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Please help me find the right composite video cable!
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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I purchased the Mini-DVI to Video dongle to use with my Macbook. It's white. It's pretty. It doesn't do jack unless you have another cable to use with it. Unfortunately my TV is an oldie and doesn't support S-Video. So I need a composite cable.
My problem is I don't understand what kind of cable I need. I guess it needs to have one male head on one side and two male heads on the other? Is it this one?
Amazon.com: Belkin PureAV Composite Video & Audio Cables Kit, 6 ft.: Electronics
Can I find something cheaper? I don't need fancy 24 karat gold connectors to watch a podcast or play with Front Row on a ten-year-old, beat-up TV.
Just to be completely clear, I want to be able to have video on the TV screen and sound coming out of the TV's speaker.
What do I need to do to accomplish this? Do I need additional cabling for the sound?
I'M CONFUUUUSED
thanks for your help.
yakov.
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That cable on Amazon is *not* what you want.
For the video, you just need a composite video cable (also maybe called a rca cable). They're common, cheap, and you probably already have one lying around from something. It should have two identical ends and look something like this: GE Composite Video Cable
For the sound, you'll need a cable that goes from your headphone jack to the stereo inputs on the TV (probably red and white rca connectors). It should look something like this: Mini to 2 RCA Male Connector
RadioShack or similar would carry both these cables.
Cheers
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THANK YOU
One more question.
TVs with only one speaker have just the one hole for audio.
Is there a such thing as a monoaural headphone->RCA plug?
Or should I just use one side of the stereo jack and forget about how weird that might end up sounding?
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Last edited by Yakov; Sep 3, 2006 at 08:49 PM.
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Welcome. 
For the sound, I think the best solution would be to use the type of cable I linked to, and just plug-in one of the connectors. Then go to the Sound Preferences and slide the fader all the way over to the left or right. That way you shouldn't be losing any of the sound.
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