# trying to connect my C700 to a TV....HELP **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 28, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trying-to-connect-my-c700-to-a-tv-help/54055 "2008-08-28T19:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boarderx192](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trying-to-connect-my-c700-to-a-tv-help/54055/1 "2008-08-28T19:44:16Z")
Im trying to connect my Compaq c700 to a TV so I can watch a movie thats on my laptop but watch it on the TV. Im using an S-video -\> RCA conversion cord but my laptop wont pick up the TV as another monitor. Im running Vista and my video card is a “Mobile intel® 965 chipset family”. Ive used this cord before to connect my HP DV4000 to my TV and it work every time without a hitch. I was using XP on the HP and am familiar with it but Im running Vista on my Compaq and Im not as familiar with the graphic options as I would like to be. Can someone please help me figure this out? ---
**Author:** ![Boarderx192](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trying-to-connect-my-c700-to-a-tv-help/54055/2 "2008-08-29T11:32:37Z")
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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trying-to-connect-my-c700-to-a-tv-help/54055/3 "2008-08-29T11:42:01Z")
edit: I forgot s-video is analog. hmm… I would think it must be something the laptop is doing wrong since S-video does not talk to the TV about resolution or anything that smart.