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.
November 15th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
My picture on my TV appears in black and white. How can I change it to color. I also have an HD TV, the picture appears very grainy and distorted unlike on my laptop how can I get the picture to appear in better.
November 11th, 2008 at 11:51 am
I would like to know what would happen if I use a 4 pin s-video cable for a 7 pin s-video plug in my laptop. Would the picture only transfer as black and white? I am looking to buy this one here (link), but cannot determine if it is a 4 or 7 pin. Will it work either way??
Thank you for any help!!!
November 1st, 2008 at 11:00 am
Is vga to component only for hd’s I was told not, but all i get on my tv is garble. anyone know?
November 1st, 2008 at 10:59 am
to get to bios: reset cpu wait for what it tells you to hit to enter setup (e.g. mine is F2)
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Is anyone going to give help on the BIOS issue or was that just a guess?
October 19th, 2008 at 5:55 am
Hi, I have a Sony VAIO VGN-C1Z. I have a S-Video Output, whenever i try to connect it to my GRUNDIG TV or Philips TV, I am able to get everything but only in Black and White, never in Color. Is it possible to get it in Color.
On the other hand when i try to do it by connecting it to an External LCD projector through the Monitor Out; then everything works and is in Color.
Can you tell me what might be the problem. I am thankful for your support in advance.
Best regards,
Kiran: cvskiran@gmail.com
October 18th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
how do you get to BIOS?
October 18th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Hi – i have connected a sv cable to my tv – my laptop is an asus could you tell me how i could do this? thanks peter
October 9th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo lap top D 7850. I want to connect my tv moniter to my lap top using a s video card. Nothing happens when i connect both with s video card. How can i resolve this?
Thanks
October 6th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 5100. I am trying to connect to a JVC TV 19″. I went to display settings. Now I don’t see TV as a second monitor and not able to switch the video to TV. Audio is working well. Any help would really be appreciated.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:28 am
for those dell users (i have a dell inspiron 6400) it would seem the key is Fn+F8. anyways from what i have found out is that the comp does not want to let me connect to the tv. i have the required connections and have done various connections (vcr,dvd player,tv) and have still found that connecting to the tv is impossible is there anything i may be able to do to fix this… (by the way it sais no monitor attached when i go to switch modes…)
September 18th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Laptop users READ THIS
S-Video cable is for video only no sound.
4-pin into laptop only
If you want sound you have a few options
(1) hook up a mini stereo jack from you computer speakers into the headphone port on your laptop.
(2) Buy an s-video cable on one end and a mini stereo jack. On the other end you will have rca plugs Red, White, Yellow. (Bought mine on e-bay for $14.95 with free shipping 25 ft. They have shorter ones and are less money.)
(3) Buy single s-video cable. You will also need a mini stereo jack on one end, and two rca jacks on the other.(red and yellow.) Hook up s-video into laptop, other end into TV. Hook up mini jack to laptop headphones and the two rca plugs into the tv ports.
(4) make sure you hit FN key and a key that is either a computer screen (F8,F4 ect..) Some may have CRT/LCD but they all are on one of the f keys. Hit both buttons at the same time to switch between tv and laptop screen.
Hope this helps………….
For Dell users, I have tried everything I know (Dell Latitude D600)but have had no luck BUT…….on your Dell’s try this, right mouse click on your desktop screen, click properties. Go to settings, click advanced. Mine is Radon 900. Whatever yours is it should have a display tab. Click on your displays, you should see something like monitor box, panel box, TV box, FPD box. Click on your TV box. then click FN(blue color bottom left) and FN 8(Top left) at the same time. (Mine is grayed out so I cant click it) Hope this will get you started
Gateway users: I used a Gateway with Vista, had a 4-pin connector on one end and 3 rca jacks on the other end, connect them up click FN(blue color bottom left) and FN 4(Top left) at the same time. I clicked once and got video on tv and black screen on laptop, I clicked it again and got video on the tv and the laptop.
Good Luck
September 16th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Hai i have a hp pavillion dv6000 laptop and JVC tv when i am connecting using scable. Nothing it shows.only black screen it shows. please help.
September 13th, 2008 at 6:57 am
I have a Compaq nx6320 laptop.
I use the VGA output when extending my desktop and this works great !
However, I have a S video socket to connect my telelvision, however my television has an RCA.
When i connect both up, it will not display anything on the television……?
HELP
September 10th, 2008 at 7:26 am
I have a dell XPS 1530..when i connect the S video cable to my TV ..and press the Fn + F8 keys i get the options for the tv transfer n then after taking the right option nothing comes on my TV ..though i get a certain peculiar sound..
September 9th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
OK NEVERMIND, I FIGURED OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS….ITS THE SCREEN RESOULTION…ALTHOUGH I STILL HAVENT FIGURED OUT WHAT SETTINGS TO USE IN ORDER TO FIX IT…ITS LIKE IF I SIT MY LAPTOP BESIDE MY TV AND I CLICK AND DRAG ON A SCREEN AND MOVE IT TO THE RIGHT…JUST AS THE WHOLE SCREEN EXITS MY LAPTOP MONITOR IT SHOWS UP ON MY TELEVISION SCREEN LOL…I NEED HELP LOL
September 9th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
OK I DID ALL THE STEPS AND I GUESS IT WORKED BUT ALL I SEE ON MY TELEVISION IS MY DESKTOP BACKGROUND….I DONT SEE ANYTHING BUT MY BACKGROUND. NO ICONS OR ANYTHING…WHAT COULD THE PROBLEM BE?
September 8th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Hey
i have a toshiba satellite A305
i’m having the same problem as some guys,when i connect my laptop to a tv i get black and white screen no matter what display settings i use,i tried them all…if someone would help i would really appreciate it.
thanks a lot
September 6th, 2008 at 7:53 am
I have a Lenovo Y 500 laptop. I too have the same problem, i.e., getting black & white images when connecting my laptop to the TV using the S-Video cable. I get good image quality and also sound but no colour. Have tried all possible colour display settings but to no use. This seems to be a really common problem experienced by most. So if any body out there cud offer some solution i will greatly appreciate it. Thanks
August 26th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
the lcd monitor inverter on my HP has gone out so the backlight is out i tried connecting it to a tv to use as another output/monitor but when i connect them the tv is black just like my laptop is there a way to fix that?
August 11th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S2021. I tried connecting my laptop to Sony TV. I change to Video channe and I connected S-Video cable from Laptop to my TV and press Fn+F5. I also change the display settings to lower resolution. But the TV display like no channel or no signal looks. So I wonder if it is already detected coz my laptop goes black and the TV goes that way. Is there a relation of what type of TV settings u have like eg. PAL / SECAM / NTSC or something? Or it really has something to do with the Laptop. By the way, I also tried putting other laptop. HP Pavillion DV6000. I got same result. Please help me. Thanks (“,)
July 28th, 2008 at 7:34 am
I connected my laptop (Toshiba, windows vista) to T.V by using S-Video cable to A.V. It appeared only black/white. What settings should I change to obtain coloured pictures. Thanks
July 26th, 2008 at 9:56 am
hey, i have a Lenovo 0769 model laptop, i tried all the way to connect my pc to the tv but it simply doesnt work! i tried the Fn + F8 one several times..but that didnt work either! plz help me!
thank you
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Hello, I have a Dell Latitude C840. I’ve connected my 7-pin hook-up to my TV, and I’ve pressed Fn+F8 numerous time’s and my TV screen stay’s black EXCEPT for a screen flicker when I press FN+F8. I’ve look in my BIOs and to tell the truth I don’t know what to look for. Can you help me PLEASE…Thanks
July 20th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
i have hp pavilion dv 6570 . when i connect to tv it detects it and its shown on nvidia control panel
but no picture on tv ..only when i press “setup multiple monitors ” then picture appear for 1 second and go.. i reduced resolution but no picture..
any help appreciated
thanx
July 19th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Hi I have a Compaq Presario R3000 with Vista ultimate installed. I am having trouble connecting it to a television via S-video, any help would be much apreciated. Thanks
July 12th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
hi…
i m using lenovo 300y500 26q laptop. and i have one s video port with 7 pins. can i use s video cable with 4 pins….please reply me…..
July 10th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I had this idea too here recently when I came into a little money(R.I.P. Aunt Velma!!)and went out and got me some new & decent stuff; HP Pavilion dv9820us, has the
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M graphics card(1071MB shared video
memory), but I was running around like a head with it’s chicken cut and I over-looked some KEY issues. The AMD
Turion 64×2 & Windows Home Premium OS are 64-bit!! I had
heard a few “horror” stories here & there when Vista 1st
came out, but that is to be expected with almost anything
new and such a big change. I really liked XP, but anyway,
while on my “goodie” gathering spree I acquired an Emerson
32″ Digital LCD TV Model #LC320EM9, w/ HDTV, HDMI(2)…well, pretty much 2 of everything. I am so glad that
I decided to look before I leapt and came across this website of yours, as I am old and have worn out all my patience….lol. I have been trying to figure out the best
method for me, as I have big plans to get this all rigged
up and plant myself squarely in the middle of the living
room on my new recliner an entertain myself until I croak.
I must overcome this obstacle and finding a MIDI-USB adapter cable that has 64-bit compatible drivers so I can
connect my Fender G-DEC 30 up to the laptop and waste mountains of time recording wild-ass “old man” guitar music! If you can help solve either of these problems, it
WILL be greatly appreciated!!! Some Pavilion models similar to this one come with a HDMI connector, alas not
for me. That is how I connected my little RCA DVD/Home
Theater and it works fine. I am fairly sure that all the info I need is already posted, I will wade through it and
see what I can figure out. This 64-bit problem will be with for as long as it takes for the transition to take place. On, the bright side, when I bought the MIDI-USB
cable I mentioned earlier and found these compatibility
issues, well I wasn’t too happy, but check this out. I sent2-3 e-mails to the guys making & selling this under-
“driven” audio hardware & software looking for help. Now I
wasn’t hating on ‘em or anything, but they came back at
me with an offer to participate in a new product/beta
testing program where they are going to ship me stuff and
let me run it through the paces and evaluate these items,
so I won’t have to wait for all of the updates/upgrades
that are going to be lagging behind as everything “changes”. Anyway, Kudos for the excellent work
and for shring your knowledge in a most respectful way.
Later
July 9th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
i having the same problem as “fed up.” The problem i have is that my tv is showing the images but it not in color. it just black and white. plz help!!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
We have seemingly strayed away from the main problem, which I also face, with no ANSWERS.
So resurfacing the question, AGAIN:
Why when we connect the laptop to the TV (not HD, just normal TV), it only shows BLACK & WHITE images? I’ve used 4-pin S-video to RCA. Would love to have colors.
Anyone who knows anyone who’s got it working, please feel free to share your new knowledge. THANKS!