iBook: About the Video-Out Port

Note: The computers are all white in color.

The iBook computer has a video (standard red/green/blue video) output port that allows you to connect an RGB video monitor to the computer. The computer detects when a monitor is plugged in and sets up the monitor accordingly.

You use the VGA Adapter included with your iBook computer to connect an external monitor to the computer's video-out port.

Figure 1 VGA Adapter

To connect a monitor to your iBook computer:

1. Choose Sleep from the Special menu.
2. Connect the monitor cable to the VGA Adapter.
3. Connect the VGA Adapter to the iBook computer's video-output port.
4. Press the computer's power button to wake it from sleep.

The monitor you connected to the computer operates in mirror mode, which means that you see the same image on the iBook's display as you see on the external monitor.

The iBook computer's video-out port can work with monitors that are compatible with these video resolutions:

• 640 by 480 pixels at 60 Hz
• 800 by 600 pixels at 75 Hz
• 1024 by 768 pixels at 75 Hz
  

Note: The video-out port and Apple VGA Adapter are compatible with most monitors that have a VGA-style connector. Many monitors have this connector. If you use an earlier Apple monitor that has a DB-15 connector, you may need to connect a Mac-to-VGA adapter, which you can purchase from an Apple reseller.

The iBook computer's video-out port works with RGB monitors that use the DDC (display data channel) standard for identification. Earlier monitors that do not use the DDC standard are not compatible, including the following Apple monitors:

• Multiple Scan 17
• Multiple Scan 20
• AudioVision 14
• Apple Hi-Res RGB
• Apple 16-inch Color
• Apple Hi-Res Monochrome
• Macintosh 12-inch RGB

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