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Old 21-07-2007, 19:25
JIMO96
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Sorry if this has been covered, but I'm new to IPods, and just discovering how amazing they are.

Having installed videos onto my 80GB IPod, is there a device or attachment I can buy that will let me play these through my TV set?

Thanks in advance for any information.
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Old 21-07-2007, 21:44
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You need one of THESE leads. Available form Ebay as per the link or most high street electrical stores, I'd guess. I have one for my i-pod.
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Old 22-07-2007, 12:22
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Thanks Beachball....I already bought a similar one (it's an AV adaptor, for use with 30GB and 60(?)GB IPods....). Maybe it's incompatible, but it doesn't do a thing when I connect it to my TV. I was hoping there was something better out there.....?
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Old 22-07-2007, 12:57
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It should work for yours, the output is the same.

Check the settings on your ipod.
Videos->Video Settings->TV Out, change to ON or ASK.
Also check thee tv signal is PAL and correct widescreen setting.
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Old 22-07-2007, 19:58
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OK, did that...thanks for the advice. Now I can get it to play a video on my TV.....but it's in black/white and with no sound! Quality is slightly poor as well. I'll keep messing around with it, and I might get it to come good. Thanks again.
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Old 23-07-2007, 14:30
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I got one of those cables for my iPod video and got the same results: a very poor black and white video, the sound was OK though.

I've had similar when using composite video from my laptop to TV.

I believe that the apple universal doc has an s-video connector on the back, this should provide a better picture, but I have not got one so I am unable to confirm this. The universal dock will also allow you to use the apple remote.
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Old 23-07-2007, 14:43
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Quality is slightly poor as well.
Don't expect miracles on picture quality from the iPod .... espcially if you're connecting it to a high resolution, large screen, TV.

The iPod only plays fairly low resolution video files which won't look great once scaled up onto a large TV.

VCD/SVCD is about the level they achieve. Slightly better than VHS but not as good as DVD.
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