I was told you cant do this

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Maybe some of you are electronics geniuses and can help me.

I have a TV with only a coaxial cable plug in the back.

Problem is that I want to plug an S-Video cable into my tv from my computer so I can watch movies on my TV that I have on my computer.

Originally I was Told I can do this with an RF Modulator. S-video from computer to my DVD player to RF modulator to my TV. I tried every single combination and couldnt get it to work.

Now I've been told there is another device which has a switch and has a plug for incoming s-video (and rca jacks) and outgoing coaxial. I have searched hi and low for this thing but cant find it.

Anyone what what this could be?

Thanks.
 
RE: I was told you cant do this

Radio shack should have a little plug that has an S-video jack on one side and an RCA jack on the other. It cost me like $20. Take the RCA signal, and send it to an RF modulator (most take 3 RCA's in, left audio, right audio, and video) along with the signal from the sound card, and hook up the coax from the RF modulator to the TV.

Then you should be good to go. But depending on your video card, you're probably going to have to change the output. Right click on your desktop, select properties, go to settings, click advanced, and poke around a bit to see if you can change the output. It's probably under the "adapter" tab, but you might have additional tabs depending on your video card/ drivers.

Good luck.
 
RE: I was told you cant do this

what sleeper said works nicely, but to even improve more on that, grab up a cheap 2 chanel solid state amplifier, just to keep everything in check. Put it in line between the computers sound card and the RF Moudulator. It helped a lot when I did my set up.
 
RE: I was told you cant do this


Radio shack should have a little plug that has an S-video jack on one side and an RCA jack on the other. It cost me like $20. Take the RCA signal, and send it to an RF modulator (most take 3 RCA's in, left audio, right audio, and video) along with the signal from the sound card, and hook up the coax from the RF modulator to the TV.

Then you should be good to go. But depending on your video card, you're probably going to have to change the output. Right click on your desktop, select properties, go to settings, click advanced, and poke around a bit to see if you can change the output. It's probably under the "adapter" tab, but you might have additional tabs depending on your video card/ drivers.

Good luck.
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I get ya its a female-female adapter right? The s-video cable I have has only 2 rca plugs and the s-video plug. Do I need another plug?
--Tony
 
RE: I was told you cant do this

The s-video cable I have has only 2 rca plugs and the s-video plug. Do I need another plug?
--Tony
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Nope, you just need the adapter to get from the s-video to the RCA.

And ir would be a male to male adapter. Radio shack does have that part and it is $20.99 I checked on my lunch break and the you have to get an RF Modulator that is either $29.99 or $39.99, I forget.
 
RE: I was told you cant do this

I just got back from radio shack and found nothing of what I needed.

Its an adapter that has S-video plugs to RCA plugs? Could you tell me a name or something or how it looks. Does it look like a rf modulator or is it just a couple wires?

I already have an RF Modulator. Is there a speacial kind of RF modulator I need? (sorry to ask so many questions but I've been through this whole process before and got no where)
 
RE: I was told you cant do this

Radio Shaq has everything man, I ran out of s-video's and they sold me a s-video splitter. I'm sure they could help you out...
 
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