Gateway Solo 5300 - Viewing the Display on a Television

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Chapter 6: Using Multimedia
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Viewing the display on a television
The TV out jack lets you view your notebook display on a TV screen.
To connect your notebook to a TV:
1 With your notebook off, connect one end of a standard RCA video cable
to the TV out jack on the notebook, port replicator, or docking station.
2 Connect the other end of the cable to the video in jack on your TV or
VCR.
3 Turn the television or VCR on.
4 Start your notebook.
5 In Windows XP, click Start, then select Control Panel. Click Appearance and
Themes
.
- OR -
In Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Windows 98, click
Start, then select
Settings, then Control Panel.
6 Click/Double-click the Display icon. The Display Properties dialog box
opens.
7 Click the Settings tab.
8 Reset your display screen area setting to 640 × 480 with large text fonts
for best viewing. For more information on customizing screen settings,
see “Adjusting the screen and desktop settings” on page 128.
9 Click the S3DuoVue tab.
Important To turn on external video by default, connect the television
(or other external video device) before starting your
notebook.
Important Audio is not transmitted through the TV out jack. Use the
notebook speakers, a set of headphones or external
powered speakers, or connect your notebook to a stereo
system to hear sound from a DVD. DVD playback to a VCR
will be scrambled by copyright protection technology.