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Morninglight

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« on: February 20, 2006, 09:47:00 AM »
what type of connection is the HD/COMP?

I think you have the same connection as I have on my Philips LCD TV, a DVI connector. So I think you need a Component->DVI cable
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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2006, 10:56:00 AM »
QUOTE(Morninglight @ Feb 20 2006, 06:54 PM) View Post

what type of connection is the HD/COMP?

I think you have the same connection as I have on my Philips LCD TV, a DVI connector. So I think you need a Component->DVI cable


Its a BNC connector

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use the component cable in the component slots ie the blue .green and red cables go into the blue green and red slots and make sure ur cable is set to hdtv


Thats what I am doing but the picture is distorted
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fahrenheit

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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2006, 04:02:00 PM »
Have you changed your Xbox to NTSC yet?
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2006, 01:04:00 AM »
QUOTE(fahrenheit @ Feb 21 2006, 01:09 AM) View Post

Have you changed your Xbox to NTSC yet?


Yes dude first thing I did or you cant select the hidef resolutions in the first place.
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fahrenheit

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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2006, 01:26:00 AM »
I would find it hard to believe, but perhaps the component inputs are low band only? (only compatible with 480i/576p). If so, then you can forget about using them.

The other alternative is to use the RGBHV input (with some bnc adaptors). Plug the red, green and blue from the High def pack into the R, G and B inputs on the TV (don't worry about H & V.
But, in order for this to work, you will need to be using a VGA BIOS on your modchip or flashed to your TSOP. Look for the IND-BIOS 5001 VGA Junkmonkey.
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2006, 05:52:00 AM »
QUOTE(fahrenheit @ Feb 21 2006, 10:33 AM) View Post

I would find it hard to believe, but perhaps the component inputs are low band only? (only compatible with 480i/576p). If so, then you can forget about using them.

The other alternative is to use the RGBHV input (with some bnc adaptors). Plug the red, green and blue from the High def pack into the R, G and B inputs on the TV (don't worry about H & V.
But, in order for this to work, you will need to be using a VGA BIOS on your modchip or flashed to your TSOP. Look for the IND-BIOS 5001 VGA Junkmonkey.


Hmmm I dont think they are low band because I have just found out that 1080i works albeit a bit unreadable, the others are flickery and off centre.  I have never flashed the bios or tsop before so I'll have to do some reading.
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2006, 08:11:00 AM »
can you tell me are all the colored messed up ?  is it black and white ?

Does your plasma support NTSC ???  ntsc is all 60hz  so does yours support 60hz PAL ?

the first thing i would do is return the xbox HD Adapter you got, sounds to me like the xbox adapter is actually bad.

do you have another device like a dvd player that uses the Red Blue Green cables so you can verify that the CABLES your using are good ? and that your plasma TV red blue green plugs are actually good... ???


i dont think this is a hard thing to fix because there are only a few things that can be wrong...

MAKE SURE red-red blue-blue green-green   in that order red, blue green...   i have one of my devices i have to look closely at becasue the blue and the green are very close in color so its hard to tell them apart unless i have a really brite light shining onthem...  know what i mean ?

are you running the cables directly to the TV ?  or thru some sort of HD A/V video control box like the Pelican HD selector ?  dont,  plug them directly into the tv.

you MUST try to use something else like a dvd player to use the red blue green and verify that
1) the cables your using are good
2) your tv is ok.. its possible you have a screwed up tv

if your using just cheap cables DONT  i have tried a set of el cheapo cables and my video was messed up too..  not like yours but a good set of cables is really a must...

i would say return the xbox hd adapter and get a new one.

last week i got a 3rd party hd adapter off ebay and its junk.  the reason i got it is becuase it has  HD, S-Video, TOSLINK, and analog video/audio(yellow, red, white)  it has all the connections on one unit.  but,..  the unit is a piece of crap.. i get MASSIVE shadows on screen when i use the HD connectors.. the colors are drap and the svideo looks like total crap  ..  but when i switch back to my M$ brand, the real xbox ?HD adapter its an awesome picture.

so something to think about......

lastly.. again  if your tv dont support 60hz video then the tv picture is going to look really bad.. so make sure it does support it.
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