VGA to SCART

[Kyle!]

Tomorrow i'm going to stay at my mums tomorrow and i want to be able to bring my Mac Mini and plug it in to her CRT TV. I need to know if its possible to buy a vga to rgb scart? I'm pretty sure i've bought one before (Could of been to s-video don't know) but i can't find it. Help ASAP.

Thanks,
Kyle

[Recursion]

Something like http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-SCART-To-VGA-cable/dp/B0002W69MY ?

[Kyle!]

No, thats scart to vga.

[Luke]

but it is exactly the same.., that's what you want.

Doesn't matter which way in this case

[Kyle!]

but it is exactly the same.., that's what you want.

Doesn't matter which way in this case

Are you sure? If its Scart to VGA its flowing the data the wrong way. I want VGA to scart.

[Luke]

No not realy, think of it as one of these:
I have one and i've been able to use it to take sound from a headphone socket to a speaker, and take sound from a mixer to a Line in.
So go's both ways xD
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop_image/product/c6d4edbe988031b47cf9c25b930577a7.jpg

[Recursion]

The cable doesn't determine which way the data goes, the devices do, since TVs don't output on SCART, but your Mac does output on VGA, it will be fine.

[Rhys120]

Have any of the people who replied to this question actually ever looked at a VGA cable from a monitor? It's a male connection. The connection in that Amazon image is also a male connection. You cannot connect male to male, it can't be done. Seriously, I can't believe I just signed up for HabboX just to tell you that. So, yes, the cable does determine which way data flows in this case. I've never heard of converting a VGA signal to SCART but your best bet is probably Ebay.

[N!ck]

Have any of the people who replied to this question actually ever looked at a VGA cable from a monitor? It's a male connection. The connection in that Amazon image is also a male connection. You cannot connect male to male, it can't be done. Seriously, I can't believe I just signed up for HabboX just to tell you that. So, yes, the cable does determine which way data flows in this case. I've never heard of converting a VGA signal to SCART but your best bet is probably Ebay.

The data can flow either way in both a scart and a VGA cable, so i don't see how a combination of the two in one cable will affect it. Monitors have a female port.

Just to let you know though, it probably won't be very good quality.

[Rhys120]

The data can flow either way in both a scart and a VGA cable, so i don't see how a combination of the two in one cable will affect it.

Just to let you know though, it probably won't be very good quality.

Yeah, it was only after I hit post that I realised what I'd written. :BangHead:

For some reason I was thinking this was going from monitor to TV. I have no idea why (can we blame it on tiredness?).

It was only after I posted that it struck me and my posts have to be verified by a moderator so I couldn't edit it. Humour me, I feel like a fool. :P

[Recursion]

Have any of the people who replied to this question actually ever looked at a VGA cable from a monitor? It's a male connection. The connection in that Amazon image is also a male connection. You cannot connect male to male, it can't be done. Seriously, I can't believe I just signed up for HabboX just to tell you that. So, yes, the cable does determine which way data flows in this case. I've never heard of converting a VGA signal to SCART but your best bet is probably Ebay.

Umm... Actually, generally nowadays the ports on graphics card and monitors are female, so that cable is the right one. His Mac Mini is DVI, he will use his DVI > VGA converter (http://www.hulti.nl/winkel/media/vga-to-dvi.jpg) and then plug that amazon cable into the TV SCART and the DVI converter.

So before you start saying we are all wrong, first, check your facts ;)

[lolwut]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Premium-Component-Cable-0-91M-Black/dp/B000P3NZ68/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1223738471&sr=8-1
Pretty sure this is what you want.

If you have a specialist electronic store nearby, you could probably get one for a tenner or so. :)

[Recursion]

-Sigh-, already posted with a cable he asked for :P

[Stephen!]

I have never seen a computer monitor with a male VGA port. Nor a graphics card come to think of it.

[Recursion]

Its all standard, the VGA cables are now generally deatchable from the monitors (not like CRTs) and so both end have become female as standard, not that Stephen wouldn't know.

[Stephen!]

I might do this with my freeview box.. although i'd need SCART to VGA. Still won't solve the sound problem though

[N!ck]

I might do this with my freeview box.. although i'd need SCART to VGA. Still won't solve the sound problem though

Does your freeview box have phono outputs for the audio? My old one used to.

[Kyle!]

Umm... Actually, generally nowadays the ports on graphics card and monitors are female, so that cable is the right one. His Mac Mini is DVI, he will use his DVI > VGA converter (http://www.hulti.nl/winkel/media/vga-to-dvi.jpg) and then plug that amazon cable into the TV SCART and the DVI converter.

So before you start saying we are all wrong, first, check your facts ;)

Thanks TMF, thats exactly what i wanted to do and you have the idea, definitely going to go for you said. Thanks!

[Robbie]

I might do this with my freeview box.. although i'd need SCART to VGA. Still won't solve the sound problem though

I bought a cable for this off ebay. Didn't work :(

[Recursion]

I do it with my Xbox 360, but obviously with the 360 VGA cable. Plugs straight into my monitor, then I just plug the phono cables into the phono > 3.5mm that came with the cable into my Line in on my PC :P