what did i miss with the TV out option?

leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
edited February 2004 in Hardware
i have a 9800pro, recently we got a new tv, so i wanted to try to TV out feature
my tv accpets both teh dvi and the svideo, and i don't have a div cable, so i tried s video, and hooked it up, but when started the computer, the TV screen has all these lines moving across the screen, what did i not do right??

i'm running the cat 4.1 driver and this is my TV here

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=9yvFjq_2pubFo-_sKGjPheD4WbtTWhxsbE8=?CategoryName=tv_36%22to40%22TVs_XBR%2836%22to40%22%29&ProductSKU=KV34XBRKIT&Dept=tv

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  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Ok, first, do you have the TV and the monitor hooked up, or did you try ONLY the TV??? IF only TV, the monitor drivers could be feeding a signal too fast fro TV and wrong frame rate.

    If both, see if you can get a driver for your TV, and set it up as second monitor. Then lines should vaporize. If not, move TV away from computer and monitor, see if things get better, you can also get EMI\RFI\EFI hash from a regular monitor and that can distort pic on TV if TV is close. I have also seen some cables get interference when run real close to back of or across top of a monitor, and the interference shows up in a bad TV picture. Also, make sure TV is in s-video mode, sometimes TVs use different signal handling in s-Video mode and some multimodal TVs need to be told that in an OSD menu to work right.

    John D.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Your desktop resolution must be 640x480 (Maybe 800x600) when displayed on a television. You probably hooked the TV up as the primary display device with a 1024x768 or higher resolution.

    Attach your monitor and use ATI's embedded display controller to display a TV-compliant image through svideo, and your monitor signal through DVI/Analogue. You can do both at one time.
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited January 2004
    Did you enable the TV output of the driver? It does not just work as soon as it is hooked up, unless you have "force detection of secondary display" turned on.

    Right-click on your desktop, go into Properties, then Advanced, then Displays. You need to click on the TV out button (needs to be green) for it to work. There are several settings you can then play with.

    Dexter...
  • ColdPenguinColdPenguin
    edited January 2004
    side question: does anyone know whats the max resolution HDTV supports? is there any card with VIVO that support HDTV?

    my old Ti4200 supported video in\out at 800x600 with s-video\RCA, had to set it has like second monitor dont know how ur card works. Jedi Outcast was fairly cool to play on it, put i really only used it temporarily as I like my high resolution monitor
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Leishi,

    First of all, when you have connected the tv to the tv-out, you can enable the new "monitor" in the driver properties right? (i have to ask) When you click that monitor, it should be set at NTSC if you live across the atlantic.

    After that, enable the overlay section, choose "Clone mode options" and set it to "Theatre mode", "Same as source" and the Aspect ratio of your choice.

    Ohh..one thing that ALL or MANY forgets is to actually choose SVHS input on the telly(AV3 SVHS instead of the normal AV3) or something like that. You wouldn't believe how many that actually forgets that.
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited February 2004
    ColdPenguin wrote:
    side question: does anyone know whats the max resolution HDTV supports? is there any card with VIVO that support HDTV?

    my old Ti4200 supported video in\out at 800x600 with s-video\RCA, had to set it has like second monitor dont know how ur card works. Jedi Outcast was fairly cool to play on it, put i really only used it temporarily as I like my high resolution monitor


    1920x1080i (The i stand for "interlaced.")

    Not a lot of consumer cards are supporting HDTV yet, but they are coming...soon ;)

    Dexter...
  • rykoryko new york
    edited February 2004
    I would try tvtoool9.5, just google it or head over to majorgeeks.com to pick up a copy. It has more options than the integrated tv-out from the catalyst set. It helped me clear up my tv-out to my 'old' Sony 27" tv. I would also check what your refresh rate is---anything over 60hz is going to screw up your tv-out. Probably the best thing would be to invest in a DVI cable, it will offer you the best picture to your new tv.
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