Only getting a Black & White picture when using TV Out on my Dell Laptop?

Question

Im using a Dell Latitude 600 laptop with S-Video Tv output. When I connect the S Video cable from the computer to the tv via a Scart adaptor. I only get a Black & White image. Have trying all the color settings PAL/NTCS etc. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Thats your TV it can't handle the graphics output it happens to me on some of PS2 Games.

Try it in a newer TV and it will probably be fine

Answer 2

Dont fiddle with the colour settings. You should change the settings on your TV. On TV the menu you should tell the TV that through that scart input (you might have more than 1) you're receiving s-video signal otherwise you'll get B&W picture only.

Answer 3

Had you check the video setting of the notebook.
The black and white are ususally the incorrect setting of PAL/NTSC, but if you had checked it, try checking the frequency settings, and the colors. You may have set to greyscale.

Try switch your TV to multi-system setting: AUTO, and reboot the notebook with cables connected.

Answer 4

Try connecting directly to another TV that has S-Video input. This could be the adapter. That's what I can guess.

Answer 5

you may look for a pink/white/yellow port(composite) the yellow is video and the pink and white are audio and choose composite on the enter besides the indisputable fact that if the television won't enable sharing then VGA enter won't produce sound until eventually the separate audio can paintings with it, maximum TVs in basic terms have separate audio out

Answer 6

The adapter must support SVGA as without such adapter the image transmitted will be in B&W.

Answer 7

I think that laptop was made back in the 50's, so it only gets BW. :)