anyone know anything about monitors...(pc nerds welcome!)

[ade]

I'm planning an in car pc (eventually) but need some help -

I recently bought a Veba 7" colour TFT/LCD monitor (model AM700mbs).

Its not touch screen - just a standard monitor...

however I cant work out how to wire it up to my pc...

It came with an 9pin din to wire cable (looks like an S-video cable but
it isnt an s video cable!) with 1 black wire (ground), 1 red wire (12+),
1 white wire (remote), 1 brown wire (reverse light) and 3 female AV
connectors - RCA yellow (video), RCA red (audio), RCA white (audio).

The pc I've purchased to use in the car is an HP e-vectra p3 with a standard VGA connector at the back.

My question is how do I connect the monitor to the pc!?

I've been advised to use a VGA converter such as this one -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VGA-converter-...QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VGA-converter-adaptor-cable-RCA-S-video-to-TV-display_W0QQitemZ170014128795QQihZ007QQcategoryZ41 999QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

but the svideo bit isnt svideo so the pins arent right.

Do I just need a vga cable with 3 RCA leads like the High definition TV's use or is there another one?

can anyone help?

[philly]

not entirely sure. but

ste knows a guy who has put a computer into his audi, ask him to speka to him.

and if ste sees this i mean craig. (B.Bravo)

[craig green]

Coolamasta on MIG is the guy to ask. He's got a full on PC with projector & stuff in his mk3 GSi Astra

[Welsh Dan]

Whats on the screen is composite, whats on the PC is VGA, you need a box to do it, not an adapter, looking at ?30-50 at a guess.

I'll have a look for you.

[ade]

cheers - I went to Maplin and bought a thing called Averkey Lite for ?40. It lets you play games from pc to tv - but its not very good. The quality on a normal tv is very poor (cant read the words even on the lowest res) - on a 7" monitor at 480 resolution it's a bit better but not much...

For the price I payed for the monitor and the above dongle I may as well have bought a full on vga monitor.

[Welsh Dan]

If you'd have asked, thats what I'd have told you sorry mate.

Does the PC have any expansion slots?

If it does then buy something cheap like a pci radeon (7000 model or better) or geforce (mx400, fx5200 or better), with tv out allready on it.

Tell maplin the averkey is broken and you'll probably get a full refund.


This reminds me of when I converted a psone lcd to vga lol.

[ade]

lol - lesson learned.

Maplin gave me full refund.

PC isnt expandable unfortunately so I'm going to bid on a VGA tousch screen instead...