Thursday, April 26, 2012

How do I setup composite (not s-video) tv-out for old Satellite 1800 laptop?

I have a tv-out rca video port for Trident Cyberblade-Ai1 AGP video accelerator card connected to rca composite video (yellow) input on tv. I have WinXP & tried various options in the ctrl panel display settings & in the trident s/w settings. When connected to av input on vcr I get no response on the tv. When connected direct to av input on tv I get flickers when I apply display settings changes.

The MS help said I should add 2nd display adptr in device manager - Really? Should I?

Is it a frequency issue? I'm lost......*sigh*|||You need a video card, which, if your laptop doesn't have one, is extremely hard to put on manually.|||The windows device manager as really limited function sometimes there is extra add by the video card drivers. But the windows device manager should do the job.



On the desktop right click then go properties -> Settings (tab) -> click on the second monitor in the select drop down choose the correct output and set the correct resolution settings.



Hope it helps

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