
Connecting video equipment
Some models of this Macintosh have ports for connecting video equipment so that you can
view TV and other video images on your computer monitor and store the images on your
hard disk. You can also view the Macintosh desktop on a television screen attached to the
computer and record images from the desktop to a videocassette recorder (VCR).
Your Macintosh can work with two major video formats:
m Composite video, which is used by most televisions, most VCRs, and laserdisc players.
Composite video devices plug into the computer’s RCA-type video ports (˜ and Â)
m S-video, which is a high-quality video format used by many video cameras, VCRs, and
televisions. S-video devices plug into the computer’s S-video ports (æ and Æ).
The illustration below shows the computer’s video input and output ports. (The RCA-type
ports are color-coded: yellow for composite video, red for right audio, and white for left audio.)
The S-video input and output ports accept S-video connectors, and the composite video
input and output ports accept RCA-type connectors.
S-video connector
RCA-type connector
S-video input port
Connects your Macintosh to the S-video
Out port of VCRs, laserdisc players, video
cameras, or other video input equipment
that uses an S-video connector
æ
S-video output port
Connects your Macintosh to the S-video In port
of VCRs, or other video recording or video display
equipment that uses an S-video connector
Æ
Composite video input port
Connects your Macintosh to the
RCA-type Video Out port of most
VCRs, laserdisc players, video cameras,
and other video input equipment
˜
Composite video output port
Connects your Macintosh to the RCA-type
Video In port of most VCRs, or other video
recording or video display equipment
Â
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