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Connect your Media Center PC to a TV


Connect your PC running Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 to your TV, and you can enjoy your favorite computer and TV entertainment from the same spot in your living room. You can enjoy live and recorded TV, DVDs, music, photos, and Online Spotlight's offerings on the big screen from the comfort of your couch—and you can control it all with a single remote.
You can use several different types of connections to connect a Media Center PC to a TV.
The S-Video cable works well with most standard TVs. The procedure below explains how to connect a TV to your computer using an S-Video connection.
S-Video cable

To connect to a TV with an S-Video connection

  1. Connect the S-Video cable to your video card's S-Video output connection, located on the back of your Media Center PC.
  2. Diagram of an S-Video cable connecting a Media Center PC to a TV
  3. Connect the other end of the S-Video cable to an S-Video input connection on the back of your TV.
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