ATI Radeon 9600SE, Svideo out is B/W!?

[aaron7]

Well, I just got an Svideo to composite adaptor from a friend who got it from his MSI Nvidia video card. I plugged it into my video card, plugged an RCA cable into it, and ran it to my video in on my TV.

Well, after configuring the 2nd display in the ATI control panel, I get video! It looks sweet with movies and such... but it's in black and white. I called ATI and they said it's my Svideo adaptor, and that some do that for whatever reason.

So, is this adaptor just wired wrong internally? Is there a pinout that I could go by? Or do I need a different one? The ones at RadioShack are $24, so I really would like to just modify this one!

Thanks everyone!

 

[Lorand]

Ati cards are usually shipped with an adaptor from the card's tv-out to S-video and Composite video (like this one: http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=2537998). So no need for extra adaptor. In case you don't have this item and plugged the svideo to composite adapter directly into the card tv-out, then it must be some incompatibilities in pin assignments. Read more here: http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html

 

[Praetor]

but it's in black and white. I called ATI and they said it's my Svideo adaptor, and that some do that for whatever reason.

I have heard of that happening, it's worth a shot to check just the one cable