Amiga 500 video question

[Tanman]

Unpacked the old Amoga 500 today. Issue is I cannot figure out how to hook up the video cable from the computer to my TV. The cable is RGB and ends in a female plug similiar to a VGA plug. Is there a simple adapter that will switch it to a VGA, S-Cable, or even RCA so it plugs into the TV?

 

Thanks!

Tanner

[+save2600]

Unpacked the old Amoga 500 today. Issue is I cannot figure out how to hook up the video cable from the computer to my TV. The cable is RGB and ends in a female plug similiar to a VGA plug. Is there a simple adapter that will switch it to a VGA, S-Cable, or even RCA so it plugs into the TV?

 

Thanks!

Tanner

Yes. A guy out in Australia makes a nice converter for around $30 or you can find yourself a 520 video adapter:

 

http://www.amigamani...SC_adapter.html

 

http://amiga.resourc...ct=520&company=

 

...Amiga RGB outputs a 15khz signal, so that's no good for most VGA CRT's and LCD's. The cable you have was probably designed for one of the Amiga monitors: 1080, 1084s, etc. If it's a female DB9, like an Atari joystick, that's exactly what it's for.

Edited May 9, 2010 by save2600

[Cliff Friedel]

Unpacked the old Amoga 500 today. Issue is I cannot figure out how to hook up the video cable from the computer to my TV. The cable is RGB and ends in a female plug similiar to a VGA plug. Is there a simple adapter that will switch it to a VGA, S-Cable, or even RCA so it plugs into the TV?

 

Thanks!

Tanner

The RF adapter will let you hook it to the television via composite or RF. If you have a multiscan monitor (15KHz or 31KHz scan) then you can buy a cable for it and use the monitor.

[icbrkr]

Unpacked the old Amoga 500 today. Issue is I cannot figure out how to hook up the video cable from the computer to my TV. The cable is RGB and ends in a female plug similiar to a VGA plug. Is there a simple adapter that will switch it to a VGA, S-Cable, or even RCA so it plugs into the TV?

 

Thanks!

Tanner

The RF adapter will let you hook it to the television via composite or RF. If you have a multiscan monitor (15KHz or 31KHz scan) then you can buy a cable for it and use the monitor.

 

If you need a 520 at any point, drop me a note with your address and I'll send one out. I've got a few extras I can't imagine using.

[madmax2069]

other then buying the proper parts (from radioshack) to make a adapter didn't the system output the proper signals to plug into a s-video or RGB component input of a TV ?

 

Or did it still need to be converted to something a TV can use.

Edited June 4, 2010 by madmax2069

[Seob]

I use a a520 or a amiga to scart cable:

[FastRobPlus]

whoops! wrong thread!

Edited June 4, 2010 by FastRobPlus

[+SpiceWare]

scart's not used in the US.

[madmax2069]

scart's not used in the US.

 

no but that does somewhat show the pinout of the Amiga to make your own cable to hook into a TV by RGB Component input. you might need to add onto it (for signal conversion) if you was planning to hook it into a S-video input. sorry i am not to good at this sort of thing.

[Seob]

Here is a thread about amiga to s-video composite adapter. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=30752

 

Here a pin layout to connect a amiga to vga