MP4 to TV?

wba88

hey is there anyway to hook up a mp4 player (ipod video etc) can be hooked up to a tv or a tv screen in a car to show videos, films, programmes etc? thanx in advance

maxitwist

ya, just buy an a/v czble

wba88

does it plug into the headphone socket then the monitor/tv or sumthing?

ADSLUSER

wba88 wrote:

does it plug into the headphone socket then the monitor/tv or sumthing?

Yes, this is what you need:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/1.RSLID?mco=543CBB30&nplm=M9765G%2FA

wba88

thanx. just found onr for €7.50ish

higster

Or use a camcorder av cable that you probably already have...

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2005/11/18/video-ipod.html

Connecting the iPod to Your TV

It takes a few steps to connect your iPod to your TV. Start by inserting the A/V cord's eighth-inch plug into your iPod's earphone jack. In it goes, schnickt. Couldn't be easier.

Here's where it gets a little tricky. In order to make your TV play back the iPod signal, you've got to redirect the outputs. You can't just plug the yellow RCA plug into the yellow RCA jack and the red into the red or the white into the white. No. Those geniuses at Apple send the video signal over the red RCA output. (Normally it arrives on yellow.) The sound comes through the white and yellow plugs.

I ended up going to an Apple store and testing this on iPod after iPod. They all have this quirk. It was intentional. But hey, it's proprietary. Woohoo. So here's what you have to do:

* Plug the red RCA plug into your TV's yellow RCA jack.
* Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV's white RCA jack.
* Plug the white RCA plug into your TV's red RCA jack.

wba88

thanx a mil lads. actually copped on that i did this myself bout 2years ago. thanx now i gotta look into sum other stuff