Liesje
Blue Crack Addict
I've got an annoying issue and I'm at my wit's end. Start from the beginning - I got a new laptop in January. It has a 7-pin S-Video out and a VGA out. I've downloaded some movies and shows and usually watch them with Phil using the VGA-out to his 22 inch wide screen monitor (bigger than our TV).
This past week I was on vacation. My mom had a list of my movies she wanted to watch, so I told her I'd figure out how to hook up the comp to an actual TV. The VCRs only had S-video out, so I went to WalMart and got a box that converts 4 sources into a single source. All 4 ins and the out have RCA and an S-video connection.
The problem is this, when I connect my S-video into the switch box as IN1 and use RCA to the TV as OUT, the computer doesn't recognize it's connected to a display. I know that when connecting via VGA I use my function commands to change displays, but a friend told me using the S-video I have to go into the graphics card properties and change it to the second display. When I'm using the box, it doesn't give me the option of selecting the second display. Now I'm quite sure this works because before I had connected my S-video from the comp to my VCR and the computer beeped (the "new hardware" beep) and I briefly had the option of choosing a second display. It didn't actually work because the S-video port on my VCR is an out, not an in, duh.
I've googled and googled, using general terms or the specific models of my computer, the graphics accelerator, the input box, etc and can't find any info. Is it just that the box makes it so the comp won't detect the display and that's the end of it?
We never did get to watch movies, so now I'm trying to decide whether to sell this dumb thing or keep trying.
This past week I was on vacation. My mom had a list of my movies she wanted to watch, so I told her I'd figure out how to hook up the comp to an actual TV. The VCRs only had S-video out, so I went to WalMart and got a box that converts 4 sources into a single source. All 4 ins and the out have RCA and an S-video connection.
The problem is this, when I connect my S-video into the switch box as IN1 and use RCA to the TV as OUT, the computer doesn't recognize it's connected to a display. I know that when connecting via VGA I use my function commands to change displays, but a friend told me using the S-video I have to go into the graphics card properties and change it to the second display. When I'm using the box, it doesn't give me the option of selecting the second display. Now I'm quite sure this works because before I had connected my S-video from the comp to my VCR and the computer beeped (the "new hardware" beep) and I briefly had the option of choosing a second display. It didn't actually work because the S-video port on my VCR is an out, not an in, duh.
I've googled and googled, using general terms or the specific models of my computer, the graphics accelerator, the input box, etc and can't find any info. Is it just that the box makes it so the comp won't detect the display and that's the end of it?
We never did get to watch movies, so now I'm trying to decide whether to sell this dumb thing or keep trying.