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:49 am
i have a dell inspiron 6400. I have the laptop connected to my tv, i get picture and sound and everything, the problem is that it is in black and white..?? the laptop has a 7 pin svideo, the connector is a 4 pin, could that be it?
January 14th, 2007 at 12:04 am
Hello,
I want to know how to make my satellite dish showing the movie from my laptop connect by the s-video output. Do I need to do something on the laptop. I read the book from my satellite company (Bell ) and they don
January 13th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
HI , i read some answers related to my question and i want to know like if i can use s cable to connect my laptop which is inspiron B130 to tv through s cable
and then making use of F keys to tune them
i want to know is my laptop is ready for this as it has 15 pin output ?
any help will be highly appreciated
January 1st, 2007 at 3:22 am
I ha a dell 6400 laptop. i want to connect it to the tv so i have brought a s-video cord. even When i press Fn+F8 key the tv is still blank (i am on tv input mode) can u help me plz
December 29th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
How can I enable my S Video output on my Dell Inspiron 4000 Laptop so I can hook to my TV? I have the S Video plug and the audio all hooked up, so all I need is to activate my s video output I’ve tried a lot of different things none that seem to work, I know I got the wire part down
SO It’s Perfect All I need is to enable the s video thingy on My Laptop, Does sum1 know how to do it and cud they help me out?
December 27th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
Joe,
Try this. Connect the laptop to the TV first and only after that turn on the laptop. Reduce the laptop screen resolution.
December 27th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
I have a pavilion zd7000. I am trying to get the screen to show up on my tv. I have plugged in the s video cable to both the tv and the laptop. I used the fn + f4 and my laptop screen goes blank but nothing shows up on the t.v. I have a nvidia geforce go5700. I have done this before but now it does not work. What can I do to fix this problem. I am really stuck here!!!
December 27th, 2006 at 10:47 am
I have a Compaq presario 2517AT with a s-video out port. i have connected a s-video cable in that port and the other end end of the cable has 3 pins two for audio and 1 for video. i have connected them in their respective places in the tv still nothing is coming in the screen … I tried Fn+F5 as well but no results.please help me out
Regards
Sk
December 24th, 2006 at 9:46 am
Thank’s it works, but only when I put connector halfway to earphone jack.
December 23rd, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Sos,
I use external computer speakers (Creative speakers + subwoofer) and plug them into the headphone jack. They work just great.
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:48 pm
I’m clear with S-video conn, but what about audio, I have only one audio-out and it’s earphones
Thanks for help
December 21st, 2006 at 10:53 am
I have connected the s-video to the tv and laptop and I’ve gone through the steps to get it on the tv I looked at the tv’s manual and I still can’t get it to come up, when I look at the display in the advanced settings of display properties it shows me the the tv is not connected so therefore I wont be able to hit fn+f5 or f3 so you noted that you may have to use bios. could you show me how I can do that thanks
December 20th, 2006 at 8:51 pm
I have VGA to S-video cable. But it doesn’t work. Nothing show up on tv. Do I have to do some kind of setup on my laptop?
December 13th, 2006 at 9:33 pm
Vitt Thum,
If the S-video port is broken then I think you can use VGA to S-video adapter.
December 13th, 2006 at 11:49 am
Hi im using a Dell inspiron 6000 with an ati mobility radeon x300 grafix card
im wanting to play dvds and other video files on my laptop through the tv
December 13th, 2006 at 10:19 am
Hi,
I have a laptop: Compaq Presario R3000 and I would like to connect it to my TV. I have already tried the method you have mentioned at the top of the page using Fn F4, but the picture on the TV was black and White, does anyone know how to get it to go colour. Please can someone help me. Thanks
December 12th, 2006 at 2:50 am
I have a DELL Lattitude D610 laptop and a phillips DX1200 DVD Home theatre. Want to connect the video output of the DVD to my Laptop. Can you help me on this?.
I have this cable which connects from DVD video & Audio o/p to the serial port(15pins)of my laptop. Tried with this set-up, but didn’t work even after pressing Fn F8 many times.
December 8th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
I broke s-video pin into s-video output. Is there any other way to connect my laptop to tv?
December 6th, 2006 at 11:42 pm
I’m using a Toshiba Satellite.
How can I enable the fn-F5 function????
I used it before, and then appeared in screen several options (LCD, LCD-MONITOR,MONITOR,LCD-TV,TV)
But I had to re-image the drive back to original factory defaults using the recovery DVD. And now the fn-FX don’t appear in the screen.
Altough some functions still working (fn+F6,F7: Screen bright,fn+f9:activate mouse,etc), nothing appear in screen like before.
I can connect with another monitor (not using fnF5) but not with a TV.
Thanks in advance
y saludos desde Mexico.
November 23rd, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Try pressing the function key and then the tv mode or fn key plus andther key that enables tv mode. Also make shure that your cables are plugged in right. you might have the s video cable plugged into the s video out port so make shur it is the right one. then make shure the setting on the tv is right for s video like imput 1 , imput 2 , imput 3.
November 15th, 2006 at 10:24 pm
alanYap,
It might be a software issue but I’m not sure what exactly. I would probably re-image the drive back to original factory defaults using a recovery DVD. If you are going to re-image the drive, do not forget to back up all personal files before you start. Everything would be erased.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:50 pm
I’m using a Toshiba Satelite.
I’ve tried my s-video on my TV last week for a few times and it works fine. but not now.
everytime I press fn-F5, there is no other options available (just the laptop icon). Since I can’t choose anything, the TV screen doesn’t display anything.
Before this, I am able to choose a variety of options there when i press fn-F5 (laptop-project, laptop-TV, etc etc).
help!
November 15th, 2006 at 10:57 am
hi i have a toshiba satellite sa50-104, old i know but it works for me.
i can plug the laptop into my tv using the s/video cable and everything comes up fine colour and every thing, but when i plug it into my “lite on lvw-1105hc+” dvd recorder it comes up black and white, i have some divx movies i want to put on to dvd is this possible? what am i doing wrong, how do i get the colour back????? please help. thanks
November 14th, 2006 at 2:01 pm
I have an old laptop (486) and would like to know if I can somehow use the screen as an output device. ie. as a second screen from another compuetr yhrough a vga input?
Thanks
Les
I hate to waste a screen and throw it out,
September 28th, 2006 at 7:18 am
Thanks, that worked. I was so scared.
September 27th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Have you tried to press Fn+F5 keys to switch from the TV mode to the LCD mode? Press and hold Fn and press F5 for a few times.
September 27th, 2006 at 10:10 am
Hi, can someone help me. I was playing with my toshiba, so I gave a right click and choose tv mode, then the tv mode when on but the screen stayed black, even after I rebooted the pc. How do I disable this feature ?