Author Topic: AV+VGA (Read 9895 times)

Blazinkaos · « **on:** September 11, 2008, 11:12:38 PM »

Hey guys i found a thread and there was a link in it and im trying figure out something on this http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/. Were all the ground points are in one of the pics on that link are all the ground soldered as one. The pics are lil far for me too see what the guys soldered.

blackburn · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2008, 06:09:24 AM »

i tried doing this awhile back and found out, that you cant do it with newer AV cabled because they are missing the H-Sync and V-Sync Pins on the plug. I believe there are a few more missing. But after finding this out, i just hard wired it... (soldered it onto mobo) there is a tutorial somewhere on how to do it, but it also makes the 360 auto detect the VGA cable so you dont have to use a switch or keep things plugged in in order for the VGA output to work.

Winterz117 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2008, 12:15:08 PM »

yeah im gona do this for sure

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2008, 07:52:06 PM »

Yea well mine is the first xbox to come out so i do have the origianl cables but i decided to do a different that i found on youtube.
This one..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohN4D-nWBQI

Seems better but the only thing im using different is for the audio you kno the audio for the PC that is built in the one that is green well im gonna use that hopefuly it works or if i figure out the pins on cuz there five pins..i may but some pics up and doa video of this soldering everything together and that...so it can be helpful...
But from the video idk what the guy did bout the ground points on the AV or VGA seems he soldered on the audio ground to the AV and thats it...

Winterz117 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 13, 2008, 04:52:42 AM »

idk but i like the headphone jack thing i want to do that really badly, can anyone explain how i would add in a headphone jack to the vga mod?

sean7341 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 13, 2008, 08:59:47 AM »

I just bought the Microsoft VGA cable, it was $38. It was worth it though. The cheaper models had problems, and it outputted RCA. I had an RCA-to-headphone jack adapter. Now I play the 360 through my PC speakers. I just swap the plug.

Microsoft screwed me with the price. But the quality of the video output is the only thing I don't want to mess around with.

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #6 on:** September 13, 2008, 10:21:05 AM »

Quote from: Winterz117 on September 13, 2008, 04:52:42 AM

idk but i like the headphone jack thing i want to do that really badly, can anyone explain how i would add in a headphone jack to the vga mod?

Yea tat what im trying to see cuz i pulled one of a mother of mine that i dnt use. Same with the vga. Im gonna see if i can get another AV cable so i can have on for VGA or TV....

Quote from: sean7341 on September 13, 2008, 08:59:47 AM

I just bought the Microsoft VGA cable, it was $38. It was worth it though. The cheaper models had problems, and it outputted RCA. I had an RCA-to-headphone jack adapter. Now I play the 360 through my PC speakers. I just swap the plug.

Microsoft screwed me with the price. But the quality of the video output is the only thing I don't want to mess around with.

Yea they kinda do thats y i looked for a mod way to do it..

Winterz117 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 13, 2008, 03:01:37 PM »

wow i get all the parts and i open my cable up to find that its a new cable so now i cant do the damn mod

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #8 on:** September 13, 2008, 03:17:42 PM »

Oh really that sucks..maybe you can buy one on ebay or even a broken one.

Winterz117 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 13, 2008, 04:30:03 PM »

nah i put it back together still works i found an old adapter that has all the pins. does anyone have a wiring pinout for the 15 position female d-sub connector?

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #10 on:** September 13, 2008, 08:17:32 PM »

mmm no but u can search i kno u can find one on google that how u usually fin everything.

Winterz117 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2008, 06:24:39 AM »

yeah i found it

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #12 on:** September 14, 2008, 10:22:29 AM »

what are you going to use the 15 position female d-sub connector for.

Winterz117 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 14, 2008, 11:14:06 AM »

so you can plug the computer monitor into teh xbox

KyleP · « **Reply #14 on:** September 14, 2008, 08:02:14 PM »

this is a risky thing to do cause this doesnt work with newer cables so how do u tell

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #15 on:** September 15, 2008, 12:20:23 AM »

Quote from: KyleP on September 14, 2008, 08:02:14 PM

this is a risky thing to do cause this doesnt work with newer cables so how do u tell

hmm idk i caan try finding out...

Quote from: Winterz117 on September 14, 2008, 11:14:06 AM

so you can plug the computer monitor into teh xbox

oh so your doing the thing i showed the video..

Winterz117 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 15, 2008, 11:51:11 AM »

just look into the metal part of the cable and see if all the pins are there. and its not really risky i was rushing into it and took apart my cable to find that it was a new one and i put it back together in like 40 seconds

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #17 on:** September 15, 2008, 10:24:49 PM »

yea the newer ones arnt as bulky right...

Winterz117 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 16, 2008, 04:08:55 AM »

nah but you can see the missing pins by looking into the end you plug into the 360

blackburn · « **Reply #19 on:** September 16, 2008, 04:38:26 PM »

Quote from: Winterz117 on September 16, 2008, 04:08:55 AM

nah but you can see the missing pins by looking into the end you plug into the 360

yeah, just look where u plug it into the 360 if it has ALL the pins....

EX:

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should look like this ^^^

and not something like this....

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Winterz117 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 16, 2008, 07:20:19 PM »

yep and do that before you take the cable apart haha

i found another cable with all the pins and i finished the mod, made a headphone jack and stuff, works great

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #21 on:** September 16, 2008, 10:04:30 PM »

really show some me some pics and what pinouts u used to do it..

Winterz117 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 17, 2008, 04:10:29 AM »

also go here for a more specific d-sub pinout
http://www.acl.co.uk/pinouts.htm
it takes a while to load, look at the monitor one.

it took me forever to figure this out but dont ground hsync or vsync. for me it didnt work until i took the grounds for those off

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #23 on:** September 17, 2008, 10:43:05 PM »

ahh yes these pics.. so u just ground the others huh. But when u ground them do u ground them just to another ground or to the like umm the blue and green and so i may just draw it out or something.

Winterz117 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 18, 2008, 04:22:23 AM »

its just a straight thru connection. there is ground on both ports so connect them to eachother

blackburn · « **Reply #25 on:** September 18, 2008, 02:07:49 PM »

yeah i want to make one like on the benheck site, but i cant find a cable with all the pins

Winterz117 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 18, 2008, 02:30:24 PM »

lolz i used that big gamestop multi console adapter and just chopped off the 360 connection and i has all the pins :P now i still have my component cable

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #27 on:** September 18, 2008, 07:51:45 PM »

Ok so you just grounded the all the pins except for the h-sync and v-sync. Like say the red on the VGA is soldered to the ground on the VGA and then connected to the red on AV with ground touching the red on the AV.

Winterz117 · « **Reply #28 on:** September 19, 2008, 04:09:07 AM »

well kinda. red goes to red and nothing else. red ground goes to red ground. if any of those are touching, like red to ground, it wont work. make sure nothing is touching like tat

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #29 on:** September 19, 2008, 10:52:14 PM »

ight so just dnt even wire the ground to each other just leave them be and wire the red and that.

Winterz117 · « **Reply #30 on:** September 20, 2008, 05:45:55 AM »

each ground from the xbox plug has a corrosponding ground on the vga. exept hsync and vsync. well they have a ground but you dont really need it. are you going to use a headphone jack?

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #31 on:** September 20, 2008, 01:43:47 PM »

ok but u didnt wire the ground from the av to vga u just left is all im asking. Yes i did get a headphone jack from my computer u kno the ones that are built in on the mother i solder that off that should im sure.

Winterz117 · « **Reply #32 on:** September 21, 2008, 10:39:03 AM »

yeah thats fine post here if you have any problems

blackburn · « **Reply #33 on:** September 21, 2008, 12:12:46 PM »

Quote from: Winterz117 on September 18, 2008, 02:30:24 PM

lolz i used that big gamestop multi console adapter and just chopped off the 360 connection and i has all the pins :P now i still have my component cable

are you serious i have a pair of those same cables!! your talking about the component, normal cables that go to PS2/Ps3, Xbox, and Xbox 360 right? My set of them is missing the pins, i actually went to radioshack and found some that had all the pins on clearance for $10 so i bought 3 sets of them and made 2 boxes already out of them, still debating about the 3rd set........ if you wondering about those cables they are universal cables, i think they were pelican or something like that......

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #34 on:** September 21, 2008, 09:55:14 PM »

ok thanks winter ill give u the results...

Winterz117 · « **Reply #35 on:** September 22, 2008, 04:11:04 AM »

no problem man

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Author Topic: AV+VGA (Read 9895 times)