TV OUT turns to GRAY SCALE

[RealLifePixelShader]

I got a leadtek 5900XT the tv out works fine on the bios screen and windows logo screen then when the driver loads and windows is logged in the tv out on the TV runs to gray scale

I've tried new drivers still the same

please help

[rewt]

are you using the cable that came with your card or did it not come with one?

[RealLifePixelShader]

Yes I did use the cable that came with it it works fine in color until the driver load thet is turns to gray scale

[Daneel Olivaw]

This happened to me, the plug S-video plug in my TV had been weakly 'soldered?' (soudé), I had to get a samsung tech to re-solder it. When I pushed the cable very hard (at the connection with the tv) to one side the colors would come back.

However I just read that you say there's color before the driver loads, in that case I don't know.

[RealLifePixelShader]

I realy dont know to me it looks like the color is only there in 8bit 640x480

Then I tried to change the res to the above in windows still no luck so now it looks to me the greyscale appears as soon as the driver loads

So guys if anybody knows please help

[msxyz]

It looks like the driver that sets PAL instead of NTSC or vice-versa. If you don't have a multistandard TV, you're going to see a B&W image (sometimes it's even distorted because the two standards have different refresh rates).

[Drumphil]

heh, yeah, what he said.

[adm]

What cable are u using? AV or S-Video? Do you have DVD player connected to telly, if u do, does it work fine? Try swapping from which ever u are using to the other (AV = S-Video, Vice Versa)

If you can check ur TV manual to see whether it supports PAL/NTSC, then in the Nview display mode. select the TV and then device settings, You can choose the colour format to that which matches ur Telly. YOu can also under the device settings change the resolution of the Telly not your Monitor.

Also Give omega drivers a shot, they are working fine for my Dual display, you can get them at omegadrivers.net. latest is 61.77.

[RealLifePixelShader]

No luck same res tried different cable and driver 61.77 still grays scale

[r2d2d3d4d5]

So did you check to see if the TV-out mode is the right one for your TV?

[tiangha]

Go into the NVIDIA control panel, the TV settings, Device Adjustments and try increasing the Saturation slider a bit (or a lot) and see if that helps. Fixed my problem.

[adm]

You could possibly test it out on a different TV set to see whether it does the same. If it's the Card then it Could probably be some sort of setting? or the Card is just fussy bout doin it....L(",)L

[fuzzbutt99]

This happened to me today. Just go to nvidia control panel and you'll see a tab called TV. I'm guessing your using SVIDEO? Make sure its selected and not NTSC. Mine went to NTSC by default (b/w image) and when I selected SVIDEO the color came on.

[r2d2d3d4d5]

Finally got round to hooking up my new card to the TV and I now have this issue. It's definitely set to I/PAL. I can get a colour picture on my main TV if I set the Video Output Format to Composite (even thought I'm using an S-Video cable and I don't have a Composite output on the card) but another TV still only gets B/W. I'm also guessing I'm loosing some picture quality if I set it Composite.

For some reason I can't set the TV resolution to anything but 60Hz. So I'm guessing proper I/PAL is not set.

Using Forceware v66.93.

P.S. I don't have a tab called TV. :confused:
Increasing the Saturation slider did not help.

[ragejg]

grrr, same problem currently with a 6600GT AGP, and 66.93 and 71.20...

:(

[adm]

grrr, same problem currently with a 6600GT AGP, and 66.93 and 71.20...

:(

Why don't U try Different Drivers. Drivers from Coolbits work well for Tv-out functions, Give it a try. http://rootshell.be/~h4ck3d/. Even try omega Drivers from omegadrivers.net. Make Sure u are using quality cables, sometimes Those bundled with Product are not of High Quality, suggest buying a Good one, They are very cheap. By the way, what connection on the TV are you using? I'm Using RCA and it Works Fine. Also Make sure in the Nview Display Settings that your colour is Properly adjusted for the TV device, especially check the saturation slider.

[adm]

Why don't U try Different Drivers. Drivers from Coolbits work well for Tv-out functions, Give it a try. http://rootshell.be/~h4ck3d/. Even try omega Drivers from omegadrivers.net. Make Sure u are using quality cables, sometimes Those bundled with Product are not of High Quality, suggest buying a Good one, They are very cheap. By the way, what connection on the TV are you using? I'm Using RCA and it Works Fine. Also Make sure in the Nview Display Settings that your colour is Properly adjusted for the TV device, especially check the saturation slider.