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Getting Started
Connecting external display devices
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Connecting a digital or plasma television or VCR/
DVD player
TECHNICAL NOTE: You must have digital TV service to watch
digital TV on your computer. See your TV service provider for
more information.
You can watch digital television by connecting to the
Component Video Out port on your computer.
You cannot view digital TV on the display device if you are
using it as a monitor.
To do this:
1 Connect the digital television video cable to the Component
Video Out port on the back of your computer.
2 Connect the three RCA jacks on the other end of the
cable to your digital television. Refer to the manual that
came with the television for more information.
3 Turn on your computer.
4 Set the display mode by pressing
Fn + F5, or by setting the
Display Properties settings. For more information, see
“Directing the display output when you turn on the
computer” on page 78.
NOTE