Well, I tried to do a search (twice) for this, but both times I got the following useful message:
Anyway, today’s challenge is to get TV out working on my computer (Running Windows XP).
It is a Radeon 9100 IGP (Built into an ASUS P4R800-VM motherboard). I thought it would be really easy, but I’m buggered if I can figure out how to do it. Anyone have any experience with this?
I’ve also been trying to Google an answer, but no luck so far.
I had it working on my ATI AGP card. But hell, I am not able to remember it. Do you have ATI drivers installed, or some other drivers?
I remember in the Display Properties there was a tab where you could choose the display arrangements. I had 4 big blue buttons there underneath which were little pictures of the displays that I could use. Not very helpful I know.
[quote=“ratlung”]I had it working on my ATI AGP card. But hell, I am not able to remember it. Do you have ATI drivers installed, or some other drivers?
I remember in the Display Properties there was a tab where you could choose the display arrangements. I had 4 big blue buttons there underneath which were little pictures of the displays that I could use. Not very helpful I know.[/quote]
Actually my discription isn’t very useful.
I should say that I went into display properties and there was a TV option, but it said it wasn’t connected (even though it was). Anyway, I downloaded the lasted drivers, and “Catalyst”, and there’s a way to force the detection now, whether it sees it or not. However, I still can’t seem to make a picture appear on the TV.
Try setting the TV to the primary display? Until that option “sticks,” you may not get anything on TV.
Tried. And it won’t stick. It says it must use the monitor as the primary device. As far as as can guess there should be at least one of two options, either of which I would be happy with:
Only the second option appears to be available for me, and hitting the hot key does indeed switch off the main monitor, but the picture doesn’t appear on the TV.
I suspect the first option is there too, if I choose to have a single monitor, but there’s definitely no picture on the TV in this mode either at the moment.
Feck… it just occurred to me that this might need to be enabled in the BIOS. I’ll have to check that tonight.
I believe Disenable is the default setting. Hope that helps. :America:
Tried. And it won’t stick. It says it must use the monitor as the primary device. As far as as can guess there should be at least one of two options, either of which I would be happy with:
Only the second option appears to be available for me, and hitting the hot key does indeed switch off the main monitor, but the picture doesn’t appear on the TV.
I suspect the first option is there too, if I choose to have a single monitor, but there’s definitely no picture on the TV in this mode either at the moment.
Feck… it just occurred to me that this might need to be enabled in the BIOS. I’ll have to check that tonight.[/quote]
Nothing to do with the BIOS, AFAIK. I remember something with these silly ATI drivers. I believe you need to first go into Windows Dispaly properties and the Settings tab (not the ATI stuff) where you can set the screen resolution and color depth, etc. There should be two displays showing, probably TV one grayed out. Select the one corresponding to the TV and choose “extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor.” Then, ATI’s driver finally realizes there is another monitor and you can make your option stick.
[quote=“zeugmite”]
Nothing to do with the BIOS, AFAIK. I remember something with these silly ATI drivers. I believe you need to first go into Windows Dispaly properties and the Settings tab (not the ATI stuff) where you can set the screen resolution and color depth, etc. There should be two displays showing, probably TV one grayed out. Select the one corresponding to the TV and choose “extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor.” Then, ATI’s driver finally realizes there is another monitor and you can make your option stick.[/quote]
Hmmm… interesting. I’ll try that too. Multiple displays are enabled, but I’m pretty sure I tried setting the second one to TV, but TV wasn’t even an option. I’ll try again though.
Naah. Didn’t work. Actually, I was able to force the TV to be the primary display too… but no picture on the TV itself.
Update: I got it to work last night.
The reason it didn’t work?.. Because I’m stoopid.
What I thought was a video out (yellow RCA jack) on the back of the computer was in fact an S/PDIF Out. I DID have a look initially, and it looked like it said “Video Out”, but I guess my eyes are failing. I also knew from the documentation for the motherboard that it has a TV out option, so it was natural to assume that was it. Anyway, I’m just making excuses here.
Turns out that to get the TV out option (Composite and S-Video), you have to buy a separate module. It then clips onto some pins on the motherboard, so I just hacked the pins and made my own.
I wired up some audio too, so now I can watch all my divXs on the TV. Woohoo!!
[quote=“irishstu”]Update: I got it to work last night.
The reason it didn’t work?.. Because I’m stoopid.
What I thought was a video out (yellow RCA Jack) on the back of the computer was in fact an S/PDIF Out. I did have a look initially, and it looked like it said “Video Out”, but I guess my eyes are failing. I also knew from the documentation for the motherboard that it has a TV out option, so it was natural to assume that was it. Anyway, I’m just making excuses here.
Turns out that to get the TV out option (Composite and S-Video), you have to buy a separate module. It then clips onto some pins on the motherboard, so I just hacked the pins and made my own.
I wired up some audio too, so now I can watch all my divXs on the TV. Woohoo!![/quote]
Congratulations!! That is really inconsiderate that such motherboard extensions don’t come with the mobo in the first place. But I am glad you got it to work anyways.