Connections on back of monitor, what are they?

jozi

got a new monmitor a few weeks ago and was wondering what some of the conections on the back are?
I have attached a pic and here's a link to the monitor on Komplett

Jozi

The Brigadier

The three coax type cables are called a BNC connection. Normally used on design workstations and older Macs...

Give a better image quality then dsub, but you need to have a compatible graphics card...

jozi

Ok thanks for the fast reply!

Could i use them for inputting video from say a ps2?

Jozi

Explosive_Cornflake

I don't see no attachment.....
Anyway, sorry to go off topic, but what do you need to play a PS2 on a monitor, cuz I aint moving my TV back up to the flat this year (a long ranting[bitching] session could be had here, but i'll spare you).

lodgepole

Originally posted by jozi
Ok thanks for the fast reply!

Could i use them for inputting video from say a ps2?

Jozi

What cable does a Playstation output, is it a scart lead? If you can get a phono (you know the white, red and yellow cables) output from it, then you can get a little adaptor that will change the yellow phono lead into a BNC which would connect to the back of your monitor.

Explosive_Cornflake

Ignore me i'm tired, i didn't read that last reply fully

Yeah, sony are a bit cheap, what you get in your standard PS2 box is a phono set(RWY) and a scart adapter.

Stephen

It may not work though, most monitors are incapable of displaying a TV signal without it being converted first.

The Brigadier

It won't work I'm afraid the monitor is expecting a different type of signal.

DrummerBoy

There is a cable you can get to hook the PS2 up to a monitor. Can't remember what it's called though! (however I do remember it is mentioned in the PS2 manual. But it is in very small print!):rolleyes:

jozi

Originally posted by Explosive_Cornflake
I don't see no attachment.....

I forgot to attach it, sorry.

you can get a adaptor for ps2->pc monitor here, expesive!

It won't work I'm afraid the monitor is expecting a different type of signal.

Using the coax type conector was just an idea, to bad it won't work.

Jozi

lodgepole

Is the BNC on the back of the monitor not just for video signals? And if it is, why can't a phono -> BNC adaptor do the trick?

The Brigadier

You could do it with a BNC cable if you made one up. These cables look identical to simple composite cables. But this time, the RGBHV(BNC) cable splits the video signal into five. There are three different types of RGB cables. RGBHV is a five-cable system that splits the video signal for color into red, green, and blue, and then has two more cables to carry the sync for the signal (horizontal and vertical sync). RGB H/V is a four-cable system that splits the color the same way, but has the horizontal and vertical sync on a single fourth cable. Straight RGB video cables again split the color signal in three, but carry the additional sync signal on one of the color cables, usually the green (called RGB sync on green).

Your monitor will look for the sync cables as well, you could work around this, but it would be tricky AFAIK. I could be wrong on this.

knucks

Yeah, I had a Sony 21" monitor that had HD15 and BNC5 connections at the back, but even though I got a BNC5 cable (about €10 on eBay) it never worked properly. I would have to plug the connection to the graphics card in and out a couple of times before the monitor would 'click' and the screen would appear. Maybe something to do with the graphics cards I was using...........



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