VGA to a/v- help

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VGA to a/v- help

Post by PRThomas » Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:19 am

Can any one help me With hacking VGA to
Play the a/v from my ps1? I was told I need to wire directly to the pin out. How do I do that, and what do I wire? The a/v cable to the pin outs. Or pin outs ps1 to pin outs on monitor. If it helps my monitor is an HPvs15.

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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by gamax92 » Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:07 pm

sorry no way. the vga plug sends RGB not Compisite. you need a convert.
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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by PRThomas » Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:10 pm

On ben hecks xbox laptop he wired from xbox to screen. How'd he do it?

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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by bicostp » Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:00 am

The Xbox outputs HDMI, and he used a desktop LCD monitor that has a DVI input. DVI and HDMI are compatible with each other, so all that needs is a DVI-HDMI adapter. (Or wiring the correct pins to each other; they're basically the same signals in different connectors.)

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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by gamax92 » Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:34 am

Now do you see why.

EDIT: I maybe wrong. look here composite to vga
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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by PRThomas » Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:41 am

Yea if that has any kind of converter in it, it is very well hidden. Because of the possible lack of a converter in this I believe it may be possible to just hack the wires together.

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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by gamax92 » Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:48 am

To PRThomas:
Spoiler:
The Xbox outputs HDMI, and he used a desktop LCD monitor that has a DVI input. DVI and HDMI are compatible with each other, so all that needs is a DVI-HDMI adapter. (Or wiring the correct pins to each other; they're basically the same signals in different connectors.)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... er&x=0&y=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
you could just open a cable up and see which pins go to where. and the you know how to wire it up.

OR

just shove one inside the portable.
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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by PRThomas » Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:55 am

Ya I considered that.

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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by tom61 » Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:25 am

gamax92 wrote:Now do you see why.

EDIT: I maybe wrong. look here composite to vga
You're not wrong, those are for laptops that are designed to reuse the VGA port to output composite on a few pins (take notice that most have audio out). Most video cards will not work with these adapters, and wiring it backwards will not let you use composite video on a VGA only screen.

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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by PRThomas » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:59 pm

I can't just cut the VGA and video cable in half and rewire them together?

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Re: VGA to a/v- help

Post by tom61 » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:47 am

PRThomas wrote:I can't just cut the VGA and video cable in half and rewire them together?
You can't. Wrong signal types.

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