[Ti] video out cable

[Dr. Trevor J. Hutley]

At 17:48 -0800 23/2/05, T Molnar wrote:
>I have to help people at a conference make sure they can connect 
>their ibooks or powerbooks to the VGA cords of the digital 
>projectors they will use.
>

	Having been at a conference in Florence where my Ti-book did 
not work with the LCD
	projector they had ... and the technicans either only spoke 
Italian or were at lunch ......
	I can certify that your role is a very key one.

My previous Ti-500 had a VGA output, my Al-book has - like the later 
Ti-books - a DVI output.

Many LCD projectors have VGA input, the latest ones DVI.

My Al-book came with a DVI to VGA adaptor which I use every week to 
give my lectures from my laptop.

(One) such an adaptor is essential.

Some other points: sometimes, just connecting the open Powerbook to 
the projector works immediately.
Sometimes the projector says "perfecting the image" and you have to 
wait a minute.
Sometimes nothing happens.
In the last case: I first shut the lid of my powerbook, and then open 
it.  This often does the trick.
Sometimes I press F7 and that fixes it.  Sometimes I turn the 
projector off and on and that does it.  I have never had to turn the 
powerbook off.

Another option: get the presentations sent to you by email or ftp, 
put them on your Powerbook, and your life is easy, no worries.

Please let us know your experiences....

regards,  Trevor