How hard to wire LCD Monitor to cab?

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I been considering makign a cab on mine that has been sitting way to long to a 60 in 1 for a friend. I was wonderign how hard is it to wire up a lcd monitor to a cab? i knwo i need the converter but seeing as I will be buying a new jamma harness and such i was wondering the difficulty to be had.

Also do any lcd computer monitors work? obviously i would have to build a housing for the monitor.

Any help is always appreciated on here.
 
considering i also have no power supply. can i run the monitor, 60 in 1 and speakers all thru the power supply?
 
60:1 is JAMMA and gets it's power there.
Don't understand that? Read up on bob's site.
http://therealbobroberts.net/ Scroll toward the bottom and there's lots of articles.

Your LCD would run off of 120AC
 
so i would be able to power the monitor thru the power supply no problem? goign to check out bob's site.
 
120V is what comes out of your wall.

I don't think you should be messing with this stuff. These questions are very basic and you should probably be reading up quite a few articles before you start putting down some designs to paper or start tinkering around inside of the cabs.

Sorry if I'm coming off as an AH but seriously.
 
your not coming of as an .... it's just i never considered the 60 in 1 until recently and seeing as i have an empty cab was just asking questions. the reason i ask about the power supply is because i have never really tinkered with them. i only installed one power supply which drew its power off of the monitor power since the cabinet in question had its own power brick at the base of the machine. seeing as i am using a empty cab i was wondering if you could power everything just off of a basic power supply. sorry if i come off really stupid but seeing as i haven't dealt with 60 in 1 machine before or any machines that solely worked only on one power supply i felt i had to ask to get a better idea if everything could draw off just the one basic power supply.

i was told i need an adaptor and was unaware the board had its own vga out. i am assuming the adaptor would be needed if you were installing and lcd in and older game. once again i am only going by local conversations with someone who is really new to it himself. i appreciate the help. the more i read into it, it seem liek a very basic thing to do. just wire the jamma up and straight shot the board to the lcd screen.
 
Computer LCDs have their own integrated power supplies. You just have to get mains voltage to it.

A power supply isn't the same as a transformer block/distribution block. A power supply produces filtered, clean DC voltages for the game board and anything else that needs them (e.g. a digital trackball). A transformer block provides isolated AC for the CRT monitors that need it, as well as interstitial AC voltages used by some older power supplies. Personally, I'd rip out the factory transformer block and just screw down a power strip, then connect everything to that.

I have to agree, it does sound like you don't have the knowledge to be undertaking this. You need to learn about wiring, AC vs DC voltage, what isolation means, how JAMMA works, etc.
 
just get a power strip from Wal Mart and mount it inside your cab and get an ATX computer power supply to run your 60 in 1 board and plug that and the monitor in to the power strip and you are good to go. then just wire up everything to your JAMMA harness like it should be and plug the harness in to the board and your LCD in to the board and thats it.

You can also get a small light fixture for the marquee and plug it in to the power stip if you want...then all you have to do is get power from your wall to the power strip and you should be playing games.
 
Hello,
Just put a power strip in the cabinet, plug the LCD into it, and then plug a swticher into it to produce the DC voltages. Wire the board power inputs to the switcher. 5 volts, 12 volts, etc. Most computer monitor LCDs will come on automatically when power is applied, hence when you plug the cabinet in, it should all boot up correctly.
hope that helps
 
Hello,
Just put a power strip in the cabinet, plug the LCD into it, and then plug a swticher into it to produce the DC voltages. Wire the board power inputs to the switcher. 5 volts, 12 volts, etc. Most computer monitor LCDs will come on automatically when power is applied, hence when you plug the cabinet in, it should all boot up correctly.
hope that helps

This is what I did when I built one. Worked with no issues.

I would also recommend you get a non-widescreen LCD (19" seems to be the largest size where you can get this.)
 
If you use a computer, ATX PS, just plug one of the 4 pin molex connectors to the "com8" connector on your multiboard but you will then have to run seperate AC connections for your PS, monitor and cabinet(marquee light). If you use an arcade style switching PS, you can wire the monitor/cab directly to the line in ac screw terminals at the bottom of the switching PS. This cleans up the ac wiring a bit and makes it much easier to turn the entire cabinet on and off with a switch. With a power strip, you will have to plug/unplug or have a switch installed to turn the cab on and off. Good luck and be carefull when working with 120 Volts!
 
ive done a couple multis, yes ive used old atx power supplies. They are free./cheap and work great, and are plug and play.
 
This is what I did when I built one. Worked with no issues.

I would also recommend you get a non-widescreen LCD (19" seems to be the largest size where you can get this.)

You can get used Dell 2000FP (20.1") units on eBay for dumb cheap. I've yet to get my hands on one, but apparently they have incredible viewing angles. The question, however, is response time...
 
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