hi sean, thanks for the info, seems pretty clear and as with all these things, it really does differ depending on the equipment.
the tv out port looks like this: http://www.28design.co.uk/jake/card.jpg is this a svideo output? watcha think, many thanks, jake > -----Original Message----- > From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean > Sent: 12 January 2004 12:50 > To: G-List > Subject: Re: connecting my mac to a tv? > > > Hi Jake > > There are various ways, depending on what type of TV-Out you > have, and, what > type of inputs you have on your TV. I detail these below. > > TV-Out - Comnposite Video > > Looks like - A RCA Socket, colour Yellow > > The easiest way to connect this way is direct into the yellow > RCA on your > Televisions AV input, however iof your AV input is on the > front of your > television like it is with a vast quantity of TV's you may > want to look at > getting a SCART to RCA adapter. This adapter plugs into your > scart socket > and enables you to connect the yellow RCA from the TV-Out > card on your mac > to the TV, it also enable you to connect the Audio from your > Mac to the TVs > SCART via two Audio RCA's (white and red) > > You will need a Jack to Stereo RCA (also known as twin phono) > adapter for > the sound output from your mac. > > > TV-Out - S-Video > > Looks like - a PS2 port (keyboard and mouse port on PCs) > Round, Black, with > multiple sockets. > > To connect this to a TV you either connect directly with an > S-Video cable to > the S-Video input on your TV. If you dont have S-Video then > you can send it > to the SCART socket using the same adapter as mentioned > above. However you > will also need to purchase an S-Video to RCA Video Adapter to > convert the > signal. Then use a single RCA to ghet the video out of the > Mac onto your TV > through the adapter in your Tvs SCART Socket. > > If you use a SCART Adapter that has S-Video included and just > use a long > S-Video Cable your images will only appear on the TV in Black > and White. > > For sound the same as above. > > Thats pretty much it, as far as I know. I do quite a lot of > this sort of > stuff so if you need any more help just ask. > > Regards > > Sean > DZineGuru > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs > on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
