Re: Connecting computer to TV & Stereo?

[Dilbert <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

If I remember correctly, s-Video is only the video feed.  You have to take
the sound separately.  I have a cable (from Radio shack or Walmart) that
plugs in to the headphone jack on my laptop, then has RCA right and left
jacks for my stereo or TV.

That works best for me.

Jim

On 3/8/06, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Folks:
>
> I'm experimenting with connecting my computer (Dell Inspiron 600m
> laptop) to my TV to play videos.
>
> The laptop has a S-Video out connector ... and it seems to work fine
> when I use the s-video adapter provided with the laptop (I connect it to
> the video in connectors on the front of the TV).
>
> My question is this: What's the best way to connect the computer to both
> the TV for video and my stereo amplifier for audio?
>
> I assume that S-Video provides both video & audio. Is there a S-Video
> cable that can split the video & audio into 3 connectors so I can hook
> up to the S-Video IN connector on the TV and the audio in on my stereo?
>
> I am *NOT* very sophisticated when it comes to audio/video ... so I'm
> not 100% sure what I'm doing.
>
> david
>