hi, please I have dell inspiron 1545 which has a VGA port and bush LCD 27'' television

I want to be watching the laptop screen on the monitor, I don't know if anybody know how I will go about it
I already bought a 10m VGA cable. Have tried some things too but its not working,

Thank u in advance

AdebisiTim2:
hi, please I have dell inspiron 1545 which has a VGA port and bush LCD 27'' television

I want to be watching the laptop screen on the monitor, I don't know if anybody know how I will go about it
I already bought a 10m VGA cable. Have tried some things too but its not working,

Thank u in advance

Does your LCD TV have a VGA port to connect the other end of the VGA cable??

luorquay:

Does your LCD TV have a VGA port to connect the other end of the VGA cable??

Yes it has,

AdebisiTim2:


Yes it has,

most laptops have a button that changes it into presentation/external display mode. I know on my laptop you have to hit Fn+F8 (F8 key has some blue letters on it), yours might be a bit different but the same principle - if you don't hit that button it will not send the signal to the screen of your TV
OR
Set TV to Aux Input (or maybe PC input) with the remote. Check your laptop Display Properties - Screen Resolution. Does it 'see' the TV? If not use the Detect button. Adjust the resolution to match the TV resolution. You probably want to set the Multiple Displays setting to Mirror instead of Extend