Laptop to television connection

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michaelwdale
11 years ago
1 year ago
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26 Feb 2016 09:30:47
Didn't really know where to post; if it requires moving, please do so.

In previous versions of Football Manager I've been connecting my laptop to the TV via HDMI to play FM on the TV, but on this edition it doesn't show up on the TV. On connection, my laptop screen goes black (as usual), and only the computer's Desktop shows on the TV, and although FM is running on the laptop I'm unable to click or select anything.

Any ideas? Help would be appreciated, thank you.
VP.
15 years ago
4 weeks ago
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26 Feb 2016 09:40:22
I would have thought that whatever is showing on the laptop screen should obviously show on the TV. Have you tried running the game in full screen if you're not already?
VP.
15 years ago
4 weeks ago
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26 Feb 2016 09:43:31
Try this

If your computer is still connected to another monitor when you also connect the HDTV, it's possible the two displays are set up in extended mode; where the HDTV is just an extension of your monitors desktop. If you moved your mouse further to the right from your main display, it would appear on the HDTV.

A couple of options here:

1) Change the display mode from extended to clone. This means whatever displays on the primary display also appears on the secondary display. However, I think full screen movies/games only appear on the primary display and the secondary display blanks out.

2) Swap displays. The displays remain in extended mode, but the HDTV now becomes the primary display (has all the icons) and the main monitor becomes the secondary display (only shows the background).

Where you make these changes depends on what graphic solution you have. For AMD Radeon, use Catalyst Control Center. For NVidia Geforce, use NVidia Control Panel. For Intel integrated graphics, use Control Panel --> Appearance and Personalization --> Display
michaelwdale
11 years ago
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26 Feb 2016 10:21:05
By VP. | On 26 February 2016 - 09:43 AM GMT
Try this


Hi VP. Thanks for your reply.

Having read back my original post it sounds a little confusing: I'm actually running the game on my laptop, so it's not already connected to a monitor. Also the game is running in Full Screen mode; I haven't yet tried with Windowed mode but it hasn't been a problem in the past.
VP.
15 years ago
4 weeks ago
25,280
26 Feb 2016 11:05:09
Think you need to go into display settings and change the primary display to your TV.
Samir Hasri
14 years ago
2 years ago
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07 Mar 2016 21:13:11
I had the same problem.

I don't know all the technical stuff. But what I did was put the hdmi cable into my laptop and restarted the game and worked then.

But when you disconnect from the tv you have to restart the game again.

Sounds stupid but that's what I do...

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