monster cable itv link

Hi Sergey,

The cables you need depends on what sort of TV connection you want to make, and that depends on what connections your TV has.

The Macbook will require an adaptor, and then you'll need a cable from the adaptor to the TV. There are mini-DVI to Svideo/Composite, mini-DVI to VGA and miniDVI to DVI cables. You'll then need a cable from the adaptor to the TV, either composite, Svideo, VGA or DVI, depending on what the TV has..

I do not believe it will work. The MacBook has a mini dvi port out. The iBook did not.

Mort

After reading further, it does appear that this cable will not work with both your Macbook and your iBook.

There is another cable from Monster, ( Info here) that will work however. The review in spanish on that page says "This product is brilliant and works very well with new the Intel MacBook"

Problem is finding someone that manufactures an adapter like you need. You would probably be better off getting the cable mentioned in the previous post.

Mort

Your iBook has a mini-VGA port, your Macbook (and 12 inch Powerbooks) have a Mini-DVI port. No-one that I'm aware of makes an adapter. As the other poster said, they look similar, but they aren't. You need to buy the cable I linked to.

Apple makes several adapters. I have their "Mini-DVI to Video Adapter", which outputs both composite and S-Video. It cost $19 at MacMall. I just searched the Apple store and couldn't find it!! However, it's at MacMall at:
http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail~dpno~285975.asp

Works great, as does their "Mini-DVI to VGA Adapter"

Dual 2GHz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) MacBook 2Ghz/2GB

I just bought the Moster Cable mentioned above plus the Mini-DVI to video adapter and the work well together on a Sony Bravia LCD TV. The Monster Cable is $29.95 at Fry's and is 10' long. The Manhattan Village Apple store carried the adapter, but I think I bought last last one.

You will need to activate the video-out signal by pressing the apple-key + F7. It won't show up on the television otherwise.

Enjoy,
Carlos Marques

Yes, but they don't make a mini-DVI to mini-VGA adapter, which is what the original poster would require to use his/her existing cable with the Macbook 🙂

The adapter is made by Apple (as I mentioned) and it connects to the Monster cable. I use the two pieces and it works beautifully. The Apple-adapter is called "Mini DVI to Video." One end of the adapter is the Mini-DVI and the other end has an S-Video and an RCA jack.

The Monster cable is pretty intricate. One end has a mini-jack, which plugs into the headphone plug on the Mac. The same end also has an S-video wire that plugs in the Apple adapter.

The other end of the cable has left and right audio RCA plugs plus an S-video plug to use on the TV.

We wouldn't need the Apple adapter if the Mac had a S-video jack built into the Mac.

At least it works,

Carlos Marques

Problem is the monster cable you have is not the one he has. The cable he has has a mini vga not an s-video, hence what you did will not work for him. No one I can find makes a mini dvi to mini vga adapter.

Also wouldn't it have been cheaper to buy the correct monster cable instead of having the adapter and the wrong cable.

This is the one that works with the MacBook.

http://www.monstercable.com/computer/productPageComputer.asp?pin=2697&LastPage=A pple%20Products

Mort

Sergey's cable IS different from mine and is actually better than mine. He does not need the Apple adapter.

Sergey, if that flat end is the mini-DVI plug then it should fit and work with your MacBook but you still need to tell the computer to send out the signal.

To do this, press the apple-key + F7 to program the command. I'm not sure if your problem was not seeing the picture on the TV or the plugs not fitting correctly. I'm not a computer expert by any means. Someone here helped me in accomplishing the same thing you might be trying to do also.

The cable that Mort referenced is really what I needed and wish I knew about it before I bought everything, lol. You could take everything to the Apple store for an evaluation on what is needed.

Regards,
Carlos Marques

So I guess I need some sort of mini-VGA to mini-DVI
adapter.

No one makes one at this time.

Mort