Cable Adapter what cable/adapter do i need to buy to hook my macbook up to my HDTV?
I just bought a macbook yesterday. the sales lady was nice enough to tell me about a site (blue jean cable) that has the cables/adapter i need at a cheaper price but i didnt write down what she told me to get! i have a Sony Bravia LCD 1080p TV and the new 2.4 ghz regular macbook. (not pro) i appreciate any and all help!
You have to go back to the place you bought the Mac from or to the Apple store. You're going to need an adaptor (that I doubt the other place sells). You need to get a Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter. They are about $30. Then you need a DVI to HDMI cable or DVI Cable with a DVI to HDMI adaptor. Then you can go from your MacBook into your TV via HDMI. If your TV doesn't have enough spare HDMI ports, you could also buy a Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adaptor if the TV has a VGA port (likely colored blue). That covers the video.
If you want video, your headphone jack is a dual purpose port. You can take a toslink optical audio feed out of it to your TV (I would think most Sony HDTVs would have optical in) or you can just go stereo mini to RCA (headphone jack to red/white). That would carry the audio for you if you need it.
You know that old household-cleaning tip that says if you have not used something in three months you should throw it out? That tip was obviously created long before the computer and digital age! Never throw away a cable just because you don't think you have used it in the last three months.
If you are the non-technical person in the home who happens to have the challenge of keeping the house cleaned and organized, cables probably vex you. Just because you have discovered a box full of them - obviously not being used at this time - in a closet does not mean you should chunk them in the trash can.
While technology changes rapidly, our ability to buy all the latest gadgets does not quite keep up. In short, you never know when one of those cables might come in handy. Besides, some of them are quite expensive. You could try separating them by probably use possibilities, but honestly, the best thing to do is leave the box alone. Maybe tidy up by making sure all the cables are neatly inside the box. That's it.
If you are trying to control the cables that hang down the wall from the equipment to the surge protection in the electrical outlet, nothing works better than plastic zip ties. Once we used bread twist ties for this chore. The plastic zip ties are inexpensive, easy to use, and can't be undone by small, curious children. Remember when using the plastic zip ties that once they are wrapped around the cables and secured, you will probably have to cut it off if you plan to rearrange the wires later. Make sure you leave enough space to safely cut the zip tie without cutting into any of the wires.
The same rule for not throwing away cables applies to small cable boxes, too. The box could serve as an adapter for a unit some day.
While indoor phone cable is relatively inexpensive, hang onto it as well. Chances are that if you have had more than one phone in the house, dial up internet service, and have networked any home computers, you will find a lot of old phone cable in the house. With so many people going wireless or cable for their Internet provider these days, the use of so much phone cable has declined. However, it might come in handy for a fax or other business or home office item in the future. Since phone cable is easily recognized, feel free to bundle it and put it away. You may bundle it by length or by color, whichever is best for your organizational methods.
Just remember, you will probably need one of those cables again some day. Having an idea of where they are stored and how they are stored will help you get to them as quickly as possible. Label the boxes as you store them, even if the description is as simple as "black cables" and "phone line." This will make finding wanted cables easier in the future.
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The last week have been a bit of an eye-opener for me.
I upgraded my iPod touch from firmware 2.2.1 to 3.0, mainly in the hope that by enabling the Bluetooth that I would be able to use tethering to connect to my mobile phone for internet access when we are travelling. Well, it didn't work and I haven't been able to find anything that explains exactly what the bluetooth can and can not do on the iPod touch.
I could live with that, because I'm only in UK for a short while longer and the plan was to buy an iPhone once we return to Australia. There's actually a choice of operators there, so I could use my iPhone with my company SIM card.
Then the other night I hooked up my pod to the TV to catch up on a program I missed via BBCs iPlayer. On the pod screen this message popped up: “This accessory is not made to work with this iPod. Would you like to turn on Airplane Mode?”. At first I thought that the plug was not inserted properly, nope all was fine same message again. Hmmm, I did start to suspect the cheap third party cable I had bought, so I decided to check if other people had similar problems. They did, but the problem was not the cable as such. iPods now checks video cables for an identity chip to see if the cable is manufactured by Apple or an authorised affiliate.
I think in the coming weeks a lot more people will upgrade and find their video accessories rendered useless.
Why did I buy a third party cable in the first place? Because Apple only sell their cable in a kit with an USB power adapter and we already got three of those in our household. The cable and adapter kit is £36 and the adapter by itself is £19, which means that the cable would be £17. Even if it was possible to buy the cable separately, that is still way too expensive for what it is.
It does make a mockery out of their policies stated here:
and here:
How many people will have to buy USB power adapters they don't need and how many accessories will have to be scrapped because they can no longer be used with the iPod?
I did have a chat with a support person on the Apple support website, but all she said was that she was sorry.
I have also sent a complaint through their feedback email, but I doubt I will ever hear from them.
On eBay I found a company that sell the original Apple cable (and adapter) at a reduced price because the boxes are damaged, that will tie me over for now. But this will be my last Apple product, I refuse to lock my self into Apple and their acolytes' product lines, sorry.
i think you should listen only in mono (as opposed to stereo) for a few months. just change your music playing gadgets in some way with cable adapters or whatever to do this. i could imagine that the problem would go away then.
October 26th, 2010 @ 3:23 pm
The last week have been a bit of an eye-opener for me.
I upgraded my iPod touch from firmware 2.2.1 to 3.0, mainly in the hope that by enabling the Bluetooth that I would be able to use tethering to connect to my mobile phone for internet access when we are travelling. Well, it didn't work and I haven't been able to find anything that explains exactly what the bluetooth can and can not do on the iPod touch.
I could live with that, because I'm only in UK for a short while longer and the plan was to buy an iPhone once we return to Australia. There's actually a choice of operators there, so I could use my iPhone with my company SIM card.
Then the other night I hooked up my pod to the TV to catch up on a program I missed via BBCs iPlayer. On the pod screen this message popped up: “This accessory is not made to work with this iPod. Would you like to turn on Airplane Mode?”. At first I thought that the plug was not inserted properly, nope all was fine same message again. Hmmm, I did start to suspect the cheap third party cable I had bought, so I decided to check if other people had similar problems. They did, but the problem was not the cable as such. iPods now checks video cables for an identity chip to see if the cable is manufactured by Apple or an authorised affiliate.
I think in the coming weeks a lot more people will upgrade and find their video accessories rendered useless.
Why did I buy a third party cable in the first place? Because Apple only sell their cable in a kit with an USB power adapter and we already got three of those in our household. The cable and adapter kit is £36 and the adapter by itself is £19, which means that the cable would be £17. Even if it was possible to buy the cable separately, that is still way too expensive for what it is.
It does make a mockery out of their policies stated here:
and here:
How many people will have to buy USB power adapters they don't need and how many accessories will have to be scrapped because they can no longer be used with the iPod?
I did have a chat with a support person on the Apple support website, but all she said was that she was sorry.
I have also sent a complaint through their feedback email, but I doubt I will ever hear from them.
On eBay I found a company that sell the original Apple cable (and adapter) at a reduced price because the boxes are damaged, that will tie me over for now. But this will be my last Apple product, I refuse to lock my self into Apple and their acolytes' product lines, sorry.
November 12th, 2010 @ 1:25 am
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June 26th, 2011 @ 2:29 pm
i think you should listen only in mono (as opposed to stereo) for a few months. just change your music playing gadgets in some way with cable adapters or whatever to do this. i could imagine that the problem would go away then.