Satellite L300-055 - VGA output doesn't work on external TV

First I will give you my Laptop Specs: Toshiba Satellite L300-055 series laptop bought January 2009- 2GB RAM upgrade- Intel 4 Series Chipset Family
Okay, I recently purchased a wire/connector like Link: [This One|http://www.vista24.biz/ebay/tpschc/v2b27214c.jpg] and when I plug it in to my To my vga port and the other end to the tv (via RCA) and follow the instructions by turning off my laptop then turn on the tv then turn back on the laptop- but NOTHING shows on the tv.
The cable is working perfectly well. When I press fn+F5 it still only shows that no external monitor is plugged in. Do i need more drivers? Does my laptop not support tv-out. If not- is it possible to install a S-video port onto my laptop?
Thanks

Hello
Have you tested both connections possibilities? I mean the S-Video port and the Chinch?
If you have connected the laptop to the TV, shut down the notebook. If the notebook is powered off, switch on the TV and then notebook.
Then you can normally switch between the monitors by pressing FN+F5.
Furthermore its not possible to install an S-Video port on your laptop.
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I would like to give my 2 cents to this post (and the answers from Toshiba):
>{quote}I have a Toshiba Satellite L300 1BD (Model PSLB8E). I was usinng the VGA output to connect to my LG tv. It worked fine until last week. All of a sudden the TV doesn't get reckognized by the laptop anymore. The TV says that no external device is connected. I have tried different things: starting up with the TV connected and not connected through the VGA cable, pressing the FN+F5 button, removing the battery and pressing the powerbutton, checked for the latest videodriver, removed the existing driver and installed it again...unfortunately without any result. I also tried to hook the TV up with a different VGA cable, but no result. It's not the TV, because i did try to hook the laptop up to a TFT monitor and it didn't work as well. Tested the VGA cable with my friends laptop: it works perfect. {quote}
> {quote}The strange thing is: if i hook the TV up to the laptop, i can hear the laptop is making the 'new hardware detected' sound and the laptopscreen even turns black for a second, then everything appears back on the laptopscreen. If i check the graphic properties with the rightclick on my desktop, i can see that they are no set for 'clone device'. As if the laptop knows, something is connected, but just can't transfer the image to the TV screen. {quote}
>{quote}The graphic adapter is a Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset family.{quote}
>{quote}The OS is Vista Home Basic (32). {quote}
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