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"Frustrating pc to tv problem" <Frustrating pc to tv
problem@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Dell C600 laptop and want to view my Windows Media Player videos
> (music videos and movie clips) on my TV set. The pc has a s-video output
> port and my VCR (which is connected to my TV) has video and audio input
> jacks
> (I believe they are called RCA). I have a cable that has an s-video male
> plug that plugs into my pc s-video female output port and a male audio
> plug
> that plugs into the audio output port (with a headphones logo). The other
> end of the cable has a male RCA video plug and two RCA male audio plugs
> (left
> and right). They plug into the female video and audio input jacks on the
> VCR. After plugging in everything, I boot up my pc. The pc video with
> the
> desktop, ect. appears on my tv, which is exactly what I want. However,
> this
> only lasts for 3-4 seconds, then disappears. Why does this happen? All
> the
> connections are correct since I can see the pc sceen on my tv screen, but
> why
> would it suddenly go blank after 3-4 seconds? What a frustrating tease!!
> Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!