Use of 15 pin external monitor socket query

I want to record my display to a VCR machine using a 3 RCA phone plug input which I currently use for my DVD player using Red/White and Yellow RCA lead - have tried using a VGA to RCA lead plugged into the ext. monitor skt. But the lead I have has Red/Green and Blue phone plugs which doesn't appear to work and when the VGA plug was connected caused the size/layout of the laptop display to change with no apparent connection to the vcr - is there a lead connector that will work?
Any help appreciated.

Hi maxstick1949,
I agree with Andrej. Your posting is a little bit confusing and I also dont know what you want to do now. Did you read your posting after writing?
I can only say that the VGA port on your notebook is an output port. That means you can use this port for an external monitor but you can record movies because its not an input port.

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