I'm using XP Media Center Edition, and want to wire up and configure so that
video can be sent to a VCR or TV video input. The laptop(Gateway NX570X) only
has an S-Video bus for TV monitoring, so this is what I've tried so far:

* Audio transmits perfectly using RCA audio in at the VCR.

* I used an adapter to convert the s-video jack to RCA, and connected to the
video IN of a VCR via RCA wire. The VCR to TV connection is working properly
with a digital camera on LINE 1 input (has video output from a digital
camera). Just can't get the laptop to cooperate.

* I've tried everything suggested in the manual (and tech support), starting
and ending at the Control Panel>Display>Settings. It shows that the video
card has the option for 2 monitors, but nothing I can do gets the video into
the VCR.

The VCR actually has an s-video bus jack, but I don't think it can receive,
just send. AAR, any help would be most appreciated.

Best, Paul

That would/should work however as with my sony tv,i must switch the tv to
video mode.

"paullie" wrote:

> I'm using XP Media Center Edition, and want to wire up and configure so that
> video can be sent to a VCR or TV video input. The laptop(Gateway NX570X) only
> has an S-Video bus for TV monitoring, so this is what I've tried so far:
>
> * Audio transmits perfectly using RCA audio in at the VCR.
>
> * I used an adapter to convert the s-video jack to RCA, and connected to the
> video IN of a VCR via RCA wire. The VCR to TV connection is working properly
> with a digital camera on LINE 1 input (has video output from a digital
> camera). Just can't get the laptop to cooperate.
>
> * I've tried everything suggested in the manual (and tech support), starting
> and ending at the Control Panel>Display>Settings. It shows that the video
> card has the option for 2 monitors, but nothing I can do gets the video into
> the VCR.
>
> The VCR actually has an s-video bus jack, but I don't think it can receive,
> just send. AAR, any help would be most appreciated.
>
> Best, Paul

"paullie" <paullie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:89FB1C8C-A9AA-4546-A4AE-A64B3165770B@microsoft.com...
> I'm using XP Media Center Edition, and want to wire up and configure so
> that
> video can be sent to a VCR or TV video input. The laptop(Gateway NX570X)
> only
> has an S-Video bus for TV monitoring, so this is what I've tried so far:
>
> * Audio transmits perfectly using RCA audio in at the VCR.
>
> * I used an adapter to convert the s-video jack to RCA, and connected to
> the
> video IN of a VCR via RCA wire. The VCR to TV connection is working
> properly
> with a digital camera on LINE 1 input (has video output from a digital
> camera). Just can't get the laptop to cooperate.
>
> * I've tried everything suggested in the manual (and tech support),
> starting
> and ending at the Control Panel>Display>Settings. It shows that the video
> card has the option for 2 monitors, but nothing I can do gets the video
> into
> the VCR.
>
> The VCR actually has an s-video bus jack, but I don't think it can
> receive,
> just send. AAR, any help would be most appreciated.
>

These S-Video to composit leads vary in how they are wired. The simplest
just connect the chroma channel to the Luma channel and many graphic cards
object to this. The better ones have an isolation capacitor in one line.
Some graphic cards actually have the ability to output composite video and
require a special lead for this to work. They can easily be identified
because the S-video socket has 7 contacts as opposed to the usual 4. These
are becoming more and more common on PCs.