Mac book pro to vga
I recently purchased a MAc Book Pro and a Min-dvi to VGA to connect to an external monitor only to find it doesn't fit, am I correct in assuming I need a Mini display to VGA?
What is the exact model MBP and what are you trying to connect to?
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ThanxI have a new Mac book Pro and I would like to 'see
and hear' the Audio and video on my television. My tv
has 2 audio phono RCA jacks on the side and 1 video
RCA jack on the side. It also has a s-video as well
on the side (I have never used s-video.) My Mac Book
Pro came with a DVI to VGA little cable adapter but
how do I use this to get to my TV inputs? Do I have
to buy from Apple, (or somewhere else), that cable
called DVI to Video Adapter?
You need a DVI or VGA to svideo adapter. They aren't cheap.
but then that is only
for the video? How do I get the audio out? From the
headphone socket?
Yup.
And if this is the only way why
hasn't Apple made their DVI out socket a dual purpose
output ie: Video AND audio, like the mini DVI for the
G4 powerbooks?
Because DVI carries only video. Apple is using a new video card in the MBP with different abilities.
Please help. If anyone has also come
across this problem. I want to see my timeline in FCP
on the TV before I put it to tape. Thanks.
Most people doing this are using TV's with DVI/HDMI inputs.
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Hi,
I'm planning to buy a thunderbolt display.Since I have not only apple computers with a thunderbolt port I wonder if it's possible to connect my mac book pro via thunderbolt and a DVI switchbox via a "mini displayport to DVI connector" to the thunderbolt display at the same time. Thunderbolt is a bus architecture. Thus there must be an ingoing and an outgoing port on the display. The rearview of the display I've seen so far don't show this:
If this is not possible then I must question the market chances of this product. Seems as if the product marketing guys exaggerated the launch of the thunderbolt technology.
-ais-swissais-swiss wrote:
How to connect windows laptop (vga) to thunderbolt display?
AHHH??!!!!!! Was that your original question?? I assumed you were trying to output FROM your computer (MacBook Pro w/ Thunderbolt) to the new display and then OUT to be the video source to a DVI switcher.
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I did not understand that you were trying to use other PC's into a switcher and then THAT Video source to connect INTO the TB display. If THAT is what you're trying to do, then NO.... You can NOT use the new TB Display to be used to display "FROM" a DVI switcher (and also can NOT be used to display from other Non-TB-Apple computers).
I've also called apple. The statement was that one needs a computer with osx 10.6.x in order to connect the thunderbolt display. That makes it impossible to hook a windows pc or older mac to the new and shiny thunderbolt display.
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-ais-swiss
Actually, the state that information all over the Tech Specs on the Apple Store website.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC914LL/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY
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Also there are 2 mounting posts for screws.
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How can I connect my mac book pro to a video projector?
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Replace ? with HDMI or VGA or DVI.
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http://ellington.tvu.ac.uk/images/displays.png
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