[P1] Connecting my iBook to a Television

[Meg St. Clair]

On 1/12/03 1:19 AM, "Brian Pearce" <bpearce at cloud9.net> wrote:

>> So, does anyone know if this cable I purchased will work on my iBook?
>> What
>> "model" iBook do I have? Is what I want to do actually possible?
> 
> If you have the proper cable for your model of iBook (there are
> slightly different cables for the "clamshell" and "icebook" models),
> everything should work fine. What will happen is when you plug the A/V
> cable into your iBook, the monitor signal will automatically be sent
> out through that A/V port (and your screen should go blank, so you'll
> want to be sure you're hooked up to a TV first), and you can start up
> the DVD player from there. I used to do the same thing, before I had a
> DVD player.
> 
> (But note that as far as I know, this only works with OS 9.)
> 

My problem is, though, that I don't know what the proper cable is. I have
the one and it doesn't seem to work. Does this mean it doesn't work because
it's the wrong cable or, as your reply would seem to indicate, because I'm
using OS X? Or both?

Meg