[Openchrome-users] widescreen on en12000 CN700/VT1625

Ross Penner ross.penner
Fri Feb 13 13:09:05 PST 2009


On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Roy Thompson <roy at haematic.org> wrote:
> vpcompany at tiscali.it wrote:
>> Il giorno Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:35:15 -0800
>> Ross Penner <ross.penner at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>>
>>
>>> I'm using this board as well. Can you give me a good idea of what I
>>> need to do to get component cables connected? I realize that I need to
>>> connect to pins on the board but I'm unsure what kind of hardware is
>>> required or where I could get it.
>>>
>>
>> hi again all :)
>> if u like to use your component out you just have to connect a cable with 3 wire + 1 ground (a fourth wire or a shield).
>>
>> mainly 3 of them are for Y, Pb, Pr signals.
>> you can mix them without any worry, u'll just get wrong picture on TV ^_^
>>
>> to make an easy connection with mobo's pins you could use the black plastic connector from an old audio cable (cdrom<->audioboard) or from an old case led, power or reset switch, speaker... just cut the old wires with scissors and solder your new wires.
>>
>> in this way you can link and remove the component connection as many times as you need.
>>
>> just wires, no logic.
>>
>> enjoy!
>>
>>
> I was thinking of being slightly lazy and ordering one of these:
> http://www.vidabox.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5_14&products_id=82
> (and probably having to mix up the connectors, because I don't think the
> pins are the same layout)
>
> but this is the only place I can find selling them and it costs way to
> much to ship this from the US to UK...
>
> Roy

Looking at the pin-out on the board and the cable you linked, they'd
be in compatible anyways. They key pin is #4 on the via board and #6
on that product.




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