Anyone connect an xbox to arcade monitor?

-Ace- · Post by **-Ace-** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:38 am

Looking for help on details about this. I have it almost complete, but running into certain issues that I don't understand.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:42 am

Moved to hardware....

Oh, wait. I'm not a moderator. :/

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:21 am

Thread moved.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:58 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Moved to hardware....

Oh, wait. I'm not a moderator. :/

classic...

straight classic shmups forum

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:03 am

If the arcade monitor is VGA its probably easier to just buy the cable.

http://www.x2vga.com/

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:31 am

Ultimarc (the people who make the iPac keybaord encoder for MAME, and ArcadeVGA for connecting PCs to real low-res arcade monitors) now have Playstation and XBox to arcade converters:

http://www.ultimarc.com/xba.html

Very simple stuff. Just plug it straight into your XBox, and fire it up. Your XBox will need to be set to RGB mode, and 480i only (no hi-def modes, and no YPrPb). The results are great.

If you don't want to buy pre-made, you can hack your own:
http://www.mameworld.net/pc2jamma/

You can hack SCART output of most game consoles to input into arcade monitors (SCART normally outputs 15KHz RGB, which is perfect for arcade monitors). You'll need to build an LM1881N sync separator circuit, but these literally cost less than $5 in parts. The SCART cable itself will probably be the most expensive bit.

Happy hacking. Make sure you post some pics of your setup in action when you get it going!