All posts by Pete Rostron
Below are all of Pete Rostron's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Briantist No mate its not the laptop I want to connect, that works fine, I was just using the laptop explanation to let everyone know its not something wrong with the TV (SVGA input). It was my desktop pc monitor that got cracked. In effect I want to use my TV as a giant monitor. would your idea work with a desktop pc do you think? I can plug it in to a friends monitor press windows+P change to projector, disconnect from the monitor and plug into the TV...not at home atm but could try this later, do you think it would work
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Wednesday 24 August 2011 10:57PM
Hi I dont know if anyone out there can help me, Im tearing my hair out. I have a JVC 47" LCD TV (I dont know the actual model because its hanging on the wall and the model number is around the back!) This tv has all kinds of connections at the back, Ill list the ones that are working
HDMI 1...connected PS3 and XBOX360 via splitter
HDMI 2...Sky+ box
there are a lot of other input points as would be expected from a modern TV including 2 scart, composite video/sound and a PC connection. The problem Im having is with the PC connection. This is a VGA socket on the back of the tv, Ive had a laptop plugged in to this on many occasions and it has worked fine, however I decided to plug my PC into it after I dropped my monitor and cracked it, and thats when the problems started!! I purchased a brand new VGA cable from Maplins, and connected everything up. I booted up the pc and as normal the pc notified me of its make etc in the boot up sequence It then told me (as usual) that windows was starting up...Then nothing...Not a thing. I borrowd a monitor and checked the pc and its working fine, there must still be a signal going into the tv because it remains black (Usualy goes blue without a signal). So thinking there was something wrong with the connection I purchased an SVG to Scart lead, plugged this in and absolutely nothing...and to top it all with this fitted none of my controlls would work on the tv!! the remote AND the manual controlls on the side of the TV stopped working completely. I unplugged the pc and everything again works fine. I realy do want to have my pc connected to the tv (preferably using SVG) but cant seam to get any further with it,Ive obviously tried all the usual things but it just wont show anything after the start up screen, any Ideas would be appreciated
Thanks in advance
Pete