- #HOW TO CONNECT MACBOOK TO HDMI TV TV#
- #HOW TO CONNECT MACBOOK TO HDMI TV MAC#
- #HOW TO CONNECT MACBOOK TO HDMI TV WINDOWS#
#HOW TO CONNECT MACBOOK TO HDMI TV TV#
With a device like the InstaShow S, you can not only have visitors use a button to share your TV screen, they can also connect their iPad or iPhone to your TV using Airplay. If you use your home office for meetings, it gets even better. You can connect an InstaShow button to each device, then switch back and forth with a single tap. For example, maybe you have an iMac on your desk and also use a MacBook. The biggest advantage of this in a home office is the ability to switch from one computer or source to another – instantly.
#HOW TO CONNECT MACBOOK TO HDMI TV MAC#
With an InstaShow, you plug the receiver into an HDMI port on your TV – then use an HDMI or USB-C transmitter button on your Mac to wirelessly transmit your screen to the TV. Bott adapter or similar product will do the job.While we all understand the use of cables, for home office applications a wireless screen mirroring system such as the InstaShow offers a powerful and elegant alternative to use your TV as a large screen display for your Mac. And if you’re on a budget and interested only in DisplayPort video (meaning you’ll manage the audio connection between the Mac and AV gear some other way), the Dr. If stereo audio will do the job, a USB adapter (also available from Monoprice) is the better choice based on its price. If you want multi-channel audio, your AV receiver includes a Toslink connector, but you don’t have a Mac that outputs audio through the DisplayPort connector, the Toslink adapter such as one from Monoprice makes sense. If you have a compatible Mac and a multi-channel AV receiver with HDMI ins and outs, the Moshi or comparable adapter is the obvious choice. Which adapter you choose depends on the Mac you own, the audio requirements you have, and the money you want to spend. Other World Computing sells NewerTech’s $60 Mini DisplayPort w/5.1 Channel Digital Audio to HDMI Adapter. offers its $29 Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter, which supports audio. These aren’t the only DisplayPort to HDMI adapters available to you. Not all cables support audio over the Mini DisplayPort connection, so make sure to check before buying an adapter if you have one of these newer Macs. Currently those compatible Macs include the latest iMacs, MacBook Pros, and the just-released MacBook. It’s up to you, at this point, to configure your Mac’s applications to play multi-channel audio.įinally, on compatible Macs, devices such as Moshi’s $35 Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (with audio) can do it all-digital video and stereo- and multi-channel audio-through the single DisplayPort connection. When you plug in this Toslink cable, the Output tab of the Sound system preference reads Digital Out. Plug the cable into your Mac’s Audio out port and multi-channel audio gets sent to your AV gear. HDMI audio output appears as an option in DVD Player when you use the Moshi adapter.Īdapters such as Monoprice’s $49 Mini DisplayPort Male and USB Male/Toslink Audio to HDMI Female Converting Adapter add a Toslink digital audio cable to this configuration. Note that the audio that plays is stereo only-these two devices don’t play multi-channel audio. To configure audio for these two adapters so that it flow through the adapter to your connected gear, open the Sound system preference and select USB Sound Device in the Output tab. Plug the two cables into your Mac and string an HDMI cable (not included with any of the adapters I looked at) between the adapter box and your TV or AV receiver. Monoprice’s $37 Mini DisplayPort Male and USB Male Audio to HDMI Female Converting Adapter and Newer Technology’s $50 Mini DisplayPort/USB Stereo to HDMI Adapter are two good examples of rectangular adapter boxes a little smaller than a deck of cards that bear a female HDMI connector on one end and a Mini DisplayPort and USB cable on the other. Video-only is common with less expensive cables.
Within the Mac’s display window you can click Arrangement and then enable the Mirror Displays option to have the Mac’s display and TV show the same image.
#HOW TO CONNECT MACBOOK TO HDMI TV WINDOWS#
As with the other adapters, to view the DisplayPort video, launch the Displays system preference and two windows appear-one for the Mac’s display and another for the connected TV. You have to provide your own audio cable and connect it to your AV gear to have sound play through that gear. Bott’s $29 Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter II, are for making video-only connection.
0 kommentar(er)
