Connecting my laptop to my Panasonic plasma TV

Hey everybody.
I am trying to connect my laptop to my TV with a HDMI cord.
I've changes my TV to be on the right channel, I've pressed Fn+ F5 but nothing works. I've been told that I need to go into the video card settings in order to press clone / mirror / duplicate, but I cannot find the video card settings. Can anyone guide me through this?
Thanks, Dina

Hi,
With the laptop connected to the Tv with the HDMI cable, hold down the fn key on the notebook and press f4. Use the arrow keys to select 'Projector Only' and hit enter.
Can you see your 'Desktop' on the Tv now?
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