jollysolivajonathan
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no mini HDMI cable

Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:33 am

Can i boot my raspberry pi by connecting a video cable from my pi output video into my television input video? we don't have available mini HDMI cable here. :?: and we have no monitor that fits to connect to the pi HDMI port.

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Re: no mini HDMI cable

Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:45 am

jollysolivajonathan wrote:Can i boot my raspberry pi by connecting a video cable from my pi output video into my television input video?
Yup! http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide

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Re: no mini HDMI cable

Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:49 am

if you are booting NOOBS, try pressing 3 or 4 after booting, to get a PAL or NTSC video signal instead of the default HDMI/DVI signal.

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