Connecting a computer to the screen on my home theater syste

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Bradley Burton

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This is complicated, and I'm not sure if anyone can actually solve this, but
I thought I would ask. I will try to explain this as best I can.

I looked up how to hook up a computer to a TV online, and it basically says
that the way to do this is to connect the cord from the video card in my
computer to the video input (the yellow socket) on the TV, then switch it to
aux mode.

I'm having problems sending my computer image to my screen because I'm using
a projector, so I don't have a TV where I could just plug in the video cord
from the computer to the TV.

My AV receiver has tons of sockets (not sure if that's the right word) in
the back, however in the front, just like a TV, it has, for Aux 1 input, a
video, L, and R sockets. I plugged the cord into the video socket, turned
on the system, and switched the receiver to aux 1 mode.

The computer picture is not showing up. Instead of the computer picture
showing up, the TV picture shows up (with no sound).

I have a cable box where the TV picture is coming from. It also has Video,
R, and L sockets too. Plugging the video cable into that also doesn't work.
Should I be focusing on the AV receiver or the cable box?

Also, I'm not sure if this part matters or not, but the projector itself has
8 different input options. I've plugged in the cord into the receiver,
turned it to aux mode, and tried all 8 options, and I still don't get what I
want. Should I be focusing on this too?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Brad
 
well, before we even go into helping you wire it up, let's get one thing
straight, unless you have an HDTV, or a very high-end NTSC TV with SVGA
input, you can forget sending anything to your TV from the computer other
than playing a DVD or putting a photo up.

in other words, you TV is likely not suitable for displaying anything like
text or your computer's desktop, surfing the internet, email, newsgroups
etc.

so first, tell us exactly what kind of TV you have and what is the end
result you are trying to achieve by hooking it up to the computer, so we can
tell you whether it is even feasible

you wouldn't be happy getting all of the cabling correct, only to realize
your TV cannot resolve enough definition for you to read anything on the
screen

computer output is not the same as cable TV company or satellite dish
output, most TV's have a real hard time with digital video coming into it,
as far as being readable when you are done.




"Bradley Burton" <bradbadNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:W62dnSOW9ut9EljenZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@comcast.com...
This is complicated, and I'm not sure if anyone can actually solve this,
but I thought I would ask. I will try to explain this as best I can.

I looked up how to hook up a computer to a TV online, and it basically
says that the way to do this is to connect the cord from the video card in
my computer to the video input (the yellow socket) on the TV, then switch
it to aux mode.

I'm having problems sending my computer image to my screen because I'm
using a projector, so I don't have a TV where I could just plug in the
video cord from the computer to the TV.

My AV receiver has tons of sockets (not sure if that's the right word) in
the back, however in the front, just like a TV, it has, for Aux 1 input, a
video, L, and R sockets. I plugged the cord into the video socket, turned
on the system, and switched the receiver to aux 1 mode.

The computer picture is not showing up. Instead of the computer picture
showing up, the TV picture shows up (with no sound).

I have a cable box where the TV picture is coming from. It also has
Video, R, and L sockets too. Plugging the video cable into that also
doesn't work. Should I be focusing on the AV receiver or the cable box?

Also, I'm not sure if this part matters or not, but the projector itself
has 8 different input options. I've plugged in the cord into the
receiver, turned it to aux mode, and tried all 8 options, and I still
don't get what I want. Should I be focusing on this too?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Brad
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On 2006-01-11, Bradley Burton <bradbadNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:

My AV receiver has tons of sockets (not sure if that's the right word) in
the back, however in the front, just like a TV, it has, for Aux 1 input, a
video, L, and R sockets. I plugged the cord into the video socket, turned
on the system, and switched the receiver to aux 1 mode.
.....
Click to expand...

look for a VGA conectoor on your projector.
sort of D shaped with 15 pins like this.

. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .


Bye.
Jasen
 
What Brand and Model of Projector are you using and the same for the
Receiver?


On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:08:13 -0600, "Bradley Burton"
<bradbadNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:

This is complicated, and I'm not sure if anyone can actually solve this, but
I thought I would ask. I will try to explain this as best I can.

I looked up how to hook up a computer to a TV online, and it basically says
that the way to do this is to connect the cord from the video card in my
computer to the video input (the yellow socket) on the TV, then switch it to
aux mode.

I'm having problems sending my computer image to my screen because I'm using
a projector, so I don't have a TV where I could just plug in the video cord
from the computer to the TV.

My AV receiver has tons of sockets (not sure if that's the right word) in
the back, however in the front, just like a TV, it has, for Aux 1 input, a
video, L, and R sockets. I plugged the cord into the video socket, turned
on the system, and switched the receiver to aux 1 mode.

The computer picture is not showing up. Instead of the computer picture
showing up, the TV picture shows up (with no sound).

I have a cable box where the TV picture is coming from. It also has Video,
R, and L sockets too. Plugging the video cable into that also doesn't work.
Should I be focusing on the AV receiver or the cable box?

Also, I'm not sure if this part matters or not, but the projector itself has
8 different input options. I've plugged in the cord into the receiver,
turned it to aux mode, and tried all 8 options, and I still don't get what I
want. Should I be focusing on this too?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Brad
Click to expand...
 
The projector doesn't have a connector like that, but it does have a yellow
video socket. When i pull out the cord in the video socket of my projector
for some reason the projector still projects the video. It's like pulling
it out doesn't do anything. Pulling it out and putting in the video
connector from my computer doesn't work.

Brad

"Jasen Betts" <jasen@free.net.nz> wrote in message
news:58f7.43c63bec.e9fbd@clunker.homenet...
On 2006-01-11, Bradley Burton <bradbadNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:

My AV receiver has tons of sockets (not sure if that's the right word) in
the back, however in the front, just like a TV, it has, for Aux 1 input,
a
video, L, and R sockets. I plugged the cord into the video socket,
turned
on the system, and switched the receiver to aux 1 mode.
....

look for a VGA conectoor on your projector.
sort of D shaped with 15 pins like this.

. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .


Bye.
Jasen
Click to expand...
 
The projector brand is an InFocus 7205, and the receiver is a Marantz
SR7500.

Brad

"DaemonWalker" <Nospam@cooking.now> wrote in message
news:9q6es1lccfrru1ctiv7g38q2inal15lh18@4ax.com...
What Brand and Model of Projector are you using and the same for the
Receiver?


On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:08:13 -0600, "Bradley Burton"
bradbadNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:

This is complicated, and I'm not sure if anyone can actually solve this,
but
I thought I would ask. I will try to explain this as best I can.

I looked up how to hook up a computer to a TV online, and it basically
says
that the way to do this is to connect the cord from the video card in my
computer to the video input (the yellow socket) on the TV, then switch it
to
aux mode.

I'm having problems sending my computer image to my screen because I'm
using
a projector, so I don't have a TV where I could just plug in the video
cord
from the computer to the TV.

My AV receiver has tons of sockets (not sure if that's the right word) in
the back, however in the front, just like a TV, it has, for Aux 1 input, a
video, L, and R sockets. I plugged the cord into the video socket, turned
on the system, and switched the receiver to aux 1 mode.

The computer picture is not showing up. Instead of the computer picture
showing up, the TV picture shows up (with no sound).

I have a cable box where the TV picture is coming from. It also has
Video,
R, and L sockets too. Plugging the video cable into that also doesn't
work.
Should I be focusing on the AV receiver or the cable box?

Also, I'm not sure if this part matters or not, but the projector itself
has
8 different input options. I've plugged in the cord into the receiver,
turned it to aux mode, and tried all 8 options, and I still don't get what
I
want. Should I be focusing on this too?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Brad
Click to expand...
 
On 2006-01-13, Bradley Burton <bradbadNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:
The projector brand is an InFocus 7205, and the receiver is a Marantz
SR7500.
Click to expand...
use the VGA or M1-DA connector which C/NET assures me that projector has.
leave the receiver out of this video circuit.

--

Bye.
Jasen
 
Ok. I do see those connectors on the projector. Do you know where I might
be able to find a cord that has an S-Video connector on one side (for my
video card) and a VGA or M1-DA connector on the other side? I tryed calling
RadioShack and CompUSA and they both said that they didn't have a cord like
that.

Thanks,
Brad

"Jasen Betts" <jasen@free.net.nz> wrote in message
news:73b8.43c7f12c.939cd@clunker.homenet...
On 2006-01-13, Bradley Burton <bradbadNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:
The projector brand is an InFocus 7205, and the receiver is a Marantz
SR7500.

use the VGA or M1-DA connector which C/NET assures me that projector has.
leave the receiver out of this video circuit.

--

Bye.
Jasen
Click to expand...
 
I guess you know something I don't, because for my first computer back in '81
or so I used a cheapo TV as my monitor. Just broke into the video circuit, and
fed the output from from my Exidy Sorcerer into it.

Used it to write basic programs, kids played games, wrote a (very simple) word
processor for it in assembler, and although I never was able to afford to buy a
proper computer monitor it served me to write all my uni assignments for a
couple of years.

But having been out of the TV game for some time now, I guess things have
changed and the defn isn;t as good now as it was then - or ???

David

Buck Naked wrote:

you wouldn't be happy getting all of the cabling correct, only to realize
your TV cannot resolve enough definition for you to read anything on the
screen
Click to expand...
 
On 2006-01-13, Bradley Burton <bradbadNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:
Ok. I do see those connectors on the projector. Do you know where I might
be able to find a cord that has an S-Video connector on one side (for my
video card) and a VGA or M1-DA connector on the other side?
Click to expand...
doesn't your video card have a VGA connector on it?
VGA will give better pictures than S-video.

I tryed calling
RadioShack and CompUSA and they both said that they didn't have a cord like
that.
Click to expand...
I think the problem you're having with the S-video may be that the cards
S-video output is turned off.

Bye.
Jasen
 
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