On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:37:19 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:

> And lo on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:08:05 -0000, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
> 
>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:21:14 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>
>>> While we're on the subject... If you wanted to, how hard is it to
>>> connect a PC to a normal TV? (Obviously, PCs normally run at vastly
>>> different scanrates and lack the propper connectors...)
>>
>> Depends on your videocard.  My laptop has an S=Video out, so usually I
>> just have to plug it in.
> 
> A friend of mine was having fun trying to do that with his laptop, no
> picture. Faffing with the video drivers, no picture. Turned out he
> needed to invoke the secret Fn+Fx key combination to switch screens.
> After some pointers I think he ended up with a dual monitor setup so he
> could set the resolution of the TV independently from his laptop screen.

Yeah, often times there is a key combination to get it turned on.

Jim

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