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S-Video Out... dead?

post #1 of 8
11/25/03 at 1:36am
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Plug s-video cable in and nothing on my 5670... at all... tried everything... Any suggestions? I really need this to work and I'm not very pleased....
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post #2 of 8
11/25/03 at 1:45am
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Originally Posted by ho0ber
Plug s-video cable in and nothing on my 5670... at all... tried everything... Any suggestions? I really need this to work and I'm not very pleased....
Did you turn on the second monitor in your ATI control panel? You have to tell the machine to output on the s-video port, as it's off by default.

Right-click on your desktop, select Properties, then go to the Settings tab, then click the ADVANCED button... then click the DISPLAYS tab...

There are other settings and things to play with... let me know if this resolves anything.

-myrkat
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post #3 of 8
11/25/03 at 1:49am
Uh, what did you plug it into?

Can we assume that you are using the S-Vid out on the 5680 into a TV. Are you using a S-Vid cable? Is your TV set up for this.

Did you change the video settings, ie - Control Panel, Display, Settings Tab, Advanced, Displays, then do what you must.

If after that, you still have a problem, then we can try to help.
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post #4 of 8
11/25/03 at 1:53am
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I cant believe i didnt find that... Thanks alot and sorry for the bitchy mood... long day and a few too many tests tomorrow.

Thanks! Now i have to lower the resolution.... because its doing the annopying follow around the mouse and look like crap deal.
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post #5 of 8
11/25/03 at 2:02am
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Originally Posted by ho0ber
I cant believe i didnt find that... Thanks alot and sorry for the bitchy mood... long day and a few too many tests tomorrow.

Thanks! Now i have to lower the resolution.... because its doing the annopying follow around the mouse and look like crap deal.
800x600 works great... decent compromise.

-myrkat
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post #6 of 8
11/25/03 at 2:26am
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now if i wanna play a movie of some sort, how do i make it not appear blacked out on the tv or projector i'm connnecting my s-video to? Any ideas on that? It seems to be just like trying to take screenshots...
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post #7 of 8
11/25/03 at 2:36am
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got it. Just switch the primary and secondary displays... thanks anyways!
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post #8 of 8
11/25/03 at 12:19pm
Not sure if you are on a dual setup or not (i.e. duplicate of the monitor or extended desktop), but if you are on extended desktop, I have found that certain players have no problem going over to your secondary display (i.e. t.v., second monitor, projector) and then being put in full screen mode while your primary display (usually your laptop screen from most people) remains usable for other tasks. This also solves the problem of having to constantly switch resolutions. Some players that I have found to work well are windows media player, Divx Player, and intervideo windvd. Some players, like the last version of the core media player that I tried, will not work this way and will always insist on using your primary display for full screen mode. The other thing to note is, at least with windvd (haven't seen this on any other players), some of the display modes cause my secondary display (which is a t.v. connected via s-video jack) to go completely black, but that was fixed by simply changing back the the default mode.
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