[DM-MUG] Television as iBook monitor

CW Smith dmmug@dmmug.org
Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:27:23 -0500


AACK! I sent you the wrong link!  Here's the address fot the actual cable I
meant to point you to:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70901/wo/gb5
N6B0Ga0193Xg0THd1O41tKAU/1.3.0.6.10.3.28.1.13.0

Peace,
CW

On 6/29/04 10:07 PM, "Ray Bowler" <rbowler@mchsi.com> wrote:

> I would like to use my iBook (G3 600 MHz/640 Mg) to play DVDs and
> watch them on the television set.
> 
> Apple help on the iBook says to turn the TV off and shut down the
> computer. Then connect the cables and restart the computer and turn
> the TV on. I have the TV cable plugged into a VCR and the VCR to the
> TV. If I plug my cable from the computer to the video-in and the
> audio-in on the VCR the iBook doesn't seem to want to start. If I
> wait for the "bong" and then plug it is it will boot but no picture
> from the computer on the TV screen. If I go to System Preferences >
> Displays there seem to be two displays showing: a 60 Hz NTSC and a 50
> HZ PAL. Am I correct that the red plug is not used in this setup and
> that the other two plug into the video-in and the audio-in or did I
> misunderstand?
> 
> TIA