Hi: Seems like your TV's scart imput has no s-video entrance. I had the same problem with my TV.
One possible solution is to buy an S-video to RCA cable and plug it to the RCA input on the TV (if it has one), or to an RCA to scart adaptor (which is what I use). Regards Pedro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alessandro Speranza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:23 PM Subject: S-video > Hi guys. > I'm back with my laptop's problems. I haven't yet complained with the > retailer about the battery, but before doing that, I want to sort out > another issue. > > A few days ago I got an S-video+audio--->scart cable to connect my laptop > (compaq presario 700) to the Tv and watch dvds with it. The video card > I've got is a S3 ProSavage KN133 (TwisterK) which should in principle > support lcd,crt and tv. In fact, with the s3switch utility from > http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html#download > or from > http://ranger.s3graphics.com/viaarena/380drv/ > it's possible to switch from the lcd monitor to the external monitor and > bach or run them together. However, when I use s3switch to connect the TV, > nothing happens. > A similar utility comes with the Twister driver for WinXP. With that I > get a sort of weak flashing of the TV screen, but no image coming out. > Any ideas? > Thaks a lot > Ale > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >