Hi. I googled for days... eventually I thought it might be best to find an electronics forum like this and just ask for help.
I bought a baby monitor a few months ago with one of the features being an a/v output to a tv. Its by Motorola - a big brand for sure, but not one really known for this type of device... and now I know why! They offer no specifications whatsoever and their manual is useless. It states to use "an appropriate" cable to connect the monitor to a TV. Their website is no help - it doesn't even acknowledge they make the product - and nobody at their call center seems to know what I'm talking about. From Google, all I can find is other people asking the same question.
On the device is a mini-USB 5-pin port labelled "AV out". My guess is that they used mini-USB for cost reasons and not to conform to any USB standard for data communication because there's no indication whatsoever that this device can be hooked up to a computer. There doesn't seem to be such a thing as a "standard" mini-USB to AV cable on the market. So I'm thinking that one of the pins video and one is audio (and one is ground?) and I should be able to make a cable. I have a multimeter and a soldering station... is there any way I can test what pins are what?
I have zero experience in a/v beyond listening/watching it!
Thanks.
- Steven
I bought a baby monitor a few months ago with one of the features being an a/v output to a tv. Its by Motorola - a big brand for sure, but not one really known for this type of device... and now I know why! They offer no specifications whatsoever and their manual is useless. It states to use "an appropriate" cable to connect the monitor to a TV. Their website is no help - it doesn't even acknowledge they make the product - and nobody at their call center seems to know what I'm talking about. From Google, all I can find is other people asking the same question.
On the device is a mini-USB 5-pin port labelled "AV out". My guess is that they used mini-USB for cost reasons and not to conform to any USB standard for data communication because there's no indication whatsoever that this device can be hooked up to a computer. There doesn't seem to be such a thing as a "standard" mini-USB to AV cable on the market. So I'm thinking that one of the pins video and one is audio (and one is ground?) and I should be able to make a cable. I have a multimeter and a soldering station... is there any way I can test what pins are what?
I have zero experience in a/v beyond listening/watching it!
Thanks.
- Steven