PowerMac G5 to TV connection

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PowerMac G5 to TV connection

Hello all I have a G5 Quad 2.5. I am trying to connect my Samsung TV to it. I have a DVI to Component RCA Cable. When I plug in the to the second DVI port and connect the RCA Plugs, the TV just has a bunch of zig zag lines and random colors.

The Mac recognizes the TV as a VGA Display in System Prefs.

Am I doing something wrong? The TV is a 480i 20inch TV (not LCD)

Any Ideas would be great.

Quad G5, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Mar 6, 2008 5:25 PM

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Mar 6, 2008 6:08 PM in response to RobS_NJ

The zig zag lines and random colors would indicate that you have the 3 component RCA jacks mixed up; are they color coded?

Sometimes there are different labels for component cables on different pieces of gear that make it a bit confusing to connect them correctly; if the mac recognizes the TV, I would suspect the RCA ends are not correctly connected.

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Mar 6, 2008 6:47 PM in response to Red Jacket Mike

i just tried every combination possible, no dice. the screen is almost rolling like the old VCRs when you had to adjust the tracking. its so bizaare

I have a brand new DVI to Component RCA cable... i am stumped...

the TV is a samsung TX-R2035 CRT 480i

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