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William Stahl1

Q: Video out from the headphone jack died... 30gb 5g

Hi all.
So, I have a 30gb 5g ipod. I have played video out of the headphone jack to a tv for years now. I have the apple version of the video out cable. So, recently, the video stopped playing. The audio plays. YES, it is set to tv out = on, NTSC. This worked fine. Now no video. Video DOES play on the ipod itself. And, I bought an expensive dock cable that has composite out and that does work for video. So, I am just wondering what happened to my video from the headphone jack. I guess I could try to get it fixed, but is it worth it? Any ideas would be appriciated! Thanks!!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Jan 13, 2009 10:28 AM

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  • by edmueller1,

    edmueller1 edmueller1 Mar 29, 2009 9:29 AM in response to William Stahl1
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    Mar 29, 2009 9:29 AM in response to William Stahl1
    Hi I have the exact same problem.

    Did you find a solution to this?
  • by emidge,

    emidge emidge Apr 3, 2009 8:13 AM in response to William Stahl1
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    Apr 3, 2009 8:13 AM in response to William Stahl1
    To be certain that the video out of the headphones jack stopped working, you could try using a new Apple composite video cable to determine whether your old cable or the video out of the headphone jack stopped working. If you rather not, well, you alredy found a perfect solution to your problem - the dock cable with composite out. On the good side, that cable also comes with a usb port and an adapter, right?
  • by maybeinoregonjeep,

    maybeinoregonjeep maybeinoregonjeep Apr 5, 2009 6:54 PM in response to emidge
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    Apr 5, 2009 6:54 PM in response to emidge
    I have the same problem with my 5th gen 80gb model. I can still play movies in my car, with the usb adapter, but they suddenly won't play using the headphone composite I had used in the past. In addition, I tried a new cable...I think it had to do with the last update...I even tried the composite connector I use with my iTouch (it plugs into the bottom) - to no avail.
  • by maybeinoregonjeep,

    maybeinoregonjeep maybeinoregonjeep Apr 5, 2009 7:09 PM in response to emidge
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    Apr 5, 2009 7:09 PM in response to emidge
    OK, I was DETERMINED to figure this one out...simply because it USED to work...

    Somehow (last 'update' I assume)...my 'TV out' was turned off.

    On my 80GB model, it was under menu > videos > video settings > TV Out

    I just turned it 'on' and I was back in business...of course it doesn't make up for last weekend, when I was out of town trying to get the darn thing to work...but at least it works now.

    Hope this helps.