Help Me Plz!

vegas · 10-11-2005, 01:04 PM

I just bought a new sony vaio desktop, its a VGC-Ra840G model.
it runs on windows xp media center edition 05

ok so my question is this, my comp has rca input plugs in the front panel, so i assume i can plug in anything that has rca plugs. so i want to plug in my playstion 2 into it and be able to play my playstation using the computer monitor. well i plugged the ps2 in but nothing happens. i called tech support and they told me to use media center, but that doesnt work. anyway, is there a program that will allow me to play my playstation (or anything with rca plugs i.e. VCR, DVD player) on my comp?

any help would be greatly appreciated

NeuromancerWGDD'U · 10-12-2005, 06:48 AM

Are you sure that those are RCA-in sockets, and not RCA-out? That's the first thing that comes to mind. It'll probably state in the manuals that came with it.

Johnnyboy0056 · 10-12-2005, 07:44 AM

and u may have to go into ur display properties and change them to the playstation or vcr, etc.

vegas · 10-12-2005, 08:41 AM

ya it says video input. thanks johnny i will try to mess with the display properties. if anyone else can give me some pointers i would appreciate it thanks

**Praetor** · 10-12-2005, 06:55 PM

The specs for anyone who's looking are here

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my comp has rca input plugs in the front panel, so i assume i can plug in anything that has rca plugs

That, would be a bad assumption. You can plug anything that uses RCA plugs -- of the same type (i.e., both video and audio streams use RCA)

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if anyone else can give me some pointers i would appreciate it thanks

First grab the appropriate drivers .. i dont know whether yer X300 is built in or not so im gonna list them all:
- Onboard
- Standalone Radeon card
- All-in-wonder card

10-11-2005, 01:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
vegas New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5	Help Me Plz! I just bought a new sony vaio desktop, its a VGC-Ra840G model. it runs on windows xp media center edition 05 ok so my question is this, my comp has rca input plugs in the front panel, so i assume i can plug in anything that has rca plugs. so i want to plug in my playstion 2 into it and be able to play my playstation using the computer monitor. well i plugged the ps2 in but nothing happens. i called tech support and they told me to use media center, but that doesnt work. anyway, is there a program that will allow me to play my playstation (or anything with rca plugs i.e. VCR, DVD player) on my comp? any help would be greatly appreciated

10-12-2005, 06:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
NeuromancerWGDD'U Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I miss Oregon... Age: 18 Posts: 477	Are you sure that those are RCA-in sockets, and not RCA-out? That's the first thing that comes to mind. It'll probably state in the manuals that came with it. __________________ My little machine: S423 Pentium 4 1.3Ghz, 4x256 16-bit RIMM RAM, 32MB TNT2 video card. I think it may be time to upgrade... The upgrade! My machine will soon be a 939 X2 4000+, 4x512 DDR400, and an 8600GTS.

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Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	and u may have to go into ur display properties and change them to the playstation or vcr, etc. __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

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10-12-2005, 08:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
vegas New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5	ya it says video input. thanks johnny i will try to mess with the display properties. if anyone else can give me some pointers i would appreciate it thanks