BTW, I have tried it with NTSC before because my computer LCD panel visibly blinks when there is PAL signal on its composite output.
Few days ago I tried in with my LCD TV and PAL resolution. In PAL I can set Y resolution to be exactly 480 and everything is still visible. X dimension is hopeless since it cannot reach 800 anyway but when Y is 480, everything is only squashed horizontally and text (in browser, xterm and everywhere) is quite nice to read. Well unless one scrolls the screen, scrolling is quite ugly :-)
Hi my problem is next, i use a 5800 xpressmusic on my eonon car stereo and it works perfectly sound and video works fine it uses the same cable as the n900, but when i plug the n900 theres no output of nothing video or audio i try to turn on the stereo with the rca cable connected and nothing, try rebooting the n900 and nothing, but the curious case; i unmounted the stereo to see what my be the problem so i attach the video output to another source (the reverse camera in), then unplug and plug the cable, doing this causes that the audio on the aux input stars working then i plug the video out to the correct video in source (AUX video in), and it works YEAY; but when i unplug and plug the cable theres no audio and video all over again. So my cuestion is:
Is there any way to force the activation of the video output because it sems that the AUX video in of the car stereo doesn't recognize anything if its not sending a signal and since the n900 doesnt sends a signal if not detects a source well its practically imposible to make it works with my car stereo.
iVision 640x480 glasses being used with a N900, was watching a video but then wondered if the glasses would show the camera screen for taking pics of myself, and... yup, it worked.
Hi my problem is next, i use a 5800 xpressmusic on my eonon car stereo and it works perfectly sound and video works fine it uses the same cable as the n900, but when i plug the n900 theres no output of nothing video or audio i try to turn on the stereo with the rca cable connected and nothing, try rebooting the n900 and nothing, but the curious case; i unmounted the stereo to see what my be the problem so i attach the video output to another source (the reverse camera in), then unplug and plug the cable, doing this causes that the audio on the aux input stars working then i plug the video out to the correct video in source (AUX video in), and it works YEAY; but when i unplug and plug the cable theres no audio and video all over again. So my cuestion is:
Is there any way to force the activation of the video output because it sems that the AUX video in of the car stereo doesn't recognize anything if its not sending a signal and since the n900 doesnt sends a signal if not detects a source well its practically imposible to make it works with my car stereo.
Yeah, i have the same problem and the same question, somebody can help us.
Maybe a script or widget to connect TV-OUT.
Thanks.
I have a similar issue. My N900 doesn´t recognize the TV and my 5800 doesn´t have a problem.
But if a connect the N900 to a euroconector using an adaptor it works. Then I plug it in the video conector of the TV without unplugging the cable from the phone and it works, If I unplug the cable from the phone and plug in again it doesn´t work anymore.
I think it must be a software problem. I would prefer if it worked like the 5800 and you had to tell the phone what king of accesory you plug in and it showed in the status menu.
Hi my problem is next, i use a 5800 xpressmusic on my eonon car stereo and it works perfectly sound and video works fine it uses the same cable as the n900, but when i plug the n900 theres no output of nothing video or audio i try to turn on the stereo with the rca cable connected and nothing, try rebooting the n900 and nothing, but the curious case; i unmounted the stereo to see what my be the problem so i attach the video output to another source (the reverse camera in), then unplug and plug the cable, doing this causes that the audio on the aux input stars working then i plug the video out to the correct video in source (AUX video in), and it works YEAY; but when i unplug and plug the cable theres no audio and video all over again. So my cuestion is:
Is there any way to force the activation of the video output because it sems that the AUX video in of the car stereo doesn't recognize anything if its not sending a signal and since the n900 doesnt sends a signal if not detects a source well its practically imposible to make it works with my car stereo.
I believe it is a problem with the Kernel software. Somewhere the tvout software got messed up. If I boot Titans OC kernel, only audio plays through TV out. If I load the Omap1 default kernel then everything works through tvout except on device recorded video. If I load the OC kernel again, it goes back to only audio. In my instance, I believe my kernel was messed up during the leaked PR1.2 and it carried over to the Nokia Omap1 kernel as even then I cant play videos recorded on the N900 via tvout.
I am not a programmer so I don't know how to validate any of this. All I know is that my tvout experience varies depending on the kernel that I have loaded.
Is it possible to load a PR1.1 or earlier kernel (not firmware) to possible get tvout working and then boot a newer kernel?
Is there a command line to tell the kernel that a TV is connected? Then we could put a link in the desktop and we would have a workaround until this is properly fixed.
Is there a command line to tell the kernel that a TV is connected? Then we could put a link in the desktop and we would have a workaround until this is properly fixed.
