Hey sparksdjs:

I'm having a similar but not identical problem. I also have an 8100 with the same ATI card that I want to use for the same thing but I can't even seem to get the DVD to play back on the TV using the supplied dongle and the RCA cables. I do not have S-video either on my TV's and would also like to be able to view DVD's while on the road on hotel TV's.

If anyone has some insight into tis issue please reply.

Thanks!
pataz


sparksdjs wrote:
- I have an 8100 with an ATI Radeon 7500 that I want
- to use to playback DVDs on a TV that does not have
- S-video or component inputs - just coax - so I
- bought an RF modulator to make the connection. I'm
- testing this out on a TV with both component and
- coax inputs and running into problems.
-
- I can connect to the TV with the supplied dongle and
- an RCA male-male plug to the component video input
- on the TV and everything works great, including DVD
- playback. But using the modulator, the 8100 shows
- the TV as not connected. I use the dongle and RCA
- cable to connect to the modulator and then coax to
- the TV. The modulator itself does not show that it
- is getting a signal. I've tried rebooting, etc. to
- no avail. But if I then disconnect the RCA cable
- from the modulator, then plug it directly into the
- TV video component input (and get the right
- picture), and then disconnect it and reconnect it to
- the modulator I then get a signal at the modulator
- and a TV display of my desktop. But replaying DVDs
- (with WinDVD or PowerDVD) doesn't work - the video
- doesn't show on the TV. Same if I try to play an
- mpeg - good picture on the laptop but a blank in
- that window on the TV.
-
- Any ideas? Like I say, I want to play DVDs on a TV
- with no S-Video or component inputs (like at a
- hotel).
-
- Thanks,
- Dave Sparks
-
-

Make sure the little circle is on the TV and not the LCD for video to play. You can't have video on both however.

Also my I4000 does not work when connected to an RF modulator either.





Message Edited on 06/23/02 01:53AM by stonent

Message Edited on 06/23/02 01:54AM by stonent

So it appears that bottom line on this is that RF modulators don't work with Dell laptops. Too bad - most hotel tvs are cheapos that onle have coax inputs, not S-video or component video. I really wanted to be able to playback dvds through a tv while on the road - a laptop just doesn't work for more than one viewer.

Anyone out there been able to make this work?

Thanks,
Dave Sparks

Over 2 years since the last post....

I'm also having the same problem with my Latitude D600 laptop... everything works ok until I hook it up to the RF Modulator...

Has anyone figured out a way around the RF Modulator 'restriction' with Dell laptops?


Thanks!