I am looking at putting a computer in my car similar to another 2gnter but I have a AVIC-N2 with a rca connect on the back. Is there any way to connect the VGA output on the tower or box to the video input on the monitor?
#12376, "RE: VGA to RCA?" In response to Reply # 0
wouldnt the simplest solution be a video card with RCA out? youre going to hate the picture quality and its near impossible to read the fonts in windows without a VGA signal.
#12377, "RE: VGA to RCA?" In response to Reply # 1
VGA is usually progressive synchronous data, there are 3 data lines for RGB and 2 clock lines for vertical and horizontal synchronization, a total of 5 data lines + ground. With RCA it is asynchronous data, there is 1 line for the composite of luminance (Y) + chrominance (UV), a total of 1 data line + ground. The issue going between VGA and RCA is that you will need some kind of processor to convert VGA's RGB + sync to YUV composite. Easiest way to do this is to have a video card that does this for you, but there are stand-alone devices on the market to do this conversion if your video card only does VGA.
#12382, "RE: VGA to RCA?" In response to Reply # 2 Jul-12-06 05:02 AM by Slo2g
Sorry for posting in the wrong section. Found the answer, BestBuy has a converter for an S-video to rca. That is the route I am going to go. I am not that worried about the screen because the only reason that I am doing it is to be able to data log, unless its going to be REALLY bad. I have the AVIC-N2 unit, that is what I am hooking everything up to. What do you think? Will the s-video do the job and let me read the fonts in windows?
#12383, "RE: VGA to RCA?" In response to Reply # 3
Originally posted by Slo2g What do you think? Will the s-video do the job and let me read the fonts in windows?
Doubtful, and if they even do show up it will have to be at your computers lowest setting- 640X480 or 800X600 etc. Be prepared to be fully dissapointed.
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#12384, "RE: VGA to RCA?" In response to Reply # 4 Jul-12-06 08:19 AM by Malenko
Originally posted by djtrickee Doubtful, and if they even do show up it will have to be at your computers lowest setting- 640X480 or 800X600 etc. Be prepared to be fully dissapointed.
Thats a huge understatement lol, bt I totally agree. I have trouble reading the fonts on my big screen at 800x600 , I cant imagine trying to read them on a 7" monitor. RCA is fine for movies, S-Vid is ok for MAME, but you need VGA for text.
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#12385, "RE: VGA to RCA?" In response to Reply # 5
But what about the video card that runs an s-video? I wouldn't be losing any from the s-video because I never had a VGA to s-video. Would it still be too small to read? If thats the case where can I get a converter that would allow me to use it?
#12387, "RE: VGA to RCA?" In response to Reply # 6
Originally posted by Slo2g But what about the video card that runs an s-video? I wouldn't be losing any from the s-video because I never had a VGA to s-video. Would it still be too small to read? If thats the case where can I get a converter that would allow me to use it?
You're missing the point entirely.
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#12388, "RE: VGA to RCA?" In response to Reply # 7
Sorry, I am not trying to be hard or anything. Just wanting to get this to work somehow. It was said earlier thought that there is a box that converts it into a useable signal. Where would I find one of those boxes? Sorry again for being difficult I just would like to have one built in to be different and to have datalogging capabilties at my fingertips.
