RCA plugs

[Aions]

RCA plugs

so i was looking in the back of my tv and saw that it had the norm. red yellow and white rca female plugs, but it also has green red and blue, now i thought the green red and blue was for HD and my tv is not an HD tv so i plugged my 360's red green blue male rca plugs along with the red yellow and white plugs... good idea or bad idea?

 

[Gikoku]

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Did you get a picture? Red, Blue, and Green is component and only handles the video (you'd still need the Red & White composite cables plugged in for the Left & Right audio channels). It won't do anything bad if the yellow cable is plugged in also.

Your TV should probably have a channel you can turn to for the component ports.

 

[Aions]

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yeah i have a picture, i just wanted to know if i have all the plugs pluged in would that screw up my tv and or 360 or just give me a better picture, also my tv is a tube tv i swear is was the last one made... but a tube tv cant be a HD tv...?

 

[Gikoku]

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They have HDTVs out there that aren't the usual flat-screen, but I don't know for certain if yours is HD or not. Nothing bad will happen to your TV or 360 with the composite cable still plugged in (and no, having both plugged in does not increase picture quality), if it's not HD then you should at least get some better colors with the component port. Also, make sure you have the switch on the 360's cable (I forget which one it is) switched to HDTV instead of TV and see if you still get a picture if you haven't done so already and fiddle with the video settings in the System Settings on the dashboard.

 

[Aions]

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oh ok so ill be fine with all the plugs pluged in right?

 

[Gikoku]

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Just White and Red (of the composite side), otherwise you won't have any audio.

 

[Aions]

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Just White and Red (of the composite side), otherwise you won't have any audio.

so i can take out the yellow and still have good (better?) picture? do i need to change any settings on my 360?

 

[Gikoku]

Re: RCA plugs

Take out the yellow, change the switch on the 360's cable from TV to HDTV. Turn on your Xbox, and go to System Settings, then Console Settings, Display, then HDTV Settings.

The option to choose 720p should then be available, pick that.

 

[Aions]

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Take out the yellow, change the switch on the 360's cable from TV to HDTV. Turn on your Xbox, and go to System Settings, then Console Settings, Display, then HDTV Settings.

The option to choose 720p should then be available, pick that.

like i said my tv is a 4 year old tube tv i dont even know if its HD or not, that wont hurt any thing if its not HD and i turn on HD will it?

 

[Gikoku]

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like i said my tv is a 4 year old tube tv i dont even know if its HD or not, that wont hurt any thing if its not HD and i turn on HD will it?

No, it won't do anything to your TV. When you change it to 720p in the Display settings the screen will go black and it will attempt make use of your component cables, if it doesn't work then it will automatically go back to 480p. If you've turned the switch to HDTV and power the Xbox on only to be greeted by a black screen, then your TV does not support HD (thus, you switch it back to TV).

No harm done.

 

[Aions]

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Edit: i dont have an HDMI cable or any thing hooked up to my tv

 

[Gikoku]

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Edit: i dont have an HDMI cable or any thing hooked up to my tv

Don't need one. I don't even have one for my 360, I have Component (Red, green, blue) and Composite (Red & White) hooked up to our HDTV.

 

[Aions]

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Don't need one. I don't even have one for my 360, I have Component (Red, green, blue) and Composite (Red & White) hooked up to our HDTV.

ok i tryed nothing happend got a black screen, whats the point of the green red and blue plugs on the back of my tv if its not a HD tv?

 

[Gikoku]

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Well, if that didn't work, then beats me. JohnDoe might have a better answer.

 

[Aions]

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thx guys

i did not even know that there was a channel setting for it
vid 1 -3 and then 'colour stream' colours are a lot better and the picture is a bit sharper thx a bunch

 

[Aions]

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I don't mind the rep, but all I really said were things that Gikoku had already said.

Glad you got it working though, enjoy.

i gave Gikoku rep too dont worry