Re: Question about CCTV and VGA LCD

["B Fuhrmann" <b-fuhrmann-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The 15 pin plug from your laptop is set up for VGA.  You would need to find
out what kind of monitor the magnifier was set up for.  Serial (as in RS-232
like your computer) is not likely, just too slow for driving a monitor.

A couple possibilities are NTSC video (same as a VCRs output with different
connector)  or CGA computer (like very old computers).

After you figure out what it is, then you can figure out how to view it.  If
it happens to be NTSC, a simple plug change will let you use an LCD TV
monitor.
--
Bill Fuhrmann

<royalrster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1147338670.293464.241610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
> I'm new to using Groups and I'm also legally blind.   I got a CCTV Low
> Vision Magnifier without a monitor, very cheap.  I thought I would use
> it with the VGA LCD panel I use with a laptop.  Whn it came it has a 9
> pin output, I believe that's RS-232, while the panel has 15 pin input.
> I found a 15 pin to 9 pin cable in junk but it doesn't work.
>
> Is the cable bad or are they incompatible?  Any solution?
>
> Ron Royal
>