Any computer wizards?

[Dave20046]

Sorry I haven't read the thread all the way through but do you know if you have a seperate graphics card installed?

See if any of these results help. http://www.google.co.uk/search?clien...=Google+Search

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Seggons

See if any of these results help. http://www.google.co.uk/search?clien...=Google+Search

Had a look through some of those and am still confused!

[dirtydog]

Have now tried connecting a different laptop to the tv and get no picture at all

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Have now tried connecting a different laptop to the tv and get no picture at all

On the laptop you'd probably need to select multiple displays. Most common is 'fn' + 'f5' (IIRC) or a function combined with any key with a picture of two monitors on it.

[dirtydog]

Tried that, on my laptop (a toshiba) it's fn + f5 but get no picture at all on th etv on the other laptop which is much newer (HP) i can get a picture but it's black and white no matter what i fiddle with

[dirtydog]

So anyone got any suggestions that I can try, don't be too technical though as I am a computer idiot

One of the suggestions on the google search that I don't think has been tried here yet.

"Some TV's will work straight on your AV channel, others need the settings changed for that channel via your remote control to except S-VHS etc."

"I had a similar problem once and it was resolved by going into the settings of my AV channel via the remote control and configuring it for s video."

Maybe play about with the TV that give you a Black and White image to see if you can break it or fix it.

More info:

Q: I'm only seeing grayscale image, but everything is connected properly
A: You're probably using NTSC, change it to PAL in the configuration menu of your videocard.

Q: I'm still only seeing grayscale image!
A: Your TV is probably not exactly on the right frequency. If you have AV channels, use them. They are intended for video input other then regular cable. Be sure to use the S-AV channel for S-Video in.

Q: Nop, still grayscale...
A: You're probably using S-video, and your TV can't properly joint the line/color information. Use the composite setup or let your tv 'scan' all frequencies again, sometimes there are more possible frequencies and each one has a different image (worse/better)

Q: When I enable the TV-out, my monitor turns blank.
A: You need a 'twinview' function, some older graphic cards don't support this in their early drivers. Download new drivers, turn on twinview/hydravision/whatever and try again.

[dirtydog]

Yay i fixed it...


well more of a work around, had to run it through my dvd recorders S-Vhs socket and it's working fine now