2405FPW and Video Player

Kohaashi · 28 Jan 2006 at 21:23

Hi,
Tested my Video Player (yes i still have one

lol) on my (sexeh) Dell 2405 via composite, but all i get is "No Signal".

Any idea why?
Ive tried it playing a Video, and with an Ariel. Both no luck.
Yet i can get my xbox and dvd player to work on it.

Just asking as i have a few videos i still like to watch and dont have them on DVD.

Cheers.

Chadd

Kohaashi · 29 Jan 2006 at 19:34

Nobody have any advice on how to get it to work?
Or why it wont work? :/

Chadd

Kohaashi · 29 Jan 2006 at 21:12

90 views and nobody has any idea atall? :/

gah /bump

Baddass · 29 Jan 2006 at 21:31

can you get the VCR to work through a TV using the composite outputs? maybe the video just doesnt like being outputted in that way?

Kohaashi · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:53

Baddass said:
can you get the VCR to work through a TV using the composite outputs? maybe the video just doesnt like being outputted in that way?

Lol, i tested it in the TV and found the cable had been colour coded wrong! lol
All works now

Thanks for the advice Baddass, i guess i should have done that at first

Chadd

Baddass · 30 Jan 2006 at 21:21

no worries. glad you got it working

Kaiju · 31 Jan 2006 at 15:33

Am soon to get a 2405 and have a VCR. I will need a composite cable to watch my video's, is that all?

Kohaashi · 31 Jan 2006 at 17:52

Im using a Scart to composite (with red and white sound aswel) I only use the video one (normally yellow) into the Dell.
For sound i would put the red and white from the scart into my amp, but the leads are too short, so i have another Red and White lead from my Video Player going to my Amp.

Not sure if yours with have Sound output put as an extra on your video player, so you may need to use the ones from the scart.

(then again, you may not be using scart atall)

Picture from videos is Crap sitting close (alright in PiP though), i guess thats having gotten used to DVDs etc, but also this is a high pixel monitor

sitting 2metres away is watchable

saves having to have TV in the same room aswell.

Chadd

Baddass · 31 Jan 2006 at 20:32

yeah remember the res is so massive on the 2405FPW that playing old technology like VCR's looks a bit poor, but sit a couple of metres away or use PiP and it looks a fair bit better

Kaiju · 31 Jan 2006 at 20:34

Nice one guys, appreciate the responses.