On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Roy Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >> Il giorno Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:35:15 -0800 >> Ross Penner <[email protected]> ha scritto: >> >> >>> I'm using this board as well. Can you give me a good idea of what I >>> need to do to get component cables connected? I realize that I need to >>> connect to pins on the board but I'm unsure what kind of hardware is >>> required or where I could get it. >>> >> >> hi again all :) >> if u like to use your component out you just have to connect a cable with 3 >> wire + 1 ground (a fourth wire or a shield). >> >> mainly 3 of them are for Y, Pb, Pr signals. >> you can mix them without any worry, u'll just get wrong picture on TV ^_^ >> >> to make an easy connection with mobo's pins you could use the black plastic >> connector from an old audio cable (cdrom<->audioboard) or from an old case >> led, power or reset switch, speaker... just cut the old wires with scissors >> and solder your new wires. >> >> in this way you can link and remove the component connection as many times >> as you need. >> >> just wires, no logic. >> >> enjoy! >> >> > I was thinking of being slightly lazy and ordering one of these: > http://www.vidabox.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5_14&products_id=82 > (and probably having to mix up the connectors, because I don't think the > pins are the same layout) > > but this is the only place I can find selling them and it costs way to > much to ship this from the US to UK... > > Roy
Looking at the pin-out on the board and the cable you linked, they'd be in compatible anyways. They key pin is #4 on the via board and #6 on that product. _______________________________________________ openchrome-users mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.openchrome.org/mailman/listinfo/openchrome-users Main page: http://www.openchrome.org Wiki: http://wiki.openchrome.org User Forum: http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=1
