[P1] Connecting my iBook to a Television

[Richard J Laue]

>>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.)
>
>BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net


Works just fine with OSX, both 10.1.5 and any variant of Jaguar.
I do it all the time, as I do not own a stand-alone DVD player.

I know this is an old thread -- I'm clearing out backlog -- but I 
noticed that nobody had addressed the OS9-only comment.

Cheers -
RJLaue