07-26-2006, 08:12 AM

I bought a TV adapter a few months ago. For a while, it worked great.

But one day, my settings went skewiff. I don't know what's happened but my my mac seems to think it's being plugged into a VGA monitor.

Instead of offering me options like PAL 50hz, SECAM, NTSC etc... it's now offering me the likes of 640x480 72hz etc...

I plug the adapter into the TV and I get what looks like a VGA signal; no horizontal/vertical sync, no colour, scrambled image.

How do I fix this and get my iBook to recognise the TV adapter as just that?

07-26-2006, 08:15 AM

what brand TV Adapter is this? Model Number? How does it plug into the Mac? USB?

07-26-2006, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by dtravis7

what brand TV Adapter is this? Model Number? How does it plug into the Mac? USB?

It's called the Apple Video Adapter. It plugs into the video output port (mini-VGA) of my iBook. It has an s-video and composite connector.

07-26-2006, 08:28 AM

I somehow mis read your message. I thought it was some TV Tuner! Sorry, it's late!

I had that happen once with that adapter and a reboot took care of it. It sounds like it's in PAL or something.

07-26-2006, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by dtravis7

I somehow mis read your message. I thought it was some TV Tuner! Sorry, it's late!

I had that happen once with that adapter and a reboot took care of it. It sounds like it's in PAL or something.

PAL is what I want it to be in. But ti doesn't seem to be set to NTSC, PAL or SECAM.

It's been like this for a while. Neither a reboot or a PRAM reset will fix it.

07-26-2006, 08:37 AM

I will do some searching around and see what I come up with. I did not know you were not in the USA. If I find something I will get back to you.