Extron Emotia GX Operating Instructions

[Beaps]

Ahhh so the HD+ is a beast. Ok I may just opt for the ex-pro then, as long as it ain't rubbish

P.s how do you know so much about this stuff? Lol

[fagin]

no, I THINK you don't get the same 2 frames of lag

That has been my train of thought, as it certainly hasn't "felt" like 2 frames of lag when being used in this instance (480 in 480 out).

[StarCreator]

Wait, is the lag discussion talking about the DVDO or does this also apply to the Emotias?

[fagin]

Wrong on both counts..... we're referring to a HDBOX Pro clones in this instance.

[Beaps]

Is there any lag with the EX-Pro?

[fagin]

WTF's an EX PRO?

[Beaps]

The one that fudoh recommended to me a few posts back

[Fudoh]

The Ex-Pro is a HDBox clone. That's why Fagin asked about it. And so, YES, there is a 2-frame lag for 15khz inputs. But it supports 31khz as well, so you can utilize 480p from PS2 games that support it.

[Beaps]

I would be interested to see what would use to connect a ps2 to an extron fagin?

[Beaps]

Anyone tested this out?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HD-Gaming-Pro ... 1c38e3fb48

[Fudoh]

most definitely still the basic HDBoxPro processing, just with a few more inputs.

[fagin]

I would be interested to see what would use to connect a ps2 to an extron fagin?

What.... utilising the 480p output of the PS2?

[Beaps]

Yes mate

[fagin]

Transcoder (as Fudoh has already stated) will cause issues, flipping between 480i and 480p - great once you're in 480p though.

I've recently bought a new YPbPr to RGBHV transcoder (works very well for 480p transcoding) - future video inbound.

Out of my boxes of tricks I have, I'd probably grab my XRGB-3 for your scenario.

[Beaps]

Quick vid here, cheers guys for all your help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZMpRtO ... rUasxErnCg

[Beaps]

OK so my HD box Pro turned up today (pretty impressed)

I have another project I wanna do. I want to power on the HD Box using the ATX Power supply for the Extron

Here is the original power supply



Would this work?

[Fudoh]

yes, should work fine.

[Beaps]

Great thanks for confirming buddy

[StarCreator]

Woo, look what just came in:



It'll probably be a while yet before I figure out what to do with it but I guess first order of business is seeing if I can get a picture via the S-Video output just to make sure the thing works.

[Beaps]

That looks like the same power supply I had, which was the wrong one.

[Monstermug]

Sorry it's taken so long to get around to playing with the Super Emotia.

Rather than throwing away a perfectly compact power supply, I decided to make some use for it.



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Vout ---> this goes to the pin that was original only -5v
Vin ----> this can go to either +5v or +12v. I original connected it to +5 but then changed my mind and connected it to +12v.
Return ---> this goes to ground

Funny enough, the psu had extra tabs for each outputs so I just used these ones. As you can see, an extra ground and +5v wired into the PSU. (it's actually more efficient to use the +12 rail for the Vin)



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A little bit of tweeking and viola, -12v where originally it was -5v.

A little more room amongst my masses of consoles is the most expensive thing in my world

Hope this help to those that brought a Super Emotia with a dodgy Power brick.

[Monstermug]

Forgot to mention that the little square thing is a Negatron. Brought from here: http://www.dimensionengineering.com/products/negatron

It converts +v and then converts it to -v. Input ranges can be anywhere between +5v to +14v and it will convert any +v (i.e. +5v) into -5v to -14v. Most efficient input has been rated at +12v though.

Neat little thing. I remembered Franco using it on his jamma adapters for people who don't have -5v.

[Beaps]

WOW very clever MM, thanks for the heads up!

[StarCreator]

You could totally use that to have an Emotia powered by JAMMA power leads, right? -12V is the only lead missing there...

[kludd70]

Been meaning to ask. I've had an Emotia for a while now and while it's a godsend for classic arcade games and such, on newer things like PS2 games it seems to suffer from what I believe is called color-banding, it's very much like when you switch a PC to 16-bit color mode and can really ruin the colors in games. Is this just a limitation of the Emotia, or have I been doing something wrong?

Even just hooked to a PC through VGA it still seems to have this issue, so I don't think it's the iScan Pro that's causing it.