Mac mini - dvi to svideo adapter - no screen on tv
Hello, I really don't know if anyone knows an answer of my problem.
No one did this far.
So I signed up here.
Ok, my question.
I have a mac mini 1.42 ghz. I want to connect it to my sony 100hz trinitron TV with an dvi to s-video adapter. It doesn't work.
I also have a G5 1,6 ghz. At the back it has 2 connections for a screen. I use 1 connection for my studio display, the other one I use for my sony tv to watch movies etc with the dvi to svideo adapter and the svideo cable in the connector an the tv. It works fine with synchronize the screens.
Why doesn't the connector work on my mac mini to my tv??
This is the connector I use:
[img]http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/8352/848/store.apple.com/Catalog/nl/Images/M9267_ lm.jpg[/img]
Nookie.
Nevermind. Due this problem I bought a lcd tv a bit earlier then expected.
So my old tv left the building!!
Now I dont have the problem anymore.
No more s-video for me, bought another cable like it's supposed to be. Digital.
Thanks.
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