apples24

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ok got a new pc today, it has a graffix card with tv out, so i spent 20 quid on a lead that plugs into the s video port at back of pc and it also has a headphone jack plug, they both then go into a scart plug for the tv


but ive plugged it all in and nothing happening?



put tv onto av channel and nothiong???

ajm

Try your display settings in control panel... you usually need to specify what displays you want the picture to come out of.

bioforger

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You usually have to go into display settings n switch the display from PC monitor to the TV out on your gfx card.

apples24

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getting somewere but its fooking black and white

ajm

Is there a setting somewhere to specify PAL (european TV) and not NTSC (US TV)?

apples24

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yes i selected united kindom from the drop down menu

just noticed somin wrong though, its not displaying on my tv what the computer screen is showing, its only displaying my desktop picture

ajm

I'd try doing a few searches on something like "Black and White TV graphics card". It is a common problem and usually it means fiddling around with the settings, or using different cables/inputs on the TV

apples24

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its a radeon 7000 series graffix card

Echo

If you get a black and white pic check that you have actually selected the S-Video input on your TV.

jfrf

ive had this black and white problem before
i solved it by using 3rd party software called tv tool
http://tvtool.info/index_e.htm

apples24

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thanks jfrf but loaded tvtool up and think it doesnt support mine

apples24

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im thinking now of trying a s video to s video lead and a headphone jack to 2 audio phono leads as my tv has a s video socket and two audio phono sockets

Scooby7

hi i tried doing this a while ago with my pc I never had the problem of black and white but the tv did only display the wallpaper in the end it was just because the tv was set as the second display device and i had to set it as the first display.

Even after getting it to work though i was so unhappy with the picture quality on the tv that i never bothered with it.

good luck getting yours working mine was on a Nvidia card though.

apples24

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so is my card crap?


radeon 7000 series

Scooby7

My Nvidia card i was trying to use at the time was only a very cheap budget card Nvidia Fx5200 256 but the trouble is a tv cannot display at such high resolutions as a monitor can so its likely the picture will never be as good.

but im no expert on the matter On my card in the tool bar you had the card settings options and all i had to do to get it to work was go into output settings and change it from the monitor then the tv to monitor first this then got it working, mind you my tv was nothing special.

jfrf

card is crap but it should still work
its ironic that the lead works out more expensive than the graphics card
you can buy a new 7000 for under 17 quid (possibly with accompanying tv out lead)

i've never used a scart for input
.always connected it to the yellow video in socket on the tv

using the tv is only worthwhile for movie playback
anything else is pointless and causes eyestrain

apples24

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yes thats what want to do, im in process of filling hard drives up with films, slow on 512k though, seeking a new isp provider tho, 2mb would be nice