Another TV-out diy guide simple

[PolloLoco]

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!!!

Can you confirm that you have headset output - IE make calls through a cabled headset, whether it's 2.5mm or 3.5mm? I've confirmed that if I close out of the tv out program, I can listen to stereo music as clearly as before. But I haven't been able to confirm that I can make a call through a 2.5mm earbud headset.

[diskworm]

No, I can not confirm that. Vrdude had his hooked up in his van listening to mp3's and when I called him, his went to the incoming phone call on speaker but it didn't kill the microphone so I could here myself feeding through the car stereo. So I would say that since the wire we are cutting is the headphone sensing wire, you will not be able to do that.. hope this helped some.

[PolloLoco]

Originally Posted by diskworm

No, I can not confirm that. Vrdude had his hooked up in his van listening to mp3's and when I called him, his went to the incoming phone call on speaker but it didn't kill the microphone so I could here myself feeding through the car stereo. So I would say that since the wire we are cutting is the headphone sensing wire, you will not be able to do that.. hope this helped some.

Unfortunately, I don't think that proves anything either way. We've already proved that the Touch Pro behaves differently with the video adapter connected, ONLY when you close out the TV program. In the example you provided, your friend had the video out program running - I assume? If you close it out, you get regular stereo out without the hiss. I wonder if that also allows you to receive calls through the headset - by having the adapter connected, and the tv out program NOT running in the background?

[PolloLoco]

Actually - I just answered my own question and it's good news. If you hack the adapter that came with your phone - you DO retain headset AND headphone use so long as you close out the video out program (without choosing NTSC or PAL).

I used tape to cover pin 4 of my adapter, and was able to watch videos on my TV. But also - when I closed out the "video out" program at the PAL/NTSC screen (top right button, then close it in running programs) - I could then successfully connect a wired headset. I used a 2.5mm headset and held a conversation with my roommate.

I think this is great news, so you don't have to add a switch or pay $40 to an ebay scammer who has. The adapter should retain all it's functionality. Hopefully if others can confirm - there's no reason NOT to modify your stock adapter.