04 October 2014, 13:01 | #1 |
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Will this monitor take my Amiga's signal? (WITH PHOTOS)
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I have no idea when it comes to this mine field. I know I do not want to pay hundreds of pounds for a scan doubler. I simply want to emulate what I used to get by plugging my 1200 into a portable TV back in the day. So, here are my Amiga ports as I'm sure your familiar with and just incase there were some revision I didn't know about. A1200:- A1200 zoomed:- Dell monitor video inputs:- Dell monitor zoomed:- The ports look similar. Is there any redly available cable that will just pair these two together and for it to work properly? Many thanks. EDIT *****Please excuse the fact the stupid images are upside down and whatnot. I spent time correcting this on Photo Bucket where they are hosted but it rodent seem to have taken affect when linked. EDIT 2 ****** Hopefully fixed this. Last edited by Kola; 04 October 2014 at 13:20. |
04 October 2014, 13:04 | #2 |
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you mean the composite cable,then yes you can get them anywhere.
personally i would want to use at least rgb on a 15khz set. |
04 October 2014, 13:10 | #3 |
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Hello Roy.
Thanks for your reply. Mate I have no clue what composite cables are but will look them up. So not meaning anything specific . More just showing the experts what holes I got to fill and is there any combination that will do it. So, you recommend composite? Please can you further explain RGB (I know red green blue scart?) How would I set anything to 15k? What would I set, amiga or monitor? |
04 October 2014, 13:34 | #4 |
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This is a composite cable, it's all you need to get a picture from the amiga to practically any tv and some monitors that have a composite input like yours.
But, it won't give you very good image quality and that's why you should look into rgb or some kind of rgb-vga converter. |
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I works, but i would recommend some kind of S-Video-adapter for the Amiga. You'll get a much better picture with that monitor with S-Video.
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Ahhh right, thank you Hansel.
So would the picture be comparable with say running the Amiga into a portable TV from the 90s? (Laughable we used to call these things portable) |
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Thanks Fryguy didn't see your post. Can you recommend any specifically?
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04 October 2014, 13:51 | #8 |
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It should be better than a portable TV from the 90s connected through RF. You'll never get great quality, though. On the other hand, all you need is a very cheap cable, and you can always get something better later.
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Yes, my thoughts exactly Thorham.
Ok, ill check Ebay over for a composite cable. |
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04 October 2014, 14:15 | #12 |
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If it helps anyone my monitor is a Dell 2007WFP
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Thanks Thorham - Bought
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04 October 2014, 14:52 | #14 |
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Is there anything I have to do to get the Amiga to output Composite?
I have a cable that 'might' be composite connected now and no go. Anything I have to do? |
04 October 2014, 14:55 | #15 |
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Try to switch on Amiga first, then monitor.
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04 October 2014, 15:04 | #16 |
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Na mate, same happens.
Guessing its a phono cable and not a Composite. Ah well, I've ordered one of Ebay but it will be mid week till it arrives. |
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I'm pretty sure it didn't work when I tried on my dell 2007fp years ago. Using a LCD TV and scart nowerdays.
Sega Saturn didn't work either, but my ps2 and Dreamcast worked fine with it though. |
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Damn. I was hoping it was just a case of awaiting a £3 cable.
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That shouldn't matter. You should be able to use audio component cables for this. Do you have a TV with composite input? If that doesn't work either, there's a problem, and if it does work, then maybe there's a problem with your monitor. Have you tried the monitor's menu to see if there's a setting for composite video? Anyway, this should just work.
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