Laptop Help Please!

rusty bodie · Feb 16, 2015

can anyone tell me how to get a live version of my laptop screen up on to a big old sony tv?!

i bought the vga - scart lead but when i plug them both in and rattle through the source button selection, the tv doesn't see it. am i missing something?

thanks!

craig

t47b · Feb 16, 2015

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If I remeber correctly

with the old TVs you had to turn off the laptop, connect up the cable, set the TV first to the correct AV then turn on laptop, it will then display, if not, then set the display on your control panel on the laptop to TV and set resolution, you will need an audio cable to headphone sockets too.

mattr · Feb 16, 2015

You'll need to tell the graphics card on the laptop to actually output something through the vga port. Usually function + f8 iirc (it is on all of the laptops I can find at the moment!). But best off checking on your laptop.

And I don't think you will get any sound.

mattr · Feb 16, 2015

Ah, yeah. Depends how old!! Really old, might need to refer to the manual

FluffyChicken · Feb 16, 2015

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SCART now we're getting old and into a setup that was never ever going to work with VGA whenever I looked.

Are you sure you have a VGA to SCART and not a SCART to VGA ?

mattr · Feb 16, 2015

He's right ^^^^^.
It needs a converter, not a cable.

Do a bit of googling

rusty bodie · Feb 17, 2015

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thanks for your suggestions, this is the one that i bought:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390952915065? ... EBIDX%3AIT

and the telly is an ancient old sony trinitron. you reckon that this won't work?

Bats · Feb 25, 2015

Only certain types of graphics card could output TV style video through the VGA port, and this was only ever useful for say people making TV shows or using a PC to power an arcade machine.

To be honest even if you got it working you'd be disappointed. The amount of detail an old TV can show is waay worse than even the oldest real VGA monitor, going back almost 30 years now. You wouldn't be able to read anything cause it'd flicker like mad.

rusty bodie · Feb 26, 2015

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thanks for your help and honesty. if i bought a modern flat screen tv would that be any better or it is just a case of watching 80s cycling via internet on the big screen is going to look like a multi coloured blizzard??!

:shock:

Bats · Feb 26, 2015

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Almost all them have VGA sockets on so it'll be fine. Just works as a monitor.

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