S-video to ??? Cable

[DrawninwarD]

Got this tiny cable with my laptop. One end is S-video, but I can't tell what the other end is.

I also don't know how I'd use this, because my laptop doesn't have S-video (VGA/HDMI).


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Sorry for the shitty pictures. Using cellphone camera.

 

[RedsevN]

Looks like a regular composite jack to me.

 

[blackdogdeek]

i think it's the composite video (yellow)

 

[RESmonkey]

You plug in a yellow composite jack.

 

[DrawninwarD]

Originally posted by: RedsevN
Looks like a regular composite jack to me.

Oh srsly? So how would I use it through my laptop then?

HDMI - composite? Or VGA - composite? Do those exist?

EDIT: TV only has composite, component, S-video.

 

[Brainonska511]

S-Video style end plugs into the s-video/composite out port on your laptop. Plug a yellow composite cable into the output of that cable and plug it into a video input on your laptop.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Yeah, its just a 75-ohm RCA connector (used for composite video and also coaxial digital audio). The latter typically uses orange, which is probably why you're confused (same connector, they just made it a different color to differentiate).

 

[Savij]

Where the hell is the help documentation for your laptop?

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: DrawninwarD

Originally posted by: RedsevN
Looks like a regular composite jack to me.

Oh srsly? So how would I use it through my laptop then?

HDMI - composite? Or VGA - composite? Do those exist?

EDIT: TV only has composite, component, S-video.

Doesn't your laptop have an S-Video out? Most seem to have that (labeled maybe TV-out) along with VGA/DVI/HMDI port.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

What laptop do you have? If it came with the laptop I would assume you have a place to plug it in.

 

[DrawninwarD]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
What laptop do you have? If it came with the laptop I would assume you have a place to plug it in.

Asus M50VM-A1

And the documentation doesn't mention this little wire. It was just in the box. My laptop doesn't have s-video. Only has VGA/HDMI.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

It's so you can use a regular RCA video cable to hook up your laptop to a video device with only S-video input jacks. I suppose such a device exists, but I have never seen a monitor or TV with S-video and no RCA.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: DrawninwarD

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
What laptop do you have? If it came with the laptop I would assume you have a place to plug it in.

Asus M50VM-A1

And the documentation doesn't mention this little wire. It was just in the box. My laptop doesn't have s-video. Only has VGA/HDMI.

Maybe they put it in by mistake then. If it only has VGA and HDMI, you can probably get some kind of VGA to composite converter. Take a look at what's available through monoprice.

 

[Yongsta]

Originally posted by: DrawninwarD

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
What laptop do you have? If it came with the laptop I would assume you have a place to plug it in.

Asus M50VM-A1

And the documentation doesn't mention this little wire. It was just in the box. My laptop doesn't have s-video. Only has VGA/HDMI.

Looking at reviews of that laptop it seems no one else got the S-video to composite converter cable, so maybe they put it in yours by mistake. Also it seems your laptop only has VGA / HDMI out and no version with S-Video.

 

[biggestmuff]

It's just an extra cable bundled with that laptop. It does nothing with that laptop. It can be tossed.

 

[randay]

great username.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
S-Video style end plugs into the s-video/composite out port on your laptop. Plug a yellow composite cable into the output of that cable and plug it into a video input on your laptop.

According to your directions, that would just loop from the laptop s-video out back into the laptop composite video in.

You probably video input of the TV

 

[spidey07]

S-video has two separate cables (i think twisted pair, been too long to remember) for color and black/white information. That cable just combines the two into a composite video signal for the rare occasion where you don't have an s-video input on the display you're using.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Schfifty Five

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
S-Video style end plugs into the s-video/composite out port on your laptop. Plug a yellow composite cable into the output of that cable and plug it into a video input on your laptop.

According to your directions, that would just loop from the laptop s-video out back into the laptop composite video in.

You probably video input of the TV

oops. Was thinking TV but wrote laptop for some reason...