Birdie King 2

[smileylewis]

I am trying to replace the CRT tube with a computer flat screen. Need help with wiring.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[vintagegamer]

Hi, this site is geared more toward keeping original equipment. Is the current monitor dead?

 

[smileylewis]

I am trying to replace the CRT tube with a computer flat screen. Need help with wiring.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

yes. It died.

 

[vintagegamer]

You can usually get a rebuilt monitor chassis, so you can keep everything original.

 

[RetroCJT]

I am trying to replace the CRT tube with a computer flat screen. Need help with wiring.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Honestly, depending on what tools you have/will have to buy to do either, it may be easier to rebuild the monitor chassis. However, You do not need to modify the original wiring in any way to put an LCD in your game. The hardest part will be building/modifying brackets to get a LCD to mount securely in the game.

https://www.amazon.com/DEVMO-GBS8200-Converter-Monitor-GBS-8200/dp/B07TWZBQ75

This converter board takes the RGB video signal designed for the CRT and converts it to VGA for use with a VGA compatible LCD. It comes with a pigtail that has all the wire colors you need. Setup is stupid simple, unplug the video pigtail going to your CRT monitor, find out what wire colors on Birdie King correspond to Red, Green, Blue, Ground and Sync. Then wire the Red, Green, Blue, Black and White wires on the converter board pigtail to those wires respectively. Preferably, make an adapter that will keep from damaging the original video connector, but if you cant. I would recommend 18-22 gauge red "Quick Splices" so that you can tap into the original wiring without cutting the original connector off.

https://www.amazon.com/Connectors-Solderless-Electrical-Insulated-Terminal/dp/B0BN14J6NJ

The power is stupid simple too, the converter board will run on anything between 5 and 12 volts DC. Any cheapo barrel plug power adapter with center positive polarity will work in that voltage range. Alternatively, there is a pigtail that comes with the board that has pre-stripped red and black ends, that can also be wired to any 5-12 volt DC source.

Try and maintain the ideology of preserving what is already there, so you can easily convert it back if you want (or for the next poor sap down the road!)

Good luck and feel free to PM or post here with any questions.

 

[RetroCJT]

If you post some pictures in this thread, one of us can help identify what kind of CRT and chassis you have, and help evaluate if the process of doing a rebuild is easy/worth it, as well as sourcing the parts and tools necessary.

 

[RetroBerg]

I am trying to replace the CRT tube with a computer flat screen. Need help with wiring.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You can definitely do it, but it's not a straight plug-and-play swap. You'll need a CGA-to-VGA (or HDMI) converter board to feed the signal from the game PCB to the LCD. Power and mounting will also take some tweaking. If you can post pics of your setup or the monitor you're using, that would help.

 

[smileylewis]

Honestly, depending on what tools you have/will have to buy to do either, it may be easier to rebuild the monitor chassis. However, You do not need to modify the original wiring in any way to put an LCD in your game. The hardest part will be building/modifying brackets to get a LCD to mount securely in the game.

https://www.amazon.com/DEVMO-GBS8200-Converter-Monitor-GBS-8200/dp/B07TWZBQ75

This converter board takes the RGB video signal designed for the CRT and converts it to VGA for use with a VGA compatible LCD. It comes with a pigtail that has all the wire colors you need. Setup is stupid simple, unplug the video pigtail going to your CRT monitor, find out what wire colors on Birdie King correspond to Red, Green, Blue, Ground and Sync. Then wire the Red, Green, Blue, Black and White wires on the converter board pigtail to those wires respectively. Preferably, make an adapter that will keep from damaging the original video connector, but if you cant. I would recommend 18-22 gauge red "Quick Splices" so that you can tap into the original wiring without cutting the original connector off.

https://www.amazon.com/Connectors-Solderless-Electrical-Insulated-Terminal/dp/B0BN14J6NJ

The power is stupid simple too, the converter board will run on anything between 5 and 12 volts DC. Any cheapo barrel plug power adapter with center positive polarity will work in that voltage range. Alternatively, there is a pigtail that comes with the board that has pre-stripped red and black ends, that can also be wired to any 5-12 volt DC source.

Try and maintain the ideology of preserving what is already there, so you can easily convert it back if you want (or for the next poor sap down the road!)

Good luck and feel free to PM or post here with any questions.

I took the wiring plug off of the of the original pins and then did my best to determine the correct colors of the wires to connect to the convertor wires. I was able to determine what I thought were the correct colors by looking up what the pin numbers corresponded to what colors. After connecting to the convertor board and turning the game on, the monitor says no signal. Not sure what to change. Thanks for any help.

 

[RetroCJT]

I took the wiring plug off of the of the original pins and then did my best to determine the correct colors of the wires to connect to the convertor wires. I was able to determine what I thought were the correct colors by looking up what the pin numbers corresponded to what colors. After connecting to the convertor board and turning the game on, the monitor says no signal. Not sure what to change. Thanks for any help.

Good work. Its hard to tell by the photos what stage in the project they were taken at, but I don't see the red power LED on the converter board. It has to be powered in order to pass the signal. It should have come with a little two wire connector with a red and black wire. The red goes to 5-12 volts DC and the black to ground.
If it still doesn't show a picture when the red power LED is on, try tying that yellow wire in with the grey. It is a vertical sync wire. The grey is combined sync, but sometimes those boards are picky about what kind of sync signal they like.

 

[RetroCJT]

I took the wiring plug off of the of the original pins and then did my best to determine the correct colors of the wires to connect to the convertor wires. I was able to determine what I thought were the correct colors by looking up what the pin numbers corresponded to what colors. After connecting to the convertor board and turning the game on, the monitor says no signal. Not sure what to change. Thanks for any help.

You can also use any AC adapter that has a round barrel plug type end, just as long as it outputs 5-12v dc and the center contact is the postive.

 

[smileylewis]

You can also use any AC adapter that has a round barrel plug type end, just as long as it outputs 5-12v dc and the center contact is the postive.

Thanks for your reply. I purchased a barrel plug adapter. It was just not plugged in when I took the picture. I will add the yellow to the gray and follow up.

 

[RetroCJT]

Thanks for your reply. I purchased a barrel plug adapter. It was just not plugged in when I took the picture. I will add the yellow to the gray and follow up.

Yes sir, sounds good. Good luck! I would try the barrel plug before I changed the wiring.

 

[smileylewis]

I have tried the barrel plug and the red light comes on the convertor board. I also attached the yellow and gray wires together. Still nothing.

 

[RetroCJT]

I have tried the barrel plug and the red light comes on the convertor board. I also attached the yellow and gray wires together. Still nothing.

What kind of monitor are you using, and also, make sure you have the VGA plugged into the right port on the board, there is an input and output.

 

[RetroCJT]

What kind of monitor are you using, and also, make sure you have the VGA plugged into the right port on the board, there is an input and output.

Looks like you have it in the right port based on the picture though.