HTPC to a TV issue..

V|per · 29 Jan 2007 at 20:53

This one is really starting to do my nut in now, to the point where the computer is about to be thrown accross the room..

Have a mini-ITX pc, via epia m10000 mobo (onboard s-vid out and rca out)

Basically cant get a TV to run on it in windows, have used rca to svid, rca to rca, s-vid to rca, s-vid to s-vid AND s-vid to scart) ALL of these produce a fine image in the bios and on the windows loading screen, but when it gets to the login screen it is just blank, with speakers connected i can hear it entering windows if i type the password correctly, but still no picture.

I have to set the type of video and it's res in the bios, currently set to crt and tv (crt being a standard pc monitor) and the res set to 640x480... which is also the res i have set in windows anyway at the moment... (i really no nothing about TV's, i was under the impression that the ran at a res of 800x600, but i am told that it is 640x480 [excluding HD ofc])

WTF am i doing wrong?

Cheers for any suggestions...

Mr.Pink · 30 Jan 2007 at 08:15

Might be way off target here, - but have you tried dropping the refresh rate down to 60Hz?

a1ex2001 · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:20

If I remember correctly, you need to boot it up with both a monitor and the TV attached and then set it to output to the TV from the display setting menu. The windows drivers by default turn the TV-Out off.

SeriousPigeon · 30 Jan 2007 at 13:41

I had exactly the same thing. You need to have a monitor connected, then turn on the TV out in the drivers.

V|per · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:59

yeah its at 60hz, and i was informed about the primary/seconday issue last night by a rather helpful overclocker, still haven't yet had time to try, but am a bit annoyed with myself for not thinking about that one :/

Cheers guys. will let you know how it goes..

Foghorn Leghorn · 31 Jan 2007 at 18:53

aye, as the others have said above. Once you're up and running its worth taking sometime to setup a vga to scart connection using powerstrip to set the resolution and refresh rate etc(providing you are using an ATI graphics card) considerably better picture, takes a bit of doing but well worth it.

Fog

V|per · 31 Jan 2007 at 23:10

On board gfx mate, mini-ITX pc...

valve90210 · 1 Feb 2007 at 12:23

Is there anyway of connecting an HTPC to just a TV, as 'd very much like to do this with a computer in the bedroom but if I need to have a monitor connected, it would be a bit rubbish.

Valve