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VGA to SCART cable

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  • 29-01-2010 11:29am
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    BillyGoatGruff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭


    Would anyone kow anywhere in Galway that might stock this cable. Have already tried Maplins and DID with no joy. Can anyone help. :)


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    wet-paint
    Registered Users Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭wet-paint


    Trying to connect a tv to a computer, eh?

    I'm trying for the opposite, connecting a video surveillance unit to a monitor, when it seems to only want to take a computer.


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    gerryo
    Registered Users Posts: 498 ✭✭gerryo


    BillyGoatGruff wrote: »
    Would anyone kow anywhere in Galway that might stock this cable. Have already tried Maplins and DID with no joy. Can anyone help. :)

    I think you'll have to make one :(

    I know Dealextreme stock these, as do many net suppliers, but if you need one in a hurry, get the soldering iron out & hack one up from a VGA cable & scart plug.

    Google vga to scart or vga to tv.

    Guess you already considered the need to set the graphics card o/p to TV compatible frequencies & have something in mind (e.g., powerstrip for Windows or using modelines for Linux) to do that.


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    BillyGoatGruff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭BillyGoatGruff


    Yeah. Have tried the scart and soldering iron trick but I failed miserably. Should have looked at the bloody connections on the laptop before I bought it. Time to upgrade the tv me thinks.


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    macawalla
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    you cant just make up a lead to go from the vga to a scart. you need to get a unit called a scan converter to convert the vga to scart. even with this the video quality wont be great


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    mazthespark
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    maplin do stock them dont know if this is it exactly or will do it but i did see it (never used one) http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=37141


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