hooked up RCA tv , HDM1 cable for comp to show on tv, shows back ground pic on tv from Comp but nothing else ??

[fitzgerald_rita]

New RCA tv, hooked up HDM1 cable to it to show computer on tv, it shows back ground pic from Computer and thats all, no icons nothing,

 

[hang-the-9]

That's normal. If you want to have the same thing on the TV as the computer you need to Duplicate the displays. Otherwise it just sets up the TV as a second screen you can move things to.