ipod touch video out

[albert69]

i recently upgraded my ipod from the 30gb video to the 2nd gen touch....primary purpose is on my car..listen to music and watch videos. i can seem to figure out how to get the videos to play on my car's tv screen. before i had an option of tv out on or off on my ipod video but on the touch cant seem to figure it out.
help pls!!!!

[rdy0329]

ask ko lang po what do you use as TV out on your old iPod 30GB? is it the headphone jack? if so, then you can't use it, you need a dock adapter for it.... (the new one with apple auth. chip)

http://store.apple.com/ph/product/MB...mco=MjE0NTAzOA

[albert69]

i have a generic audio/video cable with a mini plug on one end (via earphone jack) installed on my car.
so i have to buy this EXPENSIVE ACCESSORY to view my pics/vids on my car monitor?
....is there no other way?

[macdrive007]

you need an Apple Composite (3 RCAs: left audio, right audio & video) AV cable, or Apple Component AV Cable, about less than 3k in Digital Hub.


The reason why there is no more video signal in that iPod Touch earphone port, is that that signal is now used as a mic signal in the iPhone, for phone headset purposes (left audio, right audio & mic signal) And since the iPhone and iPod Touch are of the same design, the latter too needs to use that new cable. The video signal now passes through the iPod Touch USB port at the bottom.

I have the composite one, it's still affordable for the quality of the product you get.

If it can make you feel better, try to research if the 2nd Gen iPod Touch actually has a mic signal in that earphone port, that would mean that in tandem with a headset mic/earphone, you can use the Touch as a Phone using TruPhone or some other VOIP app...

[albert69]

thanks....goodbye 3thou!!!! hehehe..makabili na nga BUKAS!!!!

[zepmantra]

meron akong generic nyang composite nakalagay compatible sa ipodtouch 2G ... 500 kuha ko sa gilmore after 1 or 2 minutes lagi napuputol yung playback ng video sa tv... nasubukan ko na 2 tv ganun pa din... may ginawa bang work around si apple kaya kelangan eh orig ang bilhin hehehehe or may sira lang tong touch ko

[rafaelc378]

@zepmantra: Yep, since the 2007 class of iPods, Apple's added a hardware upgrade so that only an Apple authorized video out cable will work. Look at the reviews on last year's (2007) iPods at ilounge.com and they have the entire situation laid out in specific details.

[zepmantra]

@rafaelc378 thanks for the info , sabog ang 3K neto lolz

[macdrive007]

here's a bargain if you need the Component AV Cable...

http://www.philmug.ph/forum/showthread.php?t=44206

OT: your cat avatar zepmantra looks like it will be catching many bats, mice, dogs...