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Won't detect TV

I am trying to use the VGA out on my PC to clone my desktop to my TV.

The DVI out goes to my monitor.  The VGA goes to a VGA/S video adaptor and the S video cable is plugged into my Sharp Aquos TV.  My video driver is a GeForce 6150LE.

The problem seems to be that the computer is not detecting the TV.  I have tried expanding the desktop, I have tried clicking the "force television detection" in the nVidia manager and I have done pretty much everything else I could think.

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... if the TV is an HDTV, this is all you need to connect your DVI output to an HDMI input:  http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10231&cs_id=1023104&p_id=2405&seq=1&format=2
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Hi garycase,

You and Callandor have been a big help.  I like your cheap solution and am already a monoprice customer so that works out well.

My next question then is about audio.  The reason I was going S-video was so that I could hook up the audio components into the same input on my HDTV.  At least that was the plan.  I grabbed an audio jack splitter from monoprice so that my PC speakers and TV could be both hooked up at once, and then an audio jack to red/white components so that I could hook up the TV.

I do have an open HDMI input on my TV so your solution works nicely, but then how do I do audio?  Do you have any more awesome ideas?
I'll check later tonight, but I think my receiver has an open AUX port which would work, assuming that I am able to split and convert my PC audio out jack between my PC speakers and TV and also convert the split feed into component cables.  Would that work?
You simply feed the audio via an available audio input -- either on the TV or through your receiver.    Splitting the output will work well with an audio signal -- it's a high-impedance output, so reducing it will still have a high enough impedance for your audio devices (speakers & TV/receiver input).    Your TV MAY even support a separate audio input -- many do, for at least one or two of the HDMI inputs.

There's no easy way to add the audio to your HDMI signal when you're using a DVI -> HDMI cable.   [If your video card had an HDMI output, it would most likely support audio as well ... but that's not the case here.]