Millipede monitor replacement, wont sync

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Apparently the tube is shot on my MP monitor so I am trying to swap it with a WG (will get model in a bit) 19" that had been in a Galaga that I restored and put a new monitor in.

Anyway, I cant get it to sync. Monitor is known working and was just capped. The monitor has a 6 pin and a 3 pin input. The MP connector is a 5 pin and a 4 pin (I think). Anyway, the 3 pins on the monitor are H, V sync and ground I think. So I pulled what I thought were the H and V sync wires and connected them there but still no sync...

Maybe I its composite and I need to combine them or split them if its not? No idea, havent dug too deeply yet but if anyone has experience with this let me know! Thanks
 
Millipede should be negative sync, connect the syncs to the three pin header on the WG.

Some Millipedes shipped with that horrid Masushita monitor, which takes negative sync on the main header (where a WG would take positive). Not sure about Millipede, but on Pole Position, there is a quick-disconnect to separate the sync from that header, and supply it to the small three-pin one.

-Ian
 
Millipede should be negative sync, connect the syncs to the three pin header on the WG.

Some Millipedes shipped with that horrid Masushita monitor, which takes negative sync on the main header (where a WG would take positive). Not sure about Millipede, but on Pole Position, there is a quick-disconnect to separate the sync from that header, and supply it to the small three-pin one.

-Ian

yeah, it was a matsushita. the white molex that connected to that looks like (based on my very weak schematic reading skills) it had a compositve sync on the main connector (pin 2).

there is another molex (red) that seems to have all the same wires save for two which i thought would be the individual h and v sync wires. i connected those two to the three pin spot (along with the original white) and it still isnt syncing.

in thinking about it though, naybe i need to pull the composite sync from the white molex?
 
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You probably need to move the white wire over to the other sync header. Or, check to see if there is a quick-disconnect to separate that from the header. You're feeding negative sync into the positive sync input - it's not going to work like that.

-Ian
 
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