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Title: help w/arcade game monitor
Post by: jimmyjet on March 05, 2004, 03:49:21 pm

I have a steel gunner 2 cabinet with no monitor.  I took the monitor out of another cabinet, it works, but everything is backwards (steel gunner2 uses a mirror).

Any thoughts on how to reverse the image on the monitor?  Any ideas of other forums where I might get an answer?

Thank you.
jimmyjet

Title: Re:help w/arcade game monitor
Post by: JoeB on March 05, 2004, 04:31:59 pm

The problem is not the monitor, but probably the game board.

See if it has a dip switch to select the monitor installation type.. it's similar to many other games where you tell it to flip or not to flip the video out.

Title: Re:help w/arcade game monitor
Post by: Ken Layton on March 05, 2004, 06:19:56 pm

Some monitors have two connectors on the main monitor board that you can plug the yoke into. One gives a normal picture, but if you plug it into the other one you get a mirror image picture. Also, check out www.dameon.net/BBBB/yoke.html

Title: Re:help w/arcade game monitor
Post by: jimmyjet on March 06, 2004, 08:35:15 am

Thank you both for the promising ideas.  I have accessed the in game menu to change the coin mode, etc.   There is a flid screen option, but that only changes it from right side up to up side down.

I will snoop around for some dip switches today.  Also, that website at Bob Roberts was very informative.

Thanks again.
jimmyjet

Title: Re:help w/arcade game monitor
Post by: jimmyjet on March 06, 2004, 06:16:05 pm

Everything works 100%.  Thanks again.
jimmyjet