Re: CM8833-II / CM11342/05G Monitor

[Drew <GoggleDrew@gmail.com>]

On 14 Nov, 06:12, Polymorph <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 14, 11:38 am, Drew <GoggleD...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > After a bit of help again :-). I managed to pick up a Philips CM8833-
> > II monitor today and was wondering if i needed to do anything special
> > to get it to work? I did do a search of the forums but didn't find
> > anything specific. Looking at the pinouts it would seem I should be
> > able to use the cable I have for my Commodore 1084s, but when i use it
> > the picture just rolls i.e not in sync.
>
> > The cable I made for the 1084s is cabled as per the faq and i get a
> > stable picture on my 1084s monitor...though red isnt very good.
>
> > The only information i have found on the pinouts for the philips
> > monitor are:-
>
> > 1,2 - Ground
> > 3 - Red
> > 4 - Greem
> > 5 - Blue
> > 7 - Status RGB
>
> > Any suggestions?
>
> > Many thanks
> > Andrew
>
> It may be like the 1084S monitor that I have hooked up to my daughters
> IIgs in that it requires a small value resistor between composite
> synch and ground.
>
> I refer you to the relevent thread here:http://groups.google.com.au/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_frm/thread/7...
>
> Have a read through that and see if it sounds familiar. The solution
> presented within that thread did fix the problem for me - the monitor
> in question has now been in use for nearly a year.
>
> If you get stuck or need pics of what I did, let me know and I'll see
> what I can do.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike

Hi Thanks for the comments guys. I don't have a resistor to hand, but
will try some of the comments about connecting the composite sync to H
and V sync and possibly try sync on green.

Cheers
Andrew