nview spectra plus help

[sizzle]

hello,

ich bought a nview spectra plus with only vga. my problem is this:
i connected the panel with my computer and put the resolution down to 640X480 and the frequence to 60 but nothing happens. I recorgnized that the red led stays the hole time on and the panel does not respons to the remote controll. i don´t know what to do.

please help

thanks

 

[partyharty]

Sounds like you may either have a bum panel or a bum power supply or a bum cable. Have you tried just plugging in the display without the pc cable (just the panel itself). Teh plus has a screen that will come up (at least mine does) when there is no input.

If you are not even getting that I would break out the old multimeter and check the volatage that your power supply is putting out. If it is too low the panel will not light up (although the led can come on as it takes a lot less power to run the single led then it does the screen itself).

Also make sure that you have a strong light going through the panel. You cannot see the picture simply by looking at the panel unless it is sitting on a projector (or has a powerful light going through it).

Hope this helps
Chris

 

[sizzle]

the panel shows up the test screen but when i plug in the vga cable the panel shows black screen. Even the resolution is down to 640x480 and 60Hz. I don´t know why.

 

[partyharty]

Sounds like you may have a problem with the cable. The spectra Plus will only work at 640x480 and 60Hz. If it is set at that and you are still having problems then I would break out the multimeter and start testing the cable to make sure there is nothing wrong with it (the VGA cable). The plans are here on this site (as I used them to make a calbe) just do a search for Nview Spectra cable and you will find them.

Are you using an OEM cable (the one that came from the company) or are u using a mac adapter with a vga extension cable? If you are using the mac adapter I have noticed that there is only 1-2 types out of all of the ones out there that work. (I know I bought 4 from ebay before I said screw it and built mine).

Anyways with the information you gave me it does seem to be a problem with the cable.

As for the 1st post. The 1 LED stays on all the time and the other (at least the green one on mine) flashes when the remote command is "understood".

Chris

 

[sizzle]

ok thanks, i will test the cable. i have the original one from nview...but i think that a pin is broken...will see..

thanks

 

[partyharty]

Thats cool. The panel will do exactly what you are saying if a pin (that is needed) is broken off.

A good supply for connectors for the cables are older sound cards. Esp the Analog Devices AD181x series cards. These can be had farily cheaply and the connector is the perfect fit. Then all you have to do is cut off a vga extension cable, wire up according to the diagram, and you are good to go.

Chris

 

[sizzle]

so i found the problem. it was the power supply. i bought a new one and now it works well...thanks for helping me...

 

[nevs]

Hi,
i'm new in this forum and have a big problem. i would like the built a beamer with a lcd panel and an overheadprojector. now i have bought the nview spectra panel. but if i switch it on the red LED turns on and the ventilator is activated for about 4 seconds and then the hole panel switches off. what can i do ? please help me. please

sven

 

[sizzle]

klingt als wär dein netzteil zu schwach...wieviel watt und wieviel ampere hat deins?

 

[nevs]

Hi sizzle,
mein netzgerät hat 12 v und 1,5 a. ist aber von nview. und auf dem gehäuse des panels und der fernbedinung steht die bezeichnung "nviewframe spectra". denkst du, dass das netzgerät nicht zum panel passent ? mittlerweile war ich bei einer werkstatt und die habens mit anderen netzgeräten unterschiedlicher amperezahl ausprobiert und es hat trotzdem nicht funktioniert. hat auch manchmal überhaupt keinen strom gezogen. na ja die wissen auf jeden fall auch nicht weiter. zu hause habe ich dann nachdem ich ein bisschen auf der fernbedienung rumgedrückt habe, das display zum flimmern gebracht. das display und die kühlung bleiben dann an aber es erscheint halt kein testbild. ich hoffe ich konnte dir den zustand gut beschreiben und danke dir schon mal für dein bemühen.

mfg
sven

 

[kamikazi_kostka]

I recently purchased a nView Spectra Plus off of Ebay and it did not include any cables.

I would like to know what kind of cables I need to get this running, and I need to know what kind of power supply I need to get...amps, volts, polarity, ect...

Anyways, If you could help ASAP I would be greatly appreciative...

Thanks...

BTW, do 9 pin Female to 15 pin VGA adapters work for this??

Thanks...

 

[snortonnorton]

partyHarty,

what's a HTPC Computer ?

 

[kamikazi_kostka]

any help would be greatly appreciative as to what kind of power adapter I need, as well as what video cables I need....

Thanks in advance to anyone who knows...