What do I set the tv to, to use it as a monitor for a laptop
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I plugged a HDMI cable from my computer to the HDMI port and changed the input on my TV
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The laptop most likely has VGA, but not the male end of VGA. This is from vga to hd not from hd to vga. SO you have an hd tv. What you need is the male end of HD And the male end of VGA. woCharger(TM) 5 Feet 1.5M Gold HDMI to VGA converter adapter cable for HDTV,Computer Monitor VGA This is probably what you want.
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I have mines hooked up to my lap top and I can hook the laptop to the TV monitor and see it like that. You can't hook it up directly to your TV be a use it has to be connected to wifi
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The computer has a VGA and DVI output. So if your Tv has a VGA input run a VGA cable from the back of the Tv to the computer or do what I did and buy a DVI to HDMI cable if your Tv has HDMI input on it.
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A vga cable should do the trick, if your laptop does not have a vga port connect it to the projector and manage your display settings until it works, you can have it set to work on multiple workspaces or just mirror your screen like a regular monitor.
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A number of HDTV's have VGA ports, Just a little extra room in your laptop bag for a VGA cable. You would also need an audio cable to go from laptop to TV. HDMI can carry Audio & Video.
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Check to see if your TV has RCA audio inputs in the back (it probably does...they're the little round red and white ones with a hole in the middle). Next, I'm assuming your laptop has a headphone jack. If it does, then go to Radio Shack and ask for a "stereo mini to male RCA" cord. Plug the mini end into your headphone jack on your laptop and plug the RCA end into the back of your TV. This should work. If you have surround sound, then you could also plug the RCO end into your surround sound system.
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You can use the Mediabridge VGA to component video cable. This cable allows you to use the component input,on the Toshiba, as a computer monitor. Even though their isnt a dedicated PC input on the TV using this type of cable gets around that.
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Not beyond setting it up. You have to configure the thing. Once that's done,no you do not. Oncecconnected to the TV and turned on it will show up as an external monitor. TV must be setto pproper HDMI input and visit launched on the computer.
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Depends on the port on your laptop. It'll be either HDMI or mini display port. You have to know the port type.
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Sorry I can't help you there. I have a different set up. I don't see the quality improving from my laptop to TV so if I took an educated guess I would say no.
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This device is just a projector. If using a laptop your laptop should have speakers or use speakers that can be hooked up to your laptop.
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Yes, you can connect this from a laptop with an HDMI video port to an TV with RCA A/V inputs. However, please know that this is not a very high quality converter. The best usage would be to display videos and movies as someone else already mentioned that text, such as your computer desktop, will be almost illegible. This will not suffice as a solution to a second computer monitor. Watching movies will be ok and honestly, the smaller the TV screen size that you use, the better the picture will appear.
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From the testing I have done, that will not work because these are built to go the other way. You can use your TV as a large monitor for your laptop (or desktop) because they output digital video (VGA). It looks like these were intended to take a digital output from a VGA connector (usually a laptop, desktop, or in some cases a gaming console) to another device that has an S-video input or an RCA input. However, I have tried to go from a laptop to a TV that has S-video and it did not work. These may have been popular back when game consoles were built differently. I too have not found anything this might be good for. From the testing I have done, that will not work because these are built to go the other way. You can use your TV as a large monitor for your laptop (or desktop) because they output digital video (VGA). It looks like these were intended to take a digital output from a VGA connector (usually a laptop, desktop, or in some cases a gaming console) to another device that has an S-video input or an RCA input. However, I have tried to go from a laptop to a TV that has S-video and it did not work. These may have been popular back when game consoles were built differently. I too have not found... » Read More From the testing I have done, that will not work because these are built to go the other way. You can use your TV as a large monitor for your laptop (or desktop) because they output digital video (VGA). It looks like these were intended to take a digital output from a VGA connector (usually a laptop, desktop, or in some cases a gaming console) to another device that has an S-video input or an RCA input. However, I have tried to go from a laptop to a TV that has S-video and it did not work. These may have been popular back when game consoles were built differently. I too have not found anything this might be good for. « Show Less
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You can use a dedicate computer monitor, or tv as a monitor as well with the computer monitor port on it. You could use a tv yo are already using, and then simply switch to that input when you would like to view it. I also beieve that a monitor dips necessary for initial set up as well..recording preferences etc...
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What you see in the picture is what is in the box. It is an adapter. You need your own HDMI cable to connect to your TV. It has worked great for me to display an older laptop onto a large screen.
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Just use HDMI from your laptop to the monitor, it's a better interface. That's the way mine is connected.