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Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:11 pm
by Frank
I have a pi3 plus and am using the raspberry jamma adapter. I installed the newest ARpiCADE os to my sd card and hooked it up to my small tv using hdmi to hdmi to test it and it worked. I installed in my arcade cab which has a wells Gardner lcd monitor (wgf0003) that only has a vga input and is mounted vertically,I used some info from other post to take the dac off and run it directly to my vga monitor using the adapter. Problem was when I got it all hooked up and turned it on the monitor was blank and had a box flashing on screen that said “out of range H:15.8KHZ V:30HZ”....I know it needs adjustments on the pics end but I’m a complete noob and don’t know what to change to get video. Any help would be appreciated.
Re: Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:30 pm
by dee2eR
The easiest way to adjust the signal without a picture will be to put your SD card in your computer and edit the file: /boot/config.txt
Find the spot where it specifies the HDMI mode and change it to be hdmi_mode=1 (make sure to also comment out the default setting of 6)
eg. (from the file /boot/config.txt)
## Use only one mode at a time
# Boot and menus in 480i (rotated games in 480i, non rotated games in 240p/256p/288p)
#hdmi_mode=6
# Boot and menus in 240p (all games in 240p/256p/288p)
#hdmi_mode=8
# Boot and menus in 480p (no res switching, just 480p)
hdmi_mode=1
Re: Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:30 am
by Frank
Thanks for the reply and help, I will give that a try and see if that helps. I’m a complete noob when it comes to raspberry pi, this is the first I ever had. I let you know what I come up with....anymore advice please let me know. Thanks
Re: Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:48 am
by Frank
Ok that worked like a charm, only problem now is the loading menu, game selection screen, and games are sideways....I have a vertical monitor setup and haven’t figured out how to rotate the whole setup to be in the vertical position. Sure could use some help.
Re: Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:20 pm
by dee2eR
Open ther same file /boot/config.txt and scroll to the bottom of the file to find this:
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# Extra settings for ARpiCADE do not unhash these settings to use them
# Really, DO NOT UNHASH THESE SETTINGS they are not RPi boot settings and need to
# be hashed out exactly as is to work properly.
# to set vertically mounted monitor make this =1 but LEAVE THE LINE HASHED OUT
# just add (or remove) the 1
#monitor_mount=
Just add a 1 to it so it looks like this:
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# Extra settings for ARpiCADE do not unhash these settings to use them
# Really, DO NOT UNHASH THESE SETTINGS they are not RPi boot settings and need to
# be hashed out exactly as is to work properly.
# to set vertically mounted monitor make this =1 but LEAVE THE LINE HASHED OUT
# just add (or remove) the 1
#monitor_mount=1
when you reboot the system will be running vertical. If the picture is upside down (rotated the opposite to what you need) you can fix it in the same file, this time near the top of the file, find this bit:
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# Comment/uncommment to flip the image to account for monitor mounting
# this is a 180 degree flip NOT hori/vert mounting
# (see bottom of file for horizontal/vertical mount option)
#display_rotate=2
change it too:
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# Comment/uncommment to flip the image to account for monitor mounting
# this is a 180 degree flip NOT hori/vert mounting
# (see bottom of file for horizontal/vertical mount option)
display_rotate=2
While you're at it too you probably want to adjust the overscan settings as LCD monitors don't need them, find this:
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# uncomment the following to adjust overscan / picture position. Use positive
# numbers if console goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
# also use overscan_scale so the emulators comply & still use disable_overscan
# do not adjust top and bottom or you will loose scanline perfect output although
# you can move the picture up or down evenly with okay-ish results better not to
overscan_left=33
overscan_right=32
##overscan_top=4
##overscan_bottom=-4
make it look like this:
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# uncomment the following to adjust overscan / picture position. Use positive
# numbers if console goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
# also use overscan_scale so the emulators comply & still use disable_overscan
# do not adjust top and bottom or you will loose scanline perfect output although
# you can move the picture up or down evenly with okay-ish results better not to
#overscan_left=33
#overscan_right=32
##overscan_top=4
##overscan_bottom=-4
Hope that's helpful.
Re: Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:20 am
by Frank
thanks, I will give it a try. When the game screen and games pop up the colors are really off, kinda got like a green tint to everything....I adjusted my monitor colors for awhile to still have the incorrect colors. Don’t really know if it’s the pi settings or something else. If you could give me some help on this I would greatly appreciate it.
Re: Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:32 am
by dee2eR
Not sure what may be going on there. Did it just start doing it? Through VGA connection? Was it doing it when you used the HDMI connection? Are the other colours there at all?
Re: Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:51 am
by Frank
That worked great, only thing now is the off color. I bought a hdmi to vga connector at Walmart and the colors where right on the money, the only difference from the stock DAC adapter is it don’t have a audio input (no sound when running this one) but the picture was right. With the stock converter it gave a washed out green looking hue to the picture but the sound was working great since it had a audio input that went to the pcb. Now I’m totally confused why the stock DAC wouldn’t put out the right color and the Wal-Mart one did....is there some settings I could adjust to make the stock adapter work? Could it be bad? If I had to use the Wal-Mart adapter how could I suppy sound? I’m stuck and don’t know what to do at the moment. Definitely need some help or advice, thanks
Re: Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:56 am
by Frank
When I was testing it the first time I used straight up hdmi to a tv. Had flawless picture....it’s when I hooked up the stock DAC adapter when the colors where off. The Wal-Mart adapter without audio input had a clear flawless picture....just no sound. My guess is the stock adapter is bad...but I’m not sure if that’s possible or not, any suggestions?
Re: Lcd monitor “out of range” need help please.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:07 am
by dee2eR
Not sure what the difference may be. When I tested the DAC (I test everything I make for at least an hour, including the DAC) it worked fine, it's possible it's developed a fault though. Contact your point of sale to ask for a replacement, they should have a spare on hand.