The display properties was the first place I checked, but there is not option
for viewing on a TV. I also have NT on another partition that does have a TV
view optinon in display properties, but none for XP. Any other suggestions??

"Meathead(MS MVP)" wrote:

> Check out the display properties in control panel.
>
> The Real MVP
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> "Frustrating pc to tv problem" <Frustrating pc to tv
> problem@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BC057F81-A0DB-4CD3-886E-2CFB2962E357@microsoft.com...
> >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!
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