RE: Sally...w/52" RCA HDTV U out there?

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From: Sally (Sally_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:09:01 -0800

This setup worked on a 50" RCA Senium, but I believe it will work on most
TV's with DVI input.

Before you begin, have a keyboard, mouse (for convenience) and a monitor
hooked up to your TV.

If you have "My Computer" icon on desktop, right click on it and choose
Hardware/Device Manager. Expand Display Adapters (click on + sign) highlight
video card & choose uninstall. Confirm device removal, click on yes to
permanently remove and eralse all NView profiles when given the option.

Choose "no" to reboot & shut down computer completely. Shut off TV. Hook up
DVI and then turn on computer. Your monitor will be at a very low resolution
(that is why you need the keyboard). Your menu boxes will be off the screen &
you will have to hit "enter" key on keyboard to set your monitor to a new
resolution.

Turn on PC. Windows will detect your VGA card & ask to search for software
for Video Controller. Choose "yes", insert graphics card CD & choose to
install software automatically. (your tv should be showing this desktop if
you are on the correct input). Windows will install graphics drivers from CD.
Finish this wizard.

(Make sure you are online at this point). Windows will show another install
box to search for current and updated software, leave your graphics disk in
drive and choose "yes", now your monitor will be installed; choose finish.
Once again another install box will appear and Windows will ask if it can go
online to Windows Update Web Site, choose yes and then choose "install
automatically". Windows should install your secondary monitor (it may not
have to go online to do this; but we have NEC Led monitors, and windows has
an updated driver for this); your monitor may be different. Choose finish.
Your hardware will say "installed and ready to use".

Now reset your monitor to a comfortable resolution (I use 1024 x 780 so I
can read the thing). (Right click on desktop & choose properties) and then
choose
"settings", and move the slide bar to the resolution. Have your keyboard
ready & hit enter.

Open Media Center & choose Settings/TV/Configure Your TV or Monitor. Choose
rear projection (if your RCA is such) and then choose DVI. Finish the wizard
and exit and reboot. When NVidia wizard comes up just choose "cancel".
Everything should work great at this point.

We tried everything and different inputs on the RCA. This is the only one we
could get to work. Hope it works for you.
"Billy Gates" wrote:

> Sally ...
> I need your help....
> I also have a nvidia 5700 graphics card with my MCE
> 2005...
> I tried following your earlier post in reference to
> hooking up your HiDef...
>
> I can't get Nvidia to recognize my DVI connection to my
> HDTV monitor...It keeps showing up as component
> connection...
>
> I have removed all references to all monitor and graphic
> card and rebooted in hopes it will reinstall the proper
> software...
>
> Would/Could please explain in detail how I can get My 52"
> RCA HDTV to work with MCE.
>
> Did you keep a seperate monitor hooked up at first than
> connected your HDTV and used the Clone option? I can't
> seem to get the combination of events to get it to see
> the DVI connection...
>
> Please e-mail at BILLYcjghomeGATES@hotmail.com
> Just drop BILLY GATES
>
>
> Thanks
> Chasbo
>

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