Hi,
I have the adapter pplugged in without anything connected to either
the RCA plug or the SVGA plug.
Today, we connected it to the RCA in on a TV and it also works real
on the screen. But with this unit connected, the Mac doesn't care if
you have a monitor or not.
On May 10, 2006, at 11:20 AM, hank wrote:
you have just the adapter plugin nothing else?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Keys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
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Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:58 AM
Subject: Running a Mac mini without a physical monitor
Hello everyone,
A while back there was a bit of a discussion regarding problems
with the DVD player initializing. This was because no monitor
was connected to the Mac mini.
Recently I had an old CRT monitor go bad. This unit was connected
to my Mac mini.
So, I decided to purchase a DVI to Composite or SVGA adaptor.
This adapter is around $19 and on one end it has the DVI connecter
to plug into the Mac and on the other end is a box with an RCA
connecter and a SVGA connecter.
I accessed the Video preferences and pressed the Find Display
button and the computer selected the correct driver.
The nice thing about this little item is that the computer is now
happy because it thinks it really has a screen connected to it.
And it lets the DVD player work just fine.
While I realize that most people will want a real monitor, I just
thought I'd mention this just in case someone would like to use
this on a Mac mini instead of purchasing another monitor.
Dan
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