The Monitor; Connecting A Monitor To The System Unit Video Connector - DEC Personal DECstation 5000 User Manual

1.2 The Monitor

Digital offers these two monitors for the Personal DECstation:
• 16-inch color monitor (VRC16)
• 17-inch gray-scale monitor (VRM17)
Both these monitors connect to the video connector on the back of your
system unit. They are 1024 x 768 pixels and have a 72 megahertz refresh
rate. The identification plate on the back of the monitor tells you which
kind of monitor you have.
Connecting or disconnecting the monitor while the power is on can
damage the monitor.

1.2.1 Connecting a Monitor to the System Unit Video Connector

1. Connect the monitor video cable to the monitor (1–10 and 1–11).
2. The video cable for a color monitor divides into three cables at the end.
Match the colors of the cables (or the letters on the cables) with the letters
on the first three of the five video connectors on the monitor: The red cable
plugs into the connector labeled R, the green cable plugs into the connector
labeled G/S, and the blue cable plugs into the connector labeled B.
The Five Basic Parts
Caution
The Five Basic Parts 1–11
1.2 The Monitor