Touch Pro Video Cable - Build Your Own - Page 13

drizzo91 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-07-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by diskworm

Hey... all I did was take the audio thing from my touch pro, cut into the short piece of wire going from the plug to the box, found the blue wire (mentioned somewhere on one of these threads *thank you to whoever you were by the way*) and snipped it... got some heat shrink from Radioshack (I work there) and presto... I have video out!!! I also still have the functionality of both headset outputs as well as being able to charge while viewing tv. I did have swap the yellow composite cable for the red, as my cable was also from Radioshack, but I am here to tell you.. it works great! Thanks to all you geeks out there!!! And most of all to my bro, vrdude, for trying it first!!!

maybe i missed something, how do you actually connect the modified adapter to your TV?

**Darkjedi** · #2 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by drizzo91

maybe i missed something, how do you actually connect the modified adapter to your TV?

you need a camcorder or an ipod cable to connect the 3.5mm in your adapter to the composite inputs of your TV

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...040#post698040

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Originally Posted by DrUnKeN_TiGeR

anyone else having a problem with the phone screen resolution being to love for the tv i have a 42 inch lcd and it seems like the video is kinda "fuzzy" its watchable but idk just doesnt look right maybe im just used to HD i dont know just seems very low quality video

This is the same input our old CRT televisions used to use. If you connect an old DVD player or xbox with the same plugs, you'll see the same quality. RCA/Composite is an old technology (over 20 years i think) that was intended for TVs before HD came about. Unfortunately the TP only supports this kind of analog output.

drizzo91 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 04:07 PM

[QUOTE=darkjedi007;703948]you need a camcorder or an ipod cable to connect the 3.5mm in your adapter to the composite inputs of your TV

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...040#post698040

I tried cutting open the rubber connector leading to the extusb end and snipping the blue wire. I get the select PAL or NTSC option, but my video out cable from my Nikon digital camera won't put out a picture, just the audio. Is there a chance that i screwed up somewhere? or is this because my cable that i am trying to use is crap and i need an iPod one?

**Edit**
Figured it out, my Nikon video cable will not work, it has the 3.5mm connector, but not the right one. This only has 2 composite leads at the other end, which would work with the camera's output, but only does left and right audio for TP.

DrUnKeN_TiGeR · #4 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 02:43 PM

anyone else having a problem with the phone screen resolution being to love for the tv i have a 42 inch lcd and it seems like the video is kinda "fuzzy" its watchable but idk just doesnt look right maybe im just used to HD i dont know just seems very low quality video

**jmorton10** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DrUnKeN_TiGeR

anyone else having a problem with the phone screen resolution being to love for the tv i have a 42 inch lcd and it seems like the video is kinda "fuzzy" its watchable but idk just doesnt look right maybe im just used to HD i dont know just seems very low quality video

What did you expect?? It's not an HD source......

~John

DrUnKeN_TiGeR · #6 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 03:45 PM

its cool i love it i have been watching youtube on it

will be great for work lol thanks so much to the op for the heads up the cable was super easy to make and yes the pin was a pain ain the *** but well worth it i also love that i can charge it while im watching video

good lookin out OP

jamesvreeken · #7 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 11:09 PM

works perfect! nice write up!
I also had a problem with pin 4... I couldn't get a grip on it even with the smallest tweezers or needle nose I had... I finally just figured out like skreemer7 that I could wiggle it back and forth with an exacto knife, it eventually broke out and now works PERFECT!

THANKS

j4s0nc · #8 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 09:05 AM

i just got my *schweet* touch-pro for valentines day (yesterday technically)
ya, my gf loves me...
and i built my AV cable following this thread and my own cable hacking experience...
works perfectly! THANK YOU!
CHECK IT ! if you like. plz let me know what you think.

btw: this is my first time posting, but been lurking for a while.

mb3 · #9 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 01:38 AM

[quote=j4s0nc;713736]i just got my *schweet* touch-pro for valentines day (yesterday technically)
ya, my gf loves me...
and i built my AV cable following this thread and my own cable hacking experience...
works perfectly! THANK YOU!
CHECK IT ! if you like. plz let me know what you think.

Made one today just like this and it works wonderfully! Thanks for the idea!

crazychef · #10 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009, 07:23 PM

thats cool the OP has those movies glasses.. there was a post on those the other day, cool toy, 300 bucks is way high though..

i try to keep my phone and everything about it clean and sleek.. this is not very eye appealing method for me.. and ill spend the 30 bucks, so it looks perfect

thanks though, looks like alot of people really dug this