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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 02/24/07 22:56
On 2/24/2007, compsci posted this:
> Hi,
> I asked for a cable which would connect my laptop to TV. Basically
> my laptops output would be tv's input.
> My laptop has an S-video out. My TV doesn't have S-video.
>
> This cable I got hold of has an S-video on one end and three RCA
> cables (red, white & yellow) on the other end. Does this cable make
> sense?. (I got it in an unknown local shop, which I suspect may have
> cheated me.)
> Please tell me how I can use these cable.
>
>> From what I read all day today :
> 1) The S-video doesn't output any audio channels.
> So, I wonder what that red & white cables are for???
> May be the red and white cables are there just for no reason. May
> be the yellow RCA has the video composite and the red and white are
> just for cheating me. I tried the yellow RCA on my TV's composite
> video in. Nothing worked.
>
>
> 2) The S-video gives component image.
> So, do these three cables give component video. Like YUV or
> something?. My TV does have support for component video. The manual
> says so and I see a Red-green-blue RCA set for component video. So,
> have they got the colors of this cable wrong?. In which case should I
> try out all combinations to get my video.
> I did try and gave up.
>
>
> Please let me know if a simple S-video cable with red,white & yellow
> RCA jacks at the other end is makes sense, how I am supposed to use
> it.
> Thanks
It makes no sense that the audio would be there. Connecting it to
component makes no sense either.
The yellow to composite should work OK, however. If it doesn't, two
alternatives come to mind right away (to my mind, anyway).
1. Bad cable
2. Your computer is not set up right to output S-Video.
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