Video distorted on TV

I'm getting a distorted image of videos on the TV. Both nano and universal dock with component AV cables were bought 2 weeks back. I can hear sound perfectly but the image is heavily distorted.
TV Out is enabled in the iPod and cables are firmly and correctly plugged in. I have tried connecting the component cable directly to the iPod and the image is the same. I have tried with different videos and with podcasts and the result is similar.
Here are photos to give you an idea.
http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=movielz4.jpg
http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=podcastub0.jpg
I also can not see photos on the TV either even though TV Out is ON. Can someone help?

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Bengt,
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