G4 titania PB hooking up to a digital projector

Question

FIrst time to post,,,
I am supposed to give a slide show, so i thought Iphoto would be good as it is fairly simple,,, i took my PB to the bank that is allowing me use of there project,, i thnk a in focus l3 540? anyway, just testing it to see how the photos would look before hand,.
I connected the cord to the little monitor adapter that comes with the computer,(,the one that plugs into the right side with the fairly long rectangle interface with the 25 little pin holes in the nice array with 4 in a square array next to it) i am sure yall know which one, i just dont know the name.,
anyway, we plugged it in and the projector screen kept running through a dialog, searching for device, ( similar language) but in any case, it was looking for a signal, presumably my computer,,
Could someone please give me the proper procedure for using this projector and hookup with this laptop, do i need to turn off the computer first before hooking up or i have seen closing the lid, ,, anyway,, what is the proper procedure for hooking up to a digital projector,,,,
oh, and one more question,, if the projector is a 1024x768, would my jpeg setting of 1000 on the horiz and 750 on the vert with a 96 dpi be a good setting to get good projection detail as it shows on the laptop screen,,
its a basic wildlife slide show,, like the old days,
thankin all in advance for any thoughts,,,
Kim Kaiser

Answer 1

Hi Kim and welcome!
You have a G4 powerbook, but I'm not sure what model it is.
It sounds a bit newer than my G4 titanium 15"
Maybe it is more like the one at this link?
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/PowerBookG4_15inch1.67-1.5GHzUserGuide.pdf
Sounds like you are referring to the DVI port on the right side. You also plugged in the adapter that lets a regular monitor(in this case the projector) use that port.
Sounds right so far.
I have Tiger on my computer so my info could be off a bit--take it as it's given: with reservation.
I use the s-video port( the little camera with the "out" written on it) next to that DVI port on your laptop . I bought a long S-viedo cable at radio shack so I could be a bit further from the projector.
When the cables are all hooked up and after I start up the projector, I start up the laptop, open the "system preferences" in the apple menu and open up "monitors". It has a "detect displays" button and I press it.
There is also a little button (maybe only in tiger) that says "show displays in menu bar" I check this button too because it puts a menu at the top of the screen that lets me control the monitors.
If the display shows up on your computer, you also need to turn video mirroring on.This makes whatever you see on your laptop is showing on your TV. There is a check-bow for this OR it is in your menubar now.
The only goofiness that I ran into was that sometimes you have to select the source that the projector is accessing. This is done at the projector end and often with the input button on the remote. If you are using the DVI port with the adapter, then the VGA input needs to be selected on the projector. If you are using the S-video cable(like I do) then you need to select S-video on the projector.
I hope this helps a little bit until somebody else comes along.
rf