3.5mm jack tv out cord
 

i went to Dick smiths electronics and purchased a ipod compatible 5m cord for tv out as i was told it would work in my n900 but it doesnt!!!
where can i buy a 5m tv out cord (in australia) i cant even find 1 and the nokia 1 is too short
i cant even find extension cables for it

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why dont you just extend from the composite end of the standard tv out cable?
composite cabling and adapters should be easy to get hold of!

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To Quote ive done what this guy mentiones i just extended the composite side male to male with a 5 meter cable so i could run it through the carpet and have it hidden under the carpet and have the connection point nearer somewhere i sit down ! :)

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If I recall correctly, the wiring Nokia used for the N900 TV out is not standard (probably put ground somewhere unusual), so you will need the cable that came with your N900. From there, RCA extension cables are very common.

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Does the extension of the cable cause any image instability or is it still steady?

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ive got a cable that came with a car dvd player for ipod input that works for tv out

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If you really can't find male-to-female RCA cables, look for individual or grouped female-to-female couplers and standard, male-to-male patch cables.

Note: I've (sadly) never even visited Australia, and I've no idea if Cable Chick is a good source. The site was simply a highly ranked hit on a quick Google search.

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ipod video out cables are non-standard IIRC. Try connecting the colors backwards (i.e. yellow for audio, white for video).

The 3.5mm tv out on the n900 is the same as a 3.5mm camcorder cable. So if you can get a 3.5mm male-to-female camcorder cable that is another way to go.

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Are you sure? I've tried that with a Sony DV camcorder cable, but it didn't work. There a chance the problem was on that particular TV set, though.

I've lost all cables that came with my N900... :-(

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I've also had a similar problem with the cable that came with my old VAIO (the old ones had the same port). I've found that if I unplug it just a hair, it works. Since I haven't lost my original video cable I don't care enough to really test it or look for a non-Sony cable.

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i wanted it to look neat and not have a big mess of cables laying around but it seems i have no choice, thanks
will try changing colours on ipod cable otherwise will have 2 get a 5m rca and adapters

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You'll open a box of worms with that post : )

The actual answer is "No" - you could use a bunch of coat hangars joined together and wedged in to the back of your TV and it'd still work as good as if you bought the $400 titanium core, diamond encrusted monster cables.

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Here's my 2c concerning the Nokia Video-out cable.

I have some neat video goggles with av-in. Never got them to work with anything other than the default n900 video cable. The Input for the goggles is the same 3-channel RCA jack as the n900. I even have a cute 10cm direct-link cable with two RCA plugs - a perfect match. Yet it doesn't work.

One day, I was so frustrated that I grabbed my multimeter and checked ALL the RCA cables that I had, just to find out that they ALL had a different pinout.

The ONLY plug that used the standard pinout you would expect (audio connectors on the tip, 3rd ring added for video), was the Nokia cable.

Every other 3.5mm rca cable that I found in my stash had a different pinout. Even better, the 10cm direct-link cable that came with the video goggles had a different pinout on every side!

Bottom Line: finding 3.5mm cables that work with the N900 is pure luck. Nokia sticks perfectly to the standards. Most other manufacturers DON'T.

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Thanks for all that testing. i will performe some tests of the Sony cable to see if I can just make up for the differences while pluging it in the TV (example: insert red channel in video channel, etc).

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i have noticed the end of the jack on the nokia is longer than the ipod cable so if i only put the cable in so far till it work on 1 of the audio channels i atleast get video altho doesnt work all the time will just invest in rca cords i think