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petebelt

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#16549 15-Oct-2007 19:01

Can anyone please help me? Ive hooked up my tv through my pc using an s-video to rca. The pictures good but in black and white. Is there somthing else i need to do. My monitor works fine.
Many thanks Pete

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#91139 15-Oct-2007 19:08

What type of TV do you have?

It sounds like you're trying to send a 60Hz NTSC video signal from your video card into the TV when it can only accept PAL. There should be an option somewhere in your dispay properties to select the TV format for the TV output. Set this to 50hz or PAL.

petebelt

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#91145 15-Oct-2007 19:29

Well it looks as though the settings are 56hertz and pal

petebelt

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#91146 15-Oct-2007 19:31

got a sony tv normal kind not plasma or lcd

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#91147 15-Oct-2007 19:38

My guess is that your svideo to rca adaptor has the rca connected to the luminance component side of the svideo hence b/w as there is no chrominance component in the signal.

Use an svideo lead, i.e., svideo on each end.

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petebelt

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#91148 15-Oct-2007 19:44

the tv hasnt got s-video

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