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I believe that your G400 dual head card should have come with one
short double cable with both an S-video cable end and a composite
(yellow) video cable end for attaching to either of those two video
formats. I ran a six-foot monitor cable from the second monitor plug
on the card to a switch, from which I ran a second monitor cable back
to a second monitor, and from the other switch port I hooked up the
dual cable (less than 12 inches long) to feed either S-video or
composite to a TV. That way I don't have to crawl behind the computer
to change from computer monitor to TV; just flip the switch on the
desk.
If you no longer have the dual pigtail cable, you may need to purchase
a new one from Matrox.
"Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<2jpgbmF12nf27U1@uni-berlin.de>...
> "Simon Walters" <trysiwalters@theoppositeofcoolmail.com> wrote in message news:A0JBc.350$F52.312@nurse.blueyonder.net...
> >
> > "Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> > news:2jp01hF13h35tU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > > Hi, I have an old Matrox G400 Max dual head video card.
> > > The second DB15 port can be configured as a TV out. Can I
> > > use this port to connect to the VIDEO IN port of my capture
> > > card? The capture card an S-Video input, along with a small
> > > converter for a composite video signal.
> > >
> > The answer is yes - you can connect your tv-out to your video-in.
>
> Cool. Where can I get a short cable with a male DB15 on
> one end and a male S-video or composite on the other?
>
> Thanks,
> Rick
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