Connecting tv to laptop

[Phill90]

Ive just bought a VGA to hdmi lead to connect my laptop to my tv
Connected it all up but tv showing no signal and i have no idea what im doing to make it work lol

Any help im running vista basic if that helps
Cheers

 

[word_easy]

Not a dvi to hdmi?

 

[Ronnie R]

If it's all connected then it might be a function like FN and F6?

 

[DMS]

You'll need to configure the laptop to output to an external monitor. As Ronnie says, it might be a secondary function of the top row of keys. It's usually Fn+F5 or Fn+F6.
You might be able to go into your graphics properties to do it as well. See if you've got anything relating to your graphics settings in the system tray or on your start menu.

 

[Jonesy]

I had a vga to component cable and it wouldn't work, turns out its for projectors and tv cards etc. Yours may be the same, might be better off getting a normal vga cable.

 

[Phill90]

Cheers for the help, think im just going to get a vga to vga save all the hassle

 

[trickstargee]

Try making the screen resolution smaller on your laptop (right click -> properties -> settings)?
Your current settings maybe too big for the tv. Go to smallest first then adjust it untill it no longer supports the screen resolution.