How in the world do you connect a xbox to an arcade monitor?

[Dutsk]

I have a 2000's skins midway game I would like to connect my xbox to.


What converter do I need?

Where in the back of the cab am I connecting it to?

Thanks in advance

[TheOneWithNoName]

I have a 2000's skins midway game I would like to connect my xbox to.


What converter do I need?

Where in the back of the cab am I connecting it to?

Thanks in advance

Original Xbox?
 if so, a few minutes of Google found me http://www.hsinpao.com.tw/time_master.htm

[Dutsk]

Thanks!

Looking for something that allows for arcade controls instead of hacked pads

[lilshawn]

http://kadevice.com/

kade can be configured as an xbox controller.

USB/HID Joystick (Windows, Linux, Mac, Android)
USB/HID Keyboard (Windows, Linux, Mac, Android)
Playstation 1
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
Original Xbox
MAME and Pinball

[Dutsk]

Yep just wondering about the video connections.

I don't feel confident poking around the stem on an arcade cab monitor and do not know my options others than selling it and starting anew

[lilshawn]

the board "theonewithnoname" linked, does this for you.

otherwise, you are going to have to run the video output of the xbox into some sort of converter to display on an arcade monitor...

NTSC composite to RGB or Svideo to RGB (whichever you have) but...neither of which look great.

unless you mod the xbox itself to output RGB, you aren't going to get a real great picture out of it.

alternatively, you decase a TV with the appropriate connection for your xbox to fit inside a cabinet and display it that way.

[Dutsk]

Thanks lilshawn

Is there a tutorial anywhere, I can't find any info on how to connect this timer to my cabinet

[lilshawn]

the cabinet (i assume since you have posted no additional info) should have a standard "JAMMA" interface connection. this connection is a standard arcade connection used in games since the 90's. it has connections for power,controls, video, and sound all in a single connector.

the linked board would simply plug into this interface and be connected to everything.

if your cabinet has nothing or you are building a cabinet from scrap, you'll need to obtain the harness to connect it.

[Dutsk]

the cabinet (i assume since you have posted no additional info) should have a standard "JAMMA" interface connection. this connection is a standard arcade connection used in games since the 90's. it has connections for power,controls, video, and sound all in a single connector.

the linked board would simply plug into this interface and be connected to everything.

if your cabinet has nothing or you are building a cabinet from scrap, you'll need to obtain the harness to connect it.

Yeah my cabinet is JAMMA. Would this be the best option as I'm looking into getting analog joysticks U360s or can a JPAC setup do the same thing for me?

[lilshawn]

your choice. really, you can change/customize it however you want.

if you are looking at using an xbox though, the U360 may or may not work. the Xbox will accept a USB device (with some modification), but may not support the u360 natively. it's probably doable with some gamepad hacking. definitely not plug and play.

if you are going the MAME route with a computer, then have at her. the sky's the limit.

[StephenH]

If your monitor supports 15Khz and it is the Original XBox Model, you can find the pinout here.   http://www.gamesx.com/avpinouts/xbox.htm
.  Use the Mode Select Pinout for Scart 15KHZ RGB, to the appropriate R,G,B, Hsync, and VSync pins on the Arcade Monitor.  You may need to build such a cable.

If it is an X-Box360, you can order the adaptor here:  http://www.ultimarc.com/xbox360.html

[opt2not]

Original Xbox?
 if so, a few minutes of Google found me http://www.hsinpao.com.tw/time_master.htm

Be careful with these timer boards, I've had the PS2 version of it and it would drop sync on the video line randomly during play every so often on my Wells Gardner monitor. They are cheaply built chinese boards, and some of them do not have the options to get rid of the timer overlay without having to do extra modification to them. (though the one linked does, thankfully)

I still say the Ultimarc J-pac w/ xbox AV and controller adapters are the easiest, more fool-proof solution. Plugs into your JAMMA cabinet without having to hack up the loom, or do any kind of modification or cable building, and you get all the configuration options of the Ultimarc utility programs.  Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

[TheOneWithNoName]

Original Xbox?
 if so, a few minutes of Google found me http://www.hsinpao.com.tw/time_master.htm

Be careful with these timer boards, I've had the PS2 version of it and it would drop sync on the video line randomly during play every so often on my Wells Gardner monitor. They are cheaply built chinese boards, and some of them do not have the options to get rid of the timer overlay without having to do extra modification to them. (though the one linked does, thankfully)

I still say the Ultimarc J-pac w/ xbox AV and controller adapters are the easiest, more fool-proof solution. Plugs into your JAMMA cabinet without having to hack up the loom, or do any kind of modification or cable building, and you get all the configuration options of the Ultimarc utility programs.  Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

Although the timer I linked probably is Chinese as you stated, it, at least from the description and pictures, is also plug and play, plugging straight into a jamma harness, and appears to come with the controller adapter cables.
I don't currently own it or a cabinet, so I can just go from the description and pictures.