Re: can't see media center on my TV, Help!!



Well that is what I thought too.... Best Buy guy guessed and now on the phone
with Gateway while you sent this and they did not know the answer either.
Bought this according to what I thought would be all I needed and now, of
course, I have to add a video card... Thanks

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

> Ths S-Video connection on your tuner card is an input, intended for use with a Set Top box, not an output. You need a graphics card that supports TV out, via S-Video or other type of connection (that is compatible with the inputs your TV will accept).
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> "johnynumonic" <johnynumonic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:CA50D263-1AA4-4BD0-A3DA-DEB4D4F14CE1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I am not a moron, but looking at the setup instructions and what I have on my
> > Gateway media center machine are different. I can use my monitor and view
> > TV, Record, etc. I decided to use my TV as the primary for media center. I
> > hooked up the s-video to the only s-video on my media center, which is on the
> > same card as the inbound cable card(guy at best buy said that was what I
> > should do). I went through the config of my tv and answered all the
> > questions like I should. The TV screen is blank, but I can still use the
> > monitor. I read on the boards that I needed to create a clone in the
> > display... I don't have that option. What do I do?
> >
> >
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