Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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My brother has his tv running through his LCD Samsung. I tried connecting my laptop to his tv and it doesn't automatically work.
Can it work and do i have to change any settings on the laptop to get it to work?
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paul.mitchell1984
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Registered: 31st Aug 06
Location: Wakefield
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u need to send the signal to the cable usually a picture of a monitor on a numbered key (hard to describe sorry)
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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Fn + F4 (or sometimes F5)
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topshot_2k
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Registered: 1st Dec 03
Location: Northampton Drives: Pug GTi-6
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FN + F7 on eveshams 
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Fn+f8 on dells
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topshot_2k
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Registered: 1st Dec 03
Location: Northampton Drives: Pug GTi-6
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 just press FN and go through all the F keys
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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sod it just keyboard spam your laptop 
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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It's a Dell and on F8 it says CRT/LCD, I gather thats the one I need to try???
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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yes plus FN
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Should come up on screen with 3 options.
Internal/internal+external/external iirc
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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I pressed it to see what comes up and a picture of a laptop came up on screen and went. Mind you i need to go round parents again to try it on brothers computer before I commit to buying the lead
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