I'm not familiar with the Vaio, but with my Toshiba, I have to hit fn-F5 three times, consecutively to have the picture appear on the TV. might want to check this out if you aren't certain.
Good luck.
i have a song vaio pcg-k23 with an av out thingie...i bought the cable to connect it to a standard rca 3 colored hook-up, the audio works, but the video doesnt work, i tryed doing a fn key f7 to switch to the tv, but it doesnt work, nothing shows up on the tv, i have it on the correct video channel etc, because i can hear the audio, but the picture is not coming, please help!
thanks in advance
-shankeith

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