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How to Connect your
Computer to Your TV You don't
need an expensive Media PC to have a great Digital Home experience.
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| Most newer TV's are "plug-n-play" right out of the box. Look at the back of your TV for either one of these: | ||||||||
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| PC's generally use VGA to connect to the monitor. You will need a VGA cable to connect your TV to your PC (can be found easily online or thru any electronics retailer). | ||||||||
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| The Mac Mini has a DVI connection with a VGA adapter so it can connect automatically using VGA. You will need to purchase a VGA male/male cable (as little as $3 online). Apple also has a DVI to TV (RCA and S-video) for about $19 but the resolution isn't as good as DVI or VGA. | ||||||||
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| If your TV does NOT have VGA or DVI then go to your TV and look for these: | ||||||||
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| If your computer has "TV-out", then you may have either one or both of these outputs. Use the appropriate RCA or S-Video cable to connect. | ||||||||
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your computer does NOT have "TV-out", you can purchase a VGA-to-TV
converter.
This will convert your computer's VGA output into either RCA composite or S-video suitable for your TV, but again the picture quality is not as good as VGA or DVI. You can purchase one of these for as little as $50 online. As mentioned above, Apple's is about $19. |
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| To switch from Monitor to TV without unplugging the cable, you will need a KVM Switch (about $10 online.) | ||||||||
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| B. Connecting the Audio | ||||||||
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will still need to connect the sound using the audio connections on your
computer and TV. Your computer has a miniplug audio connection and your TV has RCA composite audio so you will need a Miniplug-To-RCA Stereo Audio Cable. If you want to play the sound out of both PC and TV speakers, you'll also need a Miniplug Splitter. Again as with all other accessories mentioned on this page, these are simple, inexpensive purchases found anywhere online or via electronic retailers. |
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