I'm monitor retarded... BW hell is where I'm stuck

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Can I replace the BW monitor in my exidy circus with a regular color 19" crt? If so how do I do it? The manual for circus says it has a video and video return. What the hell is that???
Please anyone help wlak me through this so I can finally play this damn game!!! Thans in advance.
 
Video return just means it's the video ground.

It may be different from the other ground points.

Good luck with your monitor. I was hell bent on repairing my Space Invaders monitor this Summer, but my motivation pooped out.

It's just sitting there.
 
Thanks for the help I really appreciate it. I am assuming that the video would hook to the red, blue , and green inputs. What would go on the composite sync.
 
Every b/w monitor ive ever seen takes composite video, so you can't just plug in to a standard arcade monitor. You can, however, put a color tv in there as long as it has composite in.

cheers
/Tim
 
A composite signal has the video signal already combined with the sync so you are going to have to find a place to pull those two signals off the board before they are combined. I never done it on an Exidy game but it sure looks like you should be able to get them before R3 and R4 (see attachment). Tie red, green and blue together for the video and then connect the sync. Once again I never done it so I can't guarantee anything but I'd give it a shot if it was me. Good luck.
 

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could I just attach pin 4 (video) to the inside of the yellow RCA wire and pin 3 (video Ground)to the outside connector and then plug the other end into the input of the tv. Can it be a new tv or an older one only?
 
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