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 10th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I am trying to connect my laptop to a non HDMI TV which has Av1 , Av2 , S-video(4PIN) and component ports and where in my laptop has S-video(7pin) and a VGA port . I have tried S-video to 3 RCA cable and VGA to component cable … It dint work . Can you help me in getting the display from the laptop onto the TV .
February 4th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Brian,
Have you tried VGA to VGA cable?
It worked fine for my Satellite A105 laptop and Samsung 50″ plasma TV.
February 4th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I have a inspiron b130 with only A 15 prong vga no s video I have tried different adapters no luck get black screen on tv (Phillips 42 LCD) is this something my computer supports am I missing a setting. Any help on this would be great
Thank you
February 4th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Hi there. I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo laptop which runs on Vista home premium. I want to connect my laptop to a TV via s-video cable. When I connect the cable nothing happens. how do I set up an external monitor?
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 am
Hi, I connected my 19″ LCD monitor to my Inspiron 1501 laptop and it worked fine for a few minutes and then suddenly cut off and hasn’t worked since. I connected it to my old monitor and that doesn’t work either.Pressing Fn+F8 doesn’t work. Can you please help me? I’m using windows vista home basic.
January 27th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Jimmy,
Maybe you should try to reduce the screen resolution and set it to something like 800×600?
January 27th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I’ve hooked up my laptop to my TV via S-video cable and audio adapter. It appears as though everything is fine i.e. windows system pops up and all computer functions are available; however, when I attempt to play a DVD through the laptop the sound transmits fine but the picture does not come through at all. The movie for example play through the media player fine but only displays on the computer, not the TV. What would your suggestion be? Thanks in advance. J
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:57 pm
hi could u plz help me , i have a compaq laptop , i tried connecting it to my tv through an s-video , it failed ,is any software required to connect it , plz help me !!!
January 20th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I connected the S=VIDEO TO TV & LAPTOP… BUT I CAN OLNY SEE MY WALLPAPER.. CANT SEE ANYTHING … INCONS NOT ON TV,,,
January 17th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Similar to Cylent Cee I also own an inspiron 1501. I also recently bought a 32′ Dynex LCD TV. What hardware do I need to make the two compatible?
January 13th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 and I purchased a 7-pin to 4-pin s-video adaptor to connect my laptop to the TV and nothing happens. How do I get the screen transferred to the PC through the s-video port now? Hitting Fn/F8 doesn’t work. If I need to enable the TV through BIOS can you tell me exactly how to do this? Thanks!
January 5th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Hi,
I’ve got a DELL INSPIRON 6400 and Nikei TV. I tried connecting my laptop with Tv but even after much tries I couldn’t. My cable is a (15) to 3 pin.
Can anyone help me out?
December 28th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
i just go a toshiba satellite A205-S7464 in hd dvd laptp for christmas it plays hd dvds movies bu when i try to put it thru to my tv which is a hdtv screeen monitor it keeps saying can’t play need to change settings Fn+f5 but it will allow me to play regular dvds thru the tv hd drive no problem and it comes thru just fine.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:32 am
hey i have a Sony vaio F series. have connected my cables from my note pc to the back of the tv; as it was working properly from my other pc. But from this Vaio am not able to see anything. nor the audio phones jacket that works fine with headphones is not playing audio on my tv as well… Anyone please help, i will appreciate it.
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:16 pm
I got a Dell Inspiron 1501. I bought a VGA to RCA cable to connect the computer strait to the tv. But I connect it, and it does nothing. When I push the button to switch to the external monitor, it tells me there’s no external device attatched. Do I need to get some kind of driver or something? How do I make this work? or will it just work?
December 22nd, 2007 at 2:35 am
Hi friends,
I have a Dell laptop with Nividia 8600gt graphic card. And a 7 pin s-video cable on one end and a 3 cable (Yellow, red, black) on the other end. I connected the s-video end in my laptop and the other end to my tv. On the settings tab of the Display. I tried attaching the “2″ screen, but did not work. i even used the button F5, it shows no external device.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Hi
I was wondering how to connect a laptop to a lcd tv. Ive tried to do it myself, but for some reason it doesnt seen to work. I have a Hp Pavilion dv 9000 with Windows Vista. My tv is a Sony Bravia KDL52XBR4. For some reason it is not displaying on the tv screen. The error the tv gave was that it wasnt able to detect a signal. If anyone has an answer that would be great. Thanks.
December 14th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Hi
I could not figure out how to start a new threat and so writing here as my question is related to connection laptop to TV thru S video. I have a Toshiba Satellite P105-S6147 laptop. My ex used to connect it to TV and watch the movies we download. He has taken the S video cable with him. I will buy a new one. Can you please tell me how to connect my laptop to TV as I do not know how to do it. I have windows vista. Thanks a lot.
December 13th, 2007 at 12:50 am
Sean Says:
I have seen the same question asked before but I cannot find the answer.
I have an Inspiron B130 (2006) with a vga port. I have a television with an AV “in” port.
Can I easily connect computer to television? Will I need to download a driver
u should be able to conect it but if it dosent come up try pushing fn+f8 if that dosent work right click on the desktop and click ‘graphic properties’ and select tv as a scondary monitor that should work if not then ime sory but i cant help u
December 13th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Sean Says:
December 12th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
I have seen the same question asked before but I cannot find the answer.
I have an Inspiron B130 (2006) with a vga port. I have a television with an AV “in” port.
Can I easily connect computer to television? Will I need to download a driver?
Thank you for your help
u should be able to conect it but if it dosent come up try pushing fn+f8 if that dosent work right click on the desktop and click ‘graphic properties’ and select tv as a scondary monitor that should work if not then ime sory but i cant help u
December 12th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
I have seen the same question asked before but I cannot find the answer.
I have an Inspiron B130 (2006) with a vga port. I have a television with an AV “in” port.
Can I easily connect computer to television? Will I need to download a driver?
Thank you for your help
November 28th, 2007 at 5:23 am
hi i hv a acer aspire 5310 i cant seem to get the laptop to connect to the TV it wont reconise it just says no external display attached im using a S-port any help wuld b greatly appreciated thx
November 26th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Jayantha,
Try switching video from the internal screen to the TV by pressing Fn+F4. Hold down Fn and then press on F4. Not sure that this is correct key combination for HP laptops, but I believe it is.
For Toshiba laptops it’s Fn+F5. On my IBM ThinkPad it’s Fn+F7.
November 25th, 2007 at 3:36 am
I had HP nx6320 Laptop. I want to see laptop screen in my TV. I have already connected via S-video cable.
how can i see that. what r the settings i have to change
November 7th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Hello
I have an HP Pavilion dv4000 notebook! I tried to hook it up on my TV via S-video cable and did Fn + F4 combination. I also switched my tv’s channel to a video (Av). When I did Fn + F4, my notebook’s screen went black and blank for couple seconds then nothing changed. If I have to do it through BIOS how can I do it ? Would reducing the resolution and connecting it to a tv (before turning the notebook on) work ? I hooked it up then turned my laptop on but it didn’t work too ? What should I do ?
October 8th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Hi,
I have connected my toshiba Satellite M45-S169 laptop to Sony TV thru S Video cable. The problem is the image in the TV is flickering and it appears in Black and white.
Thanks in advance.
October 8th, 2007 at 2:14 am
apologies if I’m repeating the same queries as above…
I’ve got a Dell Inspiron 640m and a Samsung 32″ LCD TV.. I’ve hooked up the laptop to the tv via a Belkin SVGA cable and the I can see the picture on the TV fine but the sound only comes from the laptop.. I then plugged in a JVC audio cable to the headphone socket on the laptop and the other end (black and red jacks) into the TV’s similar colored (Audio) sockets but I still can’t get the sound to work on the TV from whatever I’m doing on the laptop…
is there any specific settings I need to change on the laptop like what I had to change in the dicplay settings to get the picture to work?
any help is much appreciated….
October 7th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
I have a Dell Latitude notebook and can’t get it to show a picture on the T.V. Screen, the sound works great the cable is fine. What the heck is going on????
have a dell to all u have to do is hold the fn key and then click f8
October 6th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
I have a Dell Latitude notebook and can’t get it to show a picture on the T.V. Screen, the sound works great the cable is fine. What the heck is going on????
October 1st, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Thanks so much for the great tip:
the other day the s-cable was working fine. I had purchase it at “Best Why?!” (which I disklike) and found another one for $6 less at Target. So I bought the one at Target and planned to return the other one to Best Why. Well suddenly the cable was not working — I thought the reason was that in between cables, I had hooked up TiVo for the first time and that that was somehow interfering. Then I found this website and read about the 4 pins and the 7 pins. I checked the s-video plug from Target and sure enough, it was a 4 pin plug. So I put the Best Why cable in exchange, which was a 7 pin and sure enough, that was the solution!