[Thinkpad] T41p: S-Video to RCA?

[Alex Austin]

The 7-pin S-Video port is a nonstandard port which includes Composite video
out as well.

See
http://www.technick.net/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=pinconhav_s_video_7pin

On 8/12/07, Andrew Webber <awebber at wwwebbers.com> wrote:
>
> Interestingly, on another site someone said it doesn't matter about
> 4-pin or 7-pin:
>
> >If you're connecting to RCA (composite) directly from s-video output
> >without actually downgrading the signal, you will always get a b&w
> >image. Reason being, s-video carries separate signals (for increased
> >quality) for color (chrominance) and brightness (luminance) and RCA
> >(composite) carries only a combination of the two; only luminance
> >signal gets through.
> >
> >What you need to do is either get a s-video to composite converter,
> >or via software tell your graphics card to use composite format for
> >its TV-output. How this is done (or even possible) depends on your
> >graphics card and drivers. What are you using?
>
> I think this was a discussion of ATI video cards, not ThinkPads.
>
> --
> Andrew                            mailto:awebber at wwwebbers.com
>
> Sunday, August 12, 2007, 9:46:38 PM, you wrote:
>
> >> "This cable is only 4-pin s-video which only supports black and white.
> >> I could see my laptop image on the TV but with no color."
> >>
> >> Is this accurate?  Ronny H. described the same experience so I wonder
> >> if it's about the number of pins.
>
> > This is interesting if true, but I doubt it is; we regularly connect a
> > T23 to our TV over Svideo, the cable we use is only 4-pin, and we get
> > perfectly good color output.  You could phone or email monoprice and see
> > if they have 7-pin cables, or have an answer to the customer review.
> > Word is that their customer service is very responsive.
>
> > David
>
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