Comments for The PCTVCables.com Blog http://pctvcables.com/blog Bringing The Internet To Your TV Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:46:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by Elementz http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-532 Elementz Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:02:20 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-532 Hey thanks a bunch for this info! PEOPLE THIS WORKS!! I was struggling for an entire evening and googling the hell out of this issue. I bought an off brang xbox VGA cable to hook my xbox 360 up to my Samsung. Who the hell wants to pay $40 for that microsft cable? Well it turned out my $7 xbox 360 vga cable would get no signal on my Samsung LN. Apparently the Samsung tvs are really picky about it. The off brand cables are supposed to work with everything else. After reading this article I took about a quarter an inch of solder wire and wrapped it around pin 10 and ran it to the side of the casing. I shit you not I wedged the cable into the back of my Samsung solder wire and all. As soon as I turned on the TV and went to sources, PC was available. I'm now playing my 360 via the VGA hook up. It looks great. Thanks! Hey thanks a bunch for this info! PEOPLE THIS WORKS!!

I was struggling for an entire evening and googling the hell out of this issue. I bought an off brang xbox VGA cable to hook my xbox 360 up to my Samsung. Who the hell wants to pay $40 for that microsft cable? Well it turned out my $7 xbox 360 vga cable would get no signal on my Samsung LN. Apparently the Samsung tvs are really picky about it. The off brand cables are supposed to work with everything else.

After reading this article I took about a quarter an inch of solder wire and wrapped it around pin 10 and ran it to the side of the casing. I shit you not I wedged the cable into the back of my Samsung solder wire and all. As soon as I turned on the TV and went to sources, PC was available. I’m now playing my 360 via the VGA hook up. It looks great.

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by Vishal http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-530 Vishal Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:49:07 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-530 I had a similar problem. When connected by a VGA cable, my samsung 32 inch TV keeps showing the PC option grayed, even though my Win7 Sony Laptop detects it fine as Samsung. Even after this TV will not let me switch to PC input. Changing the cable to a different one worked like a charm. I had a similar problem. When connected by a VGA cable, my samsung 32 inch TV keeps showing the PC option grayed, even though my Win7 Sony Laptop detects it fine as Samsung. Even after this TV will not let me switch to PC input.

Changing the cable to a different one worked like a charm.

]]> Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by Tam http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-528 Tam Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:05 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-528 I have not a HDMI output on my laptop, and the cheap trick on the VGA cable that DID work previously is not doing anything. The TV is the issue here as the laptop can output through the VGA on a CRT screen. My solution .... sad but true ... used my flatmate's xbox 360 to stream the films to the TV, which ironically is using HDMI ..... I am not sure I will ever get a Samsung ever again. I have not a HDMI output on my laptop, and the cheap trick on the VGA cable that DID work previously is not doing anything. The TV is the issue here as the laptop can output through the VGA on a CRT screen. My solution …. sad but true … used my flatmate’s xbox 360 to stream the films to the TV, which ironically is using HDMI ….. I am not sure I will ever get a Samsung ever again.

]]> Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by Stuart http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-526 Stuart Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:54:23 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-526 Thanks Dan (June 8th post) glad it worked for you. Ironically my vga cable developed a fault just after my post so I ordered another cheapo one from a different ebay seller (cost slightly more but I guess I still haven't learnt my lesson!) and this one was detected straight away by the TV. There appear to be many variations on how these cables are wired. As for sound, I already have a headphone extension cable running from the TV so I just use that (plug it into my laptop headphone socket with an adaptor and then into the TV audo input). Seem to spend half my life finding workarounds for things that don't work on computers....kind of getting used to it now. lol....cry... Thanks Dan (June 8th post) glad it worked for you.

Ironically my vga cable developed a fault just after my post so I ordered another cheapo one from a different ebay seller (cost slightly more but I guess I still haven’t learnt my lesson!) and this one was detected straight away by the TV.

There appear to be many variations on how these cables are wired.

As for sound, I already have a headphone extension cable running from the TV so I just use that (plug it into my laptop headphone socket with an adaptor and then into the TV audo input).

Seem to spend half my life finding workarounds for things that don’t work on computers….kind of getting used to it now. lol….cry…

]]> Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by Manco1911 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-525 Manco1911 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:03:22 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-525 Hi guys, the solution here presented is well thought, and nicely made.. But this is asuming you have a at least médium quality vga cable. In my case, it was a los quality cable.. There for, this solution didnt worked. I opened my vga cable to find out that the 10th pin was not soldered to any cable!!! So, on the TV end of the cable, i soldered the ground cable (black) to the 10 pin internally. Assemble all again. And vuala!! The pc input is aviable!! Hope this solves things for some of you. Will update with links to pictures. Hi guys, the solution here presented is well thought, and nicely made..
But this is asuming you have a at least médium quality vga cable.
In my case, it was a los quality cable.. There for, this solution didnt worked.

I opened my vga cable to find out that the 10th pin was not soldered to any cable!!!

So, on the TV end of the cable, i soldered the ground cable (black) to the 10 pin internally. Assemble all again.
And vuala!! The pc input is aviable!!

Hope this solves things for some of you. Will update with links to pictures.

]]> Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by admin http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-524 admin Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:57:51 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-524 Go to your graphics properties and look for an option to "center screen." To get to your graphics properties, try CTRL and ALT at the same time, then press F12. If that doesn't work, try right-clicking on your desktop and select "graphics properties." Or go thru your control panel START>>CONTROL PANEL>>DISPLAY PROPERTIES. Go to your graphics properties and look for an option to “center screen.” To get to your graphics properties, try CTRL and ALT at the same time, then press F12. If that doesn’t work, try right-clicking on your desktop and select “graphics properties.” Or go thru your control panel START>>CONTROL PANEL>>DISPLAY PROPERTIES.

]]> Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by Dan http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-523 Dan Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:28:03 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-523 Cheers Stu (april 25th post) for the filament of wire idea, it actually worked. I was pulling my hair out with frustration trying to find a fix. Im not very technical but used a small copper wire to wrap around the 10# pin to the outer ground before pluggin into the back of my tv. Now just need sound.... Cheers Stu (april 25th post) for the filament of wire idea, it actually worked. I was pulling my hair out with frustration trying to find a fix. Im not very technical but used a small copper wire to wrap around the 10# pin to the outer ground before pluggin into the back of my tv. Now just need sound….

]]> Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by stella http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-522 stella Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:45:26 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-522 Hello, I still haven't been able to un-gray the PC input selection. However, I was able to force my Samsung LCD monitor to detect the PC input by pressing the 'PC' button on the remote. It displayed fine after I set the aspect ratio of my laptop's resolution to match the Samsung's, so I did not think that I'd need a new driver for my Intel video card. But my only problem now is that the picture on the screen is not centered. This means the picture is positioned too far to the left, so the left part of the picture is not visible, while the right side of the screen is just black (although the right side of the picture can be seen). What can I do to adjust the position of the picture? In older monitors there are buttons which could be used to move the picture from side to side, as well as up and down. I am using a VGA cable since my laptop does not have an HDMI output. I would really appreciate your thoughts on this, thank you. Hello, I still haven’t been able to un-gray the PC input selection. However, I was able to force my Samsung LCD monitor to detect the PC input by pressing the ‘PC’ button on the remote. It displayed fine after I set the aspect ratio of my laptop’s resolution to match the Samsung’s, so I did not think that I’d need a new driver for my Intel video card.

But my only problem now is that the picture on the screen is not centered. This means the picture is positioned too far to the left, so the left part of the picture is not visible, while the right side of the screen is just black (although the right side of the picture can be seen). What can I do to adjust the position of the picture? In older monitors there are buttons which could be used to move the picture from side to side, as well as up and down.

I am using a VGA cable since my laptop does not have an HDMI output. I would really appreciate your thoughts on this, thank you.

]]> Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by Stuart http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-517 Stuart Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:36:53 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-517 Just thought I'd let you know my experiences with this problem; I found that shorting the 10th pin on the plug at the far end of the VGA cable didn't work for me (admittedly a cheapo 30ft cable from ebay). But then I read a suggestion from another guy about wrapping a small filament of wire around the 10th pin on the plug that goes into the TV end, bending it back over the metal casing and then plugging it in - and that did the trick, the cable works fine. Another thing I found is that my TV (Samsung LE37A457) detects the cable even without the other end plugged into any PC source (i.e. it doesn't even require a signal). This suggests that the signal source isn't even a factor, it's simply an issue of grounding the 10th pin on certain VGA cables. No need for the BIOS update advice perhaps? I've also read somewhere that Samsung are making their newer TV's with the PC Input mode 'always on' to overcome this problem in the future. Just thought I’d let you know my experiences with this problem;

I found that shorting the 10th pin on the plug at the far end of the VGA cable didn’t work for me (admittedly a cheapo 30ft cable from ebay). But then I read a suggestion from another guy about wrapping a small filament of wire around the 10th pin on the plug that goes into the TV end, bending it back over the metal casing and then plugging it in - and that did the trick, the cable works fine.

Another thing I found is that my TV (Samsung LE37A457) detects the cable even without the other end plugged into any PC source (i.e. it doesn’t even require a signal). This suggests that the signal source isn’t even a factor, it’s simply an issue of grounding the 10th pin on certain VGA cables. No need for the BIOS update advice perhaps?

I’ve also read somewhere that Samsung are making their newer TV’s with the PC Input mode ‘always on’ to overcome this problem in the future.

]]> Comment on Solving the Samsung HDTV “PC input is greyed out” Problem by Pedro http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=2#comment-502 Pedro Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:45:44 +0000 http://pctvcables.com/blog/?p=13#comment-502 I already tried every resolution possible and every refresh rate possible (starting with 800 x 600 @ 60Hz). Every time the screen goes totally black (after it's initially blue showing PC DHR in the top left corner) and the power led starts blinking. I already tried every resolution possible and every refresh rate possible (starting with 800 x 600 @ 60Hz). Every time the screen goes totally black (after it’s initially blue showing PC DHR in the top left corner) and the power led starts blinking.

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