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Old October 17th, 2009, 06:25 PM
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I just got a Dell Inspiron 1545 and included a 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 video card. With that I had to get a 15 pin to RCA adapter that included a red, white & yellow connection along with S-Video. I tested it today and found that everything works great except I GOT NO VIDEO! I'm using 4.11 and have all the latest updates. Any suggestions?
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Old October 18th, 2009, 01:08 PM
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Just to make sure first did you activate the second display and set it as Extended in the Display tool in the Control Panel?
I don't think you can go directly from a VGA out to a TV-RCA input. It is the wrong type of signal. You are going to need a converter box in between to change the VGA signal to TV output.
I looked at the specs for the 1545s at Dell and all of them had an Intel Graphics card with no option for upgrading from it. I also checked for the outputs and it looks like the VGA output is all you have so as I said above you will need a converter box. A conversion cable like that isn't going to work according to some of the guys on the forum who use this kind of set up.
I just got a new Dell desktop (can't remember the model right now) and the ATI card in mine has DVI, VGA and HDMI outputs. So in my case I can use the HDMI out but will need a TV that uses it so none of the older tube TVs will work on it without some type of conversion box.
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Old October 18th, 2009, 01:48 PM
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Dale,
By converter box, do you mean an RF Modulator? If thats the case, I am using one currently since the monitor I'm using is old.
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Old October 18th, 2009, 05:05 PM
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I just got a Dell Inspiron 1545 and included a 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 video card. With that I had to get a 15 pin to RCA adapter that included a red, white & yellow connection along with S-Video. I tested it today and found that everything works great except I GOT NO VIDEO! I'm using 4.11 and have all the latest updates. Any suggestions?

you need to go to www.monoprice.com. and get a video converter model # LKV-2000,this will get you going..
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Old October 18th, 2009, 06:30 PM
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Billyo is correct. You need a video converter with a VGA input and RCA output to go to the TV.
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Old October 18th, 2009, 08:53 PM
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the LKV 2000 has a vga in, vga, rca and an s-video out, this converter will work with laptops with only vga out..
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Old October 19th, 2009, 12:11 AM
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Thanks billyo & Dale! I'll give it a shot and let you know the results. This forum never let's me down and you guys are the best!
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Old October 19th, 2009, 12:41 AM
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billyo.... I went to the website you recommended and it didn't recognize that model number.
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Old October 19th, 2009, 01:14 AM
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Just go to the site and do a search for Video converter or analog video converter and you will find them. They may not sell that particular model any more.
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Old October 19th, 2009, 02:39 AM
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Monoprice.com is good for cables as well...

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

Dale,

Have you tried to run a combination of HDMI and RCA ( adapted from VGA ) from your unit? I can't seem to get both to work, just one or the other! Maybe there is not a way to multi-stream both formats...
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Old October 19th, 2009, 09:47 AM
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Got it ordered. Thanks!
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Old October 19th, 2009, 10:20 AM
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Dale,

Have you tried to run a combination of HDMI and RCA ( adapted from VGA ) from your unit? I can't seem to get both to work, just one or the other! Maybe there is not a way to multi-stream both formats...
I'm not Dale, but I don't believe you can run both formats at the same time. I also have tried.
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And I haven't tried because I don't have one and haven't needed it.....so far.
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