topic Re: Laptop To TV Cables in PCs & Accessories

Laptop To TV Cables

xpatx — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:44:27 GMT

Hello All,

Santa was very good to me this year and bought me a Sony Vaio VGN NR38E.
I'm having great fun learning and exploring this great bit of kit.

What I want to do now is connect it to my Philips plasma tv to watch streamed
movies etc.

I see that I only have a VGA out on my Vaio, and the connections on my TV
are as follows :

2 x HDMI ( 19 pin HDMI Type A )
2 x SCART ( 21 PIN SCART )
1 x component video input ( RCA phono x 3 )
2 x audio line-in ( RCA phono x 2 )
1 x SPDIF output ( RCA phono )
1 x headphones ( mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm )
1 x composite video/audio input ( RCA phono x 3 )
1 x S-Video input ( 4 PIN mini-DIN )

Now just need the advise on which cables to use for picture & sound!
Any help would be greatly appreciated and am looking forward to being part of this group.

Pat

Re: Laptop To TV Cables

Blencogo — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:53:10 GMT

Hi Pat and welcome to Club Vaio.

The only way to get a video signal out of the NR-Series Vaios is through the VGA monitor output.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like your TV has a PC (VGA) input, so a direct connection is not possible.

You are going to need a VGA to AV/S-Video device - something like these: -

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Switch+Boxes/HiPoint+VGA+to+TV++Convertor?productId=28626

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=223833

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=35258

Re: Laptop To TV Cables

xpatx — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:14:39 GMT

Hello and thanks for the welcome.

I am looking at this one that you added:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=223833

Can I ask, does this deal with the sound as well as vision?
Or do I need seperate cables for sound?

Many thanks. Pat

Re: Laptop To TV Cables

Blencogo — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:33 GMT

Hi Pat,

You will almost certainly need a separate cable for the sound - a 3.5mm stereo jack to 2 X RCA Phono - from the Vaio's headphone socket to the TV's audio line-in.