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Television Standards Converters, Modulators etc Standards converters, modulators anything else for providing signals to vintage televisions. |
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11th Jan 2020, 6:07 pm | #1 |
Diode
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Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
I want to transfer visuals to my vintage Cadet TV however I'm not sure what cables I needs as the TV does not have HDMI. So I'd therefore need an adapter.
If anyone know, would be a massive help, thank you!! The model number of the TV is CM6519A |
11th Jan 2020, 6:10 pm | #2 |
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Re: Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
Hello and welcome to the forums.
Does the TV have any inputs apart from the loop aerial? What video outputs does the Mac have?
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11th Jan 2020, 7:59 pm | #3 |
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Re: Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
The Cadet only had RF in, however, it had a mains transformer that provided mains isolation. Finding a suitable place to inject video and audio should be easy.
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11th Jan 2020, 8:19 pm | #4 |
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Re: Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
Unless you have a compelling reason to use the Cadet it would be simpler and probably not much difference in cost to get a computer monitor. Amazon have them for £60-70, cables and converters could be could be more than half that cost.
If the Mac laptop is less than 10 years old it will probably have a Display Port of some sort, connectors changed with the age of the model.
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11th Jan 2020, 8:40 pm | #5 |
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Re: Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
You can buy HDMI-composite video adapters for a.few pounds from eBay sellers, but you will need to squirt the video/audio into a UHF modulator to use the RF input. You can use an old VCR to provide the modulator, but it's a bit bulky.
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11th Jan 2020, 11:24 pm | #6 |
Heptode
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Re: Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
Yes, I wondered about the desire to use a tv like that for display purposes.
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12th Jan 2020, 2:06 am | #7 |
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Re: Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
Hi,
It's possible, I do this myself occasionally. I use a VGA to Composite converter, my modulator has composite, which converts it to RF. I'd assume the Macbooks have VGA out. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PC-Laptop...72.m2749.l2649 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B018LKA4...ing=UTF8&psc=1 I'm not associated with either seller, these are just what I use, and could be an option for you. Hope that helps '77 |
12th Jan 2020, 2:25 am | #8 | |
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Re: Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
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Easiest option would be an adapter to HDMI, then HDMI to composite, then into a modulator. |
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13th Jan 2020, 8:39 pm | #9 |
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Re: Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
Wont the picture quality be poor and very low resolution compared to a laptop screen.
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14th Jan 2020, 12:30 am | #10 | |
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Re: Connecting my Cadet TV to my Mac laptop???
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They may even be trying to achieve something like this where the producer borrowed an old Pye TV from me; in that case they cheated by superimposing the image in post, but it's possible the OP is wanting to do something live. |
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