Does 7 pin s-video carry sound?

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  1. jimwat1

    jimwat1 Member

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    Hi fellow forum members.
    I hope someone can solve this for me.
    My understanding was that s-video does not carry sound, but I see a number of 7 pin s-video to 3 plug RCA converters (red/white/yellow).
    Does this mean that sound is supported?
    My HP Pavilion DV9000 has a 7 pin s-video outlet and the cable I have is a 7 pin going to a 4 pin and a single yellow RCA plug.
    My TV has a 4 pin socket so I get picture on TV but the yellow RCA plug seems to do nothing (does not give picture or sound)so what is its purpose?
    I can get sound by feeding line-out to the TV RCA audio plugs.
    Will be grateful for any info on this.
    Thanks in advance.
     
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    Those three plug converters are probably for RGB(component) cables. S-video does not carry an audio signal.
     
  3. jimwat1

    jimwat1 Member

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    Thanks for confirming that Abuzar1.
     

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