Connect laptop to TV using RF Modulator?

Question

Our PTA just purchased RF Modulators so teachers can connect their TVs to their laptops. The cord purchased with it is S-Video on one side (put into computer) and three prongs (?) on the other (like the type that goes into the TV on a video game. We tried it on one TV and it did not work. Do we need S-video to S-video?

Answer 1

There are a couple things you can try:

1. Connect all the wires while the TV and the Laptop is powered off.  When the connections are made then power it on and see if the laptop will recognize the connection and show on the TV.

2. If 1 doesn't work then on:

Windows XP:

- Right-Click your desktop and click properties.

- Click the display settings tab.

- Normally here you will see two monitors and you can right click the faded one and click "attached" to activate the TV connection.

Windows Vista:

- Right-Click your dekstop and click Personalize

- Click the display settings link.

- Here you will see two monitors and you can right click the faded one and click "attached" to activate the TV connection.

Answer 2

First of all I am confused. You want to watch TV on Laptop or Laptop Video to TV?

Laptop to TV :-

Please connect S-Video to your laptop and three plugs (Red/White and Yellow) to TV against same color code. You can find three (may be more) at back of your TV saying Video-in.

Play your Video at Laptop and Press "Fn" + F5 (Normally F5 but may be may differ model to mode) or having picture of two Screens of Special "F#" Keys.

Keep Pressing Keys till you get output to TV

These Keys works like this :-

1) Video Output to Laptop LCD only

2) Video Output to Laptop LCD and Other source like TV/Projector

3) No Video Output at all

So, if both TV and Laptop does not give any Display. Do not panic and again press above mentioned key combination.

If you Want to watch TV on Laptop :-

You must be having Video-in in your laptop. Normally Laptop does not have this connector. So, you need to buy a TV tuner card for laptop having TV-in Connector. Just plug in the device and run the applications (comes along TV tuner card) and it's done.

You may read this

http://community.filecyb.org/ubbthreads/...

Hope this will help you a bit :)