Donkey Kong/Nintendo VS Monitor Question

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Hello!

I'm restoring a donkey kong and bought a 20 inch monitor from an excitebike (nintendo vs) to hook into a Donkey Kong.

I had a quick question and was hoping somebody could help me out before I decide to just part out the monitor or something. Instead of having a standard AC power cord coming off the monitor, it had a white plug (with pins) seemingly spliced onto the cord instead. Is this normal for this type of monitor? I have no other plug on my harness for it to plug into. Can a VS monitor even be used in a DK?
 
It depends on what kind of monitor it is. Is it a Sanyo? I've seen some Vs. conversion cabinets that use standard (non-Nintendo) monitors and inverter boards to convert the video to work with them. But, I've also seen hacked up Sanyo monitors. If it's a Sanyo 20EZ, then yeah, just put the right cord on it and plug it in. If it's not, you'll have to invert the video and rig up connectors for it (since the Sanyo monitors use non-standard video connectors).

Also, a warning, NEVER plug any arcade monitor directly into the wall. Only power them through the isolation transformer (the sockets in Nintendo games, the harness in other games).

EDIT: to answer your other question, yes, a white two pin Molex plug is standard on pretty much all arcade monitors except for Nintendo. They used a standard type wall plug. I've seen Sanyo's hacked with a more standard connector and fitted with inverter boards in other games before.

-Ian
 
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It depends on what kind of monitor it is. Is it a Sanyo? I've seen some Vs. conversion cabinets that use standard (non-Nintendo) monitors and inverter boards to convert the video to work with them. But, I've also seen hacked up Sanyo monitors. If it's a Sanyo 20EZ, then yeah, just put the right cord on it and plug it in. If it's not, you'll have to invert the video and rig up connectors for it (since the Sanyo monitors use non-standard video connectors).

Also, a warning, NEVER plug any arcade monitor directly into the wall. Only power them through the isolation transformer (the sockets in Nintendo games, the harness in other games).

EDIT: to answer your other question, yes, a white two pin Molex plug is standard on pretty much all arcade monitors except for Nintendo. They used a standard type wall plug. I've seen Sanyo's hacked with a more standard connector and fitted with inverter boards in other games before.

-Ian


I'm pretty sure it's a Sanyo 20EZ. The chassis (at the metal board) of the monitor was cut off, but still attached.

So do I need to remove the molex pin connector and splice on a standard AC cord? I did try that, but the monitor didn't even turn on afterwards and it should have been a working monitor...
 
I'm pretty sure it's a Sanyo 20EZ. The chassis (at the metal board) of the monitor was cut off, but still attached.

Huh? So you've got a monitor with no chassis, or is the chassis just hanging? Do you have a picture of it?

So do I need to remove the molex pin connector and splice on a standard AC cord? I did try that, but the monitor didn't even turn on afterwards and it should have been a working monitor...

Yeah, just splice on a regular power cord and plug it into the socket IN THE BOTTOM OF THE GAME. If you plugged it directly into the wall, you may have damaged it. Are the fuses on the monitor good?

-Ian
 
Huh? So you've got a monitor with no chassis, or is the chassis just hanging? Do you have a picture of it?



Yeah, just splice on a regular power cord and plug it into the socket IN THE BOTTOM OF THE GAME. If you plugged it directly into the wall, you may have damaged it. Are the fuses on the monitor good?

-Ian

The chassis is there, but just hanging off.

I first plugged it into the DK outlet (which does work) and got nothing at all. Not sure about the fuses.
 
Sorry for the slow response!

To give some backstory, I've been restoring a Donkey Kong the past 3 years. I have all the parts and the cab is basically complete, but unfortunately, it's not working.

I've been through 3 power supplies, 2 PCBs, 1 Harness and 2 monitors. I know for sure 1 power supply and 1 PCB works 100%.

I bought a second monitor as I think I've narrowed the problem down to either the monitor or the harness at this point. As you know, however, the second monitor won't even turn on.

I took pictures of some stuff in hope that maybe someone can help so I can get my DK finally finished!

The first picture is of my first monitor, with everything on and totally plugged in. As you can see, it's displaying a weird greenish color and nothing else.

The second picture is of the interior of the cab.

The other pictures of the second monitor I've described in prior posts that won't turn on. One picture shows the AC cord I spliced on. The other shows the white plug that was originally spliced on that I took off.

Hopefully someone might know what the problem is, and if it is the monitor, knows why the second one won't turn on.
 

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Here's the picture of the connector that was originally spliced on when I received the monitor
 

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Anyone have any advice on the monitor that could point me in the right direction?
 
the first pic looks like what you get when you have the video cable on backwards

The Edge Connector on the PCB backwards?

Also, do you know if the connector I took the picture of from the other monitor is the right connector that should be there?

I appreciate the help!
 
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