The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Connecting Vostro to TV using S-Video - Composite Cable

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Anirudh, May 13, 2008.

  1. Anirudh

    Anirudh Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    18
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have a Vostro 1500 with nVidia GeForce 8400M GS card. It has a VGA port and a S-Video port for TV-Out. I bought a video cable that has a S-Video male connector and male composite connector. I've tried connecting the laptop with a TV, but the TV doesn't get detected at all. The cable is conneced properly to the TV and I've tested it on another TV as well with the same result. Is this cable of any use at all?
     
    Anirudh, May 13, 2008
    #1
  2. billcsho

    billcsho Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    39
    Messages:
    732
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Are you using the dongle cable from Dell or just those generic S-video/composite cable that fused together? I have the Dell S-video/composite/digital audio dongle and it works.
     
    billcsho, May 13, 2008
    #2
  3. Carrot Muncher

    Carrot Muncher Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    71
    Messages:
    463
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Your setting the laptop to dual screen arn't you? 'fn' and f8 should tell you if there is an external monitor connected. When I connected my laptop to my old tv via svideo to yellow rca cable I had to change the setting on the tv to svideo for the input channel all worked then, looks crap on dekstop but its fine for video playback.
     
    Carrot Muncher, May 13, 2008
    #3