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.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I have an Acer (aspire 5610-2273) and im trying to hook it up to my hd tv 60 inch tv, i went and bought a s cable and hooked it up to both devices and its still not working…. i done the input button for the tv but it doesnt work….done the fn+f5 stuff and all it does is make my computer screen blink on and off and make a weird sound……….plz plz someone help me lol i also went got bought the vga cable but my tv doesnt have a plug in for it
June 10th, 2008 at 8:44 am
For this problem that Grant, Andres, and Shaun have:
“Grant Says:
July 14th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Hi I’ve got a Toshiba Sattelite using Windows Media centre edition. I’ve got the S-Video to work properly with no trouble and am using my TV as a monitor right now. The only problem is that Movies dont show up on TV. DVD’s Mpg’s etc only play on the laptop lcd and the tv shows the media player with a black box in it. I tryed Windows Media Player, VLC media player, and winamp. I’m pretty sure i have the most up to date drivers. Any suggestions on how to get the movies to display properly through S-Video?”
I had the same problem on my Toshiba Satellite, using WinDVD to watch the DVDs. I found out that if you display your monitor on the TV only (not the laptop at all) then the DVD will show. But when I play the DVD, my TV keeps dimming and getting lighter over and over. I’ve already tried changing the resolution but that didn’t work. Any suggestions? Thanks.
June 7th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Great advice site-thanks! My problem is that when the S-vid to S-vid is hooked up, my laptop screen image automatically turns HUGE, so when I try to go into the Intel Graphis media properties areas to try and configure my TV screen settings (so it will fill the entire screen), I cannot click on the bottom “Apply” or “OK”, so there is no way I can get this done (the bottom is off the screen)… Is there any way to keep my laptop display from going LARGE? Thanks a lot!
June 1st, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I have read and tried everything I’ve seen that remotely matches my problem. I still am having trouble getting my laptop to show anything on the TV. I’ve got an eMachine that’s about two years old. The specs are Model: M6805/M6807; AMD Athlon processor 3,000+; 1.80Ghz; 1.25Gb Ram with a ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 series video card. When I plug in the s-video and set the Tv to the proper input, I hit my Fn key and the F4 which should send the signal to the TV. I see the TV screen jump and I hear a pop but there is no picture. I know the TV is working fine because I can plug my camera into that port and it shows the picture on the screen. Do you have anything else that I might try or is there a problem with this video card?
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I have the same problem as Andres & Grant:
“Grant Says:
July 14th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Hi I’ve got a Toshiba Sattelite using Windows Media centre edition. I’ve got the S-Video to work properly with no trouble and am using my TV as a monitor right now. The only problem is that Movies dont show up on TV. DVD’s Mpg’s etc only play on the laptop lcd and the tv shows the media player with a black box in it. I tryed Windows Media Player, VLC media player, and winamp. I’m pretty sure i have the most up to date drivers. Any suggestions on how to get the movies to display properly through S-Video?”
Any solution for us? Thanks!
May 20th, 2008 at 7:55 am
i have a toshiba notebook and it just doesnt want to work at all!!!help me!!!
May 7th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Hi guys,
Got a Toshiba Sat Pro L40 which doesn’t have a svhs out, only a VGA out. I have a connector to change the VGA out to a SVHS plug no probs. However when connected up the TV displays nothing but lines repeating themselves, I get no clarity ont he picture at all. There is obviously sometjing going to the TV but it will just not show the picture. Thoughts and help please before I try to hook up my desktop as a media station.
Cheers
Az
April 30th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Toshiba Satellie A-200 – WEIRD Noises
FIXED! Cause it wasn’t broken. Hope you get a laugh out of this.
I’m using a desk at my pack ratting in-laws house, where we’re staying until we return from our honeymoon.
Now, I couldn’t replicate this noise from the computer anywhere else in the house except from a particular place on the desk. So, I started moving anything metallic away from the laptop. That didn’t work. So then I went through the drawer underneath the laptop, hovering the laptop over metal objects until the noise came on. Well, it wasn’t a metal object. It was a voltage meter that was left in the on position. To think I spent 5 hours backing up my computer. Hilarious!
April 26th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Toshiba Satellite A-200 – WEIRD Noises
I’ve been all over the net and haven’t found a similar issue posted. I was running on a full battery when I selected to watch an msn video when this crazy sound like an electronic roulette table started up. It was so odd that I didn’t even think it was the laptop at first. Until I shut it down. The screen went black for a moment before it’s “shutting down” message(normal), & during that brief moment the sound stopped. So I think it’s the screen. BUT, I can make the sound come back on if I place the laptop down backend first, which will cause the loosely fitted battery to shift. BUT, I can then turn the sound off by shifting the angle of the lcd. Totally bizzaro. I’ll check my updates, check my warranty and see from there. Mostly I’m posting in case there’s anyone else experiencing this, and like me, found nothing on the net. Thanks in advance for anyone offering any solutions/explanations.
April 20th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
luke,
I don’t think that you can connect three screens at once.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Hey there, i have currently got a 22″monitor connected to my Toshiba laptop, I am using as a second screen. But i also want to connect my laptop to a tv through s-video at the same time, so then i will have 3 screens in totall. i have tried doing this but you can only connect to at a time, is there any way around that so i can have 3 screens at once??
Thanks heaps
April 17th, 2008 at 4:34 am
Hi,
I have a Thosiba U305-S7446, I connect it to my tv Samsung LE40R87BDX with a VGA cable, everything works fine but I tried to get the audio as well by connecting my pc to tv with this audio cable, but it doesn’t work, what cable do you think I will need to get the audio from my tv.
Many thanks
April 16th, 2008 at 8:31 am
thank you, your instructions worked just fine
April 12th, 2008 at 2:37 am
Hi I have a Sony Vaio PC and was wondering if you could tell me how i can connect it to my Tv via an S-video port. I have the cable connected but have no idea how to show it up on my Sony Bravia Tv.
Any help would be appreciated
April 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am
hey
i have an xps m1530 …i have tryin to connect it to tv….but to no avail…after using an s-video cable…after pressing fn+f8…if soesnt work…i tried sumthin with the “multiple” display thing…through the nvidia control panel…but it still dusnt work….can anyone really help me….my id is varshney_varun@hotmail.com
April 6th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Hi i am having a problem with my hp pavilion dv2000 i want to watch internet tv that i have on my computer on my tv like the live baseball game i have tried Fn plus f5 and i get nothing is there anything i can do
March 27th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Hi,
I have an HP Pavillion dv9700t Notebook. The problem is that even after I turn the computer off, I can still hear a faint, constant, high pitched ringing noise, even after the computer has cycled down (hours later, mind you). The noise itself is akin to that of a high pitched ear ringing sound, and is consistent. Please note that the sound persists for a long time, even after I disconnect everything (AC adapter/power supply, flash drives, cards, optical media, etc.), except the battery, of course. I have heard that a laptop is not supposed to make any sound if it is connected to nothing. I would like to know what is causing this. I would gladly appreciate any help.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I am having a problem with the S video. i am operating a Dell Inspirion 8000. I am using NVidia GeForce2 Go, what ever program works with the diriections to get updated and installed. Thanks Fritz
March 26th, 2008 at 5:04 am
I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 with Vista running. I am trying to connect to a Panasonic 19″ TV. While I was running Win XP on my laptop, I was able to connect and watch video. Now I don’t see TV as a second monitor and not able to switch the video to TV. Audio is working well. I have an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 display card in my laptop. Looks like the problem is causing by Vista. Any help would really be appreciated.
Thanks
Ajith
March 25th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Hi,
I have a Lenovo AQ1 760 Laptop.I am trying to connect my laptop to TV using a S-video to VGA cable.
The problem is that while doing so I sometime get the Output To option under display and someties I dont.Besides that when I select my option as TV ot Notebook + TV i donot get any output on My TV.
My laptop uses Intel display driver.
Please help.
Thanks in advance.
Leena
March 21st, 2008 at 4:58 am
I have a Toshba Qosmio F20 Notebook, a LCD Phillips and Home Theatre Sysm. Brough a S-Video cable and successfully connect to my 32″LCD tv. The screen is switch to the LCD TV but the sound still comes out from my laptop.
How should i connect my laptop to the home theatre system? I can;t find a cable that connect from the headphone jack to the audio input of TV. Only got a 6 pin round pin cable with 2 audio output head. But it didn’t work.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Im using Asus z99j series. Why 4pin s-video cable doesnt work. Does my laptop require another type of s-video cable?
March 4th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I have hp laptop I was used my external speakers headset by connecting to the headset jack ,but all of a sudden i cann’t get sound output.If anybody help me to fix this problem would be appriciated .
thanks
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:05 pm
How to fix a broken pin that got struck into s-video port of an HP laptop? The pin went deep inside the socket. This is my new laptop and I’m desperate to fix it, any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:34 am
I have the same problem Grant had:
“Grant Says:
July 14th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Hi I’ve got a Toshiba Sattelite using Windows Media centre edition. I’ve got the S-Video to work properly with no trouble and am using my TV as a monitor right now. The only problem is that Movies dont show up on TV. DVD’s Mpg’s etc only play on the laptop lcd and the tv shows the media player with a black box in it. I tryed Windows Media Player, VLC media player, and winamp. I’m pretty sure i have the most up to date drivers. Any suggestions on how to get the movies to display properly through S-Video?”
Any solution for us? Thanks!
February 25th, 2008 at 11:42 am
i have a inspiron 1501 what i need to hook up vga to rca tv will a VGA TO S-VIDEO RCA COMPOSITE ADAPTER CABLE PC TV work or do i need a converter box
February 15th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
TO CONNECT THE S VIDEO CABLE FORM A TOSHIBA P 105 TO A TV IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD OR ANY OTHER CARD WILL DO?
February 15th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I HAVE A LAP TOP TOSHIBA P1 05 AND AM TRYIN TO CONNECT IT TO THE TV WITH THE S VIDEA CABLE AND I TRIED THE Fn +F5 ITS NOT WORKIN. IS THERE SOMETHIN ELSE I SHOULD DO LIKE PUTIN OFF THE VIRUS PROTECTION OR FIREWALL OR SOMETHING IN THE BIOS?CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLZ
February 15th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Hi i have a Toshiba Satellite m45 s331 and i connected the s video to my tv i swithced using fn5 but nothing happens, my screen on my laptop goes blank but nothing pops up on the tv. the tv is in the right setting. but nothing displays? help!
February 14th, 2008 at 8:32 am
My Tv does not have a VGA input port .. Tv has AV1, AV2 , Component(RGB) and S-video(4pin) only.
Lookin forward for a solution