Having trouble getting my laptop to display on the TV with VGA to S-Video

[DiZASTiX]

Hey, I have a dell inspiron 1300 notebook and the only form of video out it has is VGA. I bought a VGA to S-Video cable and I'm trying to get it to display on my TV with an S-Video in.

I downloaded the latest video driver from the dell website and it comes with this program called "intel graphics media accelerator driver for mobile". I plug the S-video cable in and tell it to output through the monitor but on my tv all I get is static and a rough black and white image of my laptop desktop.

Here is the info that the program gives me about my laptop / video card:

Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile Report


Report Date: 03/24/2006
Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 16:28:16
Driver Version: 6.14.10.4410
Operating System: Windows XP* Professional, Service Pack 1 (5.1.2600)
Default Language: English
DirectX* Version: 9.0
Physical Memory: 503 MB
Minimum Graphics Memory: 8 MB
Maximum Graphics Memory: 128 MB
Graphics Memory in Use: 10 MB
Processor: x86 family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8
Processor Speed: 1396 MHZ
Vendor ID: 8086
Device ID: 2592
Device Revision: 03


* Accelerator Information *

Accelerator in Use: Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family
Video BIOS: 1219
Current Graphics Mode: 1280 by 800 True Color (60 Hz)



* Devices Connected to the Graphics Accelerator *


Active Notebook Displays: 1


* Notebook *

Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Display Type: Digital
Gamma Value: 3.54
DDC2 Protocol: Supported
Maximum Image Size: Horizontal: Not Available
Vertical: Not Available
Monitor Supported Modes:
640 by 480 (60 Hz)
800 by 600 (60 Hz)
1024 by 768 (60 Hz)
1280 by 800 (60 Hz)
Display Power Management Support:
Standby Mode: Supported
Suspend Mode: Supported
Active Off Mode: Supported

* Other names and brands are the property of their respective owners.

Here are some screens of the settings:

http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/297/untitled6iv.jpg
http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/3756/untitled23ui.jpg

 

[Matthias99]

You normally need a scan converter to go VGA->RCA or S-Video unless the GPU actually has S-Video output hardware built in... is this "VGA to S-Video" cable you got specifically for this laptop, or is it some generic cable?

 

[DiZASTiX]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
You normally need a scan converter to go VGA->RCA or S-Video unless the GPU actually has S-Video output hardware built in... is this "VGA to S-Video" cable you got specifically for this laptop, or is it some generic cable?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

not specifically for this exact laptop...

 

[Matthias99]

I strongly suspect that adapter is for laptops using an ATI video card, NOT the generic Intel onboard video.

 

[Peter]

Exactly. The graphics chip needs to support outputting a TV signal on the VGA plug. Intel's, lacking an integrated TV encoder, inherently doesn't.