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    I got the Mini-DVI cable to VGA for my Macbook but whats with the vga...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Talimore, Dec 29, 2006.

  1. Talimore

    Talimore Notebook Consultant

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    I bought the 20 dollor attachment but it has the wrong end on the VGA side hehe. I cant hook it up to my monitor unless I have a Male to Male connector cable? Is it meant to be hooked up to a monitor?? Help please....
     
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  2. Budding

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    Yes you need a VGA to VGA male to male cable in order to hook it up to a monitor. The attachment is merely a converter of the port. You need the actual cable to hook stuff up.
     
    Budding, Dec 29, 2006
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    i plan to buy a minidvi to vga to link it to a screen or a projectore, isn't it suitable ?
     
    stomba, Dec 29, 2006
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    Yes, it will conver the mini-DVI port to a VGA port. So all you need then is the VGA male to VGA male cable to hook it up to the screen or projector.
     
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    but is the screen's vga cable the VGA male to VGA male cable ?
     
    stomba, Dec 30, 2006
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    Should be. Unless the screen is DVI or has no cable.
     
    Budding, Dec 30, 2006
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    Any Screen or Projector I've ever encountered with a VGA cable has a Male VGA connector on the end that is meant to plug in to a standard Female VGA connector on a computer. The MacBool mini DVI to VGA adapter gives the MacBook a standard Female VGA connector so no additional cables are required to connect a standard VGA projector or Monitor.

    If you projector or monitor has not cable but rather a vga port, you will need a cable to connect to the Mac as the adapter only provides a couple inches of cable. Most but not all devices like this will also have a standard Female VGA port so you would need a Male-Male VGA cable to go to your MacBook (or any other standard VGA port).
     
    jimboutilier, Dec 30, 2006
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    Yup, use a standard VGA cable to connect to the adapter and then to the monitor.

    If you have a VGA cable that won't connect, you have a non standard VGA cable.
     
    hollownail, Dec 30, 2006
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