How to Connect the Dell Laptop to a TV
List of components needed to receive both Audio and Video: (Ask your school’s TST for the S-video adaptors. The other adaptors may be available in the library.) 1Black Video Cable with Yellow prongs 1S-video adaptor 1 - Black Audio Cable with 2 prongs (red & white)
1. Use the black multimedia adapter video cable pictured to the right.
2. Connect the multi-prong end of the video cable to the back of the Dell as shown below.
3. Connect one end of the yellow VIDEO cable (shown below) into the multimedia adaptor already attached to your Dell. 4. Connect the other end of the yellow VIDEO cable to the yellow VIDEO input on the TV as shown below.
5. In order to receive AUDIO, you must connect a RCA cable (similar to the one pictured to the right) from the Dell to the TV.
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How to Connect the Dell Laptop to a TV 6. Connect the RCA cable (black end) to the headphone jack on the side of the Dell.
7. Connect the audio leads of the RCA cable (red & white prongs) to the Audio connections (red & white) on the TV.
How to set the TV and the laptop: 1. On the TV remote, use the input select button to choose AV1 or AV2, depending on where you plugged in the yellow and red cable prongs on the TV. 2. On the Dell, right click on the desktop (background). Click on Properties.
3. Click on Settings. Right click on the 2 Screen.
4. Make sure the word Attached does not have a check mark beside it. If it does, right click on Attached to remove it.
5. Click Apply, if needed.
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6. Click on the 1 screen. Click the Advanced button.
7. Click on the Displays tab.
8. Click on the Red Power Button in the top left hand corner of the TV area. This is located on the bottom left side of the window. It will turn from red to bluish-green.
9. Select the left hand circle button.
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11. Click Yes.
12. Click OK.
2. Click OK.
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How to Connect the Dell Laptop to a TV Your computer screen should now be displayed on the TV screen. If you do not see any image on the monitor, push the Fn followed by the F8 button on the computer. If that doesn’t work, simply put the computer to sleep by shutting the laptop and re-opening once you have made your connections to the back of the monitor.
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