Posted by Billy Joe on 10/19/05 00:13

Steve Kleene wrote:
> We just had a mysterious failure to play videos from our laptop to
> our TV. I'm wondering if anyone could suggest an explanation.
>
> We connected our Toshiba Satellite laptop, running Windows XP, to the
> TV's S- video port. We put in a rental DVD and called Windows Media
> Player. The DVD played successfully on the laptop's monitor. On the
> TV screen, we saw the desktop, the player's skin, and everything but
> the video itself. The sound played on the TV. We got exactly the
> same failure with a second DVD and with two movie trailers that we
> downloaded from imdb.com. Trying a second media player (InterActual)
> gave the same failure. However, an MPEG stored on the laptop's hard
> drive did play correctly on the TV.
>
> In the recent past, we have played DVDs successfully with all of this
> same hardware and (as far as we know) the same configuration.
>
> If anyone can suggest how we managed to send all of the video signal
> except the movie itself to the TV, I'd be grateful.

On the Toshiba p-35 satellite, Display Properties (right click on empty
desktop space, choose properties), Settings, Advanced, Displays.

If the TV is connected via the s-vid port, you merely need to activate BOTH
or just the TV. Your laptop screen is called "Panel."

If you opt for TV as the master, you will have no video on the lap-top.

BJ

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