what type of cable is used for the tv-out connection? s-video cable? i have a geforce 6800gt with vga dvi and tv-out.

 

Usually svideo unless your card came with an adapter. Some high end cards have an output similar to svideo but have an adapter cable that splits it to multiple interfaces.

 

Yeah it depends on the card. I've seen some with standard Svideo, two different other kinds of svideo as well as coax and AV cables. Mine has a substandard svideo that splits to red/white/yellow av cables.

 

ok, i went get an svideo cable but it doesnt have the same amount of pins as the connection on my computer. the one on my computer has 7 pins, 3 in one column, 4 in the other, the cable i bought has 4or 5 and in a circle. so what do i need now lol

 

Did you buy the card new? From a retailer? Did it come with the computer?

 

i bought the geforce6800 gt from tigerdirect a few months ago. the svideo card is from radioshack

 

Svideo cable you mean? Cause if it's an actual svideo card, this just got a lot more confusing.

Um... sounds like there's possibly an adapter that goes with it that either you didn't receive or have lost. I looked the 6800gt cards on NewEgg and they all have the TVout as just svideo (with a composite adapter).

 

no its the actual geforce 6800gt video card with the tv-out connection. Well, i went read a few places online and seems there are 2 different svideo connections. One has 4 pins and the other has 7, so i just need to get an adapter or a card with 4 pins........... i think lol



oh, in the previous post i meant "svideo cable" lol

 

That is not an svideo out its an HDTV out and looks like it needs a special dongle(cord) from nvidia that goes in there, it did not come with a cable that plugs in there with component plugs on the end? otherwise you could use the dvi if you have an hdtv with a dvi connector on it.

 

yeah that was the type of extension cord splitter thingy that i had with mine. non-standard svideo. check to see if the product was supposed to come with the adapter. check tigerdirect or the manufacturer to see if they have single adapters to buy. or check the layout of the pins on the adapters before you buy em.

 

Should be able to find the adapter on eBay as well.

 

This one says ATI, but are the pins similar?

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yeah I don't think thats it, even if it fit, that port is specificly labled HDTV. I don't think you would be able to convert to s video or composite