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Question by Travis:
TV-Oout problem, trying getting VGA to RCA adapter to work, Intel GMA Mobile thinks my Television is a monitor?
I just purchased a new cheapo VGA to RCA/S-video adapter from Ebay hearing that they work fine. I have a Dell B120 laptop with “Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family” graphics accelerator driver version 6.14.10.4410 using XP Home. The laptop only has a vga out, but from what I comprehend the Intel GMA has native TV-Out support.

So I plug the adapter into the vga port, and connect it to the RCA Video on my Sylvania TV. I go to Display Properties>Settings>Advanced>I… GMA Tab>Graphics properties. I can activate ‘clone screen’ from there. When I do I get a rolling staticy image on the screen. I can tell it’s trying to display the image, because when I change the screen on the laptop, there is a noticeable difference in the rolling static on my TV.

I noticed that when I go to the ‘Graphics Properties’, it states the second screen is a monitor, not TV(640×480@8bit@60hz -the ONLY option). Is that my problem? If so, how do I make it realize its a TV? Any other suggestions?
I tried rebooting when I initially plugged it in, no change.

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