Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Jack Burton on June 20, 2007, 09:45:33 am
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I've got a 13" Sony PVM series trinitron monitor. It has an awesome picture. I know it can do 15.75 khz. It has an input on the side labeled "CMPTR". The research I've done for this says that it is also called a "vertical connector". I've tested the pins and see that it is indeed an RGB input. I just need to know where I can find a cable to connect my computer to this port, or any other kind of information about it.
Note: Most PVM monitors have a 5 input BNC connection. This one does not, or I would be using that.
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you have probably got this already but here are the pinouts of that connector
http://www.broadcaststore.com/pdf/model/5062/5062.pdf
we call these d type connectors in europe,like this
http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=CN01397
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Yes, I have the pinouts, but thanks for the official information.
I could probably buy one of those connectors and build the cable myself, but before hand I will see If I can just find the cable to buy.
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If you have to, you could always unsolder the connector, solder about 12" of wire inplace of the connector and put a molex on the other end...
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Well, there's absolutely no need to do that (and desoldering a connector with that many pins is just asking to destroy the board it's mounted to) since you can often buy those connectors at RADIO SHACK! Failing that, any electronics supply store (online or brick&mortar) such as Fry's, Digi-Key, Mouser, etc. would have that connector. It's a very common connector: that exact connector used to be used for PC serial ports a long time ago.
I'm sure you can buy a cable that has the standard PC HD15 VESA/VGA connector on one and and a suitable connector on the other end online for a reasonable sum. Heck, check eBay. Stuff like that pops up all the time. It'll certainly be nicer (and likely more reliable) than making one yourself and a lot less work, too.