Hey guys,

Got a XPS1530 and want to run TV out. having some difficulty. Got a 4-pin s-video to RCA out and plug it into my tv. It cant detect a tv connected. It works on TV alone when i select that through nvidia control centre, but not on dual display. I can only seem to run dual display if i (whilst using tv only) select monitor 2 and say attached and then apply and then monitor 2 becomes my laptop. Very friggin frustrating...

It seems that the 4-pin has the ability to work in 7-pin socket, but maybe the remaining pins have something to do with detection and therfore the nvideo control panel wont allow it to work.

If I just use windows and say that the second monitor is connected and select the right res/refresh, nothing happens (maybe its trying through the dsub out or the HDMI out? Or maybe once again nvideo control panel is interfering?).

Anyone know how I might solve my problems? Maybe uninstall nvideo control panel, but then i may have problems with it being bundled to the driver for the card...

Cheers guys

obviously your tv doesnt have hdmi/vga input?

just upgrade your tv

Not an option, its for watching movies off my laptop through a tv. Sadly, RCA is still the golden standard for connections tho it may be shifting to HDMI now.

New info:

When i attach the second monitor in the display properties section it does not work, but then when i go into advanced options and select the same res in a dif colour (high colour or true) it then turns the tv on. After which both screens are working, and i can change back to the old colour scheme whatever it was. When i stop extending the desktop onto it and turn it on again, it does not work. i.e. Need to change the colour in advanced settings again...

Not an option, its for watching movies off my laptop through a tv. Sadly, RCA is still the golden standard for connections tho it may be shifting to HDMI now.

I dunno man most newer tvs, well flat panels anyway, come with HDMI ports. Mine has 2 of them.

You're probably trying to run the wrong rez & your TV just can't handle it. Are you using clone or span mode?

edit: Actually, what happens if you tick the force tv detection box?

last edited by whoop at 22:05:04 29/Dec/08

Tried that, doesn't detect TV but then gives the option to turn it on anyway. Set the res to 720 x 480 which is the res that it runs at when the tv alone is selected.

I've given up. stupid delldo

Don't blame your terrible tv on the laptop. Get some HDMI.

^^I'd blame the TV too or svideo - rca converter cable coz my laptop can output to svideo just fine using an 8700M video card though I do use HDMI instead coz it's better :D

I've only got a 4 pin plug on both my TV and laptop, my TV tuner card in my main PC had a massive svideo plug but it was a/v IN so the other pins were for audio and I suspect that's why you've got a 7 pin plug on the laptop the 4 normal ones are for video and the extras are audio out.