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Radeon 8500 doesn't recognise TV....
I've had this Radeon 8500LE for about 4 years now & for the first time tried
to connect it to my TV, using a 4-pin S-video adaptor to the RCA connection on the front of my TV. I seemed to have failed at the first hurdle, as I can't enable the TV under Displays on the 8500 - the button is just greyed out! Since the card's so old & I haven't used the s-video socket before, could it be broken or faulty? I've re-installed the drivers & done everything else I can think of, so I'd be really grateful for any other suggestions!!! Regds Mark |
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Radeon 8500 doesn't recognise TV....
After you connect it to the TV, you must reboot the cumputer and you should
see both the computer monitor and the TV have a signal. "Mark Nicholls" wrote in message ... I've had this Radeon 8500LE for about 4 years now & for the first time tried to connect it to my TV, using a 4-pin S-video adaptor to the RCA connection on the front of my TV. I seemed to have failed at the first hurdle, as I can't enable the TV under Displays on the 8500 - the button is just greyed out! Since the card's so old & I haven't used the s-video socket before, could it be broken or faulty? I've re-installed the drivers & done everything else I can think of, so I'd be really grateful for any other suggestions!!! Regds Mark |
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Radeon 8500 doesn't recognise TV....
I'm afraid I've done that, several times! Thanks for the responding, in any
case! Mark "Ted F" wrote in message ... After you connect it to the TV, you must reboot the cumputer and you should see both the computer monitor and the TV have a signal. "Mark Nicholls" wrote in message ... I've had this Radeon 8500LE for about 4 years now & for the first time tried to connect it to my TV, using a 4-pin S-video adaptor to the RCA connection on the front of my TV. I seemed to have failed at the first hurdle, as I can't enable the TV under Displays on the 8500 - the button is just greyed out! Since the card's so old & I haven't used the s-video socket before, could it be broken or faulty? I've re-installed the drivers & done everything else I can think of, so I'd be really grateful for any other suggestions!!! Regds Mark |
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Radeon 8500 doesn't recognise TV....
I discovered new drivers for the Radeon 8500 including a GUI called
'Catalyst Control Centre'. After downloading these, my TV is now recognised. Enabling it allows me to show my PC desktop on my TV very well (as long as I disconnect the TV signal from my aerial). However, whenever I play a video, the TV screen goes blank! The setup options I'm given are 'Extend Main on to TV', 'Clone Main with TV', 'Stretch Main Horizontally onto TV' & 'Stretch Main Vertically onto TV'. I've tried out the first 2 of these, but neither allow me to play a video. Does anyone know if there are any other settings I should be adusting?... Mark "Ted F" wrote in message ... After you connect it to the TV, you must reboot the cumputer and you should see both the computer monitor and the TV have a signal. "Mark Nicholls" wrote in message ... I've had this Radeon 8500LE for about 4 years now & for the first time tried to connect it to my TV, using a 4-pin S-video adaptor to the RCA connection on the front of my TV. I seemed to have failed at the first hurdle, as I can't enable the TV under Displays on the 8500 - the button is just greyed out! Since the card's so old & I haven't used the s-video socket before, could it be broken or faulty? I've re-installed the drivers & done everything else I can think of, so I'd be really grateful for any other suggestions!!! Regds Mark |
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Radeon 8500 doesn't recognise TV....
Ok - please ignore this message: I found 'Theatre Mode' in Catalyst!...
"Mark Nicholls" wrote in message ... I discovered new drivers for the Radeon 8500 including a GUI called 'Catalyst Control Centre'. After downloading these, my TV is now recognised. Enabling it allows me to show my PC desktop on my TV very well (as long as I disconnect the TV signal from my aerial). However, whenever I play a video, the TV screen goes blank! The setup options I'm given are 'Extend Main on to TV', 'Clone Main with TV', 'Stretch Main Horizontally onto TV' & 'Stretch Main Vertically onto TV'. I've tried out the first 2 of these, but neither allow me to play a video. Does anyone know if there are any other settings I should be adusting?... Mark "Ted F" wrote in message ... After you connect it to the TV, you must reboot the cumputer and you should see both the computer monitor and the TV have a signal. "Mark Nicholls" wrote in message ... I've had this Radeon 8500LE for about 4 years now & for the first time tried to connect it to my TV, using a 4-pin S-video adaptor to the RCA connection on the front of my TV. I seemed to have failed at the first hurdle, as I can't enable the TV under Displays on the 8500 - the button is just greyed out! Since the card's so old & I haven't used the s-video socket before, could it be broken or faulty? I've re-installed the drivers & done everything else I can think of, so I'd be really grateful for any other suggestions!!! Regds Mark |
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Radeon 8500 doesn't recognise TV....
If the TV Panel in MMC is greyed, you also need to check the funny
adaptor provided by ATI with ATI 8500 Cards. It must get neatly plugged in your video card and the S Video plug from the TV must go to the video out side of that funny adapter. I have used the S-Video connection between the 8500 DV card on my computer to connect the external Pioneer DVD player and it worked fine as long as the above mentioned connections were firm. They don't stay firm, though. I have scrapped the ATI Card, after getting fed up with finding the correct Catalyst version which marked the TV Tuner/capture work. P. Jayant Mark Nicholls schreef: I've had this Radeon 8500LE for about 4 years now & for the first time tried to connect it to my TV, using a 4-pin S-video adaptor to the RCA connection on the front of my TV. I seemed to have failed at the first hurdle, as I can't enable the TV under Displays on the 8500 - the button is just greyed out! Since the card's so old & I haven't used the s-video socket before, could it be broken or faulty? I've re-installed the drivers & done everything else I can think of, so I'd be really grateful for any other suggestions!!! Regds Mark |
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