Setting Up Pi 2 Model B on old TV

[ahmadhanif]

Hi guys,
Greetings from India, i have recently come to know about raspberry pi , and i am planning to buy Model B, there is one issue which i am really unsure about. I want to know whether i can connect my Pi 2 Model B to my old LG tv, it doesn't have a HDMI port but those three Red, yellow and white cable slots which were used around 10 years back. Kindly help me in this problem. The local reseller here in india is selling the Raspberry pi 2 model B with 4Pole 3.5mm to 3 RCA Video/Audio Cable in the starter kit. Can i use these cables to get a display on my old tv? The link of the seller is http://www.greenindiaelectronics.com/rpi2-starter-kit here you can check the details. Please tell me about this. Thanks a lot everyone.
Regards
Ahmad Hanif

[drgeoff]

I want to know whether i can connect my Pi 2 Model B to my old LG tv, it doesn't have a HDMI port but those three Red, yellow and white cable slots which were used around 10 years back. Kindly help me in this problem. The local reseller here in india is selling the Raspberry pi 2 model B with 4Pole 3.5mm to 3 RCA Video/Audio Cable in the starter kit. Can i use these cables to get a display on my old tv?

Yes

[ahmadhanif]

A very short reply sorry to say, can you please elaborate?

[BMS Doug]

If you look at the picture of the kit:

there is a white lead with a 4pole headphone jack on one end and three separate connectors at the other end. That is the "4Pole 3.5mm to 3 RCA Video/Audio Cable for connecting to TV".

Plug the headphone jack into the socket of your Pi2.

Plug the three outputs into your Red, yellow and white slots.

turn on your Pi it may autodetect composite output or you might have to manually change it.

[ahmadhanif]

If you look at the picture of the kit:

there is a white lead with a 4pole headphone jack on one end and three separate connectors at the other end. That is the "4Pole 3.5mm to 3 RCA Video/Audio Cable for connecting to TV".

Plug the headphone jack into the socket of your Pi2.

Plug the three outputs into your Red, yellow and white slots.

turn on your Pi it may autodetect composite output or you might have to manually change it.

Thanks a lot BMS doug, hopefully it will auto detect, if it wont i will search the web and forums for manual configuration. Thanks once again.

[DougieLawson]

Thanks a lot BMS doug, hopefully it will auto detect, if it wont i will search the web and forums for manual configuration. Thanks once again.

You will need to press the [3] or [4] key to get NOOBS to switch to analog video during the first boot.

[ahmadhanif]

Ok i have ordered my very first raspberry pi. Two more things i want to ask to both BMS Doug and Dougie lawson. What are [3] and [4] keys and where are they located?

Secondly if i dont connect my raspberry pi to an ethernet cable and plug in a usb wifi adapter during the setup, will it be fine? I dont plan to update the rasbian version which is supplied with the sd card straight away. And will i be able to connect to my wifi after the first boot?

I am a newbie, so kindly bear with me.

[kusti8]

Yes, if you install Raspbian you don't need a network cable or wifi dongle. You can set it up right from start.

The [3] and [4] keys are on the keyboard that you have to connect.

[DougieLawson]

They're on the keyboard between the [2] and [5].

Or on the keypad (if you have one) to the right of [2] and below [6] on the bottom row and to the left of [5] above [1] and below [7] in the middle row.

[ahmadhanif]

They're on the keyboard between the [2] and [5].

Or on the keypad (if you have one) to the right of [2] and below [6] on the bottom row and to the left of [5] above [1] and below [7] in the middle row.

Thanks dougie lawson. And after 1st boot if I connect a usb wifi adapter without connecting lan ethernet cable. Will i be able to configure wifi and connect the same?

[BMS Doug]

They're on the keyboard between the [2] and [5].

Or on the keypad (if you have one) to the right of [2] and below [6] on the bottom row and to the left of [5] above [1] and below [7] in the middle row.

Thanks dougie Lawson.

Don't encourage his sarcasm, it's bad enough already.

And after 1st boot if I connect a usb wifi adapter without connecting lan ethernet cable. Will i be able to configure wifi and connect the same?

Yes, the easiest way to configure WIFI is through the GUI but there are two other ways as well.

GUI = Graphical User Interface.

[ahmadhanif]

Thanks a lot everyone for ALL the help. Especially for the keyboard/keypad number detailing explaination.

[ahmadhanif]

Hi guys, i have setup my raspberry pi 2. One more thing i want to know. I want to install ubuntu mate 15.04 on another sd card for my raspberry pi. Is the procedure same through windows? Like formatti the sd card first, then copy all the contents of the image file to the sd card and booting with that sd card.
I have searched a lot but couldn't find a procedure to install via windows. Please help.

[MarkHaysHarris777]

They're on the keyboard between the [2] and [5].

Or on the keypad (if you have one) to the right of [2] and below [6] on the bottom row and to the left of [5] above [1] and below [7] in the middle row.

Thanks dougie Lawson.

Don't encourage his sarcasm, it's bad enough already.

I thought it was funny... laughed out loud.

<we need that from time to time>

[kusti8]

Hi guys, i have setup my raspberry pi 2. One more thing i want to know. I want to install ubuntu mate 15.04 on another sd card for my raspberry pi. Is the procedure same through windows? Like formatti the sd card first, then copy all the contents of the image file to the sd card and booting with that sd card.
I have searched a lot but couldn't find a procedure to install via windows. Please help.

It's a img file. I would stick with NOOBS and Raspbian for now, until you learn how to use dd/Win32DiskImager. https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... ng-images/

[BMS Doug]

I thought it was funny... laughed out loud.

<we need that from time to time>

It was funny but we mustn't tell Dougie.