Hi,
I want to connect a DELL INSPIRON 5150 Laptop to my Philips 42PFL5522D/05LCD screen TV. I bought a cable that has an HDMI in one end and a DVI on the other end. Then, I used an adapter to adapt DVI to VGA because my computer has VGA socket. Then I used Audio L/A cable exactly as shown on the manual. Once connected, I set my laptop monitor's refresh frequency to 60 Hz and adjusted the laptop resolution to the highest possible. But it did not work! Am I using the wrong cable? Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
B
rainman89
11-01-2007, 12:04 PM
make sure u change the output to >option on your laptop to external monitor
I am running XP Home. How can I do that please?
rainman89
11-02-2007, 04:49 AM
right click the desktop then choose output to
Hi,
I want to connect a DELL INSPIRON 5150 Laptop to my Philips 42PFL5522D/05LCD screen TV. I bought a cable that has an HDMI in one end and a DVI on the other end. Then, I used an adapter to adapt DVI to VGA because my computer has VGA socket. Then I used Audio L/A cable exactly as shown on the manual. Once connected, I set my laptop monitor's refresh frequency to 60 Hz and adjusted the laptop resolution to the highest possible. But it did not work! Am I using the wrong cable? Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
B
Why? there's nothing here available yet in HD:confused:
right click the desktop then choose output to
I don't have this option on my machine!! Did you mean right click - propeties - ...etc?
Can you elaborate please? Thanks.
rainman89
11-02-2007, 08:52 AM
does your video card support external monitors?
I have extended my screen to another monitor in the past and that worked fine.
rainman89
11-02-2007, 09:20 AM
if you right click and go to properties does it recognize the tv as a monitor?
Do you mean in the second monitor under properties? No it does not.
rainman89
11-05-2007, 04:55 AM
then you wont be able to output to it if it cant recognize the monitor
I think the monitor was expecting digital input while the laptop was firing analog. I have bought another cable which as VGA in one end and 5 RGB cables in the other end and this should hopefully do it. I am going to trying within a few hours from now.
jaytheguru
11-15-2007, 03:31 AM
I think the monitor was expecting digital input while the laptop was firing analog. I have bought another cable which as VGA in one end and 5 RGB cables in the other end and this should hopefully do it. I am going to trying within a few hours from now.
Did it work?
No it did not! Actually just a simple S-Video cable fixed the problem.