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Hello.

Thx for the pinout of the ICS!

I took a laptop with broken lcd, installed Geexbox on it, and converted vga to PAL. It works well. (one could also use simple H+V=Csync and powerstrip if the system runs windows, i guess)

A great plus is the built in FTP-server, so I can add/remove music and movies from my computer indoors.

Watching widescreen movies is not great, but i will buy a USB TV-receiver, seeing the tv-news on long drives would be nice.

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No, but controlling geexbox from the ICS panel should not be that hard, on the other hand many remotes are supported.

Right now i have some issues with power on/off from the central locking system with off delay of 15min. And also some issue with the sound levels i think (quality is not terrific).
 
Hi,
I plane to bay PRESTIGIO PMP-301 Digital AV Player (120GB HDD) and connect it witch ICS. This is the picture of Prestigio backplane...
Does anyone know how to connect 15-pin D-sub with ICS or can I use AV conector for connection?
I'm not sure, because the homepage is not clear about the outputs and cables. If it only sends TV (pal/ntcs) on the composite cable, you either convert the composite to RGB or the vga to PAL (rate and size), or find a player that outputs RGB scart.

If it did output RGB scart i belive that they would include a such cable.
 
Hi,
I plane to bay PRESTIGIO PMP-301 Digital AV Player (120GB HDD) and connect it witch ICS. This is the picture of Prestigio backplane...
Does anyone know how to connect 15-pin D-sub with ICS or can I use AV conector for connection?
I don`t think it has RGB Scart, because I looked at lots of this kind a stuff, but found nothing useble.
I know it is half the price of Mvisto, but if you use this Prestigo you will have to gat also a composite to RGB scart or VGA to RGB scart converter.

@dan81
Look one page back.
Pin 5 on green connector connect to ground, to activate TV input.
Stereo - if you have DSP and you can tinker around that.
 
Of cours the most of you will not understend text but you can see lot from pictures and att. links with clips.
Hahaha BTW it is not Hungarian language it CROATIAN language and it is our Croatian Alfa Club !! :thumbs:
Sorry, just saw the link that said .hr or something. I don't think it would have been better if I would write in Swedish either ;) Eller förstår ni det här? Nej, tänkte väl det.
 
Hi chaps. I'm soon to be a 166 owner (fingers crossed!) and as I've worked as an engineer in the TV industry/electronics for more years than I want to admit to, I might be able to input something to this thread. I've skimmed through it a bit, but it seems that a composite PAL to RGB decoder would be handy for those wanting a reversing camera to work in colour, yes?? Kind of fancy one myself anyway, so I'll see what I can come up with by way of a 12V powered, composite in/rgb out wee black box that can be hidden away somewhere convenient in the car.

Don't hold your breath, but I'll try and be as quick as I can. Assuming I can do this quickly and easily, I could be persuaded to make a few for forum members. I'd aim to do this at cost.


More anon.
 
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