Radeon 8500 doesn't recognise TV....

[Mark Nicholls]

I've had this Radeon 8500LE for about 4 years now & for the first time tried
to connect it to my TV, using a 4-pin S-video adaptor to the RCA connection
on the front of my TV. I seemed to have failed at the first hurdle, as I
can't enable the TV under Displays on the 8500 - the button is just greyed
out! Since the card's so old & I haven't used the s-video socket before,
could it be broken or faulty? I've re-installed the drivers & done
everything else I can think of, so I'd be really grateful for any other
suggestions!!!

Regds

Mark

 

[Ted F]

After you connect it to the TV, you must reboot the cumputer and you should
see both the computer monitor and the TV have a signal.

 

[Mark Nicholls]

I'm afraid I've done that, several times! Thanks for the responding, in any
case!

Mark

 

[Mark Nicholls]

I discovered new drivers for the Radeon 8500 including a GUI called
'Catalyst Control Centre'. After downloading these, my TV is now recognised.
Enabling it allows me to show my PC desktop on my TV very well (as long as I
disconnect the TV signal from my aerial). However, whenever I play a video,
the TV screen goes blank! The setup options I'm given are 'Extend Main on to
TV', 'Clone Main with TV', 'Stretch Main Horizontally onto TV' & 'Stretch
Main Vertically onto TV'. I've tried out the first 2 of these, but neither
allow me to play a video. Does anyone know if there are any other settings I
should be adusting?...

Mark

 

[Mark Nicholls]

Ok - please ignore this message: I found 'Theatre Mode' in Catalyst!...

 

[p jayant]

If the TV Panel in MMC is greyed, you also need to check the funny
adaptor
provided by ATI with ATI 8500 Cards. It must get neatly plugged in your

video card and the S Video plug from the TV must go to the video out
side of
that funny adapter.

I have used the S-Video connection between the 8500 DV card on my
computer
to connect the external Pioneer DVD player and it worked fine as long
as the
above mentioned connections were firm. They don't stay firm, though. I
have
scrapped the ATI Card, after getting fed up with finding the correct
Catalyst version which marked the TV Tuner/capture work.

P. Jayant

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