How to connect Intellivision Flashback to TV that only has HDMI available?

[mrblotto]

Hola everyone,
I saw this at the drug store (lol) the other day and HAD to pick it up. Got home and it comes with an a/v cable (white and yellow RCA jacks), but my TV only has HDMI inputs available. Would something as simple as this work?

I guess I would just use the white and yellow jacks, and not bother with the red one *shrugs*

TIA
Blah-Toe

 

[cmdrdredd]

A friend of mine uses this for one of those retro consoles but the quality of the video seems pretty low to me and I don't know if it's the converter or what.

 

[mrblotto]

Yeah, I have one of those, but I didn't have an HDMI cable. So, I went out and got one, hooked everything up, and got no display at all lol!

I could definitely hear something when I turned the console on however.....just couldn't see anything......meh.

I'll figure something out eventually tho

 

[cmdrdredd]

If I remember right he often has to unplug the hdmi from the converter and then plug it back in while everything is powered on. Try that

 

[Blue_Max]

Just a side note... keep an eye out for old tube TV's being given away. Sometimes a classic only truly looks *right* on a good ol' CRT.

 

[Ichinisan]

That looks like a PlayStation 1/2/3 (maybe Saturn or Dreamcast) multi-out connector for composite AV. That would not work.

Most ultra-thin TVs still support composite and component through a squid cable that plugs into a 3.5mm jack. What is the TV model?

 

[Ichinisan]

A friend of mine uses this for one of those retro consoles but the quality of the video seems pretty low to me and I don't know if it's the converter or what.

Probably adds nasty latency.

 

[purbeast0]

My mom got me something like that but for Atari 2600 last Xmas. It only had the composite A/V out on it as well. It is probably the same brand.

When I plugged it into my receiver, even with the A/V cables that came with it, I had the same experience as you where I couldn't see video but I had sound. I then tried to hook it to my TV upstairs, but quickly realized I only had an HDMI port I could plug it into (unless the back had A/V ports but it's wall mounted). Then I went upstairs and found a TV with A/V on it, and it worked on there. However it's in the bedroom so I wasn't going to keep it there.

But it sucked because I really wanted to see how the Atari 2600 looked on my 120" screen lol. I haven't hooked it up since then.

 

[mrblotto]

I'll get some pics of the connections I have available today

 

[mrblotto]

OK....finally got some pics....Hopefully I can embed/link them correctly lol
1. The unit itself in all it's 2 pronged glory lol. Looks like 1 video and 1 mono audio RCA connectors
2. Cable Box - just because....dont know if I can hook it up thru there.......it may be only 'ouput' *shrugs* I just replaced the old one, and am now using HDMI to go from the cable box to the TV
3. A couple of empty RCA connectors on the Home Theater System
4. Back of the TV. Now that I think about it....I might not need a few of those cables, since I'm now going HDMI directly from the cable box to the TV
5. Finally, the converter I have. I took a closer look and noticed the 'input' and 'output' designations. What I am (or was) trying to do is connect the intellivsion INto the RCA connectors, then an HDMI cable OUT to the TV. But the designations are 'reversed' to what I need them to be. From what I can tell, I'm doing the opposite (IN thru RCA and out to HDMI, vs. IN to HDMI and OUT to RCA per the labels).
If I can be any more vague please dont hesitate to ask lol

 

[Ichinisan]

The component video input on your TV has 3 connections for the picture (Y/Pb/Pr). One of them (probably "Y" --green) should actually accept a composite video signal (the yellow connector from the Intellivision). Try it...

Try connecting the yellow end to the "VIDEO/Y" connector. Then connect the white end to "L/MONO" on the back of your TV.

If I could see the model number of that TV, I'd look up the relevant section of the manual.

 

[mrblotto]

Sorry, you did ask for that info earlier. Will do

 

[Ichinisan]

Looks like "MCR65227621" is the model, even though it's not labeled to say what that number is.

[edit] Maybe not. LG's web site doesn't come up with a manual for that.

 

[mrblotto]

OK.....got the model info:

I still think I can disconnect a couple/3 cables from the TV. I haven't had a chance. Wife stayed home sick today and has been glued to the TV lol

 

[Ichinisan]

Cool. Page 37 confirms you can connect yellow composite video to the green component video connector:

http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-49LF6300#manuals

http://www.lg.com/us/lgecs.downloadFile.ldwf?DOC_ID=KROWM000605072&what=MANUAL&fromSystem=LG.COM&fileId=KROWM000605072.pdf&ORIGINAL_NAME_b1_a1=MFL68680202_03+MFL68683602_02+RS.pdf

 

[mrblotto]

jeebus. thank you! I'll give it a shot!

Can't wait to get my 'B17 boooooommmbmmmbmbmmbmber on' lol