Hey I have a HP Pavilion dv6000 using Vista with S-Video out. It requires an S-Video cable with 8 pins. I found an S-video cable adapter that will go from 8-pin s-video to an RCA video cable. I plugged it all in and hit the connect to external display and it kills the screen on the laptop but does not show anything on the TV. I hit it again and it shows the whats on the laptop on the TV, but only for a second and then it kills the display on the TV and then the laptop display returns.
I'm not sure its the NVIDIA card or not, but I am afraid to get back on the phone with HP's support.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Sounds like you got a laptop with a bad port, or you have a bad cable. You should consider talking to HP's tech support about the proper way to connect to your TV using that cable. It's my understanding that the 7 pin connector is for input, and the 4 pin connector is for output. My laptop's s video port has 4-pins.
Amorphous
Amorphous
QUOTE(kippwinger @ May 12 2007, 03:22 PM)
Hey I have a HP Pavilion dv6000 using Vista with S-Video out. It requires an S-Video cable with 8 pins. I found an S-video cable adapter that will go from 8-pin s-video to an RCA video cable. I plugged it all in and hit the connect to external display and it kills the screen on the laptop but does not show anything on the TV. I hit it again and it shows the whats on the laptop on the TV, but only for a second and then it kills the display on the TV and then the laptop display returns.
I'm not sure its the NVIDIA card or not, but I am afraid to get back on the phone with HP's support.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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I'm not sure its the NVIDIA card or not, but I am afraid to get back on the phone with HP's support.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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4 pin is svideo out
7 pin is hdtv out
if you have a 7 pin out (most cards do now) you have to use an adapter to convert the connection to svideo (4 pin), component (r/g/b) or composite (standard 75 ohm).
sounds like your card is not detecting the tv correctly as a secondary display. i would verify the settings for the tv (refresh rate/resolution/etc). also, you may want to run the tv wizard in the nvidia control panel.
if you are getting a signal for even a second, the cable and port should be ok (although bad hardware is always a possibility)
7 pin is hdtv out
if you have a 7 pin out (most cards do now) you have to use an adapter to convert the connection to svideo (4 pin), component (r/g/b) or composite (standard 75 ohm).
sounds like your card is not detecting the tv correctly as a secondary display. i would verify the settings for the tv (refresh rate/resolution/etc). also, you may want to run the tv wizard in the nvidia control panel.
if you are getting a signal for even a second, the cable and port should be ok (although bad hardware is always a possibility)
Generally laptops have a 4 pin. I check the pictures of his, and it's a 7 pin. The HDTV dongles use a different spread than his port, with more than 7 pins. That was my first guess though, until I double checked it.
S video:
You can see the HDTV out here: http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/g70-10/x...00gtx-front.jpg
And his computer's port here, when you zoom in on the right picture:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category.../computer_store?
That page has the port listed as, "TV-out (S-video)" while cnet's reviews say it's an s-video.
Amorphous
S video:
You can see the HDTV out here: http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/g70-10/x...00gtx-front.jpg
And his computer's port here, when you zoom in on the right picture:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category.../computer_store?
That page has the port listed as, "TV-out (S-video)" while cnet's reviews say it's an s-video.
Amorphous
QUOTE(sli shroom @ May 12 2007, 09:39 PM)
4 pin is svideo out
7 pin is hdtv out
if you have a 7 pin out (most cards do now) you have to use an adapter to convert the connection to svideo (4 pin), component (r/g/b) or composite (standard 75 ohm).
sounds like your card is not detecting the tv correctly as a secondary display. i would verify the settings for the tv (refresh rate/resolution/etc). also, you may want to run the tv wizard in the nvidia control panel.
if you are getting a signal for even a second, the cable and port should be ok (although bad hardware is always a possibility)
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7 pin is hdtv out
if you have a 7 pin out (most cards do now) you have to use an adapter to convert the connection to svideo (4 pin), component (r/g/b) or composite (standard 75 ohm).
sounds like your card is not detecting the tv correctly as a secondary display. i would verify the settings for the tv (refresh rate/resolution/etc). also, you may want to run the tv wizard in the nvidia control panel.
if you are getting a signal for even a second, the cable and port should be ok (although bad hardware is always a possibility)
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QUOTE(Amorphous @ May 13 2007, 12:56 AM)
Generally laptops have a 4 pin. I check the pictures of his, and it's a 7 pin. The HDTV dongles use a different spread than his port, with more than 7 pins. That was my first guess though, until I double checked it.
S video:
You can see the HDTV out here: http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/g70-10/x...00gtx-front.jpg
And his computer's port here, when you zoom in on the right picture:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category.../computer_store?
That page has the port listed as, "TV-out (S-video)" while cnet's reviews say it's an s-video.
Amorphous
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S video:
You can see the HDTV out here: http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/g70-10/x...00gtx-front.jpg
And his computer's port here, when you zoom in on the right picture:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category.../computer_store?
That page has the port listed as, "TV-out (S-video)" while cnet's reviews say it's an s-video.
Amorphous
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right, I called HP when I first experienced a problem connecting and the lady said that the cable needed had to be an 8-pin S-Video cable. Obviously the 7-pin you suggested. I have an adapter that will go from the 7-pin to RCA video. The cable then connects to an RCA going to the TV. However, the TV is old ( early to mid 90's GE). So, it might be that it is trying to display HD quality but can't keep up with frame rate or something like that. I set the settings on the laptop to the lowest they can go (from what I can tell).
Should I get an adapter to go from 7-pin s-video to 4-pin S-video? Think that may help?
Thanks for the help.
I have the exact same problem with the dv6000. I too am using an s-video to RCA adaptor, and get the same thing, black, then flicker on the tv for a second, then back to laptop display. It's really weird, I've used this adaptor many times before with other laptops, but now it decides to not work with this new one. Is this laptop truly outputting HD Signal? I thought true HD signal was an entirely different port and cable, but I don't own an HDTV so I wouldn't know. HP advertises this port on the laptop as an SVIDEO Out, so I can't imagine they are that stupid to make it S-Video IN. Anyone got any ideas on what is up with this? Thanks.
QUOTE(kippwinger @ May 12 2007, 04:22 PM)
Hey I have a HP Pavilion dv6000 using Vista with S-Video out. It requires an S-Video cable with 8 pins. I found an S-video cable adapter that will go from 8-pin s-video to an RCA video cable. I plugged it all in and hit the connect to external display and it kills the screen on the laptop but does not show anything on the TV. I hit it again and it shows the whats on the laptop on the TV, but only for a second and then it kills the display on the TV and then the laptop display returns.
I'm not sure its the NVIDIA card or not, but I am afraid to get back on the phone with HP's support.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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I'm not sure its the NVIDIA card or not, but I am afraid to get back on the phone with HP's support.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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I have this same problem, but it's with the normal VGA-out port! Except I have the HP Pavilion dv2000
I don't think it has anything to do with the cable at all! Can you connect your laptop to any television with a VGA cord? I cannot.
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