| Sometimes its a pain watching the latest movies or | | | | Click on the grayed out monitor and check the 'Extend |
| your favorite tv shows on your 12 inch laptop screen. | | | | Windows desktop onto this monitor' and your done! If |
| Sometimes you want that big screen effect. And also | | | | you now scroll off your mouse pointer to the right, the |
| the sound systems on computers are pretty lame | | | | mouse will show up on the Television screen. Then |
| compared to the high end TV surround sound setups. | | | | start up your Media Player and drag it across to the |
| Well don't worry, you do not have to watch your tv, | | | | right onto your TV screen. Sound will still be routed |
| movie streams or downloaded video on your pc | | | | through your PC speakers, but you can watch it in big |
| screen. You can hook up your computer to a television | | | | screen. |
| and watch the video streams with that movie style big | | | | For the sound It is pretty simple to get stereo to play |
| screen effect. | | | | by using a stereo to R-C-A cable or a Y jack. |
| So what you need to do is run a cable from the TV | | | | These are pretty cheap to buy (around 4.99) If you're |
| out port on your pc. Look at the back of your PC or | | | | PC has 5.1 sound then you can use 3 of these cables |
| sometimes down the side of your laptop or notebook | | | | to plug into your Home Theatre 5.1 system. But make |
| for a S-Video port, pictured on the right. (If your PC | | | | sure that the stereo head is male and R-C-A jacks |
| does not have one the you may need to purchase a | | | | are the female variety |
| video cards with an S-Video port. | | | | You will find that most notebooks and laptops now |
| These are commonly available for well under $100.) | | | | have a function key that changes the video output |
| Next, check your TV inputs. Most Televisions have an | | | | options. Its pretty simple and if you press the function |
| S-Video port in which case you will need a S-Video to | | | | key ( normally labelled Function ) and then press the F |
| S-Video cable. If it does not then a S-Video to R-C-A | | | | key with a computer icon next to a TV or it may be |
| cable or S-Video to S-cart will work. Connect the | | | | signified by CRT/LCD. Anyways when you find it just |
| computer to the television with the cable. | | | | keep pressing and it will cycle between dual s-video |
| With some computers you can right click your mouse | | | | and laptop output, press it a second time and it outputs |
| on the desktop screen, highlight the 'Settings' tab, you | | | | via the s-video, it will then cycle back to laptop output. |
| will then see a grayed out monitor to the right hand | | | | This makes changing output very easy. |
| side if you have S-video output. | | | | |