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LCD on arcade game

by deathvaynes989 Feb 28, 2010 11:38AM PST

I just bought a 2005 BigGames home arcade. The CRT monitor which is basically a TV was connected to the system by RCA's had burn in on the screen so I put a Sharp Aquos LCD TV in and used the same RCA's to connect to the system. I now have a clear picture but with no color. I hooked up a PS1 to the TV to check for color and its working just fine. I also re-checked the arcade with another CRT TV and that's working just fine. Any help would be great.

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Might want to make sure
by Jimmy Greystone Feb 28, 2010 12:21PM PST

Might want to make sure it's actually a composite connection as opposed to maybe component. Because what you describe would make perfect sense if it was a component connection.

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How do I check for composite?
by deathvaynes989 Feb 28, 2010 1:07PM PST

How do I know if its a composite connection? The way it was set up to the CRT TV was using the RCA plugs and using the AV channel on the TV. Now with the LCD there is a AV1 AV2 and composite connection but from the system there are only RCA cables available. So I used the RCA connection on the LCD and the AV1 setting. This set up also worked with the PS1. I was wondering if maybe because the gaming software is older? Its a 12 in 1 arcade of Midway classics, like Rampage, defender and Robotron 2024.

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Mistake
by deathvaynes989 Feb 28, 2010 1:09PM PST

Sorry I made a mistake its AV1 AV2 and component. But I still don't have component connections coming from the arcade.

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What would probably help
by Jimmy Greystone Mar 1, 2010 1:51AM PST

What would probably help, is if you could put some pictures up on a photo sharing site of the cables coming from the system. Disconnected from the replacement monitor if possible. And also the back of the original CRT if you still have it.

And you may want to consider the possibility that the arcade system uses a proprietary video hookup, and unless you can find another of those CRTs on ebay or something, you're stuck.

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