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Posted February 21, 2012
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SirPrimalform: Blue/red/green is component.

o.0
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lowyhong: I meant the one that comes with the TV. In the pictures I uploaded, the cable is missing because I unplugged it. If we can find a sort of adapter to convert that to a yellow female end (my dad's friend thinks he saw one at a hardware store), then we may be able to solve the problem.

I think.

-edit- Gotta sincerely apologize if my posts don't make sense to those more tech savvy. I know next to nothing about these things :X
I think I see what you mean now... You want to find something that will let you plug the yellow composite cable (that comes with the wii) into the component input on your TV?
Posted February 21, 2012
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lowyhong: I meant the one that comes with the TV. In the pictures I uploaded, the cable is missing because I unplugged it. If we can find a sort of adapter to convert that to a yellow female end (my dad's friend thinks he saw one at a hardware store), then we may be able to solve the problem.

I think.

-edit- Gotta sincerely apologize if my posts don't make sense to those more tech savvy. I know next to nothing about these things :X
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SirPrimalform: I think I see what you mean now... You want to find something that will let you plug the yellow composite cable (that comes with the wii) into the component input on your TV?
Yup that's right
Posted February 21, 2012
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lowyhong: Yup that's right
Good luck with that! I don't know enough about component signal specifications to say whether it's possible or not. I believe it's still an analogue signal, so there may be some way to 'mix them down' into a composite signal.
Posted February 21, 2012
Yeah I hope I get lucky, otherwise I'll just have to settle for Nintendo's component cable. Not that it's entirely a bad thing since I don't mind having better image quality, but I'm on a shoestring budget.
Posted February 21, 2012
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SirPrimalform: I think I see what you mean now... You want to find something that will let you plug the yellow composite cable (that comes with the wii) into the component input on your TV?
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lowyhong: Yup that's right
I'm still confused by this. The yellow and green cables your TV has are non-standard cables, and really have nothing to do the equation other than they require a female-to-female adaptor, because they have male ends (very unusual because the cords are so short).

If you want a composite (Yellow-video, Red/White-stereo sound) to component converter (Red, Green, Blue-full colour band video, red/white-stereo sound) you would have to upscale the signal. Originally all signals are RGB, but are downconverted to send a more compressed (smaller) signal to bring down costs and cable quality requirements, in exchange for some visual quality.

Here is an expensive choice I found if you want to do that:
http://www.amazon.com/Atlona-AT-AVS100-Composite-Component-Converter/dp/B004FY4OQ8/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1329884440&sr=1-1

Now, there should be much cheaper options, but if you want to use those component inputs on your TV, you're best off just getting a Wii component cable and female to female adaptor (female to female adaptor costs almost nothing).
Post edited February 21, 2012 by elus89
Posted February 22, 2012
Suddenly I'm immensely grateful that SCART exists in the EU...
Posted February 22, 2012
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wodmarach: Suddenly I'm immensely grateful that SCART exists in the EU...
Yeah, RGB scart on a nice CRT is the way to go for SD stuff.
Posted February 24, 2012
So my father's friend bought this switch which lets you connect multiple composite cables, so you can switch between them easily. It's very cheap too. Regardless, thanks for the help guys. Appreciate it!
Posted February 24, 2012
Glad you got it working - Now Have Fun!!
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