S-video output to TV no color .

[gataway]

Hi ,
I have have compaq presario laptop with ATI radeon express 200M ,i try
connecting the s-video output with a 4-pin and 6-pin cable to a TV. 4-pin
display without color on the TV while 6-pin display nothing. So how am i
going to get the TV to display with color?

 

[vellu]

Make sure your TV set is set up to receive an s-video signal. On my
TV-set there is a separate AV channel for s-video input; AV1, AV2 and
AV2S. With s-video connected AV2 shows a b&w image and AV2S shows the
correct color image (AV1 obviously nothing since it is a physically
different slot).

gataway kirjoitti:

 

[Tom Scales]

Hi ,
I have have compaq presario laptop with ATI radeon express 200M ,i try
connecting the s-video output with a 4-pin and 6-pin cable to a TV. 4-pin
display without color on the TV while 6-pin display nothing. So how am i
going to get the TV to display with color?

Make sure you've set your video drivers to output s-video and not composite.
If you send composite, it is B&W

 

[gataway]

What is my TV only have AV 1 and AV2?

Make sure your TV set is set up to receive an s-video signal. On my TV-set
there is a separate AV channel for s-video input; AV1, AV2 and AV2S. With
s-video connected AV2 shows a b&w image and AV2S shows the correct color
image (AV1 obviously nothing since it is a physically different slot).

gataway kirjoitti:

 

[gataway]

How do i set to output s-video or composite?

Make sure you've set your video drivers to output s-video and not
composite. If you send composite, it is B&W

 

[vellu]

Check your TV manual to see which AV channel (or both, or any) support
s-video signal. If no s-video support exists, you need to configure your
pc to output a composite signal. This is usually done from ATI driver
settings, but on laptops there might be some other device setting somewhere.

gataway kirjoitti:

 

[gataway]

So anyone know what other device should i set ?

Check your TV manual to see which AV channel (or both, or any) support
s-video signal. If no s-video support exists, you need to configure your
pc to output a composite signal. This is usually done from ATI driver
settings, but on laptops there might be some other device setting
somewhere.

gataway kirjoitti:

 

[gataway]

The driver does not provide any settings for my s-video output in composite
or s-video mode. does it means that with a s-video output only TV with
s-video input will get to work with well with my laptop?

 

[vellu]

That could be. With my laptop there came a small adapter cable (about 10
cm long, s-video plug in one end and a yellow composite on the other)
which needs to be plugged in if I want to use composite.

The composite/s-video driver option isn't even visible if the adapter
isn't present (defaults to s-video), but when I plug it in the option
becomes available. Graphic card being ATI Mobility X1600 (and the laptop
Asus A6Ja).

gataway kirjoitti:

 

[gataway]

i bought an s-video to composite cable adapter from auction, but the problem
is it's a 7pin type with an when i use it it doesnt display anything at all.
Unlike the 4pin type i still have display but black and white.

 

[Cromagnum Man]

i bought an s-video to composite cable adapter from auction, but the
problem is it's a 7pin type with an when i use it it doesnt display
anything at all. Unlike the 4pin type i still have display but black and
white.

I had a problem with one of the poins being bent on my S video cable which
gave my black and white images. Because the chromanance (color) and
luminance (B&W part of the image) are carried on differnet pins.

hope tht helps, ek