laptop-to-tv connection
hi all
Question/Problem: i am looking to hook up my laptop [dell inspiron 1721] to a television in my classroom... basically, to use the tv as a clone of my monitor. i would like to have audio and video. however, the tv that i have is old [zenith, 1992-ish], so it does not have an s-video port. i bought a dynex mini-to-rca stereo audio/video cable at best buy, and they told me that it should work for what i'm trying to do... it plugs into my headphone jack on my computer, which seems odd to me. i'm having no luck trying it on my home tv. there were no instructions in the cable packaging... is there some sort of on-computer setup i should be doing?
Operating System and VERSION: vista
Web Browser and VERSION: firefox 2.0.0.13
Your level of experience: intermediate
Any steps you've taken to troubleshoot? i've googled for instructions, no luck.
Question/Problem: i am looking to hook up my laptop [dell inspiron 1721] to a television in my classroom... basically, to use the tv as a clone of my monitor. i would like to have audio and video. however, the tv that i have is old [zenith, 1992-ish], so it does not have an s-video port. i bought a dynex mini-to-rca stereo audio/video cable at best buy, and they told me that it should work for what i'm trying to do... it plugs into my headphone jack on my computer, which seems odd to me. i'm having no luck trying it on my home tv. there were no instructions in the cable packaging... is there some sort of on-computer setup i should be doing?
Operating System and VERSION: vista
Web Browser and VERSION: firefox 2.0.0.13
Your level of experience: intermediate
Any steps you've taken to troubleshoot? i've googled for instructions, no luck.
