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jazzys May 8th 2009 9:22 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by Louiseh86 (Post 7555915)
Thanks for the fab information!:D

Just watched Britains Got Talent and about 5 Corries over the past two days! For BBC iplayer I went on hide-my-ip.com and bought a years subscription for $50 and I just activate a UK IP and then go on iplayer I'm up to date on Eastenders now.

Also bought a HDMI cable the other day so stream it straight on to the tele, it's amazing and I'm not very computer literate so I'm pleased I managed to follow the instructions :thumbsup:

I used to play things through my tele but i forgot how to get the sound to work, any ideas?

I had a lead going from my laptop earphone socket to my tele earphone socket, anyone any idea if thats right or wrong?

Jazzys

LouiseR May 8th 2009 9:24 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by jazzys (Post 7555924)
I used to play things through my tele but i forgot how to get the sound to work, any ideas?

I had a lead going from my laptop earphone socket to my tele earphone socket, anyone any idea if thats right or wrong?

Jazzys

We bought a PC to TV cable and only got picture but no sound so off back to the shops... the guy in electrical shop said a HDMI cable carries sound and vision so we got one of those and we literally just plugged it in went onto the right "source" channel and voila sound and picture!

jazzys May 8th 2009 9:35 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by Louiseh86 (Post 7555928)
We bought a PC to TV cable and only got picture but no sound so off back to the shops... the guy in electrical shop said a HDMI cable carries sound and vision so we got one of those and we literally just plugged it in went onto the right "source" channel and voila sound and picture!

I'll have to a double check on that one, thanks

Jazzys

aussiedreamz May 9th 2009 12:22 am

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by jazzys (Post 7555924)
I used to play things through my tele but i forgot how to get the sound to work, any ideas?

I had a lead going from my laptop earphone socket to my tele earphone socket, anyone any idea if thats right or wrong?

Jazzys

You wont get any sound if you plug one end of your cable into the earphone socket of your TV as this is for listening to the TV. Do you have a stereo with an audio/aux socket or even an mp3 speaker dock this is your best option for sound....

Fly Away May 9th 2009 3:17 am

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by Louiseh86 (Post 7555915)
Thanks for the fab information!:D

Just watched Britains Got Talent and about 5 Corries over the past two days! For BBC iplayer I went on hide-my-ip.com and bought a years subscription for $50 and I just activate a UK IP and then go on iplayer I'm up to date on Eastenders now.

Also bought a HDMI cable the other day so stream it straight on to the tele, it's amazing and I'm not very computer literate so I'm pleased I managed to follow the instructions :thumbsup:

I have never got Hide IP to work :thumbdown: It always says something like
'connection to the specified proxy server isn't responding'.

jazzys May 9th 2009 8:03 am

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by aussiedreamz (Post 7556291)
You wont get any sound if you plug one end of your cable into the earphone socket of your TV as this is for listening to the TV. Do you have a stereo with an audio/aux socket or even an mp3 speaker dock this is your best option for sound....

I definately had it working ages ago where i had the cable going from my earphone socket on the laptop to somewhere else on my telly, i thought it wa the earphone socket o the telly but maybe it was going to somewhere else.. Its the only reason i had the cable, i was advised to buy it at harvey norman and it worked. (somehow)

Jazzys

aussiedreamz May 9th 2009 1:15 pm

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Was it just one single cable going from the laptop headphones to TV or was it one cable with 4 connectors on it i.e laptop one end and red, yellow, white and an S-video connector the other?

jazzys May 9th 2009 1:18 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by aussiedreamz (Post 7557597)
Was it just one single cable going from the laptop headphones to TV or was it one cable with 4 connectors on it i.e laptop one end and red, yellow, white and an S-video connector the other?

One single grey cable from laptop headphone socket to tv.

Jazzys

aussiedreamz May 9th 2009 5:13 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by jazzys (Post 7557602)
One single grey cable from laptop headphone socket to tv.

Jazzys

The only other thing I can think of is the cable you bought was an HDMI cable because you need a cable to pass both picture and sound to the TV at the same time, cant really help you anymore on this. I just have a VGA cable from my laptop to the TV and the laptop headphones cable goes to my stereo auxilary socket, Sorry.....

jazzys May 9th 2009 5:21 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by aussiedreamz (Post 7557823)
The only other thing I can think of is the cable you bought was an HDMI cable because you need a cable to pass both picture and sound to the TV at the same time, cant really help you anymore on this. I just have a VGA cable from my laptop to the TV and the laptop headphones cable goes to my stereo auxilary socket, Sorry.....

just been to harvey norman and had a look at the HDMI cables (and nearly died when i saw the price) It wasn't an HDMI cable i used at all. As i don't have the capability on my laptop.

It was one of those that has the screw either side if the plug that you screw in the keep it in, in almost like a D shape. 15 pin thing. so lord knows what i was doing but it worked.

Jazzys

Hutch May 9th 2009 6:04 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by jazzys (Post 7557828)
just been to harvey norman and had a look at the HDMI cables (and nearly died when i saw the price) It wasn't an HDMI cable i used at all. As i don't have the capability on my laptop.

It was one of those that has the screw either side if the plug that you screw in the keep it in, in almost like a D shape. 15 pin thing. so lord knows what i was doing but it worked.

Jazzys

VGA is what you're referring to.

And never, ever, buy a cable from Hardley Normals, it's a very well publicised rip-off. You can get the same cable for $15 at independent electrical outlets or eBay.

jazzys May 9th 2009 6:29 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 7557879)
VGA is what you're referring to.

And never, ever, buy a cable from Hardley Normals, it's a very well publicised rip-off. You can get the same cable for $15 at independent electrical outlets or eBay.

I was in there for a different reason and just thought i'd check em out to see what they looked like. They had one on special for 199 dollars :eek:

So if i had a VGA that gave me pictures, how did i get my sound?

Any idea?

Jazzys

NKSK version 2 May 9th 2009 9:10 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 
Thanks to the OP for the help.

Strangely, it has had quite an interesting effect on me. New thread started.

quoll May 9th 2009 9:51 pm

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Thanks OP - just worked my way through your very clear instructions and it worked like a charm. What a lovely selection of programs I really enjoy but havent necessarily bothered to get the dvds - Poirot, PD James, Cadfael, Lewis - joy! Some of the current programs I actually saw while I was there but I will now keep up with the offerings! Thanks again!

Hutch May 9th 2009 11:28 pm

Re: ITV for Free.....
 

Originally Posted by jazzys (Post 7557912)
I was in there for a different reason and just thought i'd check em out to see what they looked like. They had one on special for 199 dollars :eek:

So if i had a VGA that gave me pictures, how did i get my sound?

Any idea?

Jazzys

As you said earlier - laptop headphone socket to the TV.


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