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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Raptor on December 01, 2007, 09:49:26 PM
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I have an 256mb NVidia GeForce 5200 FX. It has an S-Cable output connection to connect to a tv. I am trying to get it to connect to my TV but having difficulties. Should I be looking in the Nvidia settings in a certain area?
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should be in the 5200 properties under TOOLS (like where you change performance settings on the card)
IIRC there is a Force TV Detection.
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If you go to your advanced button in settings tab of display properties.
then go monitors tab, select the TV.
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not having any luck with this. Only thing I've found so far is "Force Television Connection on Startup" but no luck.
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Maybe there is a control panel aplet you need to load for that board that you didn't load. Nvidia has a 'Nvidia control panel' aplet that is installed with standard nvidia drivers. Did you install the company drivers, or standard Nvidia drivers?
Contact the Board's tech support. They should be able to walk you through connecting it to a Tv.
Wabbit
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I think it may be my S-Cable, it didn't detect my camera either so I'm gonna try to find another cable.
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The connection in the back of your card is most likely NOT an S-video connector. Mine looks just like one, but I plug a medusa into it, it gives me YCA out AND a plug for S-Video. I have to plug my medusa into the card then the S-video into that.
You might need the adapter!
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Krusty do you know the proper name for the adapter? I'm not finding anything on "medusa adapter"
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the plug on the back is for an adapter to composite video. one came with my 7900GTO but I dont know if the adapter comes with all cards.
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Ah thanks! Would this be what I would need to connect an S-Cable to the vid card?
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=206443888&listingid=12665500&dcaid=17902
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Nope, that's not it.
Looks more like this:
(http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-130-076-06.jpg)
Might want to look up the brand of your card (i.e. eVGA, XFX, etc...) and go to their webpage and see if they have an accessories list for that card, or perhaps they even sell it?
EDIT: Found an image of what I have
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It's been a while but I got it to working once. I had to set my video resolution really low for the TV.
That's all I know.
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NVidia GeForce 5200 FX, no luck finding any accessories... still not sure what to be looking for Krusty. I know it's not the two on the right, apparently it's not the S-Cable... I don't know about the HDTV cable...
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It's the one listed as HDTV cable... I don't think mine supports HDTV, I think it's just a buzz-word they're using to make it seem cool.
I have to plug that in, and then there's an S-video on it that I would use, were I to use S-video. I didn't have an S-video connector on my TV so I used one of the YCAs and just plugged it into an RCA input jack (yeah, I know, cheap-arse way of doing it, but it worked!)
EDIT: If you want I can pull up the manual/paperwork that came with my video card and see if there's a technical name for that part, or whatever else it says about TV-out. That will have to wait til this evening, though.
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Okay I've checked the box contents listing, and it calls that cable an "HDTV Cable" for what it's worth. Looking in the manual isn't so helpful, it has some troubleshooting questions, but only one that is about TV out.
Problem: My card carries the support for TV-Out but cannot get a display on the TV.
Cause: The TV is not properly detected by Windows due to signal loss and/or is not enabled within the Display Control Panel.
Solution: There must be a direct connection from the TV to the graphics card through an RCA or S-Video cable. There cannot be any intermediary devices such as a VCR, receiver or switch box within the connection. Power on the TV before booting Windows and enable the TV-Out feature under Device Selection of the Display Control Panel.
If that doesn't help, perhaps you should describe what you are doing so far, and what result you are getting.
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Like Krusty said. I came across this too. What I finally found out was that I had to plug the computer up, with the s-cable, to the tv. Restart the computer (with the tv on) go to the control panel and fudge with the display resolution & it should work
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Keep in mind the TV resolution is something like 768x486 (can't remember exact numbers). Try the closest match to this resolution first.
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I just ordered one for my ATI card. For my card, it's called a video in/out cable.
One end connects to the grahics card. The other end has 1 composite in, 1 composite out, 1 s-video in, 1 s-video out.
http://www.weethet.nl/english/video_connect_pc2tv.php
That website explains a little more in depth. Scroll down and look at the pictures with the pin-configurations to see which one matches the pin config on your card.
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My order of preference would be-
1. DVI (or HDMI)--->HDMI (or DVI)
2. VGA
3. Component
I wouldn't waste my time with anything lower unless the newer "HDTV" cards now output the higher resolutions on the other ports as well. Also, any adapters plugged into the VC S-video out may have very limited resolution.
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Should I run a dvi to my monitor? Is that better than the usual connection?
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Minutely better. DVI is digital, the other is analog. The vid card is producing a digital signal, which it then converts to analog to send down the wire, but your LCD is a digital device so it reconverts it back to digital. It could save a little time and look a little better to just use DVI, which skips the conversion to and from analog.
If you've got an analog monitor (CRT) then it's a moot point.
Also, we're talking fractions of a second, I bet. You might not notice any speed, but then, maybe (just maybe) you can tell the quality is better. Try it and decide for yourself.
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Originally posted by Krusty
Minutely better. DVI is digital, the other is analog. The vid card is producing a digital signal, which it then converts to analog to send down the wire, but your LCD is a digital device so it reconverts it back to digital. It could save a little time and look a little better to just use DVI, which skips the conversion to and from analog.
If you've got an analog monitor (CRT) then it's a moot point.
Also, we're talking fractions of a second, I bet. You might not notice any speed, but then, maybe (just maybe) you can tell the quality is better. Try it and decide for yourself.
It's currently moot. I have a crt. However I was thinking of getting a new LCD. I can't decide to get the 24 inch envision or 22 inch samsung. Both have a 5ms speed and the samsung has 1000 to 1 contrast while the envision has 700 to 1. Any thoughts? Oh the samsung is $249 and the envision is $339.
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Not my area, sorry :)
5ms sounds good, though. Rest is up to you. Personally, 24 inches is bloody huge. I'd be hard pressed to fit that onto my desktop, let alone in dual-monitor setup with the CRT (if you did that). I'd go with whatever was best ergonomically, all performance stats being equal.
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I only use one monitor for both comps.
I like the way think. I have the room on desk, except this monitory takes up about 3 square feet or more. I boughy this large desk to study for school. But then no desk fits this monstrosity. I'm out of school now. Yet it would still be nice to have some work room.