[mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

[Nick]

On 11/09/05, blake at kingdomrpg.com <blake at kingdomrpg.com> wrote:
> > On 10/09/05, Blake <blake at kingdomrpg.com> wrote:
> >
> > The 8 pin female plug is probably so that you can plug a 4-pin S-Video
> > cable (with male connectors each end) into it, and the other is a
> > female plug for a composite video cable (normally has yellow plugs to
> > differentiate from audio connectors).
> 
> Oh, so either could be used to connect to the TV? I've got an S-Video in,
> of course, but also AV1, AV2... Would it hurt to plug both in? (I know
> sometimes it's an either-or situation....)
> 
> Right now, I gotta get around the whole blank screen thing.<s>

I'd plug *only one* of them in. If you plug in both you risk the TV
autodetecting both signals at the same time. S-Video is of higher
quality, so if your TV supports it, stick with that.

Nick