I'm trying to connect my Macbook (white, purchased in early 2009) to my TV. I have the composite (red, white, yellow) cable plugged into my TV on one end. On the other end, the yellow is plugged into apple's mini DVI to video adapter which is plugged into my Macbook, and the red and white are plugged into an adapter that is plugged into my headphone jack. Audio is working through the TV, but video is not. Any advice?
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Connecting Macbook to TV
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I dont think you can use composite cables for video (correct me if I'm wrong?) try using a dvi adaptor or better yet get an hdmi to mini-dvi cable for your video
Why not? The yellow composite cable is specifically for video. Show be no different than any other device that can send video through that input, like an iPhone or older video camera.
I think that DVI uses a different signal then composite cables which I always heard to be used with VGA. I know HDMI works with DVI though. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.