[P1] Connecting my iBook to a Television

[Mark O'Brien]

On 1/12/03 2:34 AM, "Tubadude" <jmcclernan2 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Meg,
> I have the same iBook. What you need is the Apple Video Adapter for iBook at
> this page:
> 
> http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/253/wo/B04qp
> 6m1KjKq3gTRCBUOBQMBwMI/1.3.0.3.27.8.3.43.13.0
> 
> You will also need either a composite video cable (RCA type plugs both ends)
> or an S-video cable, depending on which connection your TV has. Both are
> available at any electronics store, such as Radio Shack.
> 
> Have the iBook running, but in sleep with the lid closed, connect the video
> adapter and cable to the iBook, then to the TV. Turn on the TV and change
> it's setting to VCR or LINE or whatever setting it has that by-passes the
> built-in tuner. Open the iBook to wake it up and voila, your TV will display
> your desktop. Insert your DVD and you are up and running. Keep your iBook
> open while playing the DVD.

Meg, Apple changed the iceBook's video-out setup between the first iceBooks
(May 2001) and later versions (the ones with 16MB VRAM). The "nice young
man" at the Apple Store did you a disservice if he didn't ascertain exactly
which iceBook you have.

If your iceBook has a little Reset button next to the headphone port, it
uses one type of adapter. If not, it uses another (the one Tubadude cites
above). Here's a quote from Joe Dombrowski's post from a couple of days ago,
which explains it nicely:

> The new iBooks (late 2002) with
> no external reset button require a new adapter to get the video out.
> The Apple AV cable (mini-plug to three analog RCA  plugs) will no
> longer work properly because the video signal is no longer routed to
> the headphone / AV port.  You now need the "Apple Video Adapter for
> iBook (part number M8734G/A)"  to connect the video out port to your
> TV.  The adapter accepts either RCA or S-video.  The audio signal still
> comes from the headphone port, which is why you only get audio using
> the Apple AV cable.  Don't get rid of the AV cable you'll still need it
> for the audio.  Here's the link to the new video adapter at the Apple
> Store.
> 
> <http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/212/wo/
WH3A4wexU1iC2lY22bE2HOSd8EM/2.3.0.3.27.8.3.43.13.0>

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Mark O'Brien
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