Main Restorations Software Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Everything Else Buy/Sell/Trade
Project Announcements Monitor/Video GroovyMAME Merit/JVL Touchscreen Meet Up Retail Vendors
Driving & Racing Woodworking Software Support Forums Consoles Project Arcade Reviews
Automated Projects Artwork Frontend Support Forums Pinball Forum Discussion Old Boards
Raspberry Pi & Dev Board controls.dat Linux Miscellaneous Arcade Wiki Discussion Old Archives
Lightguns Arcade1Up Try the site in https mode Site News

Unread posts | New Replies | Recent posts | Rules | Chatroom | Wiki | File Repository | RSS | Submit news

  

Author Topic: Ok, let's get started, but... power question.  (Read 1426 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

xmod

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 26
  • Last login:May 04, 2013, 02:30:59 pm
  • SEGA 4 EVER
    • XmoD's VideoGame Collection
Ok, let's get started, but... power question.
« on: April 16, 2010, 12:57:05 am »
Hi all, looking to get into the world of arcades after 10 years of console modding.

I have read a lot on these forums since 2008, and consider myself ready to go.

I can understand many things but one issue keeps coming back, power.
Inside the Cab im building i will have the following:

Xbox console running Mame and FBAxx
Samsung TX-P2034 tube monitor

The Cab


I have ordered the necessary wiring to get all this connected to the existing control panel of the cab.

I am slowly learning and wanting to take my time to make something decent as a first project.
(next project will have a pc, this is to get familiar with the arcade building community)


QUESTION :
I am still blocked as to find out how to power everything up with one switch like a regular arcade does.
i read the wiki and found this,
Quote
The most important question... will the TV automaticallly power itself back on after a "power failure." If you turn the cabinet's power off, you want the TV to turn itself back on automatically when you later power the cabinet back on.
Ok, but how to know if it will, and what about the xbox as well ?

any direction on that would be extremely appreciated.
Sorry for the noobish question, Im overwhelmed with the humongous amount of info on here.

thanks
xmod  

EDIT : Nevermind, saw I wasent getting an answer so realised it must of been a common annoying question... so I kept reading.
Turns out my 27" JVC has return + which means it comes on auto after power outage. And i modded so many xbox's in so many ways, I know I can mod a way to power it up when I turn the main switch on.

thanks anyway peeps.

 :applaud:

« Last Edit: April 17, 2010, 02:28:29 am by xmod »