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How to use SCART for our hobby
Paradroid:
--- Quote from: MonMotha on November 13, 2011, 04:48:20 pm ---It's also possible that you're seeing something similar that looks kinda like dot crawl but actually isn't.
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Yep, that sounds about right. On the Calida I have (not sure which chassis off the top of my head) there are some wiggly bits but nothing as severe as the example image you linked to. It's easy to spot when you boot up something like Street Fighter III: the red text against black background looks unstable. With the Loewe E3000 chassis everything is rock solid.
I'm kicking myself because earlier in the year, when I first got into this caper, I found a Loewe 32" Calida on the side of the road. It worked fine but didn't have a remote. At that stage I hadn't discovered Soft-15kHz yet and was struggling with Powerstrip. I got rid of that TV because I couldn't figure out how to show an image from the PC correctly and a replacement remote would have cost $$$. Little did I know that it was the exact unit I wanted: a massive screen with a chassis well suited for MAME/SCART. Oh well, live and learn.
Paradroid:
Just got another Loewe CT1170 off eBay for $35. This one is even better than the other one I got a few weeks ago! I would certainly recommend this model to anyone looking for a SCART TV for MAME usage.
In other news, I tried out a Grundig ST 72-261/8 IDTV/LOG that I saw on Gumtree. Very stylish looking unit but when I pulled up the Nokia Monitor Test program, all sorts of issues were revealed. Shame. I really like the design style of the Grundig TVs.
I also picked up a Loewe Contur 1640 off the side of the road this afternoon. The 1460 I have is really good so here's hoping the 1640 will deliver also (provided it actually works ;) ).
While I was out I saw a Loewe Arcada, a few Teacs and one of those mega Sonys that apfelanni mentioned. Since I already had 2 units in the car I had to leave that be. Also, I doubt I would have been able to lift it by myself. :(
Anyway, I must have over 10 SCART TVs in the house now. Time to decide which ones stay and which ones go on eBay.
If anybody in Melbourne, Australia wants a cheap SCART TV suitable for MAME, now's the time to speak up. ;)
Paradroid:
@apfelanni
I haven't forgotten about your question regarding what picture tubes are in the Loewes. I know they're Phillips but I'll take some photos of the fine print soon! Sorry, I was away with work all last week and this week has been super busy too.
orchidius:
Hi there,
I started my first arcadecab build about a year ago. All went (reasonably well) until I bumped into a heap of troubles with my monitor (SCART tv) setup. Loooooooong story short, the whole thing is finished except for the monitor, and I finally got around to fixing that problem. I thought the source of the problem was a bad soldering joint in my cable, but after fixing that, I was still stuck with the following image:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/img0782yp.jpg/
My cable is currently soldered like this:
VGA -------> SCART
1 15
2 11
3 7
13/14 20
5/6/7/8/10 17
And then the molexplug as in the first post (the tv doesn't automatically search the right channel, but I don't really mind).
The GPU is a Nvidia geforce 7300, and the Soft15khz mode is on.
Any ideas what this could be? Thanks heaps!!
PS: On a different note, would a cable like this be of any use in a setup like this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1M-Scart-Cable-Male-SVGA-VGA-15-Pin-HD-Plug-Lead-LCD-/230605424560?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item35b12787b0
apfelanni:
the bay cable wont work .
- i dont see the pin 16 for rgb toggle wired .. grab the voltage from the sync signal ( dirty method ) or 5 volt from molex or vga pin 9 with a resistor . check some of the mamescart schematiscs ! which one works best depends on the video card and the tv set .
- the nvidia card may not work without a dongle , try older cards like geforce 5200 or a radeon 9200 , 9250 , or a pci card like 4350 .. check the compability list in soft 15 forum
- i would daisy chain the grounds on the scart adapter and solder the rgb grounds to the pins they are meant to be .
- 12 volt to pin 8 for av + 4:3 switch
u should try this one ( most good tv sets dont need the 1 k ressitors , some work fine with bridge pin 20 > 16 instead of external voltage ) .
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