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Tv out does not work!

Hi everybody, I have been having this problem lately: Tv out on my t-mo touch pro 2 does not work! I had the EnergyROM_21885_RHODIUM_14.Jan.2010_StandardM2.5 installed and I found that the tv out didn't work. So I tried EVERYTHING I could find on the subject. Nothing has worked. So I upgraded to the latest Energy rom (Energy.RHODIUM.21903.Sense2.5.MaxManila.May.09) and guess what? Nothing, so I tried Everything again, still nothing. Anyway I have three different video out cables, 1 is from radio shack, 1 came with the projector I bought for my phone, and the other is just a video out cable. I would think that one of these cables should work but.... any advice would be appreciated.

Danger! said:
Hi everybody, I have been having this problem lately: Tv out on my t-mo touch pro 2 does not work! I had the EnergyROM_21885_RHODIUM_14.Jan.2010_StandardM2.5 installed and I found that the tv out didn't work. So I tried EVERYTHING I could find on the subject. Nothing has worked. So I upgraded to the latest Energy rom (Energy.RHODIUM.21903.Sense2.5.MaxManila.May.09) and guess what? Nothing, so I tried Everything again, still nothing. Anyway I have three different video out cables, 1 is from radio shack, 1 came with the projector I bought for my phone, and the other is just a video out cable. I would think that one of these cables should work but.... any advice would be appreciated.
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How are you connecting them to the phone...through the 3.5mm/USB adapter box that came with the phone? If so, there's a wire inside you need to cut to make the vid out work...I think it's the blue one, but there's a thread or two out there on this that have the full instructions.
Do you have one of the official HTC vid-out cables for the TP2?

Thanks for the reply! I am connecting using the 3.5mm usb 'hub' thingy that came with the TP2. I do not however have the official htc video out cables. I have read that people have had success with other cables, it's just a matter of figuring out witch color they switched for the video out. I cant say I have heard of the blue wire you have to cut. Doesn't the TP2 support TV out right out of the box?

pick up the real tv out cables from ebay, very easy and painless.

Well I don't understand it but I opened up the usb 3.5mm hub thingy, cut the blue wire, and now it works with a standard radio shack cable! the red wire coming out of the phone is the video though. But it works great! Thanks for the replys!

Danger! said:
Well I don't understand it but I opened up the usb 3.5mm hub thingy, cut the blue wire, and now it works with a standard radio shack cable! the red wire coming out of the phone is the video though. But it works great! Thanks for the replys!
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You bet! I was pretty sure it was the blue cable, but if I was good at remembering that stuff I'd never have lost my job with the bomb squad
Yes, the TP2 supports vid out "right out of the box", but only on the official HTC video out cable....it's a direct connection to the mini-usb port, instead of going through the included adapter that you're using.

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S, Vibrant TV Out?

Woo HOO, Got the FROYO Update this weekend! Not many changes that I have seen so far but I am glad to make at least this much progress.
Anyway, TV Out - Dag Nabbit!
First I bought the mini-jack to 3 RCA cable, tried it at home on THREE different televisions and it didn't work on any of them. THOUGHT the update would help, tried it again on the SAME 3 TVs and NOTHING. At least that cable was cheap!
Bought the MicroUSB to HDMI cable with HIGH HOPES, 45 bucks (Shipping Included) tried in on the SAME 3 TVs both BEFORE and AFTER the update to 2.2 and it didn't work either time or even TODAY!
The only setting I know of to change is the TV OUT in the SETTINGS menu. Which was turned on and since I am in NJ USA I used the NTSC (ATSC) Setting. Much to no avail. So, am I just REALLY good at wasting money or is it my phone OR is something else missing?
If MORE particulars are required let me know and I will provide them.
I got this phone BRAND NEW from T-Mobile in August of 2010, 5 months ago. I love the phone for it's display and all the working functions and apps. I DO NOT have a data plan, I use WiFi at home - works perfectly.
Thanks in Advance to all who may respond with something useful. Have a great Day (to all who respond period)!

With the rca cable, did you put the red into the yellow and vice versa?
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kdf2883 said:
With the rca cable, did you put the red into the yellow and vice versa?
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Yeah, I have to flip the outside two plugs for mine. The middle, of course, should be switched with the other middle.

humm!
Dude has anybody ever made theirs work....I have been watchin for this since the phone came out but never seen anyone say it worked....I to have tried everything but didn't buy the hdmi......Tmo limits everything this phone can do....like rerouting our wifi calling to make sure it uses our minutes and the tethering they finally let us have now also adds additional charges to your bill. Good thing I can still run easytether free. But I really wish someone could help us get the TV OUT working...

Um.....TV Out works......If you're using a non-Samsung composite cable you'll need to swap the red and yellow connections most likely. I've had to do this with two different sets of tv-out cables (one for a Zune, one for a Sony camcorder)...

This is what I use and it works. Plug one end into the headphone jack and the Y/R/W into the exact color that they are on the TV.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Zun...9?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1296082359&sr=1-9

Thanks guys...I will ask more questions from now on.
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Vibrant ka7..rooted and unlocked
Garminone updated to 2.1..rooted and unlocked. 68 hrs between charges!!!!

I also use the zune and it works for my vibrant too

Make sure that you buy a tv-out/av cable with long 3.5 jack, and with thin/small covering on top of it so that it fits right into the vibrant's 3.5mm hole and you actually hear it click. And yes, I use the red cable for video input instead of the yellow one.

TV out

So I decided to buy a tv out cable from amazon, and I had read about how some cords simply not being compatible with the galaxy s phones. So I decided to get a jvc cord because it was 3 dollars with free shipping and I had tried my friend's jvc cord before and it worked.
When I finally got the cord, to my surprise I they sent me an oem samsung tv out cable! I was pretty excited because on the samsung website it says this cord is designed for the galaxy s phones! But guess what! This cord sucks **** and was only displaying garbled images with crackly audio!
So I was wondering what everyone's experience was with tv out (specifically the OEM samsung tv out cable).
As I side note, I did try switching the red and yellow plugs, and various combinations of the three plugs but it still didn't work...
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Another question: I'm running axura 2.3.1.3. Does the kernal and or rom effect how tv out works?
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I have used a bunch if cords (not the Sammy one though) and none has worked. Including the jvc you ordered. I have tried a Sony one and a cheap one that came with my camcorder, and a random one I had lying around and gotthe same
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I've used a knockoff Panasonic camcorder cable I got off of Amazon, and a Zune120 video out cable, and these work just fine.
Need to make sure the connector is fully seated into the headphone jack, and make sure TV-OUT is set to the correct setting for your region (NTSC/PAL) or you'll end up with garbled unviewable crap.

I've used a Zune video out cable as well as a cheap cable that came with a generic iPod (my swiftkey kept correcting that as "joke" haha) dock. Both worked fine, without me even having to switch colors. As was said before make sure the cable is fully seated into the jack.

I bought the one from amazon and was disappointed when it did not work. I tried one off ebay and it worked great. On this one you don't have to guess what color to plug in or switch.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...513499&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_1156

I use an original Zune video out cable and it works great!
I actually purchased one from a 99 cent store near my house and that only gave me a fuzzy image and fuzzy sound.

i bought a samsung oem rca vibrant cable on ebay and it worked for me no problems, audio and video are both rca quality.. now if there was only hdmi cable that is inexpensive

Ok I found out the problem! I had the correct settings and I pushed in the headphone jack as hard as I could but I still kept getting garble. I finally got irritated enough and cut the blasted cord open where the headphone and rca cords meet. Hopefully i'll get around to posting pictures but there 5 different lines of wire (red, yellow, white, black and green) in the middle yellow is connected to green. While the rest just continue on. I decided to cut and switch the black and green so it would be yellow to black and black to green and it works! Sound is clear, and picture is perfect! Now I just need to find a way to weld the wires back together...
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that sounds like fun

thats awesome! makes me wanna go buy a cord this weekend and cut it up! LOL

whoa haws, put that welder down!! just electrical tape one, then the other around the first..

Pictures
So if anyone is still interested, here are some pics:
If you have a ghetto tv out cable like I did, you might want to try this. Keep in mind this was for the OEM Samsung TV out cable and has not been tested with other TV out cables.
So basically I circled the part on the cord that you will need to pry open.
inside you will need to cut the yellow to green connection and the open copper wires to black connection.
Re wire the wires so yellow and black are connected and open copper to green is connected.
after that, your cable is de-ghettofied and should be good to go.

Hows the picture quality on these TV out cables
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It's standard definition, so nothing too spectacular. I found that after doing the wiring mod on the cord I bought, the picture quality wasn't good enough to read text on. So, for example, if you can read the text on your galaxy s display on a normal zoom level, you most likely won't be able to read it on the tv regardless of whether you are using an hd tv or not. Of course this might be different with other cables.
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Im just using the old ipod a/v cables and they are workinv just fine.
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IshV1982 said:
Im just using the old ipod a/v cables and they are workinv just fine.
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The same here, my cable is from some dock for Ipod.

I got this cable off of amazon for under $4 including shipping, and it works right out of the box, with the colors matching up properly .
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006N5I5I

I got some JVC cord (I think...) off Amazon for like $3 when I first got my Vibrant and it was giving me crackly video/audio at first, then everything's been fine since then. I use it a lot more than I expected to, actually. Watching movies at my friends house, doing P90X on the living room TV as opposed to in my room off my computer, etc. Works fine for me, I've had it for going on a year now.
And yeah, you have to switch the red and yellow.

I just ordered one

How can a cable not work for tvout?

Hello, I've bought a cable to use the TVOUT, it's a standard 3.5mm -> 3 RCA one, but whatever rca plug I try to connect to video just produces an unstable image, I can see that it looks like the phone screen, I can read the hours in the clock but the image is redish and unstable. How can I fix that? I don't see a reason for the cable being the problem because all those 3.5mm cable are exactly the same, 3.5mm in one end with 3 receptors linked to 3 rca in the other extremity.

I'm using Bionix V2, I believe it has VOODOO color, could that be the cause?

Cables for Galaxy S (I9000) dont work with Vibrant and Cappy

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Cables for Galaxy S (I9000) dont work with Vibrant and Cappy
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Based on what you say that? its exactly the same configuration of tv out.

Look in 959 video and ground pins a changed. Headset is also not working properly in 959 because it has like iphone pin-outs

vlad84 said:
Look in 959 video and ground pins a changed. Headset is also not working properly in 959 because it has like iphone pin-outs
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link to image is giving an error

If u have the same cable as me the colors don't match up try different sockets for the plugs.
Red in yellow yellow in red.
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JediDru said:
If u have the same cable as me the colors don't match up try different sockets for the plugs.
Red in yellow yellow in red.
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i've tried all combinations possible, that's not the problem, the strange thing is that all 3 rca plugs produce an image, distorted one. I believe this cable is bad made, like a short circuit of all 3 rca ends.

fscussel said:
i've tried all combinations possible, that's not the problem, the strange thing is that all 3 rca plugs produce an image, distorted one. I believe this cable is bad made, like a short circuit of all 3 rca ends.
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I dont think its the cable,Its the rom assuming u are using the right settings NTSC /Pal.
its seems like itz the configuration of the ROM. Some the ROMs have this problem.

poisx7 said:
I dont think its the cable,Its the rom assuming u are using the right settings NTSC /Pal.
its seems like itz the configuration of the ROM. Some the ROMs have this problem.
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now the very strange part, i've tried re-wiring the cable, i've tried resoring an original rom, and i get exact same problem (distorted image). I believe it must be the cable's 3.5mm plug that is deffective. it's the only explanation left.

I done mine by trial, i connect the other end on the TV and other end on vibrant and play video, then try 1 cable at a time, it takes me around 20 min to figure out correct connection with the help of paper and pen.

reick_md said:
I done mine by trial, i connect the other end on the TV and other end on vibrant and play video, then try 1 cable at a time, it takes me around 20 min to figure out correct connection with the help of paper and pen.
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i've cut the cable and tried every possible mix and it didn't work. The only cause I can think off is that the 3.5mm plug of this damn cable is messed up, short circuited.

How old is the cable its pretty hard to find a short circuited cable.

HDMI Out

So I got an HDMI cable today for the device and I am pretty disappointed. I plugged it in and it only detected the device as displaying 720p. Adding to this, the sides were cut off. Another issue I've been having is that whenever I move the device, the picture would disappear, but that might be an issue of the cable itself.
Anyone have any experience with the HDMI out and if I can get it working correctly? I am running the first ICS leak on the device currently.
Also, I've read that some people were able to get 1080p out of this?

Its either the cord, tv, or the port. I know on my TV there was an issue where the video was 1080i/p (I forget which), but the audio didn't play, plugged it into a different port, and the problem was solved. This was on a samsung TV and results may very. If you can, try a different port, then a new cord, finally try it on another hdmi device and see if it works, if the problem continues, then just replace the tab.
God, I sound just like a support person, "Results may very," lawl.

Tried it on my Sony TV and my Samsung Moniter with the same results. I've managed to get a slightly better picture after messing around with the settings on the Samsung. Still not satisfied with the end results.
I feel I need to try connecting this to a scan converter or something just to see what the device is actually sending and stuff.

Hmmmm, I'm not the only one. My tablet worked find on my projector but now it doesn't even know when it is connected to it. Hooking it up to the 47 inch Samsung works without a hitch. I'm going to order the docking station and see if it makes a difference.
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Both ics and hc hardware GEN2 I have sides cut off. I've tried different modes on my TV without much success. I think ti interlacing is off somehow.
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Picked up an HDMI cable for the a100 off ebay for $5 with free shipping. 10ft with gold plated terminals and it has worked perfectly since day one. I hate how you can't turn the tablet screen off while streaming video :-\ other than that its a treat to have it displayed on our 50" Samsung and the quality is quite decent running the latest ICS leak.

I've tried 2 hdmi cables on 2 different TV's and only get 720p signal and the bottom taskbar is cut off and a bit on the top and maybe sides. I know for a fact that these cables support 1080p. But HDMI is just mirroring so it will mirror at the same resolution as the tab or as close as it can. And our tab is 1280x800 so it won't mirror in 1080p
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