Component AV Cable vs Composite Av Cable . need help

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bakunai2000 Author

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Component AV Cable vs Composite Av Cable . need help

i went and got Composite AV cable today to connect 3G iphone to my Tv. i can only view videos in Black/White only on My Samsung TV . TV seems to have only Component option , no sign of Composite option to switch to. could it be the reason why i can only watch videos in Black/White? of Composite cable should work anyhow.
In iphone preferences i tried every possible setting , NTL ,PAL , Wide Screen on/off noting worked

Mac pro 2.66, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jul 11, 2009 4:41 PM

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DaVBMan

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Jul 11, 2009 4:43 PM in response to bakunai2000

Composite and Component are two different things. Even though they both use a couple of the same color coded cables, it doesn't mean you can plug one into the other. If you bought Composite and only have Component jacks, that is your issue. All cables need to be jacked into all jacks for that type of cable. No extras hanging off to side and no jacks left out.

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bakunai2000 Author

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Jul 11, 2009 4:58 PM in response to bakunai2000

Thx for replying. TV has 5 ins audio left/right and 3 component ins labeled Pr, Pb and Y . hmm i just looked at the box and it only show 3 jacks. Component has 5 jacks according to Component AV Cable description on apple's website. i think i picked up wrong cable...

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Sboq

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Jul 11, 2009 7:51 PM in response to bakunai2000

correct, you have the wrong cable. you need the cable with a solid red and white audio cables, and then a red, green and blue video cable.

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bakunai2000 Author

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Jul 12, 2009 9:54 AM in response to bakunai2000

Yeah, that was it swopped over to Composite AV cable now its all good. only thing is that video is glitchy and colors are .. i don't know how to describe it .. its not justified to me to watch video on TV , quality is bad.i think its the tech limitation...

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