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fstop18 · 09-07-2016, 01:11 PM

I know you can connect the USB cable to a computer for a K-50, how about use a modern TV as a monitor? Some of the newer flat screens have USB inputs, but if not there are AV inputs. In movie mode can you use a flat screen as the monitor? Would you recommend powering the camera separately? thanks.

Adam · 09-07-2016, 01:20 PM

The K-50 has no HDMI out AFAIK, so unfortunately that's not an option.

Not a Number · 09-07-2016, 01:21 PM

If you have the Pentax USB AV cable with the yellow RCA connector and the flat screen has a yellow RCA input you should be able to connect that way. There is also a sound out connector which I believe is white.

I don't think the USB is wired for video and sound out but I could be wrong.

surfar · 09-07-2016, 01:40 PM - **1 Like**

Just take your card out of K50, put it in laptop and HDMI laptop to TV.

aezarien · 11-01-2020, 04:06 PM

For anyone still looking: Can confirm that the pentax av7/rca cable will work on a tv with those connections. Additionally, composite connections appear to need a converter to take advantage of HDMI. I got the mini HDMI converter and the AV7 cable off Amazon and managed to hook it up to my tv. It requires usb power, so it's not the most elegant solution, but it works. You can also add a HDMI to DVI converter and hook it up to a computer monitor.

Maybe there is a more elegant way to achieve this, but I haven't found the cables to do so. Open to suggestions, but this does work.

09-07-2016, 01:11 PM	#1
fstop18 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 139	Can a TV be used as a monitor for the K-50 in movie mode? I know you can connect the USB cable to a computer for a K-50, how about use a modern TV as a monitor? Some of the newer flat screens have USB inputs, but if not there are AV inputs. In movie mode can you use a flat screen as the monitor? Would you recommend powering the camera separately? thanks.

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09-07-2016, 01:21 PM	#3
Not a Number Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Venice, CA Posts: 10,526	If you have the Pentax USB AV cable with the yellow RCA connector and the flat screen has a yellow RCA input you should be able to connect that way. There is also a sound out connector which I believe is white. I don't think the USB is wired for video and sound out but I could be wrong.

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surfar Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: mid nth coast,nsw Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,147	Just take your card out of K50, put it in laptop and HDMI laptop to TV.

11-01-2020, 04:06 PM	#5
aezarien New Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: Shelby, North Carolina Posts: 10	For anyone still looking: Can confirm that the pentax av7/rca cable will work on a tv with those connections. Additionally, composite connections appear to need a converter to take advantage of HDMI. I got the mini HDMI converter and the AV7 cable off Amazon and managed to hook it up to my tv. It requires usb power, so it's not the most elegant solution, but it works. You can also add a HDMI to DVI converter and hook it up to a computer monitor. Maybe there is a more elegant way to achieve this, but I haven't found the cables to do so. Open to suggestions, but this does work.

Can a TV be used as a monitor for the K-50 in movie mode?

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