Hollywood+ and S-Video connector, Marvel, etc

[Slugbait]

My amp and Marvel both have four-pin connectors for S-Video. However, my H+ has a seven-pin connector. I want to be able to output to TV via S-Video.

Is it OK to plug a standard four-pin cable into a seven-pin connector? Does this even work? Or do I need a different cable (with two different ends), or a converter plug?

Also, can I simply run a short cable from the S-Video Out of the H+ into the S-Video Input jack of BOB, and then use BOB like a pass-thru and utilize the composite cables that run from the BOB outputs to my stereo? Or do I still need another S-Video cable on BOB's output side as well?

[Slugbait]

Surely SOMEone knows the answer to this...

[TommyS]

Surely every one that own a H+ board know that is possible to connect a normal S-Video cable in the 7 pin connector, is written on the manual!
I don't think you can use the Matrox "BOB" (we can't use that name, i don't remember why) as a pass-thru, but you may check. I have both the Marvel and the H+ connected to my S-VHS vcr, and the output of the VCR is connected to the TV(S-Video!), then i can select the input from VCR (JVC 9500, no problem with Macrovision until you try to record)
Ciao

[salacious]

I believe that the Hollywood+ and the dxr3 are the same card except are badged with different companies. I am only making a guess at this (but a educated one) but with the dxr2 the lead you get supplied with it which is a 6pin to a 4pin connector but it only a metre or so long. The reason for the extra pins is that the card has both s-video and composite signals (4 for 2-video and 2 for composite). I made up my own lead for connecting my PC to my TV since the lead ain't long enough.
If it has 7 rather than 6 pins one of them might be for digital audio out.

Salacious

[Slugbait]

Thanks, guys. And just for the record Tommy, the manual simply states "...is a 7-pin S-Video connector, which can be connected directly to a TV using a standard S-Video cable"

My confusion was what Sigma considered to be "standard"...seven or four. They didn't elaborate that a standard S-Video cable would only be four pins, and to ignore the others. I just didn't want to try it and fry it...

[TommyS]

Ok Slugbait, sorry, was not my intention to be "non educate"(just i don't know the correct world in English) with my previous message.
Just to complete the informations, the 7 pin connector is not standard and the pinout of the 7 pin connector is available here:
"http://www.sigmadesigns.com/faq_hwplus.htm#There is a 7-pin S-video connector"
TV section question N.3.
Only the 4 pin Cable/connector is a standard for "S-Video"
Ciao