Technical information

CHAPTER 3

Devices and Ports

External Video Connector 53

Note

The ﬁrst time the user starts up with an SVGA or XGA

monitor, the video card treats it as a VGA monitor and

shows a 640-by-480 pixel display. The user can switch to a

larger display mode from the Monitors & Sound control

panel; when that happens, the computer changes the

display to the larger mode immediately and uses that mode

the next time it is started up. ◆

External Video Connector 3

The 1999 PowerBook G3 Series computer has an S-video connector for

composite video output to a PAL or NTSC video monitor or VCR. The video

output connector is a 7-pin S-video connector. Figure 3-8 shows the

arrangement of the pins and Table 3-12 shows the pin assignments on the

S-video connector.

Figure 3-8 S-video connector