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kyzen
21-10-2003, 06:56 PM
We were thinking of a cheap way to hook up spots computer to his tv like mine. I did mine ages ago when I had army money and could afford the hi qual cabling and gold wall plates ;)
But alas, spot needed a cheap solution to this problem, so I though why not use some left over CAT5?

This is the end that goes into the TV:
kyzen
21-10-2003, 06:56 PM
Spot plugging it in, perfect picture and sound, I love my work.

/me pats me on back ;)
kyzen
21-10-2003, 06:57 PM
End that goes in the computer, held by spot's danty little hand! :homo
axl_morgs
21-10-2003, 08:37 PM
all he needs now is some way to control his pooter from the living room :)
kyzen
22-10-2003, 02:27 AM
The second photo was the funniest, i took it as he was plugging it in, he though he was getting electricuted when the flash went off, was the funniest thing i have seen in ages, spot running around going "fuck fuck fuck you asshole, i though i was dead"
IIVIIandrake
22-10-2003, 05:27 AM
HHAHHAHAHA spot thought he had a near death experience hahahahahahahha poor bastard!! :P
Danpurcell
22-10-2003, 07:19 AM
oh man that is cool,
electricuting your self while trying to make your home into the nerdie-est nerd station ever is cool....... In a gay, I want to fuck your mum just to raise the national gene pool kind of way.
citizen-X
22-10-2003, 07:27 AM
nice table cloth ahhaha
Joshu
22-10-2003, 08:32 AM
I've been meaning to do that for AGES, but I didn't have an S-Video Male connector. Any word on how you wired SVid to Video RCA....... wait a minute there. You cheapskate!!

Now tell us how to do that trick with a non-SVideo tv.
kyzen
22-10-2003, 02:20 PM
It's an svideo tv, so it's straight svideo to svideo.
If your computer only has svideo, you should have an adapter. I don't know what your working with, so I can't really help ya, More info joshu ;)
Joshu
22-10-2003, 04:54 PM
Computer = GeForce4Ti4200 (SVGA out / SVideo out / DVI out)
TV = A/V in
kyzen
23-10-2003, 01:03 AM
Ahh, easy done. If you got an adapter that is, have a look in your gfx card box, most ti4200's came with the adapter, unless it's a sparkle, or unless you purchaced it at a swapmeet :P
Joshu
23-10-2003, 02:31 AM
Adapter? Not one there, my friend. Only a short s-video cable.

It's a PalitDaytona card.
Joshu
13-12-2003, 06:21 PM
OKay, I got an S-Vid to RCA adapter... and I have around 12m of Cat5 and 6 RCA plugs. What now? :p
kyzen
13-12-2003, 06:23 PM
Got a soldiering iron?
Joshu
13-12-2003, 06:32 PM
I sure do! And solder, and soldering skills.
kyzen
13-12-2003, 06:36 PM
well then the answer is obvious my friend, it's only 16 connections ;)
Joshu
13-12-2003, 06:39 PM
I should probably get the multimeter out... :/
kyzen
13-12-2003, 06:58 PM
lol, yeah mate, it helps ;)
Moo
13-12-2003, 07:15 PM
or if u asked really nicely i could go thru Ye olde Cardboard box full o cords, and scum out the appropiate cord-ige
Joshu
13-12-2003, 08:19 PM
Not one that's over 10m long.

The cord is PERFECT (tested between VCR and TV) -- what settings do I need to use in my OS? (I have a GeForce4 with 52.16 Detonators.)