brock01 Posted December 27, 2006 CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 Hello, i am having trouble enabling tv-out with an s video cable to my tv with the x1900xtx, i have not yet since ive owned it got it to work. i just wanna have my desktop on and have the desktop extended to my tv with an s-video cable for movies. im not sure if i am doing something wrong with the ati software or not? lil bit of help would be HIGHLY appreciated, thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 27, 2006 CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 I dont think that the standard S-Video cable will work. From my really old 64mb ATI Radeon to my 9600 Pro, I have never been able to use a standard S-Video cable. I believe the pin out is different. From what what I remember the ATIs require a 7 pin 'Enhanced' S-Video cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted December 27, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 are you talking bout the middle black thing? http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-127-205-10.JPG then you plug in the other lil black thing that you can plug in the s-vid i can see the monitor turn on when i turn the comp on, if that means anything to ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 27, 2006 CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 so when you boot the computer you can see an image on the tv that you are trying to use? The think that I am talking about is the pinout of the actual cable.. That is the standard S-Video cable. What you need is a 7 pin cable... ATI uses a 7 pin interface because at the same time you can run s-video or HD via composite from that connection.. You need the one on the left. They sell 7 pin to 4 pin cables. They also sell adapters at Radioshack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted December 27, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 i appreciate your help swimmer, its crazy been screwing with this for weeks, and its solved i had the 7 pin already and had it plugged in, what i had to end up doing was unplug the dvi, and boot with windows to my tv, then plug in the dvi, and do it like that this topic can be closed or what not, im all good now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 27, 2006 CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 have you been looking around in the ati control panel there is a setting in there for it like nvidia has nview i don't know what the ati one is called. also make sure you plug in the svideo cable before you turn on the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted December 27, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 this topic can be closed or what not, im all good now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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