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Originally Posted by Estel View Post
Can't agree, and please, don't even think about it.

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Ho ever, many TV's - especially new ones - doesn't follow rule of 75 Ohm (it was technical reason, not a rule of thumb - some part got such resistance in older TV's), and, in "worse" cases (at least for our device), it doesn't enable composite in (and such 75 Ohm resistance), unless it detect signal.

At the same time, N900 doesn't enable signal, until it gets 75 Ohm. So, both devices are waiting forever for each other. In times before TV-Out control widget, one need to prepare special cable, with 75 Ohm resistor bundled inside, and switch, to "cheat" N900 into detecting 75 Ohm, and quickly turn switch, so TV detect signal - and hope, that it will be detected by N900, again, before it disables signal "thinking", that TV cable isn't connected.

/Estel
Ok, if you are going to be that angry, I'll admit "octopus" as pet
Let's the control panel have the option to force enable the tv out. But it should be made clear that is an override, so instead of "[] Enable" it should read "[] Force enable" or "[] Manually turn on" or something like that, so at least intelligent noobs understand that they are screwing something.
 

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