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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: brandname on September 14, 2004, 12:11:30 pm

Title: connecting WG 9200 to jpac/arcadeVGA. VGA or wired to monitor board?
Post by: brandname on September 14, 2004, 12:11:30 pm
i decided to replace my blown 27" foreign monitor with the WG 9200.

the old monitor was connected with 5 wires (no VGA input) through a j-pac unit.

since the WG has a VGA input built-in, can i bypass the jpac and plug straight into the VGA output of my arcadeVGA card and still retain proper output of the entire range of arcade frequencies as i did before?  or is it a better idea to connect the arcadeVGA to the j-pac and rewire straight to the monitor board from the j-pac, and not use the WG vga inut?

thanks.

/patrick
Title: Re:connecting WG 9200 to jpac/arcadeVGA. VGA or wired to monitor board?
Post by: whammoed on September 14, 2004, 12:16:30 pm
I believe it would be best to connect directly to avga card.  This way with the d9200 drivers, you can take advantage of the non-interlaced 640x480 that the d9200 is capable of.
Title: Re:connecting WG 9200 to jpac/arcadeVGA. VGA or wired to monitor board?
Post by: brandname on September 14, 2004, 12:20:30 pm
thanks, i'm hoping you are correct.  i'd really like to NOT have to wire this in directly and risk blowing it up :)

can anybody with this setup confirm this is right?
Title: Re:connecting WG 9200 to jpac/arcadeVGA. VGA or wired to monitor board?
Post by: DYNAGOD on September 14, 2004, 02:19:52 pm
isnt the voltage output of the Arcade VGA too low to drive monitor.  thats what the Video amp is for in the JPAC isnt it? to bring a PC VGA voltage up to a level a monitor can work with.
id direct this question to ultimarc before you go doing anything..
and id like to know your results as i am going with a jpac and arc-vga myself.
Title: Re:connecting WG 9200 to jpac/arcadeVGA. VGA or wired to monitor board?
Post by: whammoed on September 14, 2004, 02:32:16 pm
don't need a video amp for the d9200 (at least for the vga connector input...don't know about the other)  You can run the d9200 off any video card directly.
Title: Re:connecting WG 9200 to jpac/arcadeVGA. VGA or wired to monitor board?
Post by: DYNAGOD on September 14, 2004, 03:51:24 pm
ah,  
the D9200 specs 2.2 volts for the cga/ega connector..
the VG only required .7 volts