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I just picked up an Ampro 2000D that I have now converged and I've got it working okay connected to my Onkyo DVD player through both the s-video or composite inputs on the Ampro.
I'm interested in connecting the projector to my laptop and a P4 desktop for improved DVD playback and other stuff.
With the Ampro, I got a used Extron RGB 118 plus unit with the 9 pin universal input and a 4 wire BNC output.
I'm not sure that the RGB 118 plus is even working correctly. When I plug it in, the red or green lights on the face come on and take turns flashing. I've tried to use the SRI function to measure horizontal and vertical frequencies of my TV to see if that worked, but I couldn't get it to do more than light the red or green lights and sometimes put single digit numbers in the LCD display when it first powers on, so I really don't know if the unit is good or not.
Last night I tried to plug the unit into my laptop. I built a cable with a 9 pin connector on one end that connects into the universal input of the RGB 118 and on the other end I haven't yet put on the 15 pin connector that connects into the 15 pin monitor output of the laptop (have had trouble soldering that one on).
Here's the pin out of the cable I'm building:
DB9 (Barco)............................HD15 (VGA/SVGA)
1) not connected.......................
2) Red ground(coax shield).............6)
3) RED signal..........................1)
4) GREEN signal........................2)
5) BLUE signal.........................3)
6) Green ground(coax shield)...........7)
7) Blue ground(coax shield)............8)
8) Horizontal Sync.....................13)
9) Vertical Sync.......................14)
I got it from this thread:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...874#post635874
What I tried last night was to take the bare wires on the end where the 15 pin connector will go and I just pushed them into the correct holes of the 15 pin female connector of the laptop.
When I did this, the RGB 118 unit started putting on the LCD display what appeared to be quite random numbers (3 digits) and it was clicking audibly. Kind of weird.
When connecting the 4 wire BNC cables to the projector RGB input I couldn't get any signal to go to the projector. The RGB 118 didn't click after I connected the BNCs.
On the Ampro I tried changing the "Source" to RGB, but that didn't seem to help. I tried changing through the channels that have been validated in the Ampro to see if any would sync, but nothing happened.
I'm still pretty shaky with how to set up channels and things on the Ampro. I do have the owner's manual, and have read through it a couple times, but I still don't completely understand, although I think I have been able to get one channel set up and validated for the s-video/composite input from the Onkyo DVD player. Of course this is just running at 480i.
Any help is appreciated!
Matt
I'm interested in connecting the projector to my laptop and a P4 desktop for improved DVD playback and other stuff.
With the Ampro, I got a used Extron RGB 118 plus unit with the 9 pin universal input and a 4 wire BNC output.
I'm not sure that the RGB 118 plus is even working correctly. When I plug it in, the red or green lights on the face come on and take turns flashing. I've tried to use the SRI function to measure horizontal and vertical frequencies of my TV to see if that worked, but I couldn't get it to do more than light the red or green lights and sometimes put single digit numbers in the LCD display when it first powers on, so I really don't know if the unit is good or not.
Last night I tried to plug the unit into my laptop. I built a cable with a 9 pin connector on one end that connects into the universal input of the RGB 118 and on the other end I haven't yet put on the 15 pin connector that connects into the 15 pin monitor output of the laptop (have had trouble soldering that one on).
Here's the pin out of the cable I'm building:
DB9 (Barco)............................HD15 (VGA/SVGA)
1) not connected.......................
2) Red ground(coax shield).............6)
3) RED signal..........................1)
4) GREEN signal........................2)
5) BLUE signal.........................3)
6) Green ground(coax shield)...........7)
7) Blue ground(coax shield)............8)
8) Horizontal Sync.....................13)
9) Vertical Sync.......................14)
I got it from this thread:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...874#post635874
What I tried last night was to take the bare wires on the end where the 15 pin connector will go and I just pushed them into the correct holes of the 15 pin female connector of the laptop.
When I did this, the RGB 118 unit started putting on the LCD display what appeared to be quite random numbers (3 digits) and it was clicking audibly. Kind of weird.
When connecting the 4 wire BNC cables to the projector RGB input I couldn't get any signal to go to the projector. The RGB 118 didn't click after I connected the BNCs.
On the Ampro I tried changing the "Source" to RGB, but that didn't seem to help. I tried changing through the channels that have been validated in the Ampro to see if any would sync, but nothing happened.
I'm still pretty shaky with how to set up channels and things on the Ampro. I do have the owner's manual, and have read through it a couple times, but I still don't completely understand, although I think I have been able to get one channel set up and validated for the s-video/composite input from the Onkyo DVD player. Of course this is just running at 480i.
Any help is appreciated!
Matt