Gray display using S-video out on Satellite A200-24B

Hello every one
I have Toshiba Satellite A200-24B , provided with S-Video port,
when i connect to my TV, at always display in Gray scale mode ( No colors )
I tried to use other Cable and other TV, but still with the same problem.
the cable i used is S-video to video (A V).
anyone have an idea for this problem ????
Thanks

Hi
There are different reasons why you get only a black/white picture on the TV.
I had the same issue because I used a s-video-to-scart cable and the pin assignment didnt match with the TV port pin assignment.
But the same cable worked in another TV.
A second reason could be the wrong PAL/NTSC setting.
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DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode
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Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
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DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
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