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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff Melon" data-source="post: 1279560" data-attributes="member: 210759">Power Mac G4 connect to Sony Bravia LCD TVHello,I have recently been given an old Power Mac G4, 400MHz/1M Cache, DvD-V 64MB RAM, HD 20GB (I know low specs I mainly just wanna learn about macs) and I am trying to use my Sony Bravia KDL 26v4000 as monitor. The TV is 26 inches, and is 720p.The Power Mac has an ADC port and a VGA port. I have tried to use a VGA monitor cable to connect it all up, but when connected computer starts up for a bit, comes up with &quot;Mac OS 9.1&quot; etc.But after I assume that it is going to the desktop the picture goes out of range and there isn't anything else I can do.A friend said that it may be the setup on the mac that is wrong. Also I thought maybe its the video card.I don't know whether if I need to use an ADC to VGA adapter or what.I am a complete novice when it comes to Macs so any information anyone can tell me is great.Thank you in advance</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoff Melon, post: 1279560, member: 210759"] [b]Power Mac G4 connect to Sony Bravia LCD TV[/b] Hello, I have recently been given an old Power Mac G4, 400MHz/1M Cache, DvD-V 64MB RAM, HD 20GB (I know low specs I mainly just wanna learn about macs) and I am trying to use my Sony Bravia KDL 26v4000 as monitor. The TV is 26 inches, and is 720p. The Power Mac has an ADC port and a VGA port. I have tried to use a VGA monitor cable to connect it all up, but when connected computer starts up for a bit, comes up with "Mac OS 9.1" etc. But after I assume that it is going to the desktop the picture goes out of range and there isn't anything else I can do. A friend said that it may be the setup on the mac that is wrong. Also I thought maybe its the video card. I don't know whether if I need to use an ADC to VGA adapter or what. I am a complete novice when it comes to Macs so any information anyone can tell me is great. Thank you in advance [/QUOTE]

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