how to wire my laptop to my tv ??

[beechey]

what sort of cable do i need

i would like to use it throu the 3 pins red white and yellow ones if that makes sense?

my laptop has only two 2 places to plug in a male and female connection

one with 9 pins and 2 screw places
and one with space for 15 pins and 2 screw places


need help as there is sooooo many cables to choose from

 

[safe9998]

Does your TV have a VGA connection?

 

[beechey]

think i need summit like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VGA-to-3-RCA-...uting_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item3ef9563bca

 

[Dink]

vga cable but you will need to check your tv has space for it

using the red white and yellow lead will make it look awful tbh

 

[beechey]

VGA means Video Graphics Array is that right ??

but dont know if my tv has this?

 

[SC03OTT]

VGA means Video Graphics Array is that right ??

but dont know if my tv has this?

Then have a look.

 

[Dink]

the 15 pin connector is vga so have a look on the back of the telly

 

[beechey]

i cant see and the back of the tv as its on the wall
there loads of connections at the back thou
its just the hdmi and 3 colours are at the side

 

[SC03OTT]

What make of tv is it?

 

[Dink]

you not got a hdmi or dvi connector on your laptop?

 

[beechey]

yeah my tv does has this 15 pin socket and says pc underneath it lol had to use the misses make up mirror

 

[beechey]

lap top dont have hdmi, dont know what dvi is ?

 

[Dink]

something like this

 

[beechey]

right ive got the cable its pluged in to my laptop and tv but how do i get them to interact together??

 

[chrisgvalver]

You will need a seperate one to play sound tho!

 

[Nick_P]

LOL. Bloody hell.

 

[James.f]

does your laptop have a hdmi socket? if so plug it in and into the tv job done

 

[beechey]

i carnt get it to play the pic never mind sound lol laptop dont have hdmi