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Playstation 2 at Ampro 3600 Problem

 
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chillman



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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:45 pm    Post subject: Playstation 2 at Ampro 3600 Problem

Hi everybody,

I want to connect a PS2 to my Ampro 3600. Therefor I bought a PS2 RGB-SCART cable, and made a SCART to VGA adapter. The problem is that the PS2 seems to output a RGB signal the Ampro can't handle: The frequency counter shows a signal with 14.8xx kHz and 38Hz. The Ampro needs a minimum of 15kHz and 40Hz. When I switch the PS2 to component video, I get a green image (and 15.6kHz and 50Hz (PAL)) as you'd expect, so the cable itself works.
Does anyone know why the PS2 outputs such a strange signal, and if there's any possibility to get the Playstation to work on the CRT? (without any kind of converter)

Thanks in advance,

Tillman
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perisoft



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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:14 pm    Post subject:

38hz? Something's severely screwed up there... I can't imagine ANYTHING outputting at 38hz! I still suspect the cable; component may well react differently... can you hook the PS2 with the same cable setup to a CRT monitor?
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:21 pm    Post subject:

Are you sure the H and V wires aren't reversed?
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chillman



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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:36 pm    Post subject:

H and V cables aren't even connected as RGB-SCART is transmitting a sync-on-green signal. When switching to component output, sync works fine.
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:40 pm    Post subject:

its an ampro-

its not suppose to work...

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chillman



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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:15 pm    Post subject:

ok I found out about the 38 Hz, thats just what the frequency counter says when there's no sync at all...
EDIT: alright, I solved the problem. The PS2 actually outputs a RGBS (not sync on green) signal. The strange thing is that normally composite sync on a SCART connector is on Pin 19 (at least all the instructions on how to make a SCART-VGA adapter say so). On the cable I bought, composite sync was on Pin 20...
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