Solved Can VGA and RCA cables be used in combination to connect laptop to TV

[pawanmusale]

Hello

I need to connect my laptop to TV and I have two cables already available with me.
One is VGA cable and the other is 3.5mm 1/8" Stereo Male to 2-RCA Male Audio Y-Cable (see picture attached).

I would like to know if I can use these 2 cables to get video as well as audio on the TV from my laptop.

Thank You in advance.

Regards,
Pawan

 

[hinton92]

unfortuantly you cant on a tv you cant unless you have an adpater like this on amazon then connect a video cable to it hopefully that will help.

VGA to S-Video / RCA Adaptor: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

 

[pawanmusale]

Thanks for the response.

However I can get the video using VGA cable. I want a cable to get audio on the TV.

 

[hinton92]

The reason why i posted that is because you cant play audio while using that type of cable thats why i suggested the converter then yu can have both audio and video I hope my suggesion helps

 

[Dwarf]

It would help to know what TV you are using, so that we can ascertain the signal input options.

 

[pawanmusale]

Sharp LCD model no: lc32sb27u

 

[stormy13]

From the manual for your TV,





Unless your laptop has a HDMI port on it you need to use the VGA cable you have, and instead of the audio cable you posted you need one with the 3.5 MM jacks on both ends, not one with split RCA ends.

unfortuantly you cant on a tv you cant unless you have an adpater like this on amazon then connect a video cable to it hopefully that will help.

VGA to S-Video / RCA Adaptor: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

A cable/adapter like that will only work if the VGA port on the computer/video card is configured to also support TV out, and very few if any (more like none) video cards have a VGA port that works like that anymore. If it isn't then that adapter will not work for anything.

 

[pawanmusale]

If I purchase the 3.5mm (1/8") Male to Male Stereo Audio Patch Cable (see attachment) and use it along with VGA cable, then I guess I will be able to get video and audio.

Am I correct and is the cable in the attachment correct one?

 

[stormy13]

Yep that's the one.

And yes you will, just have to set the audio and video to PC in the TV's settings.

 

[pawanmusale]

Thanks stormy13 and everyone for the help...

 

[pawanmusale]

One question for curiosity:

What is the difference among all these different audio cables? Is it only the size and type of the connector?