[P1] Connecting my iBook to a Television

[Pat D. Stephens]

I was shipped the wrong cable and had to exchange it.  So, be sure of 
that.

Pat
On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 12:22 AM, Meg St. Clair wrote:

> 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