[vcf-midatlantic] Monitor needed for museum
Dan Roganti
ragooman at gmail.com
Sun Aug 20 00:27:12 EDT 2017
On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> We need an HDMI monitor for a permanent connection to the Pi that powers
> our tablet content.
>
> Ideally it should be smaller than 19" (so it can fit on a rack shelf) but
> not less than, say, 15" (so we can actually read it).
>
> I tried using a known-working HDMI-VGA adapter. But it's not supported by
> the Pi.
>
> Does anyone have a suitable screen to donate, or can someone buy it for us?
>
> This is something we need quickly.
>
so you get the "Input not supported" box
i do the same thing here, but I had no prob, i slap this on most any
generic vga monitor.
your monitor just might not handle every video mode that's all
but also some of those converters only handle a limited selection of video
mode resolutions
so you need to check the specs on both, the monitor and the converter
wasn't there someone there who can help configure the RPi, then you can
try alternate settings
I use the same generic option below, that's probably what you have now,
hdmi_safe=1
hdmi_group=1
hdmi_mode=1
then you can try alternate options,
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=8
hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080
config_hdmi_boost=4
disable_overscan=1
and then here's some of the sites to provide the explanation of the various
settings,
http://elinux.org/RPiconfig#Video_mode_options
http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#No_HDMI_output_at_all
http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#HDMI_-.3E_VGA_adapters
and this is available from RPI support, compare this to the model# for
your monitor, and the specs of that converter
HDMI-VGA conversion may post compatibility problems under the following
conditions
* The HDMI source has different refresh rate than the VGA display
* The VGA display (projector, monitor or TV) does NOT support the
resolutions as output from the HDMI source
(480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 800x600, 720i, 720p, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1080i,
1080p)
* The VGA display does NOT support interlaced resolution while the HDMI
source is set to 1080i, 720i, 576i or 480i
* The HDMI output of source device does NOT supply 5V/500mA power
fyi,
did you borrow that, not sure which model you have there,
cause you can just buy the same inexpensive, and versatile one that I use
here -- only $6/prime
but first tinker with the settings
http://tinyurl.com/y9asmu84
google foo = 10min
Dan
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