| One local electronics retailer claims a converter like this doesn't exist! Another wants $25.00 for it! Then I discovered this great, low-cost component, and I went nuts. All I wanted to do was connect the S-Video output of my laptop to the composite video input of my old Sony television. The cheapie "adapters" I tried produced only a fuzzy, black-and-white picture. However, this true converter works great! Now I'm using another one of these to connect my DVD player to my Sony, using one of those AV switchboxes they sell in the videogames section of Wal-Mart. A friend of mine discovered this converter works the other way, too: he's connected an old camcorder that has only composite output to a receiver that has an S-Video input. You're going to love this gadget as much as I do! |
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How to use the converter: Plug the male end into any 4-pin or 7-pin S-Video socket. |
| We have the hard-to-find male RCA plug version of this
adapter, which
you can use with your S-Video cable or those we sell. Some people
prefer this version, especially if they plug and unplug their cables a
lot, because the male RCA plug is a little sturdier than the four-pin
male
S-Video plug.
REMEMBER: Our converters, like all such devices, carry only the S-Video signal! If you also want audio, you'll need to connect your DVD/VCR/computer's audio output to the red/white RCA audio jacks of your other component. E-mail us if you're unsure exactly how to connect your equipment. |
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| Have a 7-pin socket in your computer or laptop? Our
4-pin plugs
work fine in 99 percent of the cases. Those extra three pins in
the
middle are non-standard and not generally used for anything, and the
4-pin
plug fits in the 7-pin socket just fine. An exception is some
Dell
computers, which use the middle three pins for SPDIF digital
audio.
The vast majority of users don't need or can't use digital audio output
(which requires a black RCA connector on the receiver.) Click
Here for more Dell information. You can still use our 4-pin
converter,
but you'll need to connect the analog audio from your
computer's
sound card using the sound card's 3.5mm ministereo phone plug and a
pair
of cables to your component's red/white RCA audio IN jacks. We sell the
adapter for that, too. See below! Another exception is some Radeon video cards that use the three extra pins to create composite video in an alternate way. They work fine with our 4-pin converter, too! |
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