Console --> Arcade monitor adapter (AVAILABLE, see 1st post)

[antron]

just to clarify, you turned the little blue brightness adjuster with a small screwdriver?

What? Another brightness pot?! Not that I need it, but good to know. Btw, I used my adapter on the exact same setup as lowemark, so it's really weird that his monitor would need more brightness. But perhaps we have different SCREEN/G2 pot settings on the monitor chassis or something like that.

*fingers crossed* for you lowemark.

the brightness pot is really only for monitors without a clamp circuit, to adjust the black level (on an Egret I for example). if your monitor has a clamp circuit, this pot will do nothing. however, if it is turned too far it can put the signal out of range and you will get a black screen.

[pixeljunkie]

Has anyone tested something like this with a Viletim?

http://www.svideo.com/scart2.html

Curious if this would work for something that has composite only.

[antron]

Has anyone tested something like this with a Viletim?

http://www.svideo.com/scart2.html

Curious if this would work for something that has composite only.

that will not work as it's just a connector, not a signal processor. you will need an RGB decoder to connect composite or s-video to any RGB input.

[Skykid]

Received today. This thing is like a gift from god, I'm absolutely loving every second of it - it's completely changed how I view my 360 (it's never looked so good.)

Thanks Tim for such an awesome piece of kit.

[The Expanding Man]

My boards arrived yesterday - thanks Tim.

I now need a scart cable for my Japanese slim Xbox360.

I have a suspicion I read somewhere that Japanese scart out might require a different cable. Anyone been through the learning curve on this, and care to share their knowledge?

[emphatic]

I have a suspicion I read somewhere that Japanese scart out might require a different cable. Anyone been through the learning curve on this, and care to share their knowledge?

Just get a EU scart cable, it will work with all region 360's. But get the original brand (Advance Scart) as it'll give you a better quality signal.

[childsremix]

Does anyone have any pictures of this running on their cab? say with an xbox360 or something?
EDIT: Disregard I see the pictures now in the thread firefox was acting wonky, sent email!

[gamescollector]

I paid, I wait info shipping.

thnks.

[lowemark]

received a new adapter from viletim yesterday as my other one seemed faulty.
but I'm still having problems getting a image on my Egret II.
I took a small video of how it looks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HTSl__oFo

can anyone figure out what my problem could be?

[antron]

from the manual:

75 on, TTL off = Terminated composite video. Default.
75 off, TTL off = Unterminated composite video. Try this if you have any sync related problems.
75 off, TTL on = TTL composite sync or TTL horizontal sync.

try the second configuration, Jumpers labled 75 off, TTL off

[lowemark]

from the manual:

75 on, TTL off = Terminated composite video. Default.
75 off, TTL off = Unterminated composite video. Try this if you have any sync related problems.
75 off, TTL on = TTL composite sync or TTL horizontal sync.

try the second configuration, Jumpers labled 75 off, TTL off

hmm ok, I'll try that. thanks.
are you sure I wont destroy anything by using that setting?

[antron]

well you are having sync problems, and the manual suggests this. did you try adjusting the v-hold on your monitor?

but it looks like you are having other problems as well, because you only seem to be getting the color blue.

[viletim]

lowemark,
I received the adapter you send back to me today. I have put it in the test jig and it's working ok, the problem is at your end... perhaps the power supply?

[Maître Buten]

On the video, we can see that he's using the adaptator with a Xbox 360, which delivers 31khz. But, with its standard screen, Egret II only supports 15/24khz. Can it be the origin of lowemark's problem

[antron]

On the video, we can see that he's using the adaptator with a Xbox 360, which delivers 31khz. But, with its standard screen, Egret II only supports 15/24khz. Can it be the origin of lowemark's problem

with a SCART cable the 360 outputs 15kHz 480i video.

[emphatic]

I got my Advanced Scart cable for the 360 today and pulled the 360 out of the 24kHz setup to test it with this adapter. Unfortunately the sun is still shining brightly where the 15kHz cabinet stands, so I'll have to wait to snap pictures, but DOJ looked great. One thing was a bit bothersome though, when the screen displayed lots of white (360 dashboard, right at the start of stage 1 in DOJ after ship select) there were horrible tearing. I turned down the brightness pot (had it cranked up a bit high due to the dimness of PS2) but I'm sure it will totally remedy the issue. I'll turn the cabinet on again in a couple of hours when the sun is gone to see if it helped.

[s8n]

hi Shmups scene , i was wondering how do i adjust the brightness and test what level its at with a Digital Multi Meter below is some info taken from viletims site and a pic a have made below.



There are is a square test point next to the brightness trimpot. I use this to calibrate the black level but you may use them too, should you wish to do so.

[viletim]

At the moment I have two customers (lowmark being one of them) who both own Egret 2 cabinets, and cannot get my adapter to work properly. I have checked the manual for the cabinet and can see nothing usual in the wiring diagram - the problem must lie in the monitor or the power supply. I'll admit that it has me mystified...

In any case where the white parts of the picture distort: turn down the contrast (or brightness where applicable). A monitor can only take so much.

[emphatic]

At the moment I have two customers (lowmark being one of them) who both own Egret 2 cabinets, and cannot get my adapter to work properly. I have checked the manual for the cabinet and can see nothing usual in the wiring diagram - the problem must lie in the monitor or the power supply. I'll admit that it has me mystified...

In any case where the white parts of the picture distort: turn down the contrast (or brightness where applicable). A monitor can only take so much.

For me turning down the brightness seemed to work. Thanks.

[cRaCKh0rN]

I got my adapter yesterday and performed a quick test with my PS2 on a Pony MkIII.
The picture and sound were great. I'm looking forward to hooking up some controls in the near future.

Cheers tim,

Dave

[neorichieb1971]

Viletim,

How far along are you with any of the modules?

Thanks,

Richie.

[lowemark]

At the moment I have two customers (lowmark being one of them) who both own Egret 2 cabinets, and cannot get my adapter to work properly. I have checked the manual for the cabinet and can see nothing usual in the wiring diagram - the problem must lie in the monitor or the power supply. I'll admit that it has me mystified...

actually my adapter works as it should now, I forgot to tell you.
the problem was that the scart cable I was using must have put out some weird signal.
I bought a MS advanced scart cable and with that the adapter works perfectly now in my Egret II cabinet!
the adapter is really awesome!

[charlie chong]

got my adaptor!thanks tim. build quality is good and it's working perfectly with my 360.. so glad to be playing these games on 28 inch screen again

[viletim]

How far along are you with any of the modules?

Not very far actually. I had planned to start early January, but ill health put a stop to that. I'm feeling much better now and am about to make a start. The first controller module will be for Playstation 1/2 only and should be fairly cheap.

[Skykid]

At the moment I have two customers (lowmark being one of them) who both own Egret 2 cabinets, and cannot get my adapter to work properly. I have checked the manual for the cabinet and can see nothing usual in the wiring diagram - the problem must lie in the monitor or the power supply. I'll admit that it has me mystified...

In any case where the white parts of the picture distort: turn down the contrast (or brightness where applicable). A monitor can only take so much.

My E2 is fine with it. I do occasionally adjust the contrast/brightness depending on the game, but there's no distortion as such.

[aznxtc]

Received my Adaptor today, Thanks Tim.

I have a problem with the Adaptor.. It doesnt seem to power on when i hook it up to my Blast City cab..Tried the White Resistor, but still doesn't work.

I know the Adpator works because when i hook it up to my Astro cab it works great.

[neorichieb1971]

How far along are you with any of the modules?

Not very far actually. I had planned to start early January, but ill health put a stop to that. I'm feeling much better now and am about to make a start. The first controller module will be for Playstation 1/2 only and should be fairly cheap.

Hi Tim,

Glad your back to good health. I'm just wondering. Since I only have 3 buttons on my cabinet, would that equate to sq, X and O ??

START - 1p
Select ?

I'm a bit confused how that will work. I guess I could put a 4th button on no problem.

[emphatic]

viletim: Today I had lots of issues with a Playstation 1 hooked up to your adapter in my EGRET II (I don't think the sync cleaner worked, because everything was flickering like crazy). Yesterday everything was working just fine, with just some odd flickering. Then I finally added that ceramic bit to the +5 and GND and voilá, everything works perfect. So I think you can totally remove any doubt about issues in certain cabinets with NANAO MS9 screens.

[Animaitor]

Hey people, I was wondering if you could give me a hand with this. I'll get a cab within a week or so and I was thinking about getting one Scart to Jamma adapter from Tim. I'm new to cabs so sorry if I say something too stupid. I've got lots of old consoles (all Japanese) with scart cables. Should I get the adapter with Japanese pin out layout for NTSC-J or leave it as is (Europe layout) and find some kind of cable to go from the consoles to the adapter? I don't know if Tim still offers the NTSC-J layout as an option though.

Another possibility could be to use the XRGB-3 to plug the consoles using the scart cable and from there connect to the VGA of the trisync CRT. Will the CRT display 15kHz if feed from the VGA?

And last question (don't know if Fudoh is around but maybe emphatic or someone else could help me out)... what way do you recommend to connect the 360 to a cab? Through VGA (probably with the SLG3000), XRGB-3 + emotia + Scart to Jamma adapter or with a scart cable directly from the 360 to the Scart to Jamma adapter? As far as I know this scart cable is being sold only in Europe so I might have to change the layout of the cable to make it NTSC-J compatible.

Thanks in advance!

[Wonderbanana]

what way do you recommend to connect the 360 to a cab?

I'm no expert but surely this depends on the monitor in your cab?

I know personally I intend to go the VGA route but then my cab supports 31k.