[bennyb0y]

Bump on this.. Does this cable work with Composite video out for iPhone.. they are 6 bux on ebay with shipping?

-b

[cruid]

Composite = 3 outputs; yellow (video), red and white (audio)

Component = 5 outputs; red green blue (video), and the other color I can't remember right now for some reason but the other two are for audio.

Apple has both available online store the composite cables are sold out in every apple store it seems.

[commando1257]

ok for those of you asking if you can use video out while running 1.0.2 you cannot. that feature was added in 1.1.1 so if you are running 1.0.2 you can forget about running video out of your iphone.

[hewito]

honestly,i think i am just going to wait for an aftermarket,since most of the times you have same quality and much cheaperprice

[Imahottguy]

Guys, per iLounge, the new iPod line (Nano, Classic, Touch, iPhone) have a special 'chip' in them that will only put audio out on the NEW apple AV cables (Component, Composite) and the new dock. Sorry, but any past AV cables for 5G iPods or older will NOT work.

READ. Unfortunately, it's true. Try using any of your 'old' inexpensive, realistic video out equipment; You'll find that it no longer works w/ the iPhone. Our next move would be to find out how to implement that chip in some sort of dock 'extender' cable that would then allow any pre-6G video accessory to work.

This is on any iPhone f/w... I'd like to see video (no pun intended) evidence of someone use 3rd party A/V w/ the iPhone

[CrossBow]

I have a Griffin Air Dock

(http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/airdock)

It came with a Composite Cable. I whittled the composite cable down to fit the iPhone headset jack, and it works fine for Audio, but I knew it would not work that way for Video.

The Composite Cable is also supposed to plug into the dock. Using it in this manner, I am basically connected through the dock connector.

Once I (finally) upgraded to 1.1.1, I tried this, and Video out did not work. (Audio is fine - I use it all the time.) The iPhone acted as if no video cable was connected.

From this I conclude that the above posts that suggest that the Apple Composite and Component cables have a special chip in them are correct.

I would be willing to bet my lunch money that 3rd party A/V cables intended for older Video iPods WILL NOT WORK on iPhone no matter which connector they plug into.

I guess I'll pick up at least a Composite Cable next time I am at the Apple Store.

BTW, aside from above, and the usual warning about accessories not made for the iPhone, the Air Dock works great with my iPhone. It is what charges my iPhone on a daily basis. On occasion, the remote will not work until I pull the iPhone out and re-dock it. The fact that the remote is RF, and not IR is pretty cool - no aiming required. I got mine on clearance at Target for less than the price Apple wants for just a cable. If you find one cheap, and need another dock/charger, it's a good deal even though it is technically not compatible.

[krusher]

hi all
am a newbie here. I thght iPhone is unhackable until i saw this site.
Soooooo many apps and what not. Awesome

Anyway, i thought iPhone doesn't have a video out???

btw i m on version 1.0.1

[Imahottguy]

iPhone technically does have video out, though it has a 'chip' in the phone that requires the video-out cable to have the 'chip' as well. This is what will bring in a lot of money for apple; making everyone that had purchased Video accessories purchase new ones, or some type of 'adapter' cable

[krusher]

damn......like why can't the apple people just reveal their iphone code and let the community grow just like symbian.
I mean look at them, i bght nokia 6600 at times when no phone could even think of playing mp3s then after some times other phones came out with music capabilities. I downloaded a soft and mine could do the same. Infact i kinda reached my phone capabilities 4 yrs afetr i bght it.

Anyway, any idea where i can get those video cables???

[billchase2]

Originally Posted by bennyb0y

Bump on this.. Does this cable work with Composite video out for iPhone.. they are 6 bux on ebay with shipping?

-b

have you gotten any more information on this as to if it works with the iphone? if so, can you PM me a link to one of the auctions?

[billchase2]

i didn't see any of those exact ones listed on ebay but found white ones very similar. since i never got a response about if they work or not, i decided to just be proactive and just order one. i'll let you guys know the results when i receive it!

[billchase2]

mine just arrived (ebay)... i have it plugged it but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. is there a setting i have to change in order to get this to work?

[Imahottguy]

Again I'm going to put this in caps so people will read. ANY NON APPLE VIDEO CABLE/DOCK WILL NOT WORK AT THE TIME OF THIS POST. This is due to the 'lock out' chip that apple has implemented in the iPhone and iPod Touch (I don't know about the other new iPods.)


@Mod: Please lock this thread for now. It will just reiterate the same Q abd A, over and over again.

[billchase2]

are there any hacks out yet that enable the use of 3rd party cables?

[Imahottguy]

Honestly guy, it would be huge news in these forums if an app that somehow bypassed the chip was released.