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iPod and TV out
lalaland
20-07-2008
I have an iPod sat in a dock that connects to my home entertainment system. It connects to my AV receiver and puts the sound through my home cinema kit.

The dock has 3 ports on the back, left and right audio out (the red and white ports) and the video port (yellow).

The dock came with a remote control which controls the iPod when it's in it. I scanned this to my master remote which controls everything in the house and now the iPod is pretty much out of site so I have all my music on my system with any mess.

Today I plugged the video port (yellow) in to my TV. The idea was that I could use the iPod menu on my TV instead of having to walk over to where it's hidden to select my music. In theory this should work, as long as the iPod outputs the menu via the video out.

It appears that it doesn't though. I've tried all the input channels and there's nothing sadly.

Does anyone know if this is possible to do at all with an existing function, update or even a modification or addition to the iPod software? It would make a massive difference as I could select my music on the TV screen.

Anyone got any ideas on this?

Thanks
DOS
20-07-2008
You can only use the tv out on ipod for viewing pictures and videos. There is no way to output the menus though.

However, there are some docks which allow you to browse your ipod from the tv, this feature is built into the actual dock though.
lalaland
20-07-2008
Do these docks allow you to play the music in the same way the iPod menu does? And do you have any links?

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