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.
Connecting to a TV Set
To connect a TV to the computer:
Back of PC
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Connect the TV cable using one of the following
scenarios, depending on the connection jacks on
your TV:
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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
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If your TV has a composite video jack and your
Back of PC
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
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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.
Back of PC
Composite Video
Cable
S-Video Adapter
Cable
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
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.
3. Turn on the computer.
4. When the Windows desktop appears, right-click
an empty area of the desktop.
5. Click
6. Click the
7. Click the
Properties
Settings
Advanced
.
tab.
button.
Viewing the
Computer Image on TV
IMPORTANT:
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.
Connecting the Computer to a Television
The type of video card on your
8. Click the
under
computer image on your monitor and your TV
simultaneously.
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.
nView
nView Modes
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.
tab, if available, and
select Clone to view the
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Disabling the TV Option
6. Click the OK button, and then click
OK
again.
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
3. Click the
4. Click the
5. Click the
Properties
Settings
Advanced
nView
Standard [nView disabled]
IMPORTANT:
image on just the TV, do the following: With
Standard [nView disabled]
under nView Modes, click the
Settings
Device
Display
, and then select the
.
tab.
button.
tab, and then select the
If you viewed the computer
button, choose
option.
Select Output
option.
selected
Device
Analog
7. When the computer image appears on the
computer screen, click
have 15 seconds to accept this new setting before
it reverts to the previous setting.
Yes
to keep the setting. You
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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Connecting the Computer to a Television
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