iMac to use TV as screen

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iMac to use TV as screen

Hi,
I'm new to this forum, and to connecting my iMac to a TV set.

I bought a video adapter recently and wonder what more I need in terms of cables to connect to my TV. There is a phono type terminal on the adapter as well as a multipin terminal.

Please advise!

Kind regards,
Bard Thomas

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11), later...

Posted on Feb 11, 2009 6:41 AM

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Answer 1

Duane

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Feb 11, 2009 6:54 AM in response to JagMac

JagMac, Welcome to the discussion area!

The "phono type terminal" is a composite video connection. Does your TV have one of those? If so, use a composite video cable to go between that adapter and your TV.

The other connection is S-video. Does your TV have a S-video input? If so, use a S-video cable to go between that adapter and your TV.

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Answer 2

Feb 11, 2009 6:53 AM in response to JagMac

Hi

Generally, there are two ways to connect a Mac with a VGA or mini-VGA video port (which your iMac has) to a TV - through composite video, which is a round (RCA) yellow plug/socket, or through S-video, which is probably the multipin socket you're looking at.

In either case, you need the Apple video adaptor, and either an RCA video cable (you might find it singly, but it's more often found as a cable with three jacks on each end - yellow for video, and red and white for audio), or an S-video cable.

Matt

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