[bluedragonz]

Ok so Santa was a little late but I guess better latethan never right?

I haven't taken it apart yet I wanted to make sure that the screen wrks before doing that. I plugged it in and hooked t up to my laptop but NOTHING. It powers on then after about 10 seconds it reads
POWERING OFF. :headshake: WTF??? I tried plugging it in to the cig ligter as well just to see i it stays on but :headshake:
anyone that has this unit can you please tell me how you tested the screen before install? Thanks in advance.

 

[afr0puff]

If its powering off, that means it is not receiving a video signal. You might want to check your VGA cables.

 

[hypersprite]

Also go through the laptop settings to make sure it is set to send a second signal. Sometimes it is in the bios, sometimes it's in the display settings/advanced section.

Chris

 

[bluedragonz]

Cool thanks, ill double check on those.

 

[bluedragonz]

Ok, I brought it in to work tonight and hooked it up to a PC, same thing. I disconnected the main screen and replaced it with the Xenarc. Here is how the wires are set up. All FOUR (4) wires are connected. (1) is on it's own then splits into (2) (3) & (4).

(1) is connected to the Xenarc screen.
(2) is connected into the PC as the monitor cable (I'm assuming)
(3) is connected into the USB port into the PC
(4) Now where do I plug these suckers in?
(5) NOT SHOWN - Is the power cable plugged in into AC

So this is where I'm at. After about 10 seconds the screen reads POWER OFF. Sorry, the pics are taken by a camera phone in the dark.

 

[afr0puff]

OK... first change the resolution of your PC to 800 X 600 with a 65 or 75 mhz refresh rate.

Then powerdown everything. Connect only 1 and 2 to the computer and the xenarc screen. Power up the computer and the display. See if you get signal. If that doesn't work, then you might have to change the input manually using the buttons on the xenarc screen. I could have sworn mine was auto detect though. Good luck.

 

[bluedragonz]

Originally posted by afr0puff@Jan 5 2005, 10:17 AM
OK... first change the resolution of your PC to 800 X 600 with a 65 or 75 mhz refresh rate.

Then powerdown everything.  Connect only 1 and 2 to the computer and the xenarc screen.  Power up the computer and the display.  See if you get signal.  If that doesn't work, then you might have to change the input manually using the buttons on the xenarc screen.  I could have sworn mine was auto detect though.  Good luck.

:cheers:
Here's to you afr0puff, thank you very much. :clap:
That's basically what I was forgeting to do. :headshake:

Alright now that I know that the screen works, on with the install.

Stay tuned because i know that I will need LOTS OF help with this. :biggrin:

Thanks again to everyone that helped me with this. :thumbsup: