VGA to S-Video/Video converter showing mashed up picture.

Posted by Matthijs Wessels on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Matthijs Wessels
Published on 2010-05-02T00:02:53Z Indexed on 2010/05/02 0:09 UTC
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Earlier I asked this question: *http://superuser.com/questions/132374/does-the-lenovo-t60p-vga-port-support-an-s-video-signal

As a result I acquired the following item: http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250588098582&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:NL:1123

Yea I'm a cheapass...

Anyway, it just arrived and now I am trying to get it to work...

The manual is not very informative other than telling me, this is the vga in, this is the vga out, this is the s/video out etc. Plus it tells me the system should support the following resolutions@refresh rate:

  • 640x480@60/72/75Hz
  • 800x600@60/75Hz
  • 1024x768@60Hz

I can connect it to my laptop and then I connect the S/Video and the Video to my tv which only gives me a blurred image (like when you set your monitor to a resolution it doesn't support). The VGA out however works fine to my tft monitor.

The are two switches on the converter. I think one switches between s/video and video and the other between PAL and NTSC. But alas, no combination seems to give a better picture (it does give a different picture).

Can anyone help me to solve this problem? I have downloaded this program called powerstrip, but I have no idea how to use it and if it can even solve my problem...

Thanks in advance.

I use Windows XP on a Lenovo t60p and I try to connect it to a Philips 32PFL7403D/12 LCD TV from VGA to a converter to S-video or video.

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