Espionage724 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Lets say you have a computer with an S-Video port. Now lets say you have a TV from 2005. Chances are, if the TV had an S-Video port on it, if you used an S-Video cable to the TV to Laptop, the laptop wouldn't see it. WARNINGS: - If wires touch that aren't supposed to, bad things could happen. I had wires touch but nothing happened to me or the computer but it could vary. - This has not been tested on OS X. If OS X can see that you have an S-Video port, then this should work (I guess?). This guide will teach you how to make a cable that you can use to hook your computer to your TV (S-Video to Composite) Examples of what each look like Chances are you will either have either a 4 pin or 7 pin layout on the s-video port on your computer. If you have the 7-pin, treat it like a 4 pin like so: This is how the pins are layout: So now you need some wires. It is preferred you use an old USB cord. If you don't have one, you need 4 spare wires about the length from your computer to TV. Make the wires look like so: (leave 4 wires at 1 end, tie 2 pairs of wires so it goes from 4 wires to 2 wires) Now for the fun part. Turn your computer off for this unless you have steady hands or don't care if a wire touches and has a chance to kill the computer. Make the wires look like so: - Twist the 4 wires so that they are not split and stuff (make each one neat looking) - Stick each wire inside a hole in your s-video port (make sure wires are around 1 inch or so) - Make sure no wires are touching before turning on your machine Once you have done that, I guess just go set the TV up. I never did this on OS X so I wouldn't know. Tips: - If you can find an old S-video cable and an old composite video/audio cable, and find out what wires go where, it would make the process a lot neater and less risky (so bare wires won't be hanging so close near 1 another and stuff) - If you roll up a tiny peice of tape, you can stick it inside the composite video port to make the wire touch the connection easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrock42 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Thank you!!! this is awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espionage724 Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 No problem. If anyone has tested this method on OS X, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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