IBM T40 s-video to RCA output question

[gordita]

I'm going to be in Atlanta for Training for about a week and would like to use my lappy to play some DVD's for me in my hotel room on some days.
My room is equipped with a TV but am not sure if it would have a s-video input or RCA inputs.

I've had trouble outputting video and sound from my T40 s-video output to my TV using s-video inputs.

can anyone tell me how to do this?

a simple s-video to s-video connection from my T40 to TV results in video output but not sound output?
obviously, I want the sound to come out through my TV so that I can control it and not through the T40.

should I buy a s-video to RCA cable and try going that route?
I just assumed that using s-video to s-video connection would result in good quality video AND sound.

Gracias

 

[Smaug]

You do need a separate plug for audio, S-Video is just that, Video.

 

[gordita]

so, if I go from s-video on the T40 to the 3 RCA cables (including audio+video) to the TV, I should be all set?

but if I do s-video to s-video from lappy to tv, how do I get the audio across?

 

[Smaug]

Can't go S-Video to 3 RCA you would need S-Video, and to split your headphone output into 2 RCA

 

[gordita]

Originally posted by: Smaug
Can't go S-Video to 3 RCA you would need S-Video, and to split your headphone output into 2 RCA

any idea where i can get a cable that has one end going into a headfone and the other outputs to two rca cables

 

[badga]

hate to say it but i have yet to see a TV in a hotel room that had anything but a coax input (the type that comes out of the wall), usually wired to a movie rental box. I used to try to do this with a portable dvd player. The hotels tend to buy special purpose built industrial tubes for thier rooms presumably to cut the cost.

 

[gordita]

well, if it makes any difference, I'm going to be staying at the crowne plaza in atlanta.
anyone know what kinda tv's they have in their rooms....

 

[gordita]

can I use this,
headphone to RCA splitter
to output audio from my T40 to my TV using RCA cables?