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 5th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
i have a dell inspiron 1525 i bought a s video cable i hook it to my laptop and to the tv nothing well a loud sound of static and blurred tv screen laptop screen is very large print i tried dell they are no help but they want you to buy from them purchase warrantee but that means nothing you have to twist dell arm to try to get a little help still nothing may someone can help
May 26th, 2009 at 4:40 am
I have a problem with my DELL PRECISION M6300 laptop, recently i bought an S.VIDEO cable from the shop to connect it to my TV, no picture showed but now my laptop screen has gone black, it’s 2 days now. How can I get my screen back to working because the keyboard shows life. pleeeeaaase help, I’m in Southern Africa
May 9th, 2009 at 10:22 am
I am trying to connect my laptop to the television. I have identified the S-Video Port at the back of the Laptop, but I am not seeing any on the Tv. I only have three input jacks (one for video and two for audio).
Can you identify the type of cord that I would need to use?
Thanks
May 2nd, 2009 at 6:08 am
I have another issue with this topic.
I have an HP Pavillion Dv6700 Notebook PC. Using Vista.
I have a very cheap TV (Wharfedale).
I used an E-Bay bought SKART adaptor with to connect the TV SKART to the S-Video out and headphones out of the laptop.
First time i connected TV to laptop everything was fine and i just pressed FN and F4 to get it to work.
Great! Watched a film.
Next day the desktop was dark and fuzzy on the TV and so i played around a bit with the controls but then i lost the picture completely on the TV.
Vista had various options.
there is a wizard and there is
Windows Mobility Centre
and Display Settings both in Control Panel.
The video card NVIDIA also has a Control Panel.
I have messed around with all these and although i’m am new at this it all seemed pretty simple.
But nothing brought the picture back on my TV.
I thought maybe the SKART adaptor had broken so i got a new one but still no picture.
Using the VGA port on my laptop i tested it on another old monitor and it worked fine. The wizard does it all really.
The SKART socket on the TV is fine as i use it to connect to a Sky box but maybe there is something else wrong with the TV.
I am at a loss. I have ordered some other cables to try connecting via the VGA port on my laptop to the Composite video on the TV.
Any ideas why it would work fine one day and not the next?
April 19th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Hi,
Im tyring to connect my HP 6730b laptop to my Panasonic Plasma TH42pa6oa TV.
Can you pls advise what cables i can use to do this.
The rear of the TV does not have 15 point plug!
TV is HDMI compatible, but computer doesn’t seem to be compatible
I do have a digital box connected to tv, has 9 point female input and computer has 9 point male output. Is is possible to use this (im not sure if this is video ok)
Im stuck here….appreciate your advice.
Cheers
April 16th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
hi, i have connected my hp pavillion laptop to philips 42″ lcd tv with a s video cable, i get the display on the lcd screen, but cant see any colours as it is black and white. please let me knw how can i solve the problem.
cheers !
April 16th, 2009 at 7:10 am
how can i connect my HP dv9000 to my tv .. what cable do i need ?
April 7th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Im trying to connect my laptop( Sony Vaio VGN-C240E operating on windows XP) via S-Video and to a Vizio 32″ 1080p and it doesnt work Ive tried everything help will be very appreciated.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:52 am
im also trying to connect my laptop to my tv via svideo.
i plug it in etc as normal and i do get a picture – however it is like plugging a pal dvd player into an ntsc tv or viceversa [it is a ntscJ tv]. ie. black and white with v-hold shot to boot. tv has automatic vhold to it.
up until now i had assumed graphics cards arent plagued by the whole pal/ntsc stuff – but maybe they are?
any help would be appreciated.
btw im running a compaq presario.
thanks.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Here is what is ticking me off, It comes up clean and perfect, even shows the arrow moving, So that proves that it WORKS! Connections, video, color, everything, So why does it “turn off”? Also, I am running the s video through a dvd recorder to the tv aux input. Also why does it work when starting but does not even blink the tv when I use the fn/f8 (CRT/LCD)?? also the time it takes to cut off is always exactly the same unless I press the fn/f8… any other observations needed to acess? Oh, and I went to bios again adn could not find anything related to TV or monitor. is it possible thta there is boot up programming mossing? Sorry, Just trying to trouble shoot. Thanks. I have an idea that if we figure this out it will solve so many problems consistant with the Dell Latitude. :-}
March 30th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Thanks so much but it didn’t change a thing. It comes up and then dissapears, I press f8 and fn at the same time, the computer screen blinks and then comes back, nothing else. i have checked the monitor thing and it only shows “default monitor” in all five spaces. This is MicrosoftXP professional. I have a feeling that it is something to do with the fact that there are no other options for monitor. Is there a way to add a monitor? Should I remove the program,monitor driver? I am a bit scared that if I do that i won’t be able to see where to go to reload it… hELP, Help, I’m bent. Thanks
March 30th, 2009 at 8:48 am
i have a acer 3690 with vista and my problem is reversed i can get it to show on my tv but everything is so big on my laptop even when i am done with the s video cable what can i do i need help thanks
March 29th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
colin,
What if you change the laptop screen resolution to 800×600 and try again after that? Will it work? Maybe for some reason your TV cannot handle high resolution.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
OK, I have Like SO MANY OTHERS, a freeekin DELL Lattitude, mor like arritude!! I plug up the S Video cable, turn the computer on and vouiLa color picture of my pass word box. Now if Im quick and sign in fast it even shows the beautiful picture i chose for background,,, and then BANG!! Gone!! Freekin gone, no picture on my TV anymore. So i KNOW it ‘works but what the fuke happened to it after a few second. Pushing f8 (CRT/LCD) just makes the computer screeen go blank for a second. I have gonr to the desplay thing and there is no choice, no second display to choose, ther is no graphics stuff, and when I look in the box it only has default monitor. What the fuke is wrong with these dam Dells that won’t let us stay linked up? As i said, it all works fine for a few seconds when I first turn it on, so no dam excuses!!!! The hardware is working!! Waht is with the software not switching or not haveing anything listed to switch to?? Why the fuke can’t the smart ass computer find it and ask me ” would you like to switch to the other monitor” Like it is always telling me fifty freekin times that i am not fully secured and need to down load a bunch of crap that doesn’t work….. Someone, Please, lets call a freeking Dell rep or Windows and make them tell us how to do it.
Oh, I tried the f2 thing and it just doesn’t work. What is up with that? Thanks and if someone finds a good solution please post it regularly so we don’t have to take hours to read the similar questions over and over again till finally the answer or part of an answer showes up.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Hi.
I am really struggling to find a solution to my problem. I am running a Dell XPS M1530 laptop with Windows Vista and I am attempting to connect the system to a Samsung TV.
I purchased an RCA to S-video cable and connected the two devices but I have neither audio nor video. The TV has two AV channels, one component channel and one DTV channel. I have attached monitor 2 to monitor 1 through the “display settings” but to no avail.
I also pressed Fn+F8 (CRT/LCD), but that resulted in my laptop screen going blank for three-four seconds before returning to my normal background. I get no options to switch to anything.
On the AV and component channels all that appears is a blue screen with the words “cannot find signal” and the DTV screen is just blank.
So I am assuming that I am missing a setting somewhere and I know this is going to appear obvious to most of you out there, but could you shed some light on this situation please?
Kind regards
Chris
February 27th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
hello. first time here, and new to computer. I had a problem connecting a laptop (dell xps m1730) to a hdtv samaung series 750. I was using a DVI/HDMI cable. Nothing would work. All settings on computer and tv were checked and checked again using manuals. Still nothing was working. Just by chance I plugged in the laptop as the battery was low. Well guess what….everything worked. Just to make sure I unplugged the laptop and plugged it back in…..sure enough the tv went out and back on again. Frustrating part for me was I’m NEW at computers. Nothing in manual suggested such a basic task…………Hope this will help others!
February 20th, 2009 at 11:53 am
hey i have a problem with connecting a laptop to a tv… i have a dell latitude d610 and im connecting it to a ordinary color trutech 32″ tv.. im usin a 7pin s-video to rca jack(it has 7pin s-video on one side and tha three rca colored cords on tha other) and when i plug it in i get picture but no color or sound.. help me.. i think i know why theres no sound but i been tryin to get color for tha past 3 days
February 13th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Hey I have Sony lab top and I downlod film so now I wanna watch it with my family I wanna connect my lab top to the Tv how can I do that
February 1st, 2009 at 2:54 am
I have a HP Pavillion specil entertainment PC. I live in Switzerland and would like to connect my PC to the cable network that is in our apartment. Can I do this and how? Will I need to purchase any additional hardward or cables?
January 27th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Hi I have an ASUS X51RL series and a Samsung, bought a 15 pin VGA to scart lead, I have tried Fn and F8 which has the picture of LCD/TV moniter on it but it only comes up with LCD on the laptop no matter how many times I press it, I have tried discovering a monitor and have tried everything else including BIOS which I couldn’t find how to change any settings, please help ASAP as I have some films to watch.
Also does this lead give me any sound?
January 24th, 2009 at 8:50 am
i have a compaq presario v3839.when i connect my laptop through s video to my tv,picture is displayed on my tv but BLACK AND WHITE.also the sound comes through my laptop and not through my tv.i have 7-pin s video with red white and yellow leads that i insert in my TV. pls help someone…
January 22nd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Connected my HP laptop to LCD monitor with S-Video cable, I have picture but it is very fuzzy!!!. Is this because of the S-video cable? Its a quality cable How can I get a better picture??
Already did the following
Adjusted screen resolution up and down
Adjusted sharpness setting on TV and laptop controler
No help in the image quality
Thanx your a huge help
January 15th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Is there a way to test if an s video port is working? I hooked up my laptop to my tv via vga cord and its fine, but when I try to use the s video port, i got nothing. ANy suggestions?
January 8th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
I HAVE A FUJITSU N SERIES NOTEBOOK AND I WANT TO CONNECT MY NOTEBOOK TO MY T.V THROUGH THE S VIDEO OUTPUT PLEASE HELP.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:30 am
I am having Acer Aspire 4710 Core2Duo. I am trying to connect my laptop with television via SVGA cable. All the connections are properly connected. But when I press Fn+F5 Key, it only shows notebook. Please help me what ever else can i try.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I hooked my Dell Laptop up to my Phillips Plasma TV with S video. I used a Dynex 3.5 mm cable for the sound and I cant hear a thing from the tv . I put one end in my laptop and the other end in the headphone jack on my tv. What have I done wrong(Was what the guy from best buy suggested I do)Picture is perfect!
December 15th, 2008 at 2:24 am
plz i need help ASAP…i have a DELL inspiron 1520 and i bought a 7 pin cable and connected it to the laptop and the other end ( yellow ,white and red wires ) to the TV…and i did as u guys said i pressed Fn+F8 but it says there is no moniter attached….plz if any one can help i have a presentation tom. and i reallllllly need it…much thanks
December 12th, 2008 at 2:06 am
I have a plasma panasonic 42″ and it has an rgb component input. I bought a cable from vga to rgb component, but when i am connecting to my laptop it detects that there is a secondary monitor connected but there is no display on my plasma tv
Please help me
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:08 am
Hi,
I have a Compaq laptop with nvedia graphics card. I tried to connect my Laptop to my TV using S-Video Cable, but I am unable to do so. I think the Cable is ok as Laptop also detects the cable, but when I connect my Laptop to TV, nothing happens. I dont see any Display on TV. Please help…..
November 29th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Will a vga to vga cable work too?