Apple 8600 appendix Using a television and a monitor together, Audio output

Television used as a monitor with a composite video connection

ÂComposite	-Audio output	Video In	Audio In ports
video	ports	port	(left and right)
output port	(left and right)
		TV

Triple RCA-plug cable

(available at most electronics supply stores)

Using a television and a monitor together

The amount of video random-access memory (VRAM) determines whether you can view the desktop simultaneously on both a television and the computer monitor.

If your computer is equipped with 4 megabytes (MB) of VRAM, you can connect a television and a computer monitor simultaneously and view the desktop on both the monitor and the television.

If your computer is equipped with 2 MB of VRAM, you can only view the desktop on either the monitor or the television. When you start up your computer with both a monitor and a television connected, the desktop will appear on the monitor, and the television screen will be dimmed or black. To use a television as the only monitor, shut down your computer and disconnect the computer monitor. Then turn on the television and then start up the computer.

For further instructions on using a television as a monitor, choose Macintosh Guide (or Mac OS Guide) from the Guide (h) menu; click the Guide’s Index button, and choose “video” from the index.

For information on installing more VRAM, see Chapter 8, “Installing PCI Expansion Cards and Additional Memory.”

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