Apple TV composite hack

by Erica Sadun

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Behold. Apple TV using a composite monitor. Thanks to KFM82, who suggested that connecting a standard RCA cable between a TV and one of the three component jacks would produce a monochrome image on a regular composite TV. It did. Not great for TV watching, but excellent for testing out an Apple TV box during modding.

1 Comments

Mauricio Pastrana
2007-10-07 01:16:54 		Just by mistake, I found a way to make this hack work in full color!


Figured i'd try to make a video out of it (spare me the pain of publishing a tutorial... still, it's a 3-step thing)


Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQNFCjKrVlc


Basically, its tricking the Apple tv by switching HDMI and Composite in mid-resolution adjustment.


-mp

 
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