Hi. Thanks for helping me with my problem. The specs on the video card are:

ATI Mobility 128 AGP 2X (DELL)

Device type: Display adapters
Manufacturer: ATI
Location: PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0
Driver Provider: Microsoft
Driver Date: 6/6/01
Driver Version: 5.1.2001.0
Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Publisher


"Meathead(MVP)" wrote:

> 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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