Getting Started

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Using external display devices

Toslink 1/8" (3.5mm) mini plug on one end and a plug compatible with your sound system on the other end.

Connecting a standard television, projector, or VCR/ DVD player

To connect a standard television, projector, or VCR/DVD player:

1Connect one end of an S-video cable (not included with your computer) to the external video device.

Refer to the documentation provided with the device for the location of its Video In port.

2 Connect the other end of the video cable to the S-video Out port on the back of the computer.

3Turn on the external video device. Make sure the input to the device is correctly set for the S-video port. (See the device’s documentation for more information.)

4On your computer, press the TV Out button, or toggle the display using the Fn + F5 hot key combination. (The TV Out button is located above the keyboard.)

NOTE

If you do not see the image transfer from your computer screen

 

to the external video device, modify the Display Properties as

 

described in “Adjusting the Display Properties” on page 72.