Using a computer monitor for the Singer's Display
 

I have hooked up TV sets, even more than one at a time, as second monitors for the singers and audience along with projectors at times. However, how do I get a computer monitor, instead of a TV, as the second display for the singer's monitor.

I mean the computer monitor has no s-video or rca input, just the nine pin one. What do i do with that?
I will be using my backup machine for this: Dell e1505 laptop.

are you talking about a vga? youll need a vga cable , hooked it up to the vga out of the 1505 to the vga in of the monitor, or get a maxview adaptor this has a s-video/rca and a vga connections.., but since the 1505 has a 7 pin s-video you'll need to get the 7 pin to rca cable , plug the 7 pin to the 1505 then the rca end to the maxview adaptor and plug in the vga cable from the monitor to the vga out of the adaptor..

or.. get a video card that has a 2nd vga output. My ATI X1600 has VGA, DVI & S-Video

I've got all the 7-pin adaptors and didn't even think to look for a vga out on the Dell. Does it have one. Guess I can look when I get home.

Do any special settings have to be set if I am going to TWO computer monitors at the same time (one being the laptop monitor). Or is it the same thing I do now for external TV monitors I put through the s-video. And will I still ALSO be able to hook a projector from the s-video using "extend to second monitor".

i'm not sure but i think you need to get a y cable, connect it to the video source

What would be the purpose in going from S-Video to VGA.

Might as well use a TV, because that's the resolution you will end up with anyway...Junk.

When using a laptop that doesn't have a second VGA/DIGITAL OUT, I would suggest using a MATROX DUAL HEAD-TO-GO.

This will give you the correct way to interface to a Second LCD Monitor.
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gx...dh2go/home.php

What I'm doing is playing at an Opera House at the City hall on a huge stage and thought the extra computer monitor would look a lot nicer up on stage and off to the side for song-cueing purposes only, and then a projector showing on a pull down screen for the audience.

i just checked the prices on these things..they are expensive..maxview converter is a lot cheaper than matrox, which i think will do the same job

Thanx, Bill. I got one of a similar type but it doesn't have the vga out. I would need a "Y" splitter with one going to an rca in and one going to a computer monitor in (VGA 9 pin).