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I just bought myself a second-hand AppleTV and wanted to configure it, but I don't have one of those modern flat screen television sets yet (just an old CRT with only a SCART plug), and the Apple TV doesn't come with any kind of cable or adaptor, so I was stuck.

However, somewhere in the back of my mind I found something about sync signal being sent on the green channel of RGB, so I connected the green channel of the component video to my TV, et voilĂ , I had the Apple TV menu (in black and white, but I didn't care) and was able to configure it. This may be obvious to some, but it wasn't to me. My AppleTV is now happily playing my music and movies (obviously also in black and white for the moment). Hope this helps someone.
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Apple TV Composite Hack in Full Color
Authored by: gregpare on Oct 12, '07 07:50:05AM
Might wanna check this out: Apple TV Composite Hack in Full Color

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Apple TV Composite Hack in Full Color
Authored by: tommyw on Oct 13, '07 12:59:12AM

I read in the TUAW comments that one user had difficulty using a Cinema Display, only black and white too. I had thought a HDMI-DVI adaptor would have sorted that...

Anyone have any success on this?



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Configure Apple TV without an HDMI cable
Authored by: tofergregg on Oct 12, '07 07:56:50AM

> My AppleTV is now happily playing my music and movies
>(obviously also in black and white for the moment)

Time to load up on some flim noir...



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Apple TV Composite Hack in Full Color
Authored by: gregpare on Oct 16, '07 12:00:48PM
There's also this... Activating color composite output by software

I haven't tried it and don't know if it works (as I don't have a use for it).

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