Customer Reviews

6FT 3.5 mm to 3 RCA AV Camcorder Video Cable Sony JVC 6

5 star:		(37)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(32)

 

 

this cable works good you just have to use red for video instead of yellow.

The cable I received does not look like the one in the picture, it has seemingly-superior connectors with metallic plating, so I imagine they manufacture these things as they need them and will vary slightly. It's a cable, so there's not a lot to get wrong and it works fine, with one slight comment that needs to be made EXTREMELY clear.

If you plan to use this cable with certain devices, the colors have to be swapped around. This is so ridiculously unintuitive that it borders on criminal. Certain devices want you to buy their "special" cables so they swap the colors around but it is essentially the exact same as the standard RCA cable long-used for video cameras. My device used the same swapped order as the iPod (red into yellow, yellow into white, red into white). I used a colored band of electrical tape on each to remind myself which one goes in which.

Save the $10 difference between a standard and "special" cable, tell your friends, and hope that enough angry people will convince them to stop making deceptive products like that.

I bought this thinking it would work to connect my Samsung Vibrant to my tv but it doesn't work. I tried every possible way to connect it because I read that the red and yellow were switched. Good thing it was cheap. I guess you get what you pay for.

I tried numerous a/v cables but this is the only one that worked for the tv out feature on my Vibrant. Now I use my phone to play things like you tube videos and ppt on a tv screen during trading events at work. It's perfect for convenience!

I have read all of the reviews before I ordered this cable. I got this splitter with totally wrong wiring. Not mentioning that color coding is wrong (Video Output is the RED RCA connector instead of YELLOW), also there is the WRONG GROUND on all RCA connectors !!!

With normal 3.5mm jack the GROUND terminal should be the closest to the black insulator, for both Audio and Video connectors (3 terminals or 4 terminals), but in my case this terminal was connected to the RED RCA signal wire (Center part of RCA connector), and the GROUND wires of the three RCA connectors are connected to the second terminal of 3.5mm jack (This terminal works as VIDEO OUTPUT in normal condition)


The only way to get this cable work is to cut the wire and connect it in right way, which I have done and it really works. I have uploaded pics where you can find correct wiring combination (For those who recieved the cable which doesn't work in any connection combination)

The cable I received would not work on the Roku device I purchased. I ended up finding on ebay for about $6 - $8 that did work. Save your money and get that one.

I ordered this for my Canon ES8200 camcorder, and thanks to all of you who pointed out that the wires are switched, otherwise I would have just thrown it away. It did not work the normal way, and neither did it work for me when only the red and yellow wires were exchanged, as one of the reviews suggested - but then I just thought that the guys in the factory(whatever they are smoking)could have gotten it wrong in other ways, too, so I tried several combinations (there are not that many, anyway, with only three wires and three holes + the right one is out in the first place), and this worked for my camcorder: Yellow wire into Red hole, Red wire into White hole, White wire into Yellow hole. I have it posted in the TV cabinet so I don't go crazy every time I need to connect the camcorder. Overall - nice job, ain't it, but I still gave it three stars as it worked eventually.

I actually used this to connect my Roku XDS to the component inputs on my television. Works perfectly. Found these instructions on the web for connecting the red, white, and yellow RCA plugs into the green, blue, and red RCA jacks:

The RED RCA plug goes to Y or GREEN RCA input
The WHITE RCA plug goes to Pb or BLUE RCA input
The YELLOW RCA plug goes to Pr or RED RCA input

Works great like other people mentioned to swap the red to yellow; i.e. red for video, yellow for audio. I am not sure if there is a standard for the signal line up for this kind of cable, but this is not a big deal. I can now bring the movies to the portable TV on long driving trips.

Simply plugged this in to my Samsung Captivate, enabled video out, and I had picture/sound from my phone on my tv. Not much more to say, worked as expected.

As others have said, I had to swap the red and yellow cables, so red for video and yellow for a sound channel. I don't think this is the cable's fault, I imagine Samsung didn't follow the standard for this cable type.