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

date posted 20th August 2003 19:58

But if he's using a SCART input then no tuning required...

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> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: WAAAAY [OT] - but it's worth a try!! S-video help
> needed
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> Auto tune the telly with the laptop on and plugged in. The tellly should
> find the channel input.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luke Perman" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:57 PM
> Subject: FN-FORUM: WAAAAY [OT] - but it's worth a try!! S-video
> help needed
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> >
> > 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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