Rca video out

I have an imac g5 rev, B and a apple video adapter that turns reular video out to a single cable that can be anything really. I was wondering if i can use to hook up a video rca yellow cable to my tv and view my imac on my tv. Is that possible cause i don't have s-video nor component. thanx in advance

Krasi,
Check out Apple Video Adapter.
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