Video cable | Dell PP22L guide

1Turn off the computer and the TV and/or the audio device that you want to connect.

2Connect the composite video adapter to the S-video TV-out connector on your computer.

3Plug one end of the S-video cable into the S-video output connector on the composite video adapter.

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4Plug the other end of the S-video cable into the S-video input connector on the TV.

5Plug one end of the S/PDIF digital audio cable into the digital audio connector on the composite video adapter cable.

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6Plug the other end of the S/PDIF digital audio cable into the audio input connector on your TV or audio device.

7Turn on the TV, turn on any audio device that you connected (if applicable), and then turn on the computer.

8See "Enabling the Display Settings for a TV" on page 84 to ensure that the computer recognizes and works properly with the TV.

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See Blu-ray Disc 230 FCM. See Flash Cache Module 231 See also wireless switch 232 233 SIM. See Subscriber Identity Module 234 235 See also Mobile Broadband 236