Vista - how to put laptop display on my old tv

plumbershands · 02-09-2009

hi i am probably thick but on connecting my laptop to tv via svideo i cant seem to get a picture onto my tv i have a hp laptop been told a "F"key will send pic to tv but dont seeem to is there a settings "area" to do it any help gratefully recieved please bare in mind im not good at this cheers

**Brink** · 02-09-2009

Hello Plumbershands, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Your notebook may be different than on a Gateway notebook, but after you connect the notebook to the TV, see if pressing the Function + F4 keys will switch the display over to the TV. Sometimes you will need to press it twice, once to share and twice to use only the TV. Pressing a 3rd time returns to the notebook screen. Double check with your notebook's manual on connecting to a TV to see what keys you may need to press instead.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

**roy69** · 02-10-2009

You may need to change the resolution of the second device to display the picture. I think a tv uses 640 x 800.

Look here for more info Viewing Your Computer Display on*a*TV

**b12blib** · 02-13-2009

TV Out, setup either in NVidia control panel (Go to WIndows Ctrl Panel--> display --> settings --> advanced ) Or with ATI do the same, but go to output after reaching avanced. Set res to 640.480 & 50Mhz

02-09-2009	#1 (permalink)
plumbershands vista home 1 posts	how to put laptop display on my old tv hi i am probably thick but on connecting my laptop to tv via svideo i cant seem to get a picture onto my tv i have a hp laptop been told a "F"key will send pic to tv but dont seeem to is there a settings "area" to do it any help gratefully recieved please bare in mind im not good at this cheers
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02-09-2009	#2 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,105 posts	Re: how to put laptop display on my old tv Hello Plumbershands, and welcome to Vista Forums. Your notebook may be different than on a Gateway notebook, but after you connect the notebook to the TV, see if pressing the Function + F4 keys will switch the display over to the TV. Sometimes you will need to press it twice, once to share and twice to use only the TV. Pressing a 3rd time returns to the notebook screen. Double check with your notebook's manual on connecting to a TV to see what keys you may need to press instead. Hope this helps, Shawn
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02-10-2009	#3 (permalink)
roy69 Vista home premium 64 bit 2,115 posts	Re: how to put laptop display on my old tv You may need to change the resolution of the second device to display the picture. I think a tv uses 640 x 800. Look here for more info Viewing Your Computer Display onaTV
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02-13-2009	#4 (permalink)
b12blib Vista Business 32 20 posts	Re: how to put laptop display on my old tv TV Out, setup either in NVidia control panel (Go to WIndows Ctrl Panel--> display --> settings --> advanced ) Or with ATI do the same, but go to output after reaching avanced. Set res to 640.480 & 50Mhz
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