Check you have the right drivers. Without knowing the video card its tough
to give a more detailed answer.

"Frustrating pc to tv problem"
<Frustratingpctotvproblem@discussions.microsoft.co m> wrote in message
news:66F506A7-A746-4570-947F-8917BC3D329A@microsoft.com...
> 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
>>
>> "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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