DVI to CRT???

I just got a Mac mini for Christmas and want to hook it up to my television as a media center. My TV is a 27 inch Toshiba CRT. I'm using the DVI to Video adaptor with an s-video cable from the Mac to the TV. Out of the box, I booted up, got a picture and worked my way through the system set up. Got to the desktop, opened up System Preferences>Displays and tried a different resolution. BAM! The screen starts jumping all over the place. At this point, I only have a wireless keyboard and I can't read the screen at all. I take the mini in to my local Apple store and the Genius there tells me to reset my PRAM. He demonstrates for me in the store and tells me I'll need to find a wired keyboard to make this work at home. I also notice that his LCD monitor is showing at least a dozen more resolution options than what I had for my CRT, so I know that the computer is talking to the monitor. Anyway, I track down a corded USB keyboard and reset the PRAM again at home. Still no dice. Getting very frustrated and feeling very stupid. HELP!

You can probably get a "sane" picture by starting in "Safe Mode". Using the the wired usb keyboard, hold down the Shift key for about 30 seconds, immediately after hearing the starting up chime or beep.
Starting in safe mode will take a bit longer than normal, and some services such as WiFi won't be available. But it should put a basic resolution up on the screen that will work with the TV, while you experiment with tweaking System Prefs > Displays.
BTW, I'm curious ... was there anything wrong with the picture that you initially had, before you went to display preferences?

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