monitor

[blackcat]

hi all
hope you can help.for some reason i cannot get my hoster lite program to drag from my laptop onto my secondry monitor for my karaoke singers to use.everything is right i have checked the leads there ok.but the second monitor is a different colourwhen the hoster kicks in on my laptop the 2nd monitor goes into sleep mode (my wife says i know how it feels lol )can anyone help

regards

john (blackcat )

[ddouglass]

Are you seeing the Windows background on the second monitor, or just a blank screen?
If the monitor is going into sleep mode this is a control setting on that monitor that you should be able to turn off.
If you are seeing the Windows desktop background then start a song and double click on the lyrics display to send it to the second monitor.

[blackcat]

hi dale i am getting a second window on the slave monitor but its a different colour to the original on my laptop
regards
john black cat

[blackcat]

Originally Posted by blackcat

hi dale i am getting a second window on the slave monitor but its a different colour to the original on my laptop
regards
john black cat

ive just tried it again and on the second monitor it
is saying media cable faliure i have tried 4 brand new cables ad it is saying the same thing
thanks
john

[ddouglass]

Is this a TV or computer monitor?

[blackcat]

hi dale its a computer monitor

[ddouglass]

You have set the computer for two monitors and using extended desktop I hope.
If so and those settings are still correct and you have tried 4 different cables I would suggest you have the monitor checked out?

[admin]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

You have set the computer for two monitors and using extended desktop I hope.
If so and those settings are still correct and you have tried 4 different cables I would suggest you have the monitor checked out?

Ditto.

Another possible but rare cause is the video out on your computer may have failed; bad connector, broken printed circuit trace, failed logic chips, etc.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by admin

Ditto.

Another possible but rare cause is the video out on your computer may have failed; bad connector, broken printed circuit trace, failed logic chips, etc.

Yes, that has happened to me at a gig once, had the backup laptop right next to it, though.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by blackcat

hi dale i am getting a second window on the slave monitor but its a different colour to the original on my laptop
regards
john black cat

i'm not sure if this would help, how about changing the resolution of your pc/laptop..cant tell you what setting , but you might wanna play around with it..that happened to me when i had to re-install my os and all the utilities and drivers..