MacBook to Tv Q?

geoffraffe

Does anyone know what cable I need so that I can run my macbook through my lcd tv? It's a samsung 32" 4 series.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Sorry mod I think I've put this in the wrong place

Tom Dunne

geoffraffe wrote: »

Sorry mod I think I've put this in the wrong place

No panic, I've just moved it to the Mac forum from the Apple Media Devices forum.

aCA

geoffraffe wrote: »

Does anyone know what cable I need so that I can run my macbook through my lcd tv? It's a samsung 32" 4 series.

It depends of which Macbook you have, the latest ones have a Mini DisplayPort, while older ones have a Mini DVI Port. Do you know what model you have / when you bought it?

Here are links for Dealextreme, you might find them cheaper elsewhere I havent looked.

Mini DisplayPort DP Male to HDMI Female Adapter Cable (10CM)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.32567

Mini DVI Male to HDMI Female Adapter Cable (10CM)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.32566

You just need to connect one of these adapters to your Macbook and then a standard hdmi cable from the adapter to your tv.

HDMI Cable
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.31951

Jev/N

If you want to connect it, rather than connect via HDMI (as above), get a VGA -> DVI/mini displayport cable as either way you'll have to run audio separately and generally, the VGA input is the only channel that has separate audio & video inputs

aCA

Jev/N wrote: »

If you want to connect it, rather than connect via HDMI (as above), get a VGA -> DVI/mini displayport cable as either way you'll have to run audio separately and generally, the VGA input is the only channel that has separate audio & video inputs

oops, I forgot about that. Jev is right. Thats what I do with my Macbook, a VGA adapter & separate audio cable and it works great. I had forgot the sound wont output from the mini DisplayPort/DVI to hdmi.


So if you have a Mini DisplayPort, use the three of these:

Mini DisplayPort Male to VGA Female Adapter
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.27603

VGA Cable
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5168

3.5mm Stereo Audio Cable Male-Male (1-Meter)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.23531

Talisman

There is a connector available that will combine the audio output and and mini display port to a HDMI connection.

Mini Displayport Male and USB Male/Toslink Audio to HDMI Female Converting Adapter

geoffraffe

Thanks so much for all your help guys. The macbook I have is the from about 2008, it's the macbook 4,1. Will the same cables run on this that you were talking about. Thanks again

Skud

sorry to hijack the thread but is this the same way to get hdmi on the mac mini as well?

aCA

geoffraffe wrote: »

Thanks so much for all your help guys. The macbook I have is the from about 2008, it's the macbook 4,1. Will the same cables run on this that you were talking about. Thanks again

The Macbook 4,1 has a Mini DVI port, so use a:

Mini DVI Male to VGA Female Adapter
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.27977

along with a vga cable and stereo audio cable.

btw, that vga cable I linked to is just for example, it may not be good quality I haven't used it the reviews don't seem to be very good. But I did by my adapter from dealextreme and it works fine.

aCA

Skud wrote: »

sorry to hijack the thread but is this the same way to get hdmi on the mac mini as well?

With a Mac Mini, the newer ones have both a Mini DisplayPort and a Mini DVI port while the older intel models have a Mini DVI port. The same cables as for the setting up a Macbook to a tv (with vga port) will work.

If you want both sound and video into your TV by a hdmi cable you would need to use a Converting Adapter as Talisman said.