S video

[scottwile]

hey

I know there is a ton of these topics but with my search i could not find anything helpful

i have http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/units/resource/equipment_guide/video_camcorders/camcorder_images/s-video_sockett_small.jpg
in the back of my DVD player and
http://www.refurbished-laptops.biz/images/svideo-photo-big.jpg
in the back of my laptop... the s-video cable i have uses 2 of the same ends which is http://www.wfp76364.w1.com/GENMARK%20SVDC-6%206FT%20SUPER%204-PIN%20MINI-DIN%20VHS%20CABLE%20%232%20B1.jpg....
will these work allthough the two female ends have a different number of pins? if so, what are the step to get it going?

thanks alot
scott

[muchspl3]

it will work

I never noticed but my labtop have the same amount of pins but I use just a regular svid to hook up to my TV

[tesco]

it will work

I never noticed but my labtop have the same amount of pins but I use just a regular svid to hook up to my TV
That's odd, I can't plug my 4pin svideo cable into the 7pin svideo connector on my vid card.:blink:

[lynx]

Two of pins 5, 6 and 7 are for composite video, the other is unused (can't remember which). The 4-pin plug should fit straight in to a standard 7-hole socket.

[scottwile]

Hey

thanks for the information

i tryed to link my desktop and dvd player with that same cable. My desktop is a 32bit 2800+ with winodws xp. more importantly it has a NVIDIA GeForce fx 5600 with an s-video output. When i connect my graphics card with the dvd player with the s video cable it does nothing. In display properties its still only shows 1 monitor and every thing is the same as if i didn't have the cable connected

what do you think?

[muchspl3]

your dvd player your hooking it up to is a output not an input, you need to hook it to a input before you can goto the properties and clone your desktop

[scottwile]

so if it doesn't have an input, it is no use?

[tesco]

What are you trying to do anyway?

[scottwile]

i'm trying to use the Tv as a second desktop

[Virtualbody1234]

hey

I know there is a ton of these topics but with my search i could not find anything helpful

i have http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/units/resource/equipment_guide/video_camcorders/camcorder_images/s-video_sockett_small.jpg
in the back of my DVD player and
http://www.refurbished-laptops.biz/images/svideo-photo-big.jpg
in the back of my laptop... the s-video cable i have uses 2 of the same ends which is http://www.wfp76364.w1.com/GENMARK%20SVDC-6%206FT%20SUPER%204-PIN%20MINI-DIN%20VHS%20CABLE%20%232%20B1.jpg....
will these work allthough the two female ends have a different number of pins? if so, what are the step to get it going?

thanks alot
scott

i'm trying to use the Tv as a second desktop
They are both outputs. They won't do what you want.

[tesco]

i'm trying to use the Tv as a second desktop
You'll need svideio input on your TV then, or if you have RCA/composite input on the tv you can get an svideo-to-composite cable/adaptor.