Hip gear screen not working?

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endrien
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Hip gear screen not working?

Post by endrien » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:30 pm

I bought a hipgear screen this morning, tested it out and it worked. I detached the screen from the controller and now I can't get it to do anything. I'm giving it about 11 volts from a battery and nothing, no backlight, screen wont do anything or make a peep. Which leads me to believe I'm doing something wrong with wires.
As most would do I'm using the red wire as positive and the black wire as negative.
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Re: Hip gear screen not working?

Post by lovablechevy » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:11 am

ok, admittedly, i've never messed with a hip gear screen. but, here is the pinout that i found.

http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1446

it looks like the red and black wire aren't for the voltage. it's the green and orange wires.

so just follow that pinout and then give it a shot. :)
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Re: Hip gear screen not working?

Post by Oniak » Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:20 am

lovablechevy wrote:ok, admittedly, i've never messed with a hip gear screen. but, here is the pinout that i found.

http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1446

it looks like the red and black wire aren't for the voltage. it's the green and orange wires.

so just follow that pinout and then give it a shot. :)
Thanks a ton I got it working. I don't know why I didn't realize it earlier that the orange/green are connected to the power switch :P.
Edit: lol just realized I posted this on another account O-o.

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Re: Hip gear screen not working?

Post by Rekarp » Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:23 am

lol :lol:
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