TV out & composite AV cable

If you hook up an iPod Touch to a TV via Apple's composite AV cable, will you see a complete mirror of the iPod display on the TV (all screens, including Safari, youtube, iTunes, etc)?
Or is the TV out limited to displaying videos and photos/slideshows?

Hi,
I want to know if it is possible to install a software that allows to transfer
via Compositive cable TV all that is displayed on my ipod touch (safari, ect...).
Or is it an hardware problem?
Can anybody else help me?
Thanks!

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Your av composite cable isnt compatible with the ipod touch 4G, i assure you that. It will work on older devices like what you have said... But ipod touch 4G is completely a high tech device in present generation. Apple cables/cables are compatible specifically to a device. Try to buy cables conpatible with iphone 4 above and i assure you it will perfectly work with an ipod touch 4G. Iphone 3gs model is inferior to 4th generation models. So maybe the cable cant function properly on higher models because its firmware, specs., etc. is more advanced.
-based on my opinion and experience only.

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The Model number is the most important and can be found on the bottom of the dock.
The part numbers may change due to several things like boxing an AV cable with or without a wall charger. You would probably get the same cable but the part number on the box would be different due to possible other contents inside the box.
1. *iPod Photo Dock* Part# M9868G/A, Model# ?????
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2. *iPod Universal Dock* Part# MA045G/A, *Model# A1153*
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3. *Apple Universal Dock* Part# MC746LL/A, Model# ?????
with Apple Composite AV Cable Part# MC748AM/A
or Apple Component AV Cable Part# MC917ZM/A
I had both items in #2 above. I still have the iPod Universal Dock and it came in its own box.
No remote, No cable(s), but did come with 5 dock adapters.
I never tried my iPod Touch through the Dock to the TV. I did try the iPod Touch using the older iPod AV Cable to the TV but that did not work and the link above tells us it doesn't. That's why I bought the newer Composite Cable which does work when directly connected to the TV and the iPod Touch.
I gave my older cable away to a friend so I can't test if it would work like the document says or not but like you said, in theory, it should work.
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I have a Iphone classic running on firmware 2.2.
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Hi There,
I'm attempting to use my iPhone 3GS (running OS 4.3.2) to watch movies through my TV, however I only get audio & no video. I am using the authentic Apple Composite AV Cable, and have already made sure that my Settings are proper (as far as I have found). I have gone Settings - iPod - TV Out - TV Signal - NTSC.
I have tried my 4th generation iPod with a video on it with these cables, and it works perfectly fine (both audio & video) - so I know the cables are not defective.
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Hello there....
Last week I tried to use my iphone 3gs to watch a video on my tv using the composite av cable and I got the annoying message: "This accessory is not optimized for this iphone.....". I first checked my iphone connector and cleaned it out using compressed air (it was really dirty). Tried the av cable again and still got the same message. Called apple tech support and after about 4 hours, they recommended a few things. After a restart, hard reset, and restore as new device....still not progress.
Finally, today I went to the apple store and the rep checked my iphone and said the it could be a problem with the iphone...but after testing one of their 3gs phones, he got the same message and no video....then asked him to check the iphone 4 whick worked fine.....
Apparently, the problem is with the OS and he could only suggest waiting for the next update and input the problem into the feedback page.....
Bottom line, your 3gs is not the problem....it is the OS.
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The best thing to do is to report it to apple as much as possible so they can get going on a fix...

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