PC to TV, Set up assistance please

[ThomasD]

Hello.

My pc is Dell Inspiron 1300 lap top.

My TV is Sony KD 32DX100U

The connection is VGA from pc to tv's s-video and yellow video input.

The pc monitor view displays on tv but is repeated three or four times depending on resolution settings or is flickering white lines. It is black and white.

The windows graphics card driver has been updated.

Refresh is 60hz.

Powerstrip has since been installed but the "Advanced Timing Options" is greyed out.

Can you assist?

 

[MrNeeds]

You shouldn't need both yellow RCA and s-video cables plugged in, it will use either one or the other.

Seeing as it is standard definition, I think you should set the resolution to 1024x768 if it is a 4:3 TV, for widescreen I'd choose 1024 x 576, refresh rate(depending on region, I would choose 50hz for USA or 60hz for everywhere else

 

[Miranova23]

I think you got that last part backwards, MrNeeds. Isn't it 60hz for US and 50hz for UK?

...yeah, I just looked it up. I may be animation but I dabble in the technicalities of film. It has to do with how our electrical currents are different, so based on that, different refresh rates evolved for television and film. Different scan lines, 24fps vs 25, aspect ratios, all because of the electrical current standards already in place and divisibility... I love nerding out about it way too much.

 

[MrNeeds]

I think you got that last part backwards, MrNeeds. Isn't it 60hz for US and 50hz for UK?

...yeah, I just looked it up. I may be animation but I dabble in the technicalities of film. It has to do with how our electrical currents are different, so based on that, different refresh rates evolved for television and film. Different scan lines, 24fps vs 25, aspect ratios, all because of the electrical current standards already in place and divisibility... I love nerding out about it way too much.

You're right, I'd be sleep posting again

 

[Miranova23]

Np. Everything else is spot on though.

Actually, upon reading the op's post again, now I'm concerned why he is getting a black and white image. Would that be from trying to use both the s-video and yellow video input?

ThomasD, what brand & model graphics card do you have? This can be found here: Start > right-click Computer > Manage > in the left-hand panel, Device Manager > center panel, Display Adapters. (If you are on XP as your specs say, this should be the same.)

 

[MrNeeds]

Np. Everything else is spot on though.

Actually, upon reading the op's post again, now I'm concerned why he is getting a black and white image. Would that be from trying to use both the s-video and yellow video input?

ThomasD, what brand & model graphics card do you have? This can be found here: Start > right-click Computer > Manage > in the left-hand panel, Device Manager > center panel, Display Adapters. (If you are on XP as your specs say, this should be the same.)

Uk TV's do support 60hz but some CRT TV's don't, the refresh rate may account for black and white, and either the resolution or/and the double cable inputs may account for the image relaying

 

[ThomasD]

It's Intel (R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family

 

[kado897]

If you use S-Video you will almost certainly need a separate audio connection. The Yellow video chord only supports 4:3 I think and I'm not sure if it supports a color signal.

 

[ThomasD]

The VGA cable from the pc splits into S-video and yellow video pin.

Linking only the S-video part to the TV has not made any difference so far.

Depending on resolution settings, the screen is still either flickering white and black lines or a view of the pc monitor split in two halves repeated three or four times on the tv screen.

The audio cable is fine.

 

[Miranova23]

If you use S-Video you will almost certainly need a separate audio connection.

Oh, yeah I forgot about that, too. When I used to do this with my laptop all the time, I got used to it just coming out of the laptop speakers (plenty loud enough tg) or hooking up ipod speakers to the headphone jack.

As for the Intel (R) G33/G31 Express Chipset, I'm not familiar with any auxiliary program that would involve to control it. Is that the "Powerstrip" you referred to?
1. Have you been trying to use just s-video or the yellow video input?
2. Changed the refresh rate? (Some digging in your tv's manual or on-screen menu should indicate which it should be.)
3. Have you been adjusting settings through Display Properties in Control Panel, or some other program?

 

[ThomasD]

The changes to resolution were made through Control Panel > Display Properties.

Powerstrip was suggested online to create custom resolutions but having installed it no adjustments can be made with it because the adjustment button is greyed out for some reason.

Haven;t tried just the yellow video pin as previous advice was connection via vga to s-video. So will try just the yellow pin.

 

[Miranova23]

Let us know how it goes.

 

[ThomasD]

There is no difference with just the yellow video pin from the vga. Still white and black flickering lines.

 

[Lava King]

What you're seeing is usually indicative of the tv (or monitor) being fed a signal that is beyond its resolution capabilities.

Standard definition widescreen resolution is 704x480. I would try that setting or something lower if that one isn't available through your s-video cable.

I looked through the Sony owner's manual online and it didn't say what the available resolutions are. So, start low and work your way up until you find a resolution that you like and the tv will accept.