TV = Black & White

2005-02-26, 14:35

Hi All,

I was trying to setup my pc for a television connection. I have a Dell laptop (Inspiron 8600 with GF5200FX) with a specific 7 pins s-video out connector. I plugged a regular 4 pins s-video to composite plug into it and then a cable to the composite in of my sony tv. I tried both powerdvd and wmp, where on my laptop the movie was shown in a window and on my television full screen. Everything worked excellent, exactly how I wanted. Except for one thing: The movie on my tv was black and white. The quality was very good, but not in colour.

Is this a cable issue or is it something with some settings in the nvidia driver setup on my laptop?

2005-02-26, 14:45

Maby your output signal is ntsc and your tv is pal or reverse.
You can check it in your driver

2005-02-26, 14:53

output signal is pal/b and so is my tv.

2005-02-26, 15:03

This topic is not about Media Portal if you haven't colour under your OS.
Check this address, it could help you (FR but screens), it works great for me :
http://www.trucsastuces.com/Forums/topic-2544.html

2005-02-26, 15:05

It's indirectly related to mp and besides I can't read French.

Anyway I'm not asking for a solution, I only want to know whether it's a cable or a driver setting issue.

eLow · 2005-02-26, 15:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quint

Is this a cable issue or is it something with some settings in the nvidia driver setup on my laptop?

Could also be your tv, or the AV channel you selected. http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/.../482538#zwartw

SPYcorp · 2005-02-26, 16:11

The is problem maybe your TV. Most older TV cant handle S-Video (or was it composide dont know) Signals. The Result is, the the Screen is black/white. Friend of me got the same Problem with his TV out connectet to his TV.
Same with my fathers AV-Receiver. Connecting the S-Video from his DVDplayer give black/white. Loop it throu an Svideo "compatible" device to Scart the Colors return

2005-02-26, 16:30

Quote:

Most older TV cant handle S-Video (or was it composide dont know) Signals. The Result is, the the Screen is black/white

Yep, try using composite instead of s-video. I think this will solve your problem. You need to find out witch pin you can use from your laptop s-video out to conect to a composite plug

2005-02-26, 16:36

You can also check if your TV has a setting for receiving S-VHS. I had the same problem when connecting S-VHS to my old TV, but after checking the manual I saw that I had to change a setting to receive the signal correctly. So now S-video works perfectly on the TV which was bought in 1996

2005-02-26, 23:18

uh...old tv?

I have a 84 cm widescreen 100 hz Sony tv with 3 scarts, 1 composite in and 1 s-video in. I would say it's not really an old tv.

But I'll check the manual to see if I have to change something.

2005-02-26, 14:35	#1 (permalink)
Quint Guest Posts: n/a	TV = Black & White Hi All, I was trying to setup my pc for a television connection. I have a Dell laptop (Inspiron 8600 with GF5200FX) with a specific 7 pins s-video out connector. I plugged a regular 4 pins s-video to composite plug into it and then a cable to the composite in of my sony tv. I tried both powerdvd and wmp, where on my laptop the movie was shown in a window and on my television full screen. Everything worked excellent, exactly how I wanted. Except for one thing: The movie on my tv was black and white. The quality was very good, but not in colour. Is this a cable issue or is it something with some settings in the nvidia driver setup on my laptop?

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2005-02-26, 14:45	#2 (permalink)
mediabakra Guest Posts: n/a	Maby your output signal is ntsc and your tv is pal or reverse. You can check it in your driver

2005-02-26, 14:53	#3 (permalink)
Quint Guest Posts: n/a	output signal is pal/b and so is my tv.

2005-02-26, 15:03	#4 (permalink)
oswald Guest Posts: n/a	This topic is not about Media Portal if you haven't colour under your OS. Check this address, it could help you (FR but screens), it works great for me : http://www.trucsastuces.com/Forums/topic-2544.html

2005-02-26, 15:05	#5 (permalink)
Quint Guest Posts: n/a	It's indirectly related to mp and besides I can't read French. Anyway I'm not asking for a solution, I only want to know whether it's a cable or a driver setting issue.

2005-02-26, 16:11	#7 (permalink)
SPYcorp Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The is problem maybe your TV. Most older TV cant handle S-Video (or was it composide dont know) Signals. The Result is, the the Screen is black/white. Friend of me got the same Problem with his TV out connectet to his TV. Same with my fathers AV-Receiver. Connecting the S-Video from his DVDplayer give black/white. Loop it throu an Svideo "compatible" device to Scart the Colors return

2005-02-26, 16:36	#9 (permalink)
Vic Guest Posts: n/a	You can also check if your TV has a setting for receiving S-VHS. I had the same problem when connecting S-VHS to my old TV, but after checking the manual I saw that I had to change a setting to receive the signal correctly. So now S-video works perfectly on the TV which was bought in 1996

2005-02-26, 23:18	#10 (permalink)
Quint Guest Posts: n/a	uh...old tv? I have a 84 cm widescreen 100 hz Sony tv with 3 scarts, 1 composite in and 1 s-video in. I would say it's not really an old tv. But I'll check the manual to see if I have to change something.