Getting A Creative TV Coder External To Work On A Compaq Contura 4/25c

Getting A Creative TV Coder External To Work On A Compaq Contura 4/25c Notebook

Problem:

After loading VGA2PAL/VGA2NTSC, you would find it impossible to navigate the screen(i.e. adjust left/right, up/down, interface, etc) while in DOS on the Compaq notebook. However, the left/right navigation controls work while in Window 3.1x environment.

Cause:

The Compaq Contura 4/25c supports 3 modes of display output - INTERNAL , EXTERNAL and DUAL DISPLAY. By default, the INTERNAL display is enabled on the notebook. If an external source (e.g. Monitor or TVCOder) is connected, the DUAL DISPLAY option will be automatically enabled as well. However, due to some incompatibility of the Compaq's VGA, it would not work with the VGA2PAL/VGA2NTSC program.

Solution:

To get the VGA2PAL/VGA2NTSC program to work properly, set the display output to EXTERNAL only. Please refer to your user manual to find out how to do this.