connecting pc to tv-no sound?

[Guest]

i posted a message the other day about connecting our laptop to the tv, we've
now got that working but theres no sound from the tv, its only coming from
the actual laptop. do we need another cable (we're using a vga cable) or is
there something we've got to change?? thanks in advance

 

[woody]

Your VGA cable is video only. You need to connect the TV to the sound card
in your computer. There should be a 1/8" line out jack from your sound
card. If the TV has a 1/8" line in you're all set. You may need a 1/8" to
RCA adapter to connect to the RCA input on your TV.

Woody

 

[Whatsit]

i posted a message the other day about connecting our laptop to the tv,
we've
now got that working but theres no sound from the tv, its only coming from
the actual laptop. do we need another cable (we're using a vga cable) or
is
there something we've got to change?? thanks in advance

Check your laptop for a line-out socket, you can use the speaker or even the
headphone socket (depending on how sophisticated the sound out is on the
laptop), but you will need a cable that splits the sound from the small plug
to the type required for line-in on your TV.

Ideally you should use the line-out for sound from the laptop, but as I say
the headphone socket can be used, just sometimes it doesn't sound that great
when amplified.