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Connecting the Computer to a Television
Your PC has TV-out capability, which means you can connect it to a
television to view the computer image on a TV. With the TV-out feature, you
can view the computer image, watch DVD movies (if you have a DVD drive),
or play games on your TV.
Cables you may need
To connect a TV to the computer, you may need a video cable and an
audio cable. The type of video cable depends on your TV. If your TV has
an S-Video jack, you need an S-Video cable. If your TV has a composite
video jack, you need a composite video cable and, depending on the jacks
on the back of your computer, an S-Video adapter cable.
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Connecting the Computer to a Television
Connecting to a TV Set
To connect a TV to the computer:
1 Turn off the computer.
2 Connect the TV cable using one of the following
scenarios, depending on the connection jacks on
your TV:
■
If your TV has an S-Video jack, connect an S-Video
cable from the S-Video In jack on the TV to the
S-Video jack on the back of the computer.
S-Video Cable
Back of PC
■
If your TV has a composite video jack and your
computer has a composite video jack, connect a
composite video cable to the Video In jack on the
TV to the composite video jack on the back of the
computer.
Composite Video Cable
Back of PC
■
If your TV has a composite video jack and your
computer has only an S-Video jack, connect a
composite video cable to the Video In jack on the
TV and to an S-Video adapter cable. Connect the
S-Video adapter cable to the S-Video jack on the
back of the computer.
Composite Video
Cable
S-Video Adapter
Cable
Back of PC
Note:
The S-Video adapter cable is only needed if there is no
composite video jack on the back of the computer.
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Connecting the Computer to a Television
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3 Connect audio cable: To have sound come from your
TV and not from your computer, plug an audio cable
into the Audio input jack (Line In) on the TV and then
plug the other end into the Line Out jack (lime green
connector) on the back of the computer.
Viewing the Computer Image on TV
Important: The type of video card on your computer
determines how the computer selects the TV-out option.
Some options and menus in this procedure may be
different for your computer.
To view your computer image on the TV:
1 Make sure the video and audio cables are connected
before you turn on the TV and the computer.
2 Turn on the TV. Press the Video/TV button on your
remote control to select the Video setting, not the TV
setting.
3 Turn on the computer.
4 When the Windows desktop appears, right-click
an empty area of the desktop.
5 Click Properties.
6 Click the Settings tab.
7 Click the Advanced button.
8 Click the nView tab, if available, and under
nView Modes select Clone to view the computer
image on your monitor and your TV simultaneously.
Important:
You can view the computer image on just
the TV. Under nView Modes select Standard
[nView disabled], click the Device Settings
button, choose Select Output Device, and then
select the TV option.
9 Click the OK button, and then click OK again.
10 When the computer image appears on the TV
screen, click Yes to keep the setting. You have
15 seconds to accept this new setting before it
reverts to the previous setting.
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Connecting the Computer to a Television
Disabling the TV Option
When you want to disconnect the TV from the
computer, you may need to disable the TV option to
return your computer display to its original resolution.
To disable the TV option:
1 Right-click an empty area of the screen.
2 Click Properties.
3 Click the Settings tab.
4 Click the Advanced button.
5 Click the nView tab, and then select the Standard
[nView disabled] option.
Important:
If you viewed the computer image on just the TV,
do the following: With Standard [nView disabled]
selected under nView Modes, click the Device
Settings button, choose Select Output Device, and
then select the Analog Display option.
6 Click the OK button, and then click OK again.
7 When the computer image appears on the
computer screen, click Yes to keep the setting.
You have 15 seconds to accept this new setting
before it reverts to the previous setting.
Disconnecting the TV
1 Disable the TV option. See the previous procedure.
2 Turn off the TV and the computer.
3 Remove the video cable at the TV and the PC.
4 Remove the audio cable at the TV and the PC.
5 Reconnect your computer speaker cable to the
Line Out jack (lime green connector) on the back
of the computer.
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