Connecting a PC to a TV

DEL 707 · 9 Oct 2006 at 13:34

I want to connect an old PC of mine, up to my widescreen TV, nether of them are anything fancy.

Question is, what kind of wiring do I need? Here's a picture of the GFX card connectors http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~del707/PCback.JPG

Also how would I set it up so that the sound goes through my TV's internal speakers?

Dr_Evil · 9 Oct 2006 at 13:36

You'll need an S-video to Scart connector to connect your video card to the TV. Also you'll need to get some sound cables, T-Jack at one and and dual connectors on the TV side. or leave the sound and have it come through your pc speakers.

DEL 707 · 9 Oct 2006 at 13:39

Thanks for the quick reply, would I be able to pickup something like that from Currys or Dixions? Or is it more of a PC World job?

Dr_Evil · 9 Oct 2006 at 13:43

S-Video to Scart you can pick up from an electronics shop.

hardc0re_tid · 9 Oct 2006 at 13:52

from experience your tv needs to have S-Video in, if not, you may be presented with a black and white picture if you use a scart and s-video lead.

wizardmaxx · 9 Oct 2006 at 13:52

If im not mistaken, thats an ati card and a std svideo connectors not going to work (4pin).

Sp00n · 9 Oct 2006 at 14:09

Looks like the back of my radeon 9500, i hooked up the second graphics output to my tv with the middle output hooked up to the s-video, however it doesnt work anymore cause i think i shorted it out

wizardmaxx · 9 Oct 2006 at 14:11

Sp00n said:
Looks like the back of my radeon 9500, i hooked up the second graphics output to my tv with the middle output hooked up to the s-video, however it doesnt work anymore cause i think i shorted it out

Why would you want 2 signal going to your TV - Pic in Pic ?

Sp00n · 9 Oct 2006 at 14:14

My mistake, i didnt mean the second output, i meant just the middle one

DEL 707 · 9 Oct 2006 at 14:17

Things went from very simple to hugly confusing

It's a radeon 9800 btw.

wizardmaxx · 9 Oct 2006 at 14:21

Most s-video cables are 4-pin, Ati's are normally 7 pin for, me thinks, enhanced s-video output.

1 GND Ground (Y)
2 GND Ground (C)
3 Y Intensity (Luminance)
4 C Color (Chrominance)
6 - -
7 V Composite Video
5 VGND Composite Ground

Generally the first four pins on those 7-pin connectors on the same places as the standard four pin S-video connector have practically always the same fuctionality as those pins in S-video connector.

http://pinouts.ru/Video/svideo_7pin_pinout.shtml

DEL 707 · 9 Oct 2006 at 18:26

So a standard S-video lead won't work?

ryu · 9 Oct 2006 at 18:33

do you not have the little cable that converts the gfx output from s-video to phono still? it usually comes with all ati gfx cards. if so then you can just buy a phono to phono cable for the video output and another 2 of these cables for left and right audio. have them plug into the ports on the tv or plug them into a wireless scart adapter and connect to the tv via that.