S-Video Out not working

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I have an Asus F3SV Laptop. I'm trying to connect it to an old big screen TV that only supports analog input. So, I'm using the S-video output with the cable that came with the laptop. The problem is though, no matter what I do, I can't get video sent out of the S-Video. I know the TV input is working, as I tried it with a VCR, so i know its receiving video input. How do I enable the S-video to send video out? I have Vista or XP running, and have messed around with the display properties, Nvidia properties, and even tried Media Center as a last resort. How do I get it working?
 
Make sure the TV is plugged into the PC and switched on before you boot.
During boot it will be detected and when you go into the display properties, it should be listed as an available monitor.

If not, under "Setup Multiple displays" in the driver, click the pulldown where it says
"2. Select the display you would like to use"
Select "My display is not shown in the list"
Click the "Rigorous Display Detection" button
It will either detect the TV or ask you if you want to enable the TV anyway.

Hopefully that will get you going.


Edit: forgot that you can also click "Force television detection on startup" during the above process.
Try that as well.

You may also need to change the GPU acceleration mode under "Manage 3D Settings" in the display driver.
Set it to "Multiple display performance mode"
 
Nenu said:
Make sure the TV is plugged into the PC and switched on before you boot.
During boot it will be detected and when you go into the sisplay properties, it should be listed as an available monitor.

If not, under "Setup Multiple displays" in the driver, click the pulldown where it says
"2. Select the display you would like to use"
Select "My display is not shown in the list"
Click the "Rigorous Display Detection" button
It will either detect the TV or ask you if you want to enable the TV anyway.

Hopefully that will get you going.


Edit: forgot that you can also click "Force television detection on startup" during the above process.
Try that as well.
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Is this for XP or Vista? I can't seem to find "Setup Multiple Display" under any of the driver tabs. Where should I be looking?
 
It could vary a lot depending on driver version.
I'm using 175.16.

You might want to try another driver, this site is quite good for laptop drivers and modded inf files for normal drivers.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
 
Nenu said:
It could vary a lot depending on driver version.
I'm using 175.16.

You might want to try another driver, this site is quite good for laptop drivers and modded inf files for normal drivers.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
Click to expand...

It's on my laptop, so it's an 8600M GS,so I can't use that driver. Nvidia will not let me install, and there site tells me, to download the driver from ASUS. Even the Laptop site you suggested give an error saying that I have the wrong version of Vista.

The only driver available from ASUS is V7.15.11.0134, which I have.

I have gotten the VGA and DVI output working fine, but the S-Video refuses to send video out. Is there any other way of getting it to work other then fiddling with Windows settings?
 
Not that I know of.
It may be that the driver you are using doesnt support TV out, its possible.
That website will have a driver you can use, you dont need the very latest.
 
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