Video Help

[LuanaR]

Hi,
I have a DuraBook D14RYE, Kworld VGA to TV converter and an RF adapter. Everything was working ok, now I have gone through 4 converters and 4 RF adapters and no video. I do not have s-video.
I do have VGA can I bypass the converter with a VGA-SVideo ot VGA-RCA and use just the RF adapter. All the TV's are older.
Thank you

[RIKKI TIKKI]

Originally Posted by LuanaR

Hi,
I have a DuraBook D14RYE, Kworld VGA to TV converter and an RF adapter. Everything was working ok, now I have gone through 4 converters and 4 RF adapters and no video. I do not have s-video.
I do have VGA can I bypass the converter with a VGA-SVideo ot VGA-RCA and use just the RF adapter. All the TV's are older.
Thank you

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

LuanaR,
Click on the link above...
And learn from my bad experience by reading the product introduction to understand what you are asking a little better!

I purchased one of these adapter cables ( VGA to RCA or S-Video ) locally ( 60 miles away ) a few years ago for my vga only laptop. When I found out my laptops video card didn't support the tv out from vga capability, I didn't return it, because it wasn't worth a special trip to get a refund of $14.95 + tax. I eventually found this website ( monoprice.com ) and have ordered their converter, and find it's size and ease of use, to be very good, and at about a third of the price of the Radio Shack Gigaware version that I had to return, after a couple of fruitless hours trying to make it work, and since it was a resealed box (only one left), I couldn't try another one to see if I had a broken unit, or was just not following it's sparse and unclear instructions to make it perform!

So your question here might save you the time and expense, of trying a cable adapter, instead of a converter, if your laptop's video card will not support the tv out, through the vga connection...

[bryant]

Originally Posted by RIKKI TIKKI

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

LuanaR,
Click on the link above...
And learn from my bad experience by reading the product introduction to understand what you are asking a little better!

I purchased one of these adapter cables ( VGA to RCA or S-Video ) locally ( 60 miles away ) a few years ago for my vga only laptop. When I found out my laptops video card didn't support the tv out from vga capability, I didn't return it, because it wasn't worth a special trip to get a refund of $14.95 + tax. I eventually found this website ( monoprice.com ) and have ordered their converter, and find it's size and ease of use, to be very good, and at about a third of the price of the Radio Shack Gigaware version that I had to return, after a couple of fruitless hours trying to make it work, and since it was a resealed box (only one left), I couldn't try another one to see if I had a broken unit, or was just not following it's sparse and unclear instructions to make it perform!

So your question here might save you the time and expense, of trying a cable adapter, instead of a converter, if your laptop's video card will not support the tv out, through the vga connection...

An adapter is NOT a converter and very rarely does a vga output support TV out. Vga is a different signal that MUST be converted to a TV signal.

[RIKKI TIKKI]

Originally Posted by bryant

An adapter is NOT a converter and very rarely does a vga output support TV out. Vga is a different signal that MUST be converted to a TV signal.

That's up to the video card she has... and true, not a lot of stock video cards will support tv out from vga, without conversion... just trying to show her where to look, and what features to look for in her computer purchases... hdmi is our next challenge with all the hd tv's... price a lengthy hdmi cable and you'll find out that maybe the vga to rca or s-video converter is not a bad way to go... and the necessity of the converter is not that pricey, or inconvenient compared to running 50 ft. of hdmi cable! Then there is the picture quality issue... do you need hd quality for just lyrics doing Karaoke? Or are we talking about the video quality and resources that will be required, when running all the features that are upcoming in the next generation of Karaoke?

[LuanaR]

Hi,
Wow. Again I am not sure where to start. Video is Mobile Intel(R)945
express chipset family.
I connect the vga to computer and converter vga out I also connect the svideo or(and) rca from converter to rf adapter and connect the coaxal from rf to tv. I live very rural so If I can find what I am looking for may be a trip of over 3hr drive. I have already purchased vga to tv converter and rf adapters and I can not seem to get them working. I am confused and don't know where to go from here.
Thank You

[RIKKI TIKKI]

Originally Posted by LuanaR

Hi,
I have a DuraBook D14RYE, Kworld VGA to TV converter and an RF adapter. Everything was working ok, now I have gone through 4 converters and 4 RF adapters and no video. I do not have s-video.
I do have VGA can I bypass the converter with a VGA-SVideo ot VGA-RCA and use just the RF adapter. All the TV's are older.
Thank you

You say everything was working ok... check the display setting for the 2nd monitor, and see if the extended desktop check box is checked... if not... your computer is not recognizing the 2nd display, and you need to tell it to transfer your desktop to a 2nd display ( T.V., or another monitoring device ).

Does your T.V. have an S-video jack, or a Video In jack ( Yellow color ), or are they only capable of hooking up through the antenna ?

[LuanaR]

Hi,
Yes, the 2 monitor is in extended mode.
no on the svideo and rca to the tv just coax.
I had it working until everything was shut down for the night. When I turned everything on I had no video and still don't.
Thank You

[Roy Dennis]

Has your external monitor got any inputs other than coaxial ?
if it has a scart socket you can plug a scart adapter with composit video in. I should think if you are using a coaxial you must have to tune the TV to the frequency of your adapter.

Have a look at the video on this site.

http://www.svideo.com/pctvez.html

[RIKKI TIKKI]

Originally Posted by LuanaR

Hi,
Yes, the 2 monitor is in extended mode.
no on the svideo and rca to the tv just coax.
I had it working until everything was shut down for the night. When I turned everything on I had no video and still don't.
Thank You

It's probably something stupidly simple ( not you, but the fix). Every connection is a possible cause for your dilemma. Have you got a spare computer that you can also try some of these ideas on?

I'm thinking you may have a bad connection ( cable, adaptor, plug ), if you have tried 4 different vga converters, and 4 different rf converters/adaptors, then I would suspect a bad cable ( coax, rca, vga, etc ), but you may also have a port that is suddenly not working...and gone bad!

Start with changing out your coax cable for a different one, then a vga cable, then any other wiring connection ( I once had a wire break in the plug end of a coax cable, and trouble shot everything else, knowing that the cable was fine the night before) that is in the video chain to the 2nd monitor.

[hwheeler43]

I am sorry in advance if this is a dumb response but try checking the channel on the tv and make sure it is on the correct one. I think it should be either 3 or 4.

[billyo]

go to www.monoprice.com and get the pc to tv video converter ( KLV2000) for $26.00,cheaper that what i used to used ( Maxview pc to tv converter ) with my old laptop( Dell insp. 1000) that has no s-video out , just had a vga, and make sure your tv/monitor is turned on first before powering up your pc