Connecting Pismo to t.v. or projector

I tried to connect my Pismo to a big screen t.v. using an s-video cable to show a PowerPoint presentation. I could see the desktop background on the tv screen but nothing else. No menu, no icons, no arrow. I then tried to connect a projector through a standard monitor connection. Again only the desktop background. What am I missing? Is it a hardware problem or is it a software configuation issue?
thanks,
Paul

Paul,
Have you gone to your Monitors panel and selected mirroring?
Here are two helpful articles:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58392
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=28503

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