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Willy Radisson
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 Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:36 pm Post subject: old ATI RAGE LT PRO 8mb w/ TV-Out |
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Hello,
I recently purchased the above mentioned second hand graphics card w/
tv-out.
the tv-output connector at the back of the card seemed to be a S-video
output. Accordingly, i went to the electronics shop, to get:
- a Svideo-2-Composite converter (cause my TV doesn't have a S-video input,
it only has RCA inputs),
- a svideo cable, to connect the card to the converter,
- a rca cable to connect the converter, and thus the computer, to my TV.
I realized, when trying to connect the cable to my new card, that the
connector isn't S-Video!!!! it's shaped like a S-Video (it's round with
pin-holes in it) but has got 6 pin-holes, and the S-video cable has got 4
pins.
There didn't seem to be any alternate cable/converter with a round-shaped
video connector at the electronic supply shop. it only had stuff with
4-pinned connectors.
Can anyone tell me what weird video output connector format this is? Some
sort of old-fashioned s-video output? or some sort of foreign video output
(i live in north america --> NTSC)? can i solve my problem, or is the card
just obsolete and garbage?
thanks |
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V W Wall
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: old ATI RAGE LT PRO 8mb w/ TV-Out |
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Willy Radisson wrote:
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Hello,
I recently purchased the above mentioned second hand graphics card w/
tv-out.
the tv-output connector at the back of the card seemed to be a S-video
output. Accordingly, i went to the electronics shop, to get:
- a Svideo-2-Composite converter (cause my TV doesn't have a S-video input,
it only has RCA inputs),
- a svideo cable, to connect the card to the converter,
- a rca cable to connect the converter, and thus the computer, to my TV.
I realized, when trying to connect the cable to my new card, that the
connector isn't S-Video!!!! it's shaped like a S-Video (it's round with
pin-holes in it) but has got 6 pin-holes, and the S-video cable has got 4
pins.
There didn't seem to be any alternate cable/converter with a round-shaped
video connector at the electronic supply shop. it only had stuff with
4-pinned connectors.
Can anyone tell me what weird video output connector format this is? Some
sort of old-fashioned s-video output? or some sort of foreign video output
(i live in north america --> NTSC)? can i solve my problem, or is the card
just obsolete and garbage?
thanks
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Is this your card:
http://support.tangent.com/hardware/videocard/vga-018a.htm
Virg Wall
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
~ Carl Edward Sagan ~ |
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Willy Radisson
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: old ATI RAGE LT PRO 8mb w/ TV-Out |
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no, that's not it. this page shows a Rage 128 witrh 32mb SDRAM, wheras i
have 8mb of god-knows-which-RAM. |
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Mitchua
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:38 pm Post subject: Re: old ATI RAGE LT PRO 8mb w/ TV-Out |
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"Willy Radisson" <Willy.Radisson@frock.com> wrote in message
news:9Kjcb.1411$7w5.197579@news20.bellglobal.com...
| Quote: | Hello,
I recently purchased the above mentioned second hand graphics card w/
tv-out.
the tv-output connector at the back of the card seemed to be a S-video
output. Accordingly, i went to the electronics shop, to get:
- a Svideo-2-Composite converter (cause my TV doesn't have a S-video
input,
it only has RCA inputs),
- a svideo cable, to connect the card to the converter,
- a rca cable to connect the converter, and thus the computer, to my TV.
I realized, when trying to connect the cable to my new card, that the
connector isn't S-Video!!!! it's shaped like a S-Video (it's round with
pin-holes in it) but has got 6 pin-holes, and the S-video cable has got 4
pins.
There didn't seem to be any alternate cable/converter with a round-shaped
video connector at the electronic supply shop. it only had stuff with
4-pinned connectors.
Can anyone tell me what weird video output connector format this is? Some
sort of old-fashioned s-video output? or some sort of foreign video output
(i live in north america --> NTSC)? can i solve my problem, or is the card
just obsolete and garbage?
thanks
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Does the S-video wire fit in there? The extra holes may be for plastic
knobs on some S-video cables so they are oriented correctly.
--Mitchua |
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V W Wall
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:52 pm Post subject: Re: old ATI RAGE LT PRO 8mb w/ TV-Out |
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Willy Radisson wrote:
Look for others on this page:
http://support.tangent.com/hardware/videocard/videocard.htm
For some info on "odd ball" s-video connectors see:
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html
S-video connectors only use four pins. The conversion to/from composite
video is pretty simple. Can you trace the pins on your card to see if all
are active? Getting a connector may be a problem, but you might be able to
solder the appropriate connectors of a standard s-video cable to the card's
pc board.
Good luck!
Virg Wall
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
~ Carl Edward Sagan ~ |
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Willy Radisson
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:17 am Post subject: Re: old ATI RAGE LT PRO 8mb w/ TV-Out |
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| Quote: | Does the S-video wire fit in there? The extra holes may be for plastic
knobs on some S-video cables so they are oriented correctly.
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no |
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Phrederik
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:18 am Post subject: Re: old ATI RAGE LT PRO 8mb w/ TV-Out |
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"Willy Radisson" <Willy.Radisson@frock.com> wrote in message
news:9Kjcb.1411$7w5.197579@news20.bellglobal.com...
| Quote: | Hello,
I recently purchased the above mentioned second hand graphics card w/
tv-out.
the tv-output connector at the back of the card seemed to be a S-video
output. Accordingly, i went to the electronics shop, to get:
- a Svideo-2-Composite converter (cause my TV doesn't have a S-video
input,
it only has RCA inputs),
- a svideo cable, to connect the card to the converter,
- a rca cable to connect the converter, and thus the computer, to my TV.
I realized, when trying to connect the cable to my new card, that the
connector isn't S-Video!!!! it's shaped like a S-Video (it's round with
pin-holes in it) but has got 6 pin-holes, and the S-video cable has got 4
pins.
There didn't seem to be any alternate cable/converter with a round-shaped
video connector at the electronic supply shop. it only had stuff with
4-pinned connectors.
Can anyone tell me what weird video output connector format this is? Some
sort of old-fashioned s-video output? or some sort of foreign video output
(i live in north america --> NTSC)? can i solve my problem, or is the card
just obsolete and garbage?
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It's an ATI specialty cable. I don't have the pinout handy, but I believe
that there is audio out (or video in?) on the extra wires.
ATI may still sell the cable and a search online should turn up a pinout.
You may get away with using a standard SVideo cable anyhow, as long as it
plugs in. |
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Wolfi
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 7:30 am Post subject: Re: old ATI RAGE LT PRO 8mb w/ TV-Out |
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Willy Radisson wrote:
| Quote: | Hello,
I recently purchased the above mentioned second hand graphics card w/
tv-out.
the tv-output connector at the back of the card seemed to be a S-video
output. Accordingly, i went to the electronics shop, to get:
- a Svideo-2-Composite converter (cause my TV doesn't have a S-video input,
it only has RCA inputs),
- a svideo cable, to connect the card to the converter,
- a rca cable to connect the converter, and thus the computer, to my TV.
I realized, when trying to connect the cable to my new card, that the
connector isn't S-Video!!!! it's shaped like a S-Video (it's round with
pin-holes in it) but has got 6 pin-holes, and the S-video cable has got 4
pins.
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I recently saw a schematic for the wiring from the Sub-D15 VGA male plug to
a mini-DIN 7-pin socket and an additional composite video DCA/Cinch socket
of a Matrox G400. The connector's coding pin area is below the 4pin low row.
The composite signal on the G400 Sub-D15 VGA connector is located at pin 4
and Cgnd is pin 5
The RGB signals are from the G400
Sub-D15 VGA connector mini-DIN 7pin socket (front view)
R(1)/Rgnd(6) --> R(3)/2 top row right/low row left
G(2)/Ggnd(7) --> G(4)/1 top row left/low row right
B(3)/Bgnd(8) --> B(5)/1 low row middle right/low row right
RGB-En(13)/Gnd(10) --> En(6)/2 low row middle left/low row left
(12) and (15) are connected (7) N.C. top row middle
HTH
Wolfi |
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