DVI - VGA - Svideo

[stevedave50]

hi,
i recently bought one of these vga - svideo adaptors in the hope that it would enable me to use my crt as a screen to watch movies on from my MBP.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SVGA-VGA-to-R...4740107QQihZ007QQcategoryZ61395QQcmdZViewItem

i connected the apple supplied dvi - vga adaptor to my mbp, and then the vga to svideo adaptor through an s video cable to the tv. system preferences detect that there is a vga monitor attached, but no picture comes up on the crt tv. is there a way to get this to work, or do i need the apple dvi - svideo connector?

many thanks

 

[Stopsignguy]

How come you didn't just get this?
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-M9267G-DVI-Video-Adapter/dp/B0000ACOBL/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-4275828-0738547?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1186087553&sr=8-1

I'm not sure what to do about your current situation though, maybe check your display settings (NTSC or PAL), since I'm guessing your in Europe, and Apple may not have your region signal as default.

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Not sure why you didn't buy the DVI-S-video adapter to begin with but whatever. Go to your System Prefs>Displays, your CRT should have its own settings in there. If not, then perhaps you can't use 2 adapters to connect your VGA. As soon as you plug it in the CRT should turn on.