Radeon 9600 using TV

[Jr]

Bought nephew a 9600 card and he is using the S-video cable to a TV for dual
monitor, but doesn't get color on the TV, just black and white, is this
normal or is there some setting in the control panel-display?

 

[J.Clarke]

Bought nephew a 9600 card and he is using the S-video cable to a TV
for dual monitor, but doesn't get color on the TV, just black and
white, is this normal or is there some setting in the control
panel-display?

Turn everything off. Plug S-video cable between TV and 9600. Turn on
TV. Select S-video input. Turn on computer. The problem should go
away at that point, at least until you turn the computer on with the TV
disconnected again.

 

[Vellu]

Sure the TV supports S-video signal? If it does not, s-video signal WILL
SHOW black&white due to missing chrominance information. Sometimes a
specific S-video AV-channel needs to be selected.

 

[bob cox]

I've had this before, vellu is in the 'hood... you gotta watch your
composite vs. svid settings, in software, and make sure any physical
adapters used are kosher, but if it's just svid to svid, then all he
has to do is tell the port in software what kind of "out" he is using
it for, straight svid, or svid with a composite adapter. I'm guessing
it will just say "composite" or maybe even rca...

my best guess is that you can open the display tab in the video
properties>advanced to get to what you need....

 

[PB]

Hmm...how would one plug the S-video cable into the tv if it did not have a
S-video port? Unless of course someone has built a television with a S-video
port but no support for S-video in the tv set itself.

DD

 

[Vellu]

You can, using a SCART-adapter...such adapters usually have inputs for both
RCA and S-Video...thus you can connect an S-video cable through the
SCART-adapter, even if the TV-itself doesn't support it (which, of course,
will then show the S-Video signal b&w since it can't handle the separate
chrominance signal which the s-video carries)