iPod Why cant I use another AV cable with the iPod?

[AppleGuy08]

Im a little confused. I have an AV cable that is identical to apples Av cable, yet it doesn't work. Id like to know why this is.

 

[Chundles]

You can, Apple just swapped around the colours for the audio/visual outputs. So if you're using a standard 3.5mm minijack -> RCA cable you'll just need to swap the outputs around until you find the one actually outputting the video. I think it's the red one on a regular AV cable.

 

[AppleGuy08]

haha thanks for that chundles it works beautifully now.