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monitor Multiscan 15 sx can it fit?
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:21 pm
by ALXandros
I have an old Multiscan 15 sx or model CPD-15SX1.
at the back there is a 8 pin mini-DIN.
do you think i can use that connection for plugging the video RCA cable from a Pi Raspberry using an adapter <8 pin mini-DIN> to <yellow RCA>?
or am I missing something?
Re: monitor Multiscan 15 sx can it fit?
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:51 pm
by mahjongg
I have downloaded and read the manual for this monitor, but it is a standard VGA monitor, and doesn't mention any DIN connector at all.
Maybe its an aftermarket modification?
VGA monitors, as a rule, cannot be simply connected to a composite video source.
Re: monitor Multiscan 15 sx can it fit?
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:57 pm
by pluggy
Some really ancient VGA monitors (all CRT) used a non standard plug on the monitor itself and it was supplied with a propriety lead that terminated in a standard 15 Pin plug. They are pretty useless without the lead.
Re: monitor Multiscan 15 sx can it fit?
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:05 am
by ALXandros
I enclose a photo of the back of the monitor if it can be o any help .... to the historians!
last night I used a <8 pin mini-DIN> to <yellow RCA> one piece adaptor that I found in a small plastic bag (I can not remember where it came from) connected the Pi but did not seem to interact with the monitor, then I connected the RCA-->RCA cable to my TV and functioned properly.
thanks for sharing your thought with me and the time you spend on my matter.