Q: I’ve read instructions on viewing iPod video content on a TV by using an Apple A/V Cable connection. Will a Sony A/V cable like those they include with their camcorders work also? What is the difference?
– Nancy
A: Though cables with 1/8” miniplug to RCA cable connections are indeed fairly standard between hardware manufacturers, Apple has for some reason chosen to be sneaky about it.
They like to consider their iPod A/V cable proprietary, although the only thing that makes it so is that they’ve switched the red and yellow cables, relative to what most other companies do.
Thus, you can make a Sony camcorder A/V cable work simply by swapping the red and yellow cables at the connection to the TV.
