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IMPORTANT You can use a television as a monitor on any model of Power Macintosh 8500. Some models, however, cannot display the desktop simultaneously on both a television and a computer monitor plugged into the computer’s monitor port. If your computer is equipped with 4 megabytes (MB) of video random access memory (VRAM), you can view the desktop on both the monitor and the television. If your computer is equipped with 2 MB of VRAM, you can switch between the monitor and television, but you can’t view the desktop on both at the same time.

For information on installing more VRAM, see the technical information booklet that came with your computer.

If your computer has 2 MB of VRAM, the following tips will help you use a television as a monitor.

mIf you want to use a television as the only monitor attached to your computer (that is, if you have nothing attached to the computer’s monitor port), plug the television into either the composite video output port or the S-video output port, as shown in the illustrations earlier in this section. (Be sure that the computer is turned off before you plug the television into the appropriate port.) Turn on the television and then start up the computer. The desktop appears on the television.

mIf you have both a television and a monitor attached to your computer, the desktop appears on the monitor and the television is dimmed or black. To switch to the television, shut down and turn off the computer and then unplug the monitor from the computer’s monitor port. Start up the computer. The desktop now appears on the television screen.

mIf you have been using a television as your only monitor, and you want to add a monitor, shut down and turn off the computer and then plug the monitor into the computer’s monitor port. (For more detailed instructions, see Chapter 1 of this manual.) Start up the computer. The desktop now appears on the monitor; the television screen is dimmed or black.

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