Using s-video out on my Satellite L300D-13Y

Hello there,
i hooked up the laptop with my tv using a s-video cable (4metres) and a s-vhs to scart adapter.
I chose the s-vhs input on the tv but when i choose "extend desktop to this monitor" i get the "do you want to keep this setting" confirmation dialog but the checkbox is automatically disabled. the tv doesnt show anything.
in the screen chooser it got the two options
1. pnp monitor (standard) with ATI mobility radeon HD3650
2. not-pnp-monitor (standard) with ATI mobility radeon HD3650
i got windows vista.
Sorry for the poor translations my OS is in german.
Other questions:
What options do i have to get a s-video in and HDMI out on my machine, i only got s-video and VGA out.
thanks a lot

Hi
If you connect the notebook to TV using s-video cable then you have to choose TV icon (and not external monitor) using the key combination FN + F5.
>What options do i have to get a s-video in and HDMI out on my machine, i only got s-video and VGA out.
This is not possible you cannot convert the analog signal in digital signal (s-video= analog; HDMi=digital) this is no possible.
You can convert digital into analog but not analog to digital.
You can try to use an VGA to HDMI converter. Google for that!

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