FN-FORUM: WAAAAY [OT] - but it's worth a try!! S-video help needed

date posted 20th August 2003 17:25

hey all,

i'm needing to connect my laptop to a large television to do a
presentation.

my laptop has an s-video output, so i purchased an s-video to scart
cable to plug into the telly....

i tried it on the tv i have at home, and when i flip through the
various AV channels, the image appears black and white, until i get to
the 's-video' channel and the image appears colour.

now, when i try and use the cable on the TV i am intending to use (very
old 28" bang and olufsen...) i can't find a dedicated 's-video'
channel, so flipping through the AV channels the image from my laptop
appears black and white on all of them.......

is there something i can buy or use that will decode the s-video output
from my laptop to something this old television will understand?

i tried using a VCR in between the laptop and TV, hoping the new VCR
would understand the s-video connection, but no luck.

thanks in advance for any pointers!
luke

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