this is my copy paste from page 59

this is a distinction between a second monitor & a TV

@i need help:

Did u make sure that the external display support is activated in Windows XP ? Have a closer look at the display properties - advanced settings and check if there´s an option to activate multidisplay mode or enable tv support

I have my 36" sony trinitron as a Monitor in the lounge We use it as the home server

Anyway, the settings we have are:

Display properties>Settings>800x600 pixels-colour quality medium 16 bit
Advanced tab> Normal size (96 DPI)
Adapter tab> NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200
Monitor tab> screen refresh rate 60 Hertz
GeForce2 tab> (yours will be different as you have a different card):
Signal format> I/PAL
Video output format> S-Video-Out

Not sure if that will help - I don't really know enough about this type of setup except that ours works

Just downloaded that frigging Tecra 8200 manual and had a look.

After reading the configuration part for tvout i have a question:

On page 59 it says to connect one end of the RCA cable to a video adapter shipped with the computer. So as i see it the connection has to be like:

Cable from Television into the Video Port Adapter
Cable from the Composite Out on the back of the laptop to the Video Port Adapter


Now the question is, do u use this adapter ?? As without it it won´t work

I bought the laptop second hand and I don't even have an adapter. Would sort of adapter would it be? and is there any software that I could get to help me?

Something like this?
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/P...o_adapter.html

Also happybeaver how do you change do you change the video output format. I haven't seen that option.

You usually have to have a scan converter to use a TV as a computer monitor. They can be purchased at radio shack or CompUSA.