gotta new wii but it only plays in black and white

**smaug** · 02-06-2011, 12:11 AM

I have an old tv,15 yrs at least. It does have the modern av plug ins and I think I have it hooked up right with my dvd into the input 1 and wii into the input 2. Dvd and satelite works as does the wii play,but only in black and white.any ideas?

**Brhino** · 02-06-2011, 12:15 AM

what kind of connection are "input 1" and "input 2"? coaxial?

I assume your DVD is playing color... does it have inputs? If so, you could hook the wii up to the DVD and route it to the TV that way.

**smaug** · 02-06-2011, 12:27 AM

I think it has something to do with the cable they provided us with.It is a 5 prong with 2 reds a white and a blu and green.My brother in law has his hooked up with a 3 prong,which is white yellow and red.

**Brhino** · 02-06-2011, 12:37 AM

okay, yes. That's a "Component Video and Progressive Scan" cable... certainly not what you want for an older TV. You have red/yellow/white on your TV? I'm trying to find out if your cable can be made to work, but I think not...

**Brhino** · 02-06-2011, 12:47 AM

followup: yeah, that's not going to work. I'm not sure how you can go about getting your hands on the proper cable... I've had my wii for a couple years but it came with standard RCA plugs in red/yellow/white. I guess that's considered pretty outdated at this point, so maybe they're shipping them with newer type cables now.

http://www.amazon.com/Wii-V-Cable-Ni...8&s=videogames

That's what you want. Hopefully you can get your hands on one locally so you don't have to pay shipping.

**Scrup** · 02-06-2011, 01:14 AM

Really strange they would include that cable with a Wii....

**smaug** · 02-06-2011, 01:39 AM

I just got back from walmart and bought the corr3ct yellowred white cord and installed it. I got color now

the console we got is a demo model they had hooked up to a more advanced tv and they simply gave us the cord they were using. Thanks all for the help.