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IMPORTANT
You can use a television as a monitor on any model of Power
Macintosh 8500. Some models, however, cannot display the desktop
simultaneously on both a television and a computer monitor plugged into the
computer’s monitor port. If your computer is equipped with 4 megabytes
(MB) of video random access memory (VRAM), you can view the desktop on
both the monitor and the television. If your computer is equipped with 2 MB
of VRAM, you can switch between the monitor and television, but you can’t
view the desktop on both at the same time.
For information on installing more VRAM, see the technical information
booklet that came with your computer.
If your computer has 2 MB of VRAM, the following tips will help you use a
television as a monitor.
m If you want to use a television as the only monitor attached to your
computer (that is, if you have nothing attached to the computer’s monitor
port), plug the television into either the composite video output port or the
S-video output port, as shown in the illustrations earlier in this section.
(Be sure that the computer is turned off before you plug the television into
the appropriate port.) Turn on the television and then start up the computer.
The desktop appears on the television.
m If you have both a television and a monitor attached to your computer, the
desktop appears on the monitor and the television is dimmed or black. To
switch to the television, shut down and turn off the computer and then
unplug the monitor from the computer’s monitor port. Start up the
computer. The desktop now appears on the television screen.
m If you have been using a television as your only monitor, and you want to
add a monitor, shut down and turn off the computer and then plug the
monitor into the computer’s monitor port. (For more detailed instructions,
see Chapter 1 of this manual.) Start up the computer. The desktop now
appears on the monitor; the television screen is dimmed or black.
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