RCA to VDI cord

[firelord1980]

Hello , my problem is getting my tv(SANYO) to be used as a second computer monitor so that i can watch live streaming movies from my laptop (TOSHIBA). I purchased a converter cord that has RCA plugs on one end and an AVI on the other. I hooked the devices together , all i get is the blue screen of death on the tv. i tried doing the Fn and F5 buttons to toggle the screen display. still nothing! Is there software that is needed to complete the transfer? Please help.

 

[Minkey]

Odd 1st post but can't see any spam so here goes.

1) Using a TV well a CRT won't be able to match your laptops resolution so be warned the quality won't be great. Is it a CRT or an LCD ? If it's a LCD it should have a VGA input - use that instead....if not read on

2) Not sure what you mean by a converter cord with RCA and AVI as AVI is not a standard connector, video connectors are RF, composite (RCA), component (RGB) etc. if you can post a link to what you have that would help.

3) Blue screen of death ? don't you mean a blue screen (which is probably your TV's default for no input signal) - there is a big difference

4) If you have a video output connector on your laptop and that's what you are connecting to the TV you need to ensure the resolution of this output (if it's a CRT) is set to a standard video resolution (720x480 for NTSC) via the display control panel.

5) The Fn+F5 usually toggles the VGA output of your laptop, some are clever enough to toggle the video output instead if that is what's connected but some don't again check your display settings.

 

[Vassago]

I was thinking the same thing, but no string searches came up with a duplicate post on other forums. It may just be legit.

 

[georgedwilkinson]

Agreed with both.

I've done this several times. You're going to want to use the absolute best cable you can get that will fit between the 2, and the quality is much less than desirable...a regular ol' monitor looks better on mine but it matches the monitor quality for my son's computer.

One thing you need to do is make sure you're on the right "channel" on the TV. In my case, I keep my remote next to my computer and swap between HDMI and Antenna (I like to watch TV when I'm just goofing around on the computer).

Also, you'll need some kind of software to handle dual monitors. I think it is kind of built in to Windows XP and up, but I've always invoked it via the NVIDIA control panel (which seems to have more options). I'm not real clear on whether you need NVIDIA drivers installed to do this or not (probably not), but every laptop I've tried it on had the NVIDIA drivers.