I hooked up my laptop to the TV with a S Video cable and nothing happened. Why?

Question

I want to able to use my TV as the monitor. Do I need a TV tuner for this?

Answer 1

Does your video card support this?

The s-video may just be an input.

Answer 2

Nope.  Does the TV have a standard monitor connector for a computer?  If so use a monitor cable instead.  I never heard of using an S Video cable.  You have that connector on your laptop?

Did you go into the laptop and define a new monitor so it knows to look for the TV?

Answer 3

hey youl probably have pictures on your F1,2,3 so on right thats how mine is i dont know about yours but if it is you will probably see a picture on one (i ferget wich one if i remember ill comment on this or something) enyways the picture should look something like a rectangle with a line on top and a line on the bottom of it, and if i remember correctly youl have to press ctr and the the picture of it  and it should switch over to the tv.

hope this helps :)