Pc connected to TV

[DFighter]

Hi I am trying to connect my pc to my tv but for some reason I get black white screen.

what can be the problem my video card or the cables connecting to it ?

don't understand much of it but seems to work fine only not color screen.

[jim]

does you your pc have a DMI port  if it does you need a DMI cable to your tv to work good.

[AnG3L]

Wich kind of cable you use ?

Television as a computer must be able to recognize the device, can your TV do that ?

For my own if I connect a new device to my TV, I do as an installation: new device connected.

Be strong

[DFighter]

well in principle everything works fine I only dont get color on my tv screen

 

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its a cable like this only in diffirent form in the inside, its a old cable I have founded it in old box with cables, not sure if that can handle colors

[rolf]

does you your pc have a DMI port  if it does you need a DMI cable to your tv to work good.

DMI? You mean HDMI?

 

well in principle everything works fine I only dont get color on my tv screen

 

https://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&q=cable+for+tv&biw=1024&bih=667&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=PFRDUYWmE4nfPdaNgaAC#imgrc=R8KIzv7JNa8FaM%3A%3BP9f8XRp2M_3rAM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.worklivelaos.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2012%252F07%252Flao-cable-tv-cable.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.worklivelaos.com%252Fcable-tv-in-laos%252F%3B400%3B400

 

its a cable like this only in diffirent form in the inside, its a old cable I have founded it in old box with cables, not sure if that can handle colors

 

 The should be able to transfer colors, but it depends on really a lot of things.

 

Two questions:

1. If you connect it to the TV, which input port have you selected on the TV?

2. What GPU do you have?

 

Then I/we can derive if your current setup (hardware) suffice for sending colors, or that there exists just some wrong software setting.

[DFighter]

the first I can answer aswell 1st and 2nd inputt I tried but both same result black white screen.

I even dont know what a GPU is

[rolf]

So lets go a few steps back

 

 

Is it a CRT or TFT? I guess you've plugged it in on one of the yellow connectors?

 

The GPU is the graphics processing unit, or graphics card. Do you use a laptop (which type?) or normal one, and if the latter, which graphics card do you have?

[DFighter]

Nvidia geforce 7300SE / 7200GS thats my graphic card atleast I think it is it says it in my nvidia menu 

but CRT TFT yellow connector xD ? simply have cable from my computer to skartcable for the screen.

and a white and red cable in my skartcable. ( hope you still understand ) the red and white is for my sound and the big black cable between my pc and tv is for the screen.
in principle it works I have my screen from my computer on my tv only not in color.

so my guess is that big black cable that look on the picture above is either not fit for it or my graphic card isn't  
if you know if my graphic card is good for it then im sure it's the cable
I saw the settings in my videocard menu with color menu for 2nd screen ( tv screen ) or actually select tv and add the settings in there.

 

and sorry I just never looked deeper in these kind of things so really have limited knowlidge only things I find out now lol

[rolf]

Yes, now I have all the information.

 

You actually transmit video over "Composite video". If that isn't configured well, that is, it is configured as NTSC (American standard) while it should be PAL (European standard, except for the French PAL-G in the Netherlands to be precise), it displays the video correctly, but the colors are transmitted differently.

 

I'm not sure where to set it (I use more recent video cables), but some sites indicate something like: display properties, advanced, twinview (nView), device settings, output device, change format. If that doesn't say how it works, you can google for "nvidia pal" with your OS and/or driver version and see what you can get from that

[DFighter]

Yes, now I have all the information.

 

You actually transmit video over "Composite video". If that isn't configured well, that is, it is configured as NTSC (American standard) while it should be PAL (European standard, except for the French PAL-G in the Netherlands to be precise), it displays the video correctly, but the colors are transmitted differently.

 

I'm not sure where to set it (I use more recent video cables), but some sites indicate something like: display properties, advanced, twinview (nView), device settings, output device, change format. If that doesn't say how it works, you can google for "nvidia pal" with your OS and/or driver version and see what you can get from that

 

 

im going to check this first thing in the morning thanks for you're help ! and eventually it will be fine

Even I have to put my pc letterly in my tv  

[JoeDirt]

Set your TV to AVS (older tv's have AV1,AV2,AVS,AV3 etc) since you are connecting it via S-Video.

[DFighter]

just showed my father your suggestions and he said that you both could be right indeed.

he will come over today to try that and if these things don't work ill just get new cable.

 

thank for help

[rolf]

Set your TV to AVS (older tv's have AV1,AV2,AVS,AV3 etc) since you are connecting it via S-Video.

 

I don't think that's right. S-video has two video channels (luminance and color), but DFighter only connects one (which should be possible). Since only black/white is seen and you don't (need to) connect the second cable, hence setting it to S-video isn't the solution.

[Vanaraud]

Do I understand correctly that you have 2 wires going to scart adapter?

If so then had to reseat the wires many times to get VCR to show some kind of pic. So it could be some kind of dejavu from cables\scart adapter.

Basicly if you set in nvidia control panel 2nd screen then it should give out coloured signal, theres a but again. Sometimes it just needs to be set up and 1st screen(if its LCD\PC monitor connected at same time) disabled to get working correctly(the hard part is to get 1st screen working when 2nd doesn´t show also anything. Booting in safe mode would help then).

Also it would be more clear if you gave SS;) But S-video out-> 2 cables->SCART adapter should work in principle. So messing with TV settings could help also.

[JoeDirt]

I don't think that's right. S-video has two video channels (luminance and color), but DFighter only connects one (which should be possible). Since only black/white is seen and you don't (need to) connect the second cable, hence setting it to S-video isn't the solution.

Ehm, that vid card has S-Video out so logicaly it would be plugged into S-Video on the TV. I had the same setup 6-7 years ago.