Hi all,
I’m looking to buy an HDMI to A/V converter such as this: Ebay Link.
This converter specifies only HDMI version 1.3 compatibility.
Before I spend, I want to know what version HDMI my Zero uses?
More info on the versions Here
This adapter is for our car. it currently has a screen in the rear with A/V phono connectors, which has worked well for previous PI’s, but now I’m trying to use a Zero, I need analogue audio and video. I know there is a header for composite video, but there is no audio header, so I’d have to buy a USB sound card anyway. This HDMI to A/V box seems like a simple solution.
Cheers, Scott
I’m pretty sure the header on the Pi Zero has 4 terminals, video, L and R audio and ground so all you need is a breakout cable
see here: Raspberry Pi 4-pole Audio/Video Jack - Raspberry Pi Spy
Pi Zero doesn’t have a 3.5mm connector.
Not only that, it doesn’t have any header pins for audio, it also doesn’t include the on-board filtering for PWM to Analogue out… It only has header location for composite video out. Alternatively, Adafruit gives a solution here for analogue audio out.
I have just connected a USB sound card, and it worked very nicely.
I guess this question is more aimed at giving my car HDMI input capability, rather than giving the Zero analogue out capability.
Since I have a plug and play solution working for audio, I may utilise the Zero composite video output. It just means connecting up is a little more fiddly.
Cheers, Scott.