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ItchyD:
What's the best way to get audio out of RCA connectors?  I think that's what they are called.  The red and white connectors from a video game console.  I basically want to go from speaker wires to an xbox with a volume dial between.  I assume it's going to have to be powered in some way as well.  I can get some really large cheap speakers at the store where I buy electronics for like $4 so I'm thinking of putting some monster speakers on my machine.

What's the easiest way to light up some skeleton buttons? http://lizardlick.com/images/for_sale/pushbuttons/ps14kn_w.jpg  Do they have to be drilled out?  Is it possible to blacklight a button?  I don't need them to blink or anything.

Final question:  I'm going to have player 1/2 on my xbox wired in to arcade controls, and player 3/4 wired into these babies http://www.amazon.com/Innovation-XBOX-EXTENSION-CABLE/dp/B000S5FI9A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1229713659&sr=8-2  I'm trying to think of some nice facia I could stick around those things so they look ok.  I want the female plug to be flush with the surface on the side of my CP.

shardian:
You need an amplifier/receiver of some sort for the speakers. You can't just hardwire speakers directly to a source signal - there isn't enough juice there to power said speakers. That's why it is appropriately named an "Amplifier".

Blacklighting can be done with room lighting - if the plastic is black-light reactive. I don't know of any blacklight reactive buttons. Plain white ones probably react a little.
If you want backlit buttons, www.groovygamegear.com and www.ultimar.com have easy to interface lit buttons.

Blanka:

--- Quote from: ItchyD on December 19, 2008, 02:18:50 pm ---I can get some really large cheap speakers at the store where I buy electronics for like $4 so I'm thinking of putting some monster speakers on my machine.
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Monster-like speakers of that price can best be driven with 110V AC directly. Or hit them with a stick to get sound out of them. They will be killed in 2 hours anyway.

ItchyD:

--- Quote from: Blanka on December 19, 2008, 03:06:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: ItchyD on December 19, 2008, 02:18:50 pm ---I can get some really large cheap speakers at the store where I buy electronics for like $4 so I'm thinking of putting some monster speakers on my machine.
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Monster-like speakers of that price can best be driven with 110V AC directly. Or hit them with a stick to get sound out of them. They will be killed in 2 hours anyway.

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 :dunno

Regarding blacklight... the xbox has alot of black buttons on it, I was hoping there might be such a thing as a blacklight LED not sure what it would look like though.   Maybe I'll just look for some purple ones or something.

shardian:

--- Quote from: ItchyD on December 19, 2008, 03:27:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: Blanka on December 19, 2008, 03:06:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: ItchyD on December 19, 2008, 02:18:50 pm ---I can get some really large cheap speakers at the store where I buy electronics for like $4 so I'm thinking of putting some monster speakers on my machine.
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Monster-like speakers of that price can best be driven with 110V AC directly. Or hit them with a stick to get sound out of them. They will be killed in 2 hours anyway.

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 :dunno

Regarding blacklight... the xbox has alot of black buttons on it, I was hoping there might be such a thing as a blacklight LED not sure what it would look like though.   Maybe I'll just look for some purple ones or something.



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Yes, there are ultraviolet LED's.  I don't think it will be very effective though if the room is still full of ambient light.

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