What went wrong? G4 TV

[crabbydaddy2]

So i bought a 3.50
cable from ebay
that plugs into the back of my Powermac G4 and
allows it to be put on a tv via svideo or composite

vga to svideo/composite

so i plug it in
and i get nothing on the TV

so like idk what i did wrong

i adjusted the video on the Powermac to
800 x 600 (or the smallest it would go)
and i still get nothing
except for a black screen?


POWERMAC G4
DUAL 500 MHZ

 

[FF_productions]

Try refreshing the displays in system preferences and see if it works...

Are you 100% sure it works with your G4?

The video card in my Mac Pro is so awful it can't even connect to a TV.

 

[newtech]

So i bought a 3.50
cable from ebay
that plugs into the back of my Powermac G4 and
allows it to be put on a tv via svideo or composite

vga to svideo/composite

so i plug it in
and i get nothing on the TV

so like idk what i did wrong

i adjusted the video on the Powermac to
800 x 600 (or the smallest it would go)
and i still get nothing
except for a black screen?


POWERMAC G4
DUAL 500 MHZ

Video cards of that vintage do not support S-video/composite output via the VGA port.

 

[crabbydaddy2]

well are there any other ways i could connect this computer
to a tv


i have an iBook 1.42
if i used the Mini VGA to VGA then VGA to composite
would that work?

(like showing a brief QT movie)

 

[yippy]

Is this what you bought?
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9109G/A

Because that should work but you might have to "detect displays" in system preference or turn on the computer/TV in the right order to get it to work.

 

[newtech]

well are there any other ways i could connect this computer
to a tv


i have an iBook 1.42
if i used the Mini VGA to VGA then VGA to composite
would that work?

(like showing a brief QT movie)

The video card does not output S-video or composite AT ALL.

Such adapters are meant for use with specific video cards on later Mac's.

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

you can get another video card. i know my ati 9800 has a tv out port on it via s-video port and connectes with an svideo or composite. it's also got dvi and vga.