Connecting I Mac desk top to Sony Bravia to watch You Tube

[oldrocker]

Hi,advice please.I am British and live in rural Japan,English advice is hard to get!

I want to watch You tube videos on my 40 inch Sony Bravia TV.The store where I bought my PC ,an i mac desktop OSX 10.4,suggested I buy Mini Display Port to connect to an HDMI cable High speed type,1080P which I also bought.Not cheap even in Japan!!

All connected up but nothing on TV screen.Also I suspect I also need another cable for sound.I called the store where I bought all my gear for advice,and I am still waiting.It seems they don't stock i macs anymore although they do have a manual for such. I am NOT by any means good with computers etc,so talk me through simply please!I imagine I will have to change some settings somewhere. Thanks!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

How to: Connect a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro to a TV

If you have an iMac running Mac OS X 10.4, you most probably are having a Mini DVI port, not Mini DisplayPort, as that one was introduced in late 2008.

Btw, your post is not really hard to read, but not really easy to read either. Maybe you could edit your punctuation.

Mini DVI

Mini DVI is a digital common interface on the later G4 12" PowerBook, on Intel iMacs till 2009 and on the white and black pre-Unibody MacBooks and on Intel Mac minis before they changed the design to Unibody.

Mini DVI adapters can be bought online from:

Mini DVI to VGA adapter from Apple
Mini DVI to Video (Composite and S-Video) adapter from Apple
Mini DVI to DVI adapter from Apple

Mini DVI to VGA adapter from Monoprice
Mini DVI to HDMI adapter from Monoprice
Mini DVI to DVI adapter from Monoprice
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Also of interest: "Mini DVI, what it is and how to capture it"
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Mini DisplayPort (MDP)

Mini DisplayPort is the current digital standard on all current Macs to transfer video to an external display or TV. It has been introduced in 10/2008 with the release of the Unibody MacBook and MacBook Pros and has gradually been adopted on all other Macs.
MDP is capable of transmitting video, and since 2010, audio too. MDP is a miniaturised version of DisplayPort. It is also license free and can support resolutions of up to 2560 x 1600, which Mini DVI and Micro DVI are not able to do.

MDP adapters can be bought online from:

MDP to VGA adapter from Apple
MDP to DVI adapter from Apple
MDP to Dual-Link-DVI adapter from Apple

Moshi Mini DP to HDMI Adapter with Audio Support adapter from the Apple Online Store

Mini DisplayPort + USB to Dual-Link DVI adapter from Monoprice
Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter from Monoprice
Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter from Monoprice
Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter from Monoprice - *NOTE* This product does NOT support audio for Macs that outputs audio through the Mini DisplayPort.
Mini Displayport Male and USB Male/Toslink Audio to HDMI Female Converting adapter from Monoprice
Mini Displayport Male and USB Male Audio to HDMI Female Converting adapter from Monoprice - *NOTE* Will only support 2 channel stereo. Will not support 5.1 Dolby Surround like the above adapter.

Mini DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort Cables from Monoprice
Mini DisplayPort to VGA Cables from Monoprice
Mini DisplayPort to DVI Cables from Monoprice
Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Cables from Monoprice​

Also of interest: "What is "Mini DisplayPort"? Is it an industry-standard? How is it different from or better than Mini-DVI and Micro-DVI?"
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[oldrocker]

Connecting I mac to TV

Thanks for advice.Today I spent an hour with non English speaking staff at the store where I bought my gear, and their advice proved a dud, even after they advised me to buy a cable for audio,and said pressing F2 key would do it,no picture just sound.

My I mac is a 2007 model so does that mean it can't be done I wonder.
The only port that can take the Mini Display Port is a firewire port according to the manual symbol.Does this seem right, because as I said I am a newbie with PCs even though my PC is not new! As I read from the box now, it is a Mini Display Port that I was sold .

The cable is connected to the back of my TV correctly at HDMI port 4.

Tomorrow I will try and find an English speaking PC savvy person to help,the store will only offer technical assistance at my home for about 70 dollars even if the job only takes five minutes!
Thanks anyway,

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I posted the two parts about "Mini DVI" and "Mini DisplayPort", including the images and the explanation where it is used, for you to see, that you don't have a Mini DisplayPort on your iMac, it was added to the iMac in 2009, AFTER it has been introduced with the MacBook Pro in late 2008.
The Firewire 800 port may look a bit like the Mini DisplayPort, but they are not compatible.

Again, you need a Mini DVI to HDMI connection, which can be done via "Mini DVI to DVI" adapter and a "DVI to HDMI" cable.
Didn't the "How to: Connect a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro to a TV" link help?

As reference, I embed the various Firewire plugs and ports and the MDP graphic again.

 

[MacHamster68]

hdmi is not hdmi on every tv

one sec i explain

1st i have two polaroid tv's , they look the same apart from one is black and from 2008 the other is white from 2009 so far they look identical apart the white one has freeview and has a tiny difference in the serial number both have HDMI in

the black one was connected via dvi to my Mini G4 using dvi to hdmi adapter , to my PowerMac g5 and iMac core duo and worked just plug and play 1280x768

the white one is a different matter , it worked perfect on the Mini G4 again with dvi to hdmi adapter ,so it did on the PowerMac , but it totally refuses to see the iMac core duo connected via mini dvi to hdmi , TV just says "no input device found " and turns into sleep mode ,but rarely if i find that sweetspot when it just fell asleep, using system preferences in the iMac to detect display and exact at the same time wake the tv with the remote up, then and only then the iMac sees the tv and the tv the iMac i really have to be at the right spot of the tv just had fell asleep not later , otherwise the tv says again "no input device found"
which is pretty annoying as 90% of times i miss that sweetspot
a tv tech confirmed that everything is working fine and no issues with the tv at all
and yes the iMac works fine with any other display i hang on to the mini dvi