S-video out and I only get black and white screen...

[Guest]

Big problem!
When i´m using S-video out and connect to a Tv. I only get a black and white
screen on the Tv. Why?
I can use the Tv as a secondary screen, but I can not clone it with the
screen on the Laptop! Irretating...
It´s a new Laptop from Network with a ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Series card
in it...
Please HELP!

 

[Graham Hughes]

Will the tv accept a proper s-video signal? It is different to composite and
a black and white picture is a common sympton of this.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
Laird of Glencairn
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com

 

[Guest]

Yes, I also tried to connect it by the video = same result!!!

 

[Graham Hughes]

How do you mean? connected the s-video to the video and got the same result
watching on the tv? You will if the tv won't accept s-video signals. Can you
use composite connections, red/white/yellow with the yellow being the
important one for video.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
Laird of Glencairn
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com

 

[Darkknight]

have you also set your PC to output the correct video format PAL os NTSC
also
if you are connecting your s-video to the composite video inputs of your
TV...if you are, you need a special s-video to composite lead available
from most electronic shops.

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problem on a Toshiba Satellite laptop that only began to
occur when starting to use windows XP. It will display on a tv at 640x480 and
only greyscale even though xp reports that is sending 32 bit colour. I know
that this is not a hardware issue because it worked perfectly under windows
me. I have tried using the toshiba XP drivers for the video card but windows
refuses to operate with them because they are not "signed". Win XP has also
removed all of the software that toshiba includes to control video output ie
ntsc/pal and will not reinstall it either because they are also not "signed".
If anyone knows of a workaround for this problem please let me know. Thanks
in advance.

chris42

 

[Graham Hughes]

It sounds like you need to stick with ME. Laptops use specialised drivers
for things to work, it's not like running a desktop, you *have* to use the
drivers from the manufacturer of the laptop, so if they don't have any XP
drivers it's a case of sorry.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
Laird of Glencairn
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com

 

[Guest]

thank you for your prompt reply...i had rather suspected that the drivers for
the integrated video out on this laptop would need to stay in the windows ME
domain but windows ME was such a mess that i'm willing to view my movies on
the laptop screen rather than go back to ME. my digital camera won't work
with xp sp2 either and i have a lot of friends who have major problems with
this "professional" version of windows. In fact, Toshiba recommends
uninstalling it and goes into great depth on how to do that. my workaround
for the camera was to buy a SD media card reader and get images onto the
computer that way.

chris

 

[robub]

Yep, me too. You will just have to use the other plug on
the ati card. Works every time. Good results too. Not so
obvious though is it?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

It's usually a PAL vs NTSC problem.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging

In Loving Memory of our dear friend Alex Nichol MVP

Yep, me too. You will just have to use the other plug on
the ati card. Works every time. Good results too. Not so
obvious though is it?

 

[Helob]

Try this.
Goto display properties, Overlay Tab, click on Theater mode options
and check Theater mode in Overlay Display mode.
Pls post result as I am interested to know outcome.
Best of luck.