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Nickerz
Channel Surfer
2 years ago
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Will This Connect My Roku 3 To My...

Will this adapter... work?  I have an old TV that doesn't have an HDMI port.  It only has the component cable port (red, white, yellow) so I'm hoping this will connect my Roku 3 to it?  Anyone know i...
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    Nickerz
    2 years ago

    You're right renojim!!! I didn't even pay attention to that and they do look identical BUT the CORRECT converter box (which you linked originally on Amazon) needs to say...

     

    "HDMI2AV"

    "OUTPUT" = RCA (Plugs)
    "INPUT" = HDMI (Plug)

     

    ...the one I bought from Walmart says...
    AV2HDMI
    "OUTPUT" = HDMI
    "INPUT" = RCA

     

    ...by the way, I ended up ordering one from Temu here... which happened to be the correct one but at the time I placed that order last week, I didn't know about the differences. Whew! 😃  I was simply getting another one as a backup and it's even cheaper ($3.48)! So that one should arrive in about a week or so and I'll report back.

     

    Thanks so much for your continued help renojim!

     

     

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Nickerz
Channel Surfer
2 years ago

I'm happy to report that the HDMI2AV box I bought off Temu WORKED!!!  Thanks again to renojim for all your help! 

 

I plugged in the Roku 3 power cord and then connected the HDMI cable (left over from my Roku Express+ box that I never used) from the HDMI2AV box to the Roku 3 box.  Finally, I plugged in the Composite cables (yellow/white/red cables) to the back of the TV ("LINE 1 IN" - pictured in another post above) and the other ends to the new HDMI2AV box. This was it, no USB cable and the cord that the HDMI2AV box came with wasn't needed so I placed this in the empty Roku Express+ box.  The picture at first was scrambled but as soon as I flipped the switch from the "PAL" to the "...NTSC" setting, it all worked!

 

I was also able to return the wrong one I got from Walmart and in the end saved some money as it cost less than $3.50 w/free shipping from Temu!

 

Below are some pics...

 

 

Picture was scrambled until I flipped the switch from PAL to NTSC...

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Nickerz
Channel Surfer
2 years ago

Anyone know if this... would have also worked? This is Composite to HDMI and I was wondering if this would eliminate the converter box. ???

 

 

 

 

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    renojim
    Community Streaming Expert
    2 years ago

    That's pretty much the same thing as your original post.  It only works with very, very few devices.  You must have a converter box for Roku devices.