Connecting a Mac to a TV

Stoner

hi all,

I have been asked to see if its possible for an elderly friend to connect his mac to his TV. I asked for the name and model of both but all i could get was a pic of the connections for the mac and the same for the TV.

I see there is s video and composite video and stereo sound on the TV, no sign of HDMI, and there are one or two connections on the mac that I dont recognise.

Can anyone help, is there a lead to connect the two , or some sort of wireless option?

thank you all

Torqay

The Mac has a Mini Display Port (at the far left on the photo). If there's no HDMI in on the TV he'll need a composite video converter, which is significantly dearer.

jos360

Stoner wrote: »

hi all,

I have been asked to see if its possible for an elderly friend to connect his mac to his TV. I asked for the name and model of both but all i could get was a pic of the connections for the mac and the same for the TV.

I see there is s video and composite video and stereo sound on the TV, no sign of HDMI, and there are one or two connections on the mac that I dont recognise.

Can anyone help, is there a lead to connect the two , or some sort of wireless option?

thank you all

Ok so it looks like that second port from the left on the TV is a HDMI port. So you'll two things, a HDMI cable and a mini DVI to HDMI adaptor.
I'll make it easy for you, buy these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wired--up-v1-3A-Plated-Connectors-Cable/dp/B0017RW94A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345546963&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-Cable-Adapter-Cablesson%C2%AE-SHIPPING/dp/B002KH2L9Y/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1345546998&sr=1-2

And then Plug the short white cable into the leftmost port on the mac(in the picture), then one end of the HDMI cable into the short white cable, and the other into the TV Win!

If you have any questions, pm me

ZENER

Not 100% but the photo of the TV looks like it's of the front behind a pull down flap ? Perhaps you could get a photo of the rear of the set ? Is it even an LCD/plasma model ?

Ken

Stoner

thanks guys, jos you could be correct. I hope that is a HDMI it would be great if it was but i was not sure.

ZENER,
I doubt if he'll be able to get me anther photo. I have not seen anything more than you guys have.

It was really the mac ports i needed, I did not recognise the last one, the symbol looked like it was a universal one for a screen but its good to know what it is. I don't know why manufactures use these mini ports on large pieces of electronics, yes its good an an option but surely a full sized HDMI would be the first choice.

I'm going to chance the mini hdmi to hdmi

thanks again

yoyo

Stoner wrote: »

thanks guys, jos you could be correct. I hope that is a HDMI it would be great if it was but i was not sure.

ZENER,
I doubt if he'll be able to get me anther photo. I have not seen anything more than you guys have.

It was really the mac ports i needed, I did not recognise the last one, the symbol looked like it was a universal one for a screen but its good to know what it is. I don't know why manufactures use these mini ports on large pieces of electronics, yes its good an an option but surely a full sized HDMI would be the first choice.

I'm going to change the mini hdmi to hdmi

thanks again

Because Apple make more money due to people needing to buy adaptors . The Apple world is all about proprietry connectors and cables, while Mini display port isn't exactly exclusive to Apple, other companies that use it usually offer VGA/DVI/HDMI etc as well

Nick

jos360

yoyo wrote: »

Because Apple make more money due to people needing to buy adaptors . The Apple world is all about proprietry connectors and cables, while Mini display port isn't exactly exclusive to Apple, other companies that use it usually offer VGA/DVI/HDMI etc as well

Nick

Apple adaptors are like 20 euro plus, amazon is like 5 Same with all apple accessories

yoyo

jos360 wrote: »

Apple adaptors are like 20 euro plus, amazon is like 5 Same with all apple accessories

I've had issues with a "generic" iPod cable in the past, but I'm not sure a miny DP adaptor would matter as it's not an Apple invention

Nick

jos360

I've generic mag safe charger and two mini dvi adaptors and no problems with them

ZENER

By the way . . why is the thread called Connecting a Mac to a PC ?

Ken

Stoner

I was thinking the same thing

yoyo

ZENER wrote: »

By the way . . why is the thread called Connecting a Mac to a PC ?

Ken

Stoner wrote: »

I was thinking the same thing

Sorted

Nick

Stoner

Thanks guys ordered that all is good. Thanks again.