[Coco] RGB2VGA converter setup issue

Sean badfrog at gmail.com
Thu Oct 22 23:25:02 EDT 2015


I believe the cheapo TV just didn't like it.  I plugged in a Dell LCD
monitor, and it works great!

Model is a Westinghouse, model LD-2240.

Specs page says SVGA, XGA, WXGA:

http://westinghouseelectronics.com/discontinued/led-hdtv/up-to-28/ld2240/

Sean


On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> It sounds like it doesn’t like the scan rate.  I haven’t heard of anything
> like this yet.  I’m using LCD TV’s with VGA ports.
>
> I know sometimes TV’s don’t support all VGA modes, but 640x480 is a
> very basic one.  What model of TV?
>
> - Ed
>
>
>
> > On Oct 22, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Sean <badfrog at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > FINALLY got the time to hook up the CoCo and try out the RGB2VGA
> converter
> > I got from Zippster's run back in September.
> > So far all the monitor does is say "not supported".  So it's definitely
> > giving a signal, because when I unplug power to it, the monitor goes back
> > to 'no signal'.
> >
> > I'm using an 1080P HDTV with the VGA input.
> >
> > Should I try turning the potentiometer?  Or could this be the Pin 9 topic
> > everyone has mentioned?  I've only tried one VGA cable so far, but I know
> > it's a good cable.
> >
> > Sean
> >
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