RE: HELP! Dell told me I cannot watch tv on my tv AND work on com
- From: yewing <yewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 13:59:02 -0700
Thank you for responding so quickly. I'm at my wit's end and am under
pressure from my husband since I spent so much money and can't get this to
work the way we wanted.
I need some help in this area. I have a 256MB Nvidia GeForce 6800 card in
each computer. I don't know where on the site to check for that information,
they say they don't support consumers directly for this because they don't
sell to consumers and they refer me back to Dell. I see some general
information about the 6800 series, but that's about it. I guess I don't know
very well how to check that option on their site.
Where do you force the video to the tv? I've been all through the
properties and find nothing about tv in the set up at all. I also don't
understand what/where the clone mode would be or how to reset that. I wish I
were smarter than Dell, but I'm obviously not. That's why I'm reaching out
for help here.
I kind of get the idea of the primary and secondary monitors though. At
work, I have two monitors (which, of course, were set up for me) and I can
display things on one of the monitors, but not the other if I want. I can
stretch things across both if I want. I just wish I knew more about how to
get to that point.
"Bradley" wrote:
> I do not know in your case if you can or can not. Does your video card
> support this? I see that these are optioned with ATI and Nvidia. Check the
> video card manufacture site to see.
>
> I use the Nvidia 5700 LE video card and have the monitor and TV hooked up.
> I force the video card to output to the TV and can do exactly what you want
> to do, so it does work just a matter and being smarter than the Dell
> people...
>
> Things to look in your setup would be: Force video out to TV, set up the
> video software not to use clone mode as this will make the TV and desktop the
> same, you want it set so that there is a primary and secondary monitor.
>
> Bradley
>
> Bradley
>
> "yewing" wrote:
>
> > I just invested thousands in two new computers - Dell 8400 with dual tuners
> > and windows xp media center 2005. I've been trying to configure the media
> > center so it would play through my tv so I can work on the computer WHILE
> > watching my t.v.
> >
> > After being on with support for nearly an hour, while they configured my
> > settings in their lab, I was told you can't do that with media center!!!
> > They said only one screen is the primary screen. I can't do both. If I
> > direct the media center to the t.v. then I can't use the monitor with the
> > computer.
> >
> > My call was initiated to them because I can't get a signal to my t.v. I do
> > not have a t.v. with an s-video cable where I'm trying to hook things up
> > right now. I was advised, through here, to use an RF modulator. I tried
> > that too. No dice. So, I called technical support. Technical support
> > transferred me to a "media center" specialist.
> >
> > Please help me. Have I just purchased two REALLY expensive tivo boxes? I
> > have these computers set up, networked, and the packing is already broken
> > down. It's going to be miserable trying to return them. Yet, I don't want
> > to keep them if they can't do all I bought them for. Please, please help me.
.
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