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Subject: adding a secondary LCD dispaly ?

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Name: Nick Ritchie
Date: April 22, 2008 at 07:23:50 Pacific
Subject: adding a secondary LCD dispaly ?
OS: WinXP Pro SP2 MCE 2005
CPU/Ram: 2.8 GB Dual Core 3GB DDR2
Model/Manufacturer: DEll XPS400

Comment:

My ATI graphics card supports dual monitors and I also have an ATI TV Tuner card ,the ATI TV Wonder Elite ,which using the 2005 MCE of my O/S I veiw TV in a small screen on my 19" FP ,I can also use it full screen! I usally have it on the news or CSPAN ,history channel ,discovery etc. Anyway I know my Graphics card has the ability to use two monitors and the jacks for hooking it up . Sometime ago I purchased a DVD player/8" LCD dispaly protable for the car ,Iam curious if I can use this DVD player to hook it up and use the LCD screen to view the Media Center TV on ? At the time I purchased the prtable DVD for the car it was $300,now I see te same type of system for around $100 ! This way I will not be taking up any of the landscape on my 19" FP ! Thanks in Advance to All !
Nick

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Response Number 1

Name: Tubesandwires
Date: April 22, 2008 at 07:54:51 Pacific
Subject: adding a secondary LCD dispaly ?

Reply: (edit)

If the ATI card has TV out, and either a SVideo jack, or a proprietary jack to a dongle wiring adapter to SVideo or composite, or a SVideo to composite adapter, and the 8" CD has composite video in (RCA jack), or SVideo in, it should be no problem.
You use Display - Settings - Advanced - Displays.
Click on the white circle with the vertical bar at the top left of the buttons over the TV picture.
You can use one or the other - composite or SVideo, not both.
However, it may not be supported by Media Center's TV app. You may have to use the ATI TV app.
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OR
if the 8" LCD has a PC video in jack (15 pin vga or DVI), you could hook it up to the video card and it should be detected automatically as a secondary monitor.

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Response Number 2

Name: Nick Ritchie
Date: April 28, 2008 at 06:02:27 Pacific
Subject: adding a secondary LCD dispaly ?

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THank You for your answer to my ? ,I have so many S video cables from over the years of buying Graphic cards and TV Tuner Cards that Iam sure I already have the H.W. to hook up the DVD player/8"LCD monitor . I will follow your instructions and read up on conecting the secondary monitor funtion ! Again than you for your input !
Take Care Nick

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Response Number 3

Name: Tubesandwires
Date: April 28, 2008 at 07:22:31 Pacific
Subject: adding a secondary LCD dispaly ?

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OK. Good luck with that.
My parents were given a cheap 7" LCD display, 12v DC via an AC power adapter, but it has only a flash card port, no SVideo in or composite in, or VGA or DVI in monitor port.

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