How To Connect And Hook Up Laptop To TV With S-Video Cable
How to connect your laptop to your TV? S-Video cable is the most popular choice, probably because these port can be found in almost every laptop and graphic cards. Having said that, S-Video does not give the best video output in term of quality, VGA and DVI are better, HDMI is the best.
Check you laptop or notebook for the S-Video port, usually it is the 7-pin mini-DIN socket, sometimes it can be the 4 pin version, always double check!
Get a S-Video cable, connect it to from your laptop’s S-Video port to the TV. After the connection to your TV is made you will have to toggle alternate display by pressing and holding your [Fn] key and pressing F4, or F5, or another F# key, varies from different laptop manufacturer.
- Press once to turn on output
- press again to turn off your laptop screen
- press again to go back to laptop screen only
Note: As for audio and sound system, you’ll need a headphone to RCA jack converter. Plug the cord in to your headphone jack and the RCA jacks in to the same input you used for the video.
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How to connect your laptop computer to a TV via S-Video, DVI or HDMI? If you’re a Windows XP, Vista, or 7 user, here is a simple tutorial on how to connect your notebook to your television.
For projectors, most laptop comes with a simple tool for everyday task such as monitoring the processor speed, brightness, memory allocation, backup tools and more. I’m using an Acer and it comes with a ‘Projector’ connector. Click on the button and you’re ready to go, no restart – nothing.
Connect Laptop / Notebook To Television
Before you proceed, watch this video.
Check you laptop or notebook for the S-Video port, normally it is the 7-pin mini-DIN socket, sometimes it can be the 4 pin version, double check!
Get a S-Video cable, connect it to from your laptop’s S-Video port to the TV
Right click on your ‘Desktop’ –> Select ‘Properties’ –> Select the ‘Settings’ tab (Step 1) –> Click on the ‘Advanced’ button (Step 2) –> A new window will appear, select the ‘Monitor’ tab (Step 3) –> In the drop down list, choose ‘Generic Television’ (Step 4) and hit ‘OK’. Restart your computer if it doesn’t work.
Note: VGA, HDMI and DVI gives better quality, S-Video is an outdated technology.
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