Connecting MBP to TV

[OrangeSliver]

Hello, would someone be able to help me, Im trying to connect my MBP to the tv in the lounge, but Im not sure which cables I need. My TV has Red, White and Yellow circular sockets and a SCART input. Which adapters/cables do I need to buy so we can watch movies from my laptop on the TV? Thank you very much.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Hello, would someone be able to help me, Im trying to connect my MBP to the tv in the lounge, but Im not sure which cables I need. My TV has Red, White and Yellow circular sockets and a SCART input. Which adapters/cables do I need to buy so we can watch movies from my laptop on the TV? Thank you very much.

Buy the Apple standard 'DVI to Video' adapter, plug an 'RCA' cable from the yellow circular plug on the adapter to the yellow circular plug on the TV. Get a '1/8" minijack to stereo RCA' cable as well, to go from the headphone jack on the MBP to the white and red circular sockets on the TV. The cables shoudl be available at any major electronics retailer, the 'DVI to Video' adapter you'll have to get from an Apple reseller.

Plug your adapter in, but do *NOT* hook it to your TV yet. (It will default to the U.S.-style NTSC setting, which can harm your TV.) Open up System Preferences, and go to 'Displays'. On the 'NTSC/PAL' window, and select the '50 Hz / PAL' refresh rate, and the 720x576 resolution. NOW plug the yellow cable in to your TV. Now you can change the NTSC/PAL resolution to one of the larger 'standard' resolutions like 800x600 or 1024x768, and it will keep the PAL timings. (If you pick an NTSC resolution, like 720x480, it will screw up the TV display, and you'll have to set it back to 720x576 to fix it.

edit: link to adapter added.

 

[OrangeSliver]

Thank you ehurtley, thats precisely what I needed to know. There is a PAL DVI to Video adapter on Apple's store, should I use this? Would the cables you suggested work with this adapter? Also, thanks for the warning, I have just bought a new TV and I certainly wouldn't have thought of it. One last thing, what are the sockets called on the TV?

 

[timswim78]

Thank you ehurtley, thats precisely what I needed to know. There is a PAL DVI to Video adapter on Apple's store, should I use this? Would the cables you suggested work with this adapter? Also, thanks for the warning, I have just bought a new TV and I certainly wouldn't have thought of it. One last thing, what are the sockets called on the TV?

The sockets on your TV are RCA inputs.
Yellow = Video
Red = Right Sound
White = Left Sound