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I figured this was the best place to put this thread as it was discussing cables but the cables in question are video cables and not audio cables.
Basically, I was wiring up a cheap 5.1 surround system in the exercise room to a TV in the same room for my mom to watch movies on while she exercises. Since the TV and DVD player both supported component video, I decided this would be a good excuse to wire the two up through the component video ports. Since I didn't have component video cables on hand, I looked at them online and concluded from pictures that the only difference between them and composite video cables are the fact that you only need one composite video cable and 3 component video cables and the color coding is different. Beyond that, all the cables just looked like regular cable terminated with RCA male jacks on either ends and the ports on the TV and DVD player look just like the ones for composite video as well (RCA female). Anyhow, I had a boat-load of yellow coded composite video cables lying around so I used them to wire up the composite video ports making sure to match the correct ports on the TV and DVD player since I wasn't using the right color coding system. I fired it up and set it to the correct channel and I got audio, but no video. Is there something I am missing fundamentally about the difference between the hook-up cables that would cause this setup to not work?
Basically, I was wiring up a cheap 5.1 surround system in the exercise room to a TV in the same room for my mom to watch movies on while she exercises. Since the TV and DVD player both supported component video, I decided this would be a good excuse to wire the two up through the component video ports. Since I didn't have component video cables on hand, I looked at them online and concluded from pictures that the only difference between them and composite video cables are the fact that you only need one composite video cable and 3 component video cables and the color coding is different. Beyond that, all the cables just looked like regular cable terminated with RCA male jacks on either ends and the ports on the TV and DVD player look just like the ones for composite video as well (RCA female). Anyhow, I had a boat-load of yellow coded composite video cables lying around so I used them to wire up the composite video ports making sure to match the correct ports on the TV and DVD player since I wasn't using the right color coding system. I fired it up and set it to the correct channel and I got audio, but no video. Is there something I am missing fundamentally about the difference between the hook-up cables that would cause this setup to not work?