VGA to Component - Acer to Philips LCD

[philip5660]

Hi,

I have recently bought a philips 32PFL7962 LCD TV. I already owned an Acer 7520 laptop which is equipped with VGA output.
I hoped to connect the laptop to the tv using a vga to component cable.

When I connected the two it seems no matter what resolution i selected the tv displays a message telling me the video mode is not supported.

The laptop has the Geforce 7000m graphics card - i'm using a refresh rate of 60Hz and there is no option to set it any lower, and i would like to try that.

i really don't want to have to buy a new DVI output laptop so can anyone help?

ps i mainly intend to use this for windows media centre and playing music

[abraxus]

Well according to the specs below that TV has a vga input so why don't you just use that?

http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/pi/2-99...2-Product-Info

[philip5660]

I wish it had a VGA input!

No those specs are way off - there's no VGA and there's 3 HDMI's (not 2) so I think they've mixed that up with another TV.

[abraxus]

Sorry didn't realise.

I don't know if this helps but I had a similar thing the other way round in that I had problems connecting my component V+ box output to my projector vga input.

I bought one of these which fixed it:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YPbPr-Componen...QQcmdZViewItem

Now I dont know if they work in reverse or if they make one that takes a vga output and delivers to a component input but it might be worth checking out.

[retrogameman]

I am curious as to the cable you are trying.I am looking to connect my acer laptop with vga port to a jvc lcd tv which has component and s-video ports but no vga port.

[philip5660]

Originally Posted by retrogameman

I am curious as to the cable you are trying.I am looking to connect my acer laptop with vga port to a jvc lcd tv which has component and s-video ports but no vga port.

This is the cable i bought

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=023

[philip5660]

Originally Posted by abraxus

Sorry didn't realise.

I don't know if this helps but I had a similar thing the other way round in that I had problems connecting my component V+ box output to my projector vga input.

I bought one of these which fixed it:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YPbPr-Componen...QQcmdZViewItem

Now I dont know if they work in reverse or if they make one that takes a vga output and delivers to a component input but it might be worth checking out.

Something like that might work - although i have to say at that price I'd probably consider ebaying the laptop and buying a new one with a DVI output(which i may have to consider)

[retrogameman]

Originally Posted by philip5660

This is the cable i bought

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=023

Thanks for the link.

Do you know if your acer laptop outputs a component signal from the vga port as i cant find this info regarding my acer travelmate 2414.

[philip5660]

i thought it would but now i'm not so sure!

[philip5660]

spoke to philips they say it's HDMI or nothing.
So moral of the story is buy a laptop with DVI out