Q: Options for VGA to S video/ composite video over Mini displayport

You'll need the expensive option.

Hello, I am first time forums user and a new mac owner.

What I am having trouble with is a very similar thing but I have a brand new macbook pro 17 so I am pretty sure my connector is slightly different. I found this...

http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9319G/A

This seems to be a connector which comes out of the mini-dvi port and has a connector for rca/svideo. I have a mini-dvi to vga that I bought with the mac and then I have an old vga to rca/s-video connector cable like the cheap option the original poster gave.

My mac responds as it should but the tv signal is totally screwed up. I also tried hooking it to a projector using rca and that said no signal. The mini-dvi port to vga works but I am not 100% on the vgs to rca connector I haven't used it in so long. It is going to be a pain for me to test it though.

Should this work? DO I need to mess around with refresh rates?

Thanks

How recently did you get your MacBookPro? The current model has a *mini DisplayPort,* not a miniDVI port.

The miniDVI adapter you linked to in your post is not appropriate for your MacBookPro if it has a mini DisplayPort.

you are correct, I just looked, it is only a few weeks old

So with the new MBP you need the converter box then right?

You need the correct adapter - *mini DisplayPort->VGA* adapter for a current MacBookPro - AND a converter.

I think I have the same issue:

March 2009 macbook pro with the tiny little display port. I want to go into a 6-year old Panasonic, but not flat screen HDTV that has s-video and the RCA (red, yellow, white) plugs.

All I really want is easy way to show iPhotos without people standing around my computer. I am not streaming video or TV shows etc.

Sounds like my need is: mini display->VGA plus VGA->S-video/RCA? Does the software work once I get the hardware joined??? Does anybody know where to get the VGA-S-video? Will this cost $100? If so, it may not be worth it.

thanks

Slightly messy and kludgy way to do it, but it does the job...

Three bits:

Mini DisplayPort adaptor to DVI out: http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MB570Z/A
DVI out to S-Video/Phono: http://store.apple.com/uk/product/M9267G/A

Think that does what you want, doesn't it?

Cheers,

Gary Smith

Er, of course, that's two bits. I can count, really. Honest.

Cheers,

Gary Smith

Yes, that's two bits, but it won't work.

Oh, pants. Why not? I'm genuinely interested to know.

Ta!

Gary Smith

Because there is no driver (meaning software) support for composite video and S-Video on the newer Macs. Since Macs lacks the required software to do the needed translation, you need external hardware that can do the translation. The original poster linked to one such solution. Here is that link again:

http://tinyurl.com/yd6qnvs

Here is another:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?cid=101&cp_id=10114&cs_id=1011407&pid=4724&seq=1&format=2