S-Video question? ? ?

[Guest]

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I have a fairly new HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop which has an S-Video out jack.
I was under the impression this would enable me to play DVDs on my TV
screen.

I got a cable which goes from the laptop to the yellow video jack on the TV.
I also attach the sound from the laptop to the TV. The sound plays, but not
the video.

The s-video cable I'm using has a 4-pin connector on the laptop going to a
1-pin on the TV. I think there's a place on the TV for a 4-pin connector.

Any ideas welcome.

 

[Guest]

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The Yellow jack is "composite" which is very different from an S-Video
signal. There are cables that purport to convert an S-Video signal to a
composite signal, which is probably what you have. It's better to go
S-Video to S-Video if you can.

The monitor needs to be switched to accept a signal from it's video
input jack(s).

The computer may need to be switched to send a video signal to it's
composite jacks, and sometimes this is far from trivial. It may involve
some setup both in the laptop BIOS and also in the video driver and/or
display setup parameters, and sometimes it's quite difficult to get it
working.


Ray Jenkins wrote:

> I have a fairly new HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop which has an S-Video out jack.
> I was under the impression this would enable me to play DVDs on my TV
> screen.
>
> I got a cable which goes from the laptop to the yellow video jack on the TV.
> I also attach the sound from the laptop to the TV. The sound plays, but not
> the video.
>
> The s-video cable I'm using has a 4-pin connector on the laptop going to a
> 1-pin on the TV. I think there's a place on the TV for a 4-pin connector.
>
> Any ideas welcome.
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Thanks Barry -- that sounds pretty damn complicated. Strange that they
wouldn't have simplified such a task at this point in time.

I'll keep trying

Can I assume that the 4-pin connector on my TV is the right one to use in
connecting the laptop to TV?

-- Ray

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:41582196.8050701@neo.rr.com...
> The Yellow jack is "composite" which is very different from an S-Video
> signal. There are cables that purport to convert an S-Video signal to a
> composite signal, which is probably what you have. It's better to go
> S-Video to S-Video if you can.
>
> The monitor needs to be switched to accept a signal from it's video input
> jack(s).
>
> The computer may need to be switched to send a video signal to it's
> composite jacks, and sometimes this is far from trivial. It may involve
> some setup both in the laptop BIOS and also in the video driver and/or
> display setup parameters, and sometimes it's quite difficult to get it
> working.
>
>
> Ray Jenkins wrote:
>
>> I have a fairly new HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop which has an S-Video out
>> jack. I was under the impression this would enable me to play DVDs on my
>> TV
>> screen.
>>
>> I got a cable which goes from the laptop to the yellow video jack on the
>> TV. I also attach the sound from the laptop to the TV. The sound plays,
>> but not the video.
>>
>> The s-video cable I'm using has a 4-pin connector on the laptop going to
>> a 1-pin on the TV. I think there's a place on the TV for a 4-pin
>> connector.
>>
>> Any ideas welcome.
>>
>>

 

[Guest]

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rayj.balt@verizonDELETHIS.net (Ray Jenkins) wrote in
news:aqU5d.3856$8H1.801@trnddc08:

> I have a fairly new HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop which has an S-Video
> out jack. I was under the impression this would enable me to play
> DVDs on my TV screen.
>
> I got a cable which goes from the laptop to the yellow video jack
> on the TV. I also attach the sound from the laptop to the TV. The
> sound plays, but not the video.
>
> The s-video cable I'm using has a 4-pin connector on the laptop
> going to a 1-pin on the TV. I think there's a place on the TV for a
> 4-pin connector.
>
> Any ideas welcome.

On my old IBM Thinkpad, the S-Video output was not ordinarily
enabled; this might be the case with your HP. I don't know how your
HP's video config is set up, but if you right-click on a blank spot
on the "desktop" and select "Properties", you should find something
to get you there.

Of course, you'll also have to do something on your TV's input
selector to make it take video from whatever input jack you're using.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@visi.com

 

[Guest]

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Does S-Video output from a laptop carry sound? From this message it appears
to. If so, is there an adapter that goes from S-Video to the old coax
composite? Although you'd lose picture quality, would it work? This might be
useful if the TV set you are using doesn't have an S-Video input.

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:41582196.8050701@neo.rr.com...
> The Yellow jack is "composite" which is very different from an S-Video
> signal. There are cables that purport to convert an S-Video signal to a
> composite signal, which is probably what you have. It's better to go
> S-Video to S-Video if you can.
>
> The monitor needs to be switched to accept a signal from it's video
> input jack(s).
>
> The computer may need to be switched to send a video signal to it's
> composite jacks, and sometimes this is far from trivial. It may involve
> some setup both in the laptop BIOS and also in the video driver and/or
> display setup parameters, and sometimes it's quite difficult to get it
> working.
>
>
> Ray Jenkins wrote:
>
> > I have a fairly new HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop which has an S-Video out
jack.
> > I was under the impression this would enable me to play DVDs on my TV
> > screen.
> >
> > I got a cable which goes from the laptop to the yellow video jack on the
TV.
> > I also attach the sound from the laptop to the TV. The sound plays, but
not
> > the video.
> >
> > The s-video cable I'm using has a 4-pin connector on the laptop going to
a
> > 1-pin on the TV. I think there's a place on the TV for a 4-pin
connector.
> >
> > Any ideas welcome.
> >
> >
> >

 

[Andrew]

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Alan Bell <alanbno2spam@blk.com> wrote:
: Does S-Video output from a laptop carry sound? From this message it appears
: to. If so, is there an adapter that goes from S-Video to the old coax
: composite? Although you'd lose picture quality, would it work? This might be
: useful if the TV set you are using doesn't have an S-Video input.

Standard S-Video does not carry sound - I can't imagine a laptop's
connector does. You can get the output from the headphone jacks with
a separate cable...

Andrew
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[Guest]

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No, S-Video never carries sound, no matter what the source. Sound is
always carried separately.

As I mentioned, there are some cables that [crudely] create a composite
video signal from an S-Video signal in the cable. All that they do, in
most cases is connect the chroma signal to the luminance signal with a
capacitor.


Alan Bell wrote:
> Does S-Video output from a laptop carry sound? From this message it appears
> to. If so, is there an adapter that goes from S-Video to the old coax
> composite? Although you'd lose picture quality, would it work? This might be
> useful if the TV set you are using doesn't have an S-Video input.
>
> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:41582196.8050701@neo.rr.com...
>
>>The Yellow jack is "composite" which is very different from an S-Video
>>signal. There are cables that purport to convert an S-Video signal to a
>>composite signal, which is probably what you have. It's better to go
>>S-Video to S-Video if you can.
>>
>>The monitor needs to be switched to accept a signal from it's video
>>input jack(s).
>>
>>The computer may need to be switched to send a video signal to it's
>>composite jacks, and sometimes this is far from trivial. It may involve
>>some setup both in the laptop BIOS and also in the video driver and/or
>>display setup parameters, and sometimes it's quite difficult to get it
>>working.
>>
>>
>>Ray Jenkins wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a fairly new HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop which has an S-Video out
>
> jack.
>
>>>I was under the impression this would enable me to play DVDs on my TV
>>>screen.
>>>
>>>I got a cable which goes from the laptop to the yellow video jack on the
>
> TV.
>
>>>I also attach the sound from the laptop to the TV. The sound plays, but
>
> not
>
>>>the video.
>>>
>>>The s-video cable I'm using has a 4-pin connector on the laptop going to
>
> a
>
>>>1-pin on the TV. I think there's a place on the TV for a 4-pin
>
> connector.
>
>>>Any ideas welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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In article <jxV5d.10501$Ym1.197@trnddc03>,
"Ray Jenkins" <rayj.balt@verizonDELETHIS.net> wrote:

> Thanks Barry -- that sounds pretty damn complicated. Strange that they
> wouldn't have simplified such a task at this point in time.
>
> I'll keep trying
>
> Can I assume that the 4-pin connector on my TV is the right one to use in
> connecting the laptop to TV?
>
> -- Ray

I'm not sure what you mean by 4-pin connector. You need to either hook
up a S-video cable from the laptop to the TV, or if you don't have a
S-video input on your TV, you need to get a RCA-to-S-Video converter
(from Radio Shack). Then go to your Display Properties and change the
video output to TV. Or you might be able to press fn-F5 to switch the
display to the TV. That's what I do on my ZT1000 series. I connect the
sound to my surround sound receiver and watch movies all the time.