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External Video Support (VGA and S-Video)

Your computer has a monitor port that allows you to directly connect a monitor with a VGA-style adapter or other external video device such as a video projector.

The TV out port (also known as an S-video out port) on your computer lets you connect to a television, videocassette recorder ( VCR), or video projection system using either an S-video or composite video cable (available at your local electronics store). You can use TV out to display images on a television, record computer images on a VCR, or play DVD-Video discs on your television.

If the device you want to connect does not have S-Video, you can use the Composite-to-S-video adapter that came with your PowerBook.

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When an external monitor or television is connected, you can either have the same image appear on both the internal display and the external monitor (known as video mirroring) or use the external monitor to extend the size of the Mac OS desktop (known as extended desktop mode).

Note: Because of the display limitations of most televisions, images displayed on the television screen will be of lower quality than those on the built-in display or an external monitor.

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