How to connect laptop to TV for viewing ?

zaydeshap

How can I connect the 9-pin VGA output on my Dell Vostro A840 to a TV that has only a red-white-yellow RCA input ?

rousetafarian

Search the web for 9 pin vga to rca adaptor and run the RCA cable to your laptop.

This may work vga to rca

zaydeshap

Thanks.  I bought the Monoprice vga-to-RCA.     It has red-green-blue plugs, and my TV has red-white-yellow sockets.    What goes where ?

RocketFish

red to red
white to blue
yellow to green

I think?

outoftheknow

Those colours suggest a component video cable  which makes sense. VGA 15 pin or the older 9 pin  carry no audio but analogue RGB component video. They are all vaguely what are called D-Sub connections but 9 pin is older.

Your laptop has a 15 pin VGA output I believe for connecting a monitor?

http://www.lpmanual.com/manuals/dell/DELL_Vostro_A840.pdf

A cable alone cannot change the three component video outputs into one composite video output.

Your screen inputs are composite video (yellow) and left and right audio (red and white).

RCA describes the connectors and not the signal the cables is carrying. Many VGA to RCA cables have composite RCA jack colours but they can only be component video.

You need to find a component to composite video converter or you need a monitor with VGA or component video input.

Example of converter

Product Details for PID 7114

The composite video output will be one yellow socket. One RCA to RCA male to male cable any colour from there to the yellow input on the TV.

The audio (if you want it) you can take from the speaker/headphone output on the laptop straight to the monitor red and white audio inputs using a suitable stereo headphone two RCA plug cable. Like this

Amazon.com: 3.5mm Male Audio Video Extension Cable RCA Male Extension Cable: Home Audio & Theater

I hope the video on the laptop is worth it

Also if it is files on the laptop maybe they can be put onto a card using the built in card reader and then from there put on medium for which you have a player with composite video and stereo RCA outputs from?

Bloubulali

Hi I also have a problem how to connet my acer laptop with a vga output to my Panasonic smart tv with a hdmi cable I connect it with a VGA2HDMI adaptor but stll no display on tv.Thx

Bloubulali

I also found now that once I connect the vga output to the vga2hdmi adabtor my laptob go blank can I have a help here also thx

EndlessWaves

A new thread would have been better, it doesn't have much relevence to this one from two years ago.

Is the adapter you bought a proper signal converter (generally a box) rather than just a plug adaptor as sold by the less reputable places?

Is your laptop set to output to the second display at a resolution that the converter is compatible with?

Bloubulali

IHi Endless waves thx for answering- Yes the convertor is white boc-x on top is write HD MINI ConvertorVGA2HDMI.
I really don't knew  how to set up my acer laptop output to the second display at a resolution that the converter is compatible with? If u can guide me here.

I also try to download the dstv app on my Panasonic tv through wifi but it still turning.

RMP888

If your tv support this and you have win 10, push the windows button and "K" and see if you can connect that way.