Technical information

Your Macintosh works with either of two standard video formats:
m S-video, which is a high-quality video format used by many video cameras, some VCRs, and most
televisions. Equipment that uses the S-video format has an S-video connector, which can be plugged
directly into the computer’s S-video input port:
Note: The S-video input port works with both seven-pin and four-pin S-video connectors.
m Composite video, which is used by most VCRs and laserdisc players. Equipment that uses the
composite format has an RCA-type connector, which can be plugged into the composite video to S-
video adapter cable that came with your computer. The adapter cable then plugs into the
computer’s S-video port.
The instructions that follow are for connecting any video input equipment although they use a stereo
VCR and a camcorder as examples.
RCA plug S-video plug
RCA-type connector
S-video connector
Video
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