Section 86. Display Your Photos on a TV


86. Display Your Photos on a TV

Before You Begin

See Also

Carry and View Your Mac or PC's Digital Photos and Slideshows on an iPod

Download Photos from Your Camera Directly to Your iPod

 

Display Your Videos on a TV


Running a slideshow on your iPod is a fun way to pass the timeon your own. Unfortunately, with only headphones to deliver the musical accompaniment and only a two-inch screen to show your photographic genius, who else can share it with you?

The answer is in the iPod's ability to direct its photo slideshows to the composite A/V jack on the top of the unit or to the S-Video jack on the back of the iPod Dockand from there to a TV set. This output option lets everyone in the whole room enjoy your photos at full TV resolution (a far cry from the dozen megapixels of your digital camera, but still far better than the iPod's screen), as well as your selected background music. Equipped with the appropriate cable, your iPod becomes a presentation device suitable for showing off anything from your vacation memories to a business demonstration.

Note

To connect your iPod 5G, iPod nano, or iPod photo to the TV, you need either a composite A/V cable (available from Apple for $19) or the Universal iPod Dock ($39) and a standard S-Video cable. S-Video provides much better video quality than composite video does. Make sure that you use Apple's own composite A/V cable; other kinds of composite A/V cables won't work.


Display Your Photos on a TV


Sync Your Photos with Your iPod

As described in Carry and View Your Mac or PC's Digital Photos and Slideshows on an iPod, load your photos onto the iPod. Be sure to set up a separate album containing the photos you want to display in your slideshow.

Specify TV Signal Format

From the iPod's Main Menu, choose Photos, and then choose Slideshow Settings. At the bottom of the menu, highlight the TV Signal option and press Select to toggle between NTSC format (appropriate for North America or Japan) and PAL format (appropriate for Europe or Australia).

Note

The settings that you choose for TV Signal and TV Out in this menu are also reflected in the analogous TV Signal and TV Out options in the Video Settings menu. (See Display Your Videos on a TV.)


Specify TV Output Mode

The TV Out option has three settings: Off, On, and Ask. When set to Off, any slideshow that you start is played back on the iPod's screen, with its sound directed to the headphones. If the TV Out option is set to On, the audio and video are directed to the connection to the TV, and the iPod's screen instead shows control information for the slideshow, letting you use the iPod as a sort of remote control for the TV presentation.

If you set the option to Ask, the iPod presents you with a choice at the time you start a slideshow, asking whether to play it in the iPod's screen or on the connected TV. This option is appropriate if you like to alternate between showing slideshows on the TV and on the iPod's screen, and you want to choose which one is appropriate each time you start a slideshow.

Note

Set other slideshow options as described in Carry and View Your Mac or PC's Digital Photos and Slideshows on an iPod.


Connect Your iPod to the TV

Connect the composite A/V cable to the iPod's output jack; connect the other end of the cable to the TV's composite audio and video input jacks. Alternatively, if you have the iPod Dock and an S-Video cable, connect the cable to the Dock and to the TV's S-Video input jack, and place the iPod into the Dock.

Switch your TV's input to the channel that receives the signal from the composite or S-Video jacks that you used to connect the iPod.

Begin the Slideshow

From the Photos screen, highlight the photo album you want to use for the slideshow and press Play. Depending on whether you set TV Out to On or Ask in Step 3, you might be presented with a screen asking whether to turn TV output on or off. Choose TV On.

Tip

A useful accessory for presenting photos from your iPod on a TV is the Apple Remote, available for $29 at any Apple Store. This simple remote duplicates the basic buttons on the iPod (Back, Forward, Play/Pause, Menu, and the volume controls) and communicates with the iPod through the infrared receiver on the Dock. Because the Apple Remote requires a Dock to receive its signal, Apple also sells an AV Connection Kit ($99), which includes a Dock, the Remote, and a composite video cable.


Control the Slideshow from the iPod

The slideshow begins playing on the TV. On the iPod, instead of seeing the slideshow itself, you see an informational screen displaying the current photo, the previous and next photos in the sequence, the number of the current photo in the slideshow, and a readout indicating how much longer the iPod will show the current photo. Use the Forward and Back buttons to advance or retreat through the photos, and press Play to pause and resume playback.

When the slideshow is done, press Menu to exit to the upper menus, and disconnect the cables. Switch your TV back to its original input channel to resume normal television viewing.




iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac in a Snap
iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac in a Snap (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0672328992
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 150
Authors: Brian Tiemann

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