User's Manual

Connecting Video Equipment
The Power Macintosh AV card provides additional 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
Â
Composite video
output port
Connects your Macintosh
to the RCA-style Video In
port of most VCRs or other
video recording or video
display equipment
Composite video
input port
Connects your Macintosh
to the RCA-style Video Out port
of most VCRs, laserdisc players,
video cameras, and other
video input equipment
˜
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
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
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