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ooo
11-21-2004, 12:34 AM
How does that work? Like what do I plug to what...

http://www.explosivelabs.com/reviews/aiw9000/card/tmcard_io.jpg

http://www.explosivelabs.com/reviews/aiw9000/mp/package.jpg
^ you plug the S cable thingy into the third one to the top right (3 black heads and 1 yellow one)

http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/14-102-297-04.JPG
^ 2nd to last black cable (S cable thingy)

tesco
11-21-2004, 12:46 AM
well, the manual tells you what to do exactly.

i'm sure that what you said is right. The black svideo cable hooks up to the video out (between the RF Input and the DVIoutput).


for the input the purple thing plugs into the video input, then you plug the devices into that purple thing. :)

ooo
11-21-2004, 12:47 AM
lol and yet its not working! i tried it... turned my tv to video 1 channel

fkdup74
11-21-2004, 09:29 PM
is that an s-video plug on the other end of the purple cable?
cant you just plug that into the s-video out and plug your tv to that?

-edit- nvm, i need sleep :S

tesco
11-21-2004, 09:53 PM
it's gotta be enabled to see anything.
right click desktop>properties>settings and there should be 2 monitors, one greyed out. click it, then click "extend my windows desktop onto this monitor"

Storm
11-22-2004, 01:13 PM
remember that a monitor has a way greater resolution than a TV, you cant use your TV to do much beyond watchin movies, or maybe playin some games......

bigdawgfoxx
11-22-2004, 01:45 PM
remember that a monitor has a way greater resolution than a TV, you cant use your TV to do much beyond watchin movies, or maybe playin some games......

Will everything be to small or to big? To small Im guessing..

Duffman
11-22-2004, 11:16 PM
Will everything be to small or to big? To small Im guessing..

nope just blurry as hell.

tesco
11-22-2004, 11:51 PM
ya really blurry...sometimes staticy too. :huh:
:(

Afronaut
11-23-2004, 12:16 AM
The PC is sending the video signal to TV via Svideo cabel.
So, you need to have the TV set up right,
it has to listen the right channel, there might be one built in,
or you can do search, check the TV manual for details.

Also, the PC, has to be sending the signal.
There's tons of options in ATI control panel.
And, reading the manual should reveal the thruth about
the matter.

I cannot remember the details how it was done and I dont
currently have TV or Ati screen card to play with.

:cool2:

Storm
11-23-2004, 02:32 AM
The PC is sending the video signal to TV via Svideo cabel.
So, you need to have the TV set up right,
it has to listen the right channel, there might be one built in,
or you can do search, check the TV manual for details.

Also, the PC, has to be sending the signal.
There's tons of options in ATI control panel.
And, reading the manual should reveal the thruth about
the matter.

I cannot remember the details how it was done and I dont
currently have TV or Ati screen card to play with.

:cool2:

easy: rightclick desktop, properties
settings -> advanced ->displays

turn on the tv, and your sending a signal

now to make your TV screen the one to view the movies on (for some reason the movies will appear black on one screen and picture on the other (note: this is not true for DVD playback (bet they did that to make it even more weird :P )):
each screen has 2 blue buttons (at least, it had that with my 9200 SE and now has it with my 9600 PRO), one is a ball in a circle, and one is 2 screens kinda merged......

you want to set your TV as primary (the ball in circle) and your monitor as secundary (the other one)...... make sure you dont set both to primary, as it will fuck with you monitor resolution............

to watch movies on your PC again, switch them back.........

also, its best to switch the TV off again (off as in the option to view your comp with it) after use, this will make it easier on your video card (though i never do it :P )

bob_the_alien
11-23-2004, 04:33 PM
ya really blurry...sometimes staticy too. :huh:
:(Never had a staticy problem with mine before.
Actually even games played a 1024 x 768 look fairly decent on the televison, although the resolution sucks, kinda nice sometimes to on my bed and play UT2k4 on a 32" rather than my 19" monitor.

However, can be kinda blury when it comes to text, that's really all I ever notice it really being blury on, but if you resize the text, looks good to me.

I mostly just use it for watching Anime though, it's absolutely perfect for that.
;)


also, its best to switch the TV off again (off as in the option to view your comp with it) after use, this will make it easier on your video card (though i never do it :P )me either