14 Jul
2004
14 Jul
'04
10:38 a.m.
Hello:
I need some advise, if someone can please help me out regarding
identifying what this monitor is for. I have been given an older 20'
Mitsubishi monitor with two 15 pin connectors on the back (signal A, Signal
B) along with 5 of the round connectors with the two pins on each. Each
Are you sure it's 2 pins? These sound like BNC [1] connectors which have
one central pin and the shield. Some sockets have a forked contact for
the centre connection which may look like 2 pins, though.
[1] Bonus points for people who know what BNC stands for....
round silver connector is labled R, G, B, Comp HD, and
VD, respectively,
obviously some sort of color connectors for RGB color, I think. It has no
Yes. HD and VD are 'Horizontal Drive' and 'Vertical Drive' respectively,
what most people call 'sync'. Comp refers to composite sync (and I would
not think composite video here), for machines that have a combined,
composite, sync output.
video cables for the 15 pin connectors, so it looks
like I need a male-male
cable to attach it to a PC. I am not sure what type of system it is
If these are DE15 connectors, I would assume PC VGA. But watch out. At
least one of my monitors -- and I think it was a Mitsubishi -- has an
DE15 input connector that's _not_ wired as a normal VGA connector. It
came with a specail cross-wired cable that has to be used the right way
round, and the only visible difference between the ends is that one end
has black insulation between the pins, the other end has white. The
moulded plug covers are the normal grey at each end (as is the cable).
This caused me a lot of head-scratching and staring at a 'scope...
-tony