How the eff do I get this laptop to work on the TV?

[Tractorman]

Ok, so my parents are trying to hook the laptop up to their Samsung plasma TV. The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite with a RGB monitor output. We are currently trying to use a VGA cable that has the blue, green, and red RCA style outputs. The TV doesn't reconignize the laptop.

What am I screwing up?

 

[65fastback2+2]

turn the laptop to dual monitor mode

usually function + f8

 

[Lobo_Loco]

use the s-video cable? or then just switch the viewing options(pushing the fn button and f5 i think)....that how i did it

 

[Tractorman]

Tried teh FN plus F5 key. TV is not seeing the laptop signal. Do we need a VGA to HDMI cable for this to work?

 

[65fastback2+2]

Tried teh FN plus F5 key. TV is not seeing the laptop signal. Do we need a VGA to HDMI cable for this to work?

so your using a VGA to Component adapter?

 

[RSH427R]

Try restarting the computer with everything hooked up

 

[Tractorman]

so your using a VGA to Component adapter?

No. It's the 15 pin male plug thing into the laptop, and the other end of the cable is red, blue, and green plugs that go into the RCA style jacks.

 

[JasonSnake]

No. It's the 15 pin male plug thing into the laptop, and the other end of the cable is red, blue, and green plugs that go into the RCA style jacks.

You may have to manually enable the laptop VGA port in the video control panel. Not sure if your laptop uses NVidia or ATI but right-click around the desktop area and see if the context menu says "NVidia Control Panel"

 

[Grizzly Adams]

No. It's the 15 pin male plug thing into the laptop, and the other end of the cable is red, blue, and green plugs that go into the RCA style jacks.

Yes, that is a VGA to component cable. Taking a shot in the dark here. Are you sure that you are plugging the component video out into the component inputs on the TV and not the composite input?

 

[fknsmshn]

First thing Id check would be the component video connections, make sure theyre hooked to an input. Then Id check the input selection of the TV. (Not tryin to talk to you like your a tard, but just listin everythin I would do)

Next, when I use my HP, in order to get it to show up on a TV I hafta right click on the desktop go to graphics properties, and set the out put to digital TV. I can even go to screen resolution after I right click and get the same results. Again this is an HP runnin Windows 7. So your might be different, but you light be able to use this.

 

[Quicktime_GT]

don't use S video it will look like ass..

Just keep fiddling with your display preferences..