FCP 6 playback problems in Digital Cinema Display on an LCD External Monito

Hi
Looking for advice.
I am running FCP 6 and have hooked up my Macbook Pro to an external LCD SAMSUNG Flatscreen TV. I want to preview my edit as I cut but Im having problems with playback.
When I hit play the video freezes on the one still image on the LCD, The canvas windows is playing fine but the LCD playback doesnt move... is this a setting/resolution problem?
Im editing in DVCOPRO HD which i thought may be the issue but even when I switched to editing Jpgs or even DV PAL sequences it still does the same thing!
On some occasions BOTH the canvas window and the LCD dont move at all, only when I turn off the External LCD Cinama Desktop Display monitoring does the canvas window play normally.
Can anyone help with my problem?
Im editing on a Macbook pro 17" 2.4 ghz 160GB with a NIVIDIA 8600 Geforce graphics card 256MB 2.0GB RAM running Final Cut Pro v.6
cheers

I was having a similar problem trying but was set up with a 17" viewsonic as my primary monitor (menubar location) and my MacBook Pro as the secondary. I wanted to play back Hi-Def full screen on the MacBook Pro and all I got was still frames (though I could advance a single frame at a time and see motion).
I didn't find an answer here but went exploring in prefs and found a solution that worked for me.
In System Settings > Playback Control I changed "RT:" from "Safe" to "Unlimited"
Now I'm happily watching the full resolution HD video on my laptop screen.
I'd be curious to know if that works with the Flatscreen TV.
All the best,
Kevin

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I'm trying to find out much the same thing. I would assume that anyone knows the answers can help both of us.
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Of course it is!
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First thank you for responding. It is nice to know you're not alone in this world when FCP let you down.
I looked at the other post. I don't have the space which you are talking about. It's just the same as your screen shot. No line spaces.
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First thank you for responding. It is nice to know you're not alone in this world when FCP let you down.
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