Laptop and tv connection?

[LancelotSA]

Yeah, it is a laptop with an ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 display adapter. Was not able to get my old HP laptop to plug into the TV either, so may be a "low spec" TV as you state.

 

[sn3rd]

Silly question (but worth a shot), but have you tried turning both devices off, then connecting cable, then turning TV on to the video channel in question, then booting notebook?

 

[sn3rd]

Also, have you tried dropping your resolution? (assuming your adapter's software allows you to make changes even if a tv is not connected)

 

[sn3rd]

The other alternative is to get one of those TV box convertors. That's almost guaranteed to work (often they even have VGA input)

 

[LancelotSA]

Silly question (but worth a shot), but have you tried turning both devices off, then connecting cable, then turning TV on to the video channel in question, then booting notebook?

May not be silly as i followed this advice with my old HP and it states :

1. Connect the "S-Video to RCA" cable or the "Pro S-Video to 3 RCA" cable to the "S-video out" of the computer and to the "video in" (yellow RCA jack) on the TV. NOTE: This step must be performed before you start up the computer. Make sure that your TV is set to "recognize" the RCA/yellow video-in jack; you may have to play with the "aux 1", "aux 2", or "line-in" selections on the TV or the TV's remote control. The S-Video jack on your computer may be a 4-pin or 7-pin jack that is usually on the back of the computer.

 

[sn3rd]

May not be silly as i followed this advice with my old HP and it states :

Ya, but I figured you'd probably tried that already?