So, my stepdad has bought a mac mini for his 42" 1080p TV. It (the TV) had VGA input for PC.
With his mac mini, he got a mini-DVI to DVI adapter. So disappointed at first, and had to wait till the weekend to get the cables.
He gets a DVI cable and a DVI>VGA adapter, the kind of thing I used to use on my old PC when using an older monitor.
So Mac Mini>mini DVI-DVI adapter>DVI cable>DVI-VGA adapter>TV
It doesn't seem to work though. The TV definitely works, we tried his old windows pc via vga and everything was fine, accept it's got a tonne of viruses.
So, taking his mac to my house, we try it on my samsung TV, vga again, no video.
We then plug the mini_dvi-adapter-vga-cable-hybrid-monster-thing into my iMac to my TV and still nothing.
As you can imagine he's a bit peeved. A new mac mini, no VGA adapter included and when he spends £70 on cables at the purple shirt place, he still can't get it work.
Anyone got a clue to why this might not be working? Do I HAVE to buy apple's mini-dvi>vga connector to get it to work, do they block (by magic) third party adapters at the other end of the cable?
Cheers guys.
With his mac mini, he got a mini-DVI to DVI adapter. So disappointed at first, and had to wait till the weekend to get the cables.
He gets a DVI cable and a DVI>VGA adapter, the kind of thing I used to use on my old PC when using an older monitor.
So Mac Mini>mini DVI-DVI adapter>DVI cable>DVI-VGA adapter>TV
It doesn't seem to work though. The TV definitely works, we tried his old windows pc via vga and everything was fine, accept it's got a tonne of viruses.
So, taking his mac to my house, we try it on my samsung TV, vga again, no video.
We then plug the mini_dvi-adapter-vga-cable-hybrid-monster-thing into my iMac to my TV and still nothing.
As you can imagine he's a bit peeved. A new mac mini, no VGA adapter included and when he spends £70 on cables at the purple shirt place, he still can't get it work.
Anyone got a clue to why this might not be working? Do I HAVE to buy apple's mini-dvi>vga connector to get it to work, do they block (by magic) third party adapters at the other end of the cable?
Cheers guys.