Not able to enable S video output from Dell inspiron 6000 to TV Please tell me the steps to connect my Dell inspiron 6000 to TV through the S video output cable.

the problem is your video configuration its supposed to be Tv-in on computer so you can receive video on the laptop screen

Hi,
You will have to look at your TV to see what type of interface it has for PC connectivity, this is because there are 2 types of Video out on the laptop, first the s-video and secondly VGA (D-SUB).

I would recommend the VGA connection as the quality of the picture will be much better than s-video, so you will need a male to male VGA cable if your TV takes that interface (a male to male mini stereo cable is also required for audio)

If your TV only supports s-video then you are stuck with that interface until you upgrade your TV.


If you need anymore help in this matter please don't hesitate to post back.


Regards

For some reason known only to Dell, the default setting for the Inspiron 6000 built-in wireless network adapter is 'off' or 'disabled.'

If you used Dell's restore disk to reinstall XP, the radio button is turned off. Go to control panel/system/device manager, find the wireless LAN device, right-click on it and choose 'Properties.' Under 'Wireless radio' check 'on' or 'enabled.'

Go back to Windows network setup wizard and go back through the steps using the 'restore network connection' button. You should be good to go.

There's an EXCELLENT network manager from Cisco named 'Network Magic' that takes all the guesswork out of setting up your internet connection. I highly recommend it. They offer a free trial and I think may even have a 'Lite' version that helps with simple connections without the bells and whistles of the full blown program. I'm not sure about that, but I can't tell you how much time it's saved me troubleshooting and setting up networks for my clients.

check DEVICE MANAGER if the wireless card have the right driver installed. if you found that the wireless card have yellow exclamation point on the right it means, you installed a wrong driver.

check also in BIOS if the wireless card is enable and the switch is turn on.

press Fn+F2 to enable wireless radio/anthena (funtion key with wireless icon in blue color)

some dell laptop have hard switch located right side check this and turn the switch on.

if you want to see the icon n task bar, go to control panel....network connection...right click on wireless adapter...select properties...check Show on taskbar

You will need a cord that plus into the headphone jack or speaker out jack on the computer and has rca end to plug into the audio input on the TV.It will look like the one pictured.Please rate this solution.

Does it have a TV output only or does it have a VGA out? The ideal would be having another 6000 while changing settings, because you just would have to replicate keystrokes after booting the system (forget about using the mouse - you have to go old-school on it). . Also, there might be some BIOS settings you will have to change.

funny what is virgin is it virginmobile ? cellphone ? you need usb cable to pc from cell. also its nto a router thats built in its a wireless card for 802.11g not for cellphone companies.

Please install touch pad drivers from www.support.dell.com by entering the service tag... that shouls automatically enable the touch pad.

If there is no display on your TV, HDTV, or Projector, please make sure that all of your connections are set up properly and that you have enabled the display in the Catalyst Control Center. The connectors that you will be using would be Svideo for TVOUT, DVI-to-HDTV (Component video), VGA-to-HDTV (Component video) for HDTV, and DVI, VGA, or Svideo for the projector.
Here are the steps to properly setup and enable TV, HDTV, or Projector:

• Turn off your PC and your TV, HDTV, or Projector.
• Ensure that your card was installed correctly, as per the Getting Started Guide.
• Determine if your TV, HDTV, or Projector has a S-Video (for TV), YPbPr for (HDTV), or VGA/DVI for Projector.
• Looking at the back of your PC, locate the needed connector or the supplied adapter cable; attach one end of the cable to your graphics card and the other to your second display.
• Turn on your second display then your PC.

If you are connecting an HDTV to your video card, please Click here for detailed instructions on how to set it up correctly.
Starting Windows with TV or Projector Display Enabled The TV screen may become scrambled during the initial Windows® logo display. This is only a temporary effect and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. During start up, your RADEON will go through a sequence of mode settings, during which your TV display will remain blank. This process takes only a few seconds and helps program the TV display.

• To enable the second Display
• Right-click anywhere on your desktop
• Click Catalyst Control center
• View
• Advanced view
• Display manager
• Detect Displays
• You should have the second display picture under “Attached displays currently disabled
• Drag it to the box on top of it
• Apply
• OK

If for any reason the second display does not get detected, please do the following:

• Open the CATALYST CONTROL CENTER
• Go to Display options
• Check “Force TV detection” *
• Apply
• OK

* Force TV: Allows you to force TV detection if the ATI driver does not automatically detect TV-out connected to the graphics accelerator.
Possible issues:

• Computer monitor loses sync when TV OUT feature is enabled
• Text appears blurry on TV
• TV OUT is black and white with a PAL-M or PAL-N television
• TV OUT is enabled randomly at boot, even with no TV attached
• Image on television is cropped using Overlay Theater Mode
• With Theater Mode-Overlay enabled in Clone Mode and selecting the "Swap Device" option results in the system restarting.
• Corruption may be noticed on an HDTV after setting the resolution to 1080i and enabling Overlay Theater Mode.
• When using an HDTV in extended desktop with theater mode enabled, the video does not display

In case the users display does not natively support HDTV display timings in the EDID, you can add standard HDTV modes so that the usual HDTV resolutions (720p, 1080i, 1080p) are listed in the Display Manager resolutions. You can also create custom HDTV timings to solve any kind of over-scan options (for cases when the windows desktop appears to not fit on the HDTV screen, and the outside boarder is cut off).
For more information on connecting your second display to your Video card, including supported output device combinations, please refer to your user’s manual.

ya and cheak tv out button is cheak in video options adv area as you in 1024x768 mode or less try 16 bit coler 60 hertz also nothing higher