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I have an old home projector made by Epson. I connected it to my 2020 Macbook Pro using an RCA3 converter to HDMI then into a Plugable adapter through USB C. The projector lens cap was removed and everything running fine but it would not pick up the video from my Mac in any of the video settings. Any advice, aside from getting a new projector, would be appreciated.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6
Kyotochax wrote:
I have an old home projector made by Epson. I connected it to my 2020 Macbook Pro using an RCA3 converter to HDMI then into a Plugable adapter through USB C. The projector lens cap was removed and everything running fine but it would not pick up the video from my Mac in any of the video settings.
Any advice, aside from getting a new projector, would be appreciated.
for your third party device—
if in doubt search the developers website or contact their: Support/Help/FAQ/Known issues/compatibility/updates
Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support
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Kyotochax wrote:
I have an old home projector made by Epson. I connected it to my 2020 Macbook Pro using an RCA3 converter to HDMI then into a Plugable adapter through USB C. The projector lens cap was removed and everything running fine but it would not pick up the video from my Mac in any of the video settings.
Any advice, aside from getting a new projector, would be appreciated.
for your third party device—
if in doubt search the developers website or contact their: Support/Help/FAQ/Known issues/compatibility/updates
Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support
ref:
In general, you can not "stack" display adapters, because a lot of the 'Magic' is done at the Mac connector, and is not available at the next converter junction.
in general, you must make the conversion directly from Mac output to display input in at most ONE adapter.
3 RCA jacks, one yellow is composite-Video, Red and White are Right and wLeft audio (the w is silent).
Th other possibility is Red is Red, Green is Green, and Blue is Blue, typically accompanied by one or two more that are sync. This is COMPONENT Video aka 'Analog VGA' split into separte plugs and is easier to accommodate.
are you quite certain your projector has NO more modern Video inputs? Composite-Video is a dinosaur, and hard to come by.
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The advice to search the third party's website was a nice effort but I had done that already to no avail. I was able to find a better solution, however. I ordered a USB 3.1 Type C (USB-C) to VGA Converter Adapter and that did the trick. I am not sure why it works but thought I would share it here in case it could help anyone else.
Thanks for the effort Grant Bennet-Alder,
As I stated just before your message the conversion from USB-C to VGA did the trick.
so the solution was to abandon the RCA jacks and use Analog VGA instead?
Macbook Pro cannot connect to old home projector
