hey guys, noob with question on GCN lcd screen

myname2 · Post by **myname2** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:09 pm

Hello everyone, great site. Ive surfed here many times, but never posted. But now I have a question about screens... Does anyone here know how to make a GCN lcd work on a pc? Ive surfed a lot, My only problem really is hooking it up to the pc...any help is much appreciated!

Post by **gannon** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:40 pm

That all depends on which brand of GC screen you have. It should be almost exactly the same as hooking up the sony psone lcd to a PC if it has RGB input

Unidentified Assilant · Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:14 pm

at pinouts.ru (that may not work, but the website is real), you can get VGA pinouts and RGB pinouts, surely if you connect the right wires (VGA has pins for vertical and horizontal sync) then you should get a nice centered picture on your screen, I've seen Spectrum 128 and VGA mods for PSone screens.

myname2 · Post by **myname2** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:05 pm

Thats a great start for me, thankyou.... I found the pinout of the connector, here: [url]http://pinouts.ru/data/n64video_pinout.shtml[url]
Now, my vid card has a plug, not sure which type, on it. into this plug goes a cable with a composite video female connector, and into that goes a double ended comp. video male. so in short, If I could rig the screens cord into a comp. video female cable, I would be set. on the pinout for the connector, It has a comp. video cord, But I am not sure how to go about this. Any info ( remember, Im a noob) is appreciated.
It is an interact GCN screen, And I have a Radeon Evil Wizard video out card.

Unidentified Assilant · Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:26 pm

Always happy to help

Sadly though, I don't know how you could use a TV out card with female to male plugs to your GCN screen (if that is what your trying to do), someone who has made a portable using a GCN screen might be able to help you on this.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:42 pm

My tv out cord ends in a composite male video plug... So I just need to convert the gamecube plug into a composite female and Wallah! I have it.

myname2 · Post by **myname2** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:44 pm

Sorry, that was me.

myname2 · Post by **myname2** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:29 pm

There may be another way.... I wonder... There is a A/V Port on the side of the screen ( duh...shouldve mentioned that sooner... ) But a regular red, white, and yellow cable wont fit... they are too small. Is there some adapter I could get for this? If there is, I could simply get the adapter and plug my TV out cable right in.

myname2 · Post by **myname2** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:17 pm

I finished the mod! I got an adapter for the A/V input on it and it works great, I appreciate all the help I got, thanx!

Unidentified Assilant · Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:06 pm

Got any pics to post?

myname2 · Post by **myname2** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:37 pm

Ill have pics up soon!

myname2 · Post by **myname2** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:04 pm

Sorry this took so long, here you go:

It looks MUCH better in real life. That picture sucks. Oh, and I have since then painted my drive covers black

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Post by **SpongeBuell** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:09 pm

very nice

one thing I'd suggest: If your video card can have dual monitors, try iTunes on the tv, then turn on the visualizer *drool*

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:47 pm

Awesome!!! That's such a good idea! I wonder why no one ever did that before... Very cool

Questions: What brand screen is it? Does the screen show up decent? Like, can you see the mouse and all?

myname2 · Post by **myname2** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:16 am

It works great, looks much better in person than in the pic. It is an Interact Gamecube screen, and it was much simpler to hook up than I thought it would be. The screen has a built in A/V In port, so I just took the rca video plug that goes to my video out, and put an adapter over the plug to make it fit. I chopped up the plastic case that the screen was in, And stuck the chip board in the drive bay behind the screen. I then ran the power cord out of an unused slot in the back of my computer, and was done. It looks really good, the only prob is the resolution is not good enough to read lettering, as in words, names of files, etc. but thats what I use my main monitor for. I usually just set up a playlist of music videos, then turn my main monitor off, and let them play on the screen. The adapter I used can be found here:
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?c ... &hp=search
Oh, and yes, you can see the mouse.