crt tube television power on

[katuuuz]

So a possible problem hit me in bed last night regarding how the planned crt tv will power on automatically.

I was planning on using a mini power minder like I had in my first cab, R.I.P. (rest in peices). This has 2 plugs, when the PC is powered on, it sends a signal to the secondary plug firing on the rest of my peripherals. (google mini power minder).

The first time, also using a tube tv, I jammed a toothpick between the tvs power button and the frame which held the button down so it would fire up when given power.

I'd like a more reliable? method if any. Any ideas??

[Draco1962]

I moved this from the General forum since it isn't GameEx specifically.

[hansolo77]

If you're any good with soldering, you could probably run a wire connecting the traces, eliminating the switch altogether. You could also maybe replace the temporary switch with a full on/off flip switch if you don't want to permanently have the tv always on.

[katuuuz]

Great idea Han. Think I'll look into option b

[stigzler]

Some kinda SCART jiggery pokery? Don't some CRTs have power-on via scart or something?

[tthurman]

That's some interesting info there stigzler, and something I've never even heard of.

Seems it's gone a bit by the wayside, likely because of it's analog roots, but pretty cool nevertheless.

Adapters, or something of the like, are still available from what I found.

[katuuuz]

That's some interesting info there stigzler, and something I've never even heard of.

Seems it's gone a bit by the wayside, likely because of it's analog roots, but pretty cool nevertheless.

Adapters, or something of the like, are still available from what I found.

What type of adapter?

[tthurman]

Search for SCART. It was apparently an original French concept for an interactive link between CRT's and VCR's? Not an expert, so dunno for sure. Regardless, from what I read it was sort of a "wake on" type technology. In the US was taken on under something different (iEEE, but not that, EIA or something, it's been a long day ) The connectors look like some precursor to the DVI D-link, and are obviously very proprietary. I did see some that went to VGA, and even component inputs though, and at Amazon naturally .

Do some digging, it could be fruitful for your setup.

[stigzler]

http://pinouts.ru/Home/Scart_pinout.shtml

pin 16? Mind you - if your CRT hasn't got scart connectors then, of course, this particular duck is dead in the water.

[katuuuz]

Hey guys, as much as I was looking forward to accepting my own death and discharging that CRT tv and fiddling with the switch wires, I got a phone call from a electronics recycling center I had called a few weeks ago alerting me they just took in a 21" Viewsonic g180. $20, happily went and got it!

[tthurman]

Ah come on man, where's your sense of adventure

[katuuuz]

Ah come on man, where's your sense of adventure

Hahaha. I know a part of me was looking forward to it. Maybe when I discharge the Viewsonic I'll do the crt too. If I can't get the rotating monitor idea off the ground I'll have an excuse to make a mini vertical.

Ps the Viewsonic is a behemoth! Looks so good though.

[tthurman]

I know what you mean, I've got an IBM P260 (SONY FD Trinitron) I can't bring myself to part with. I took it into work to store it because it is so huge. I bet it weighs around 80 lbs.

[tthurman]

This should handle rotating that beast

[katuuuz]

I know what you mean, I've got an IBM P260 (SONY FD Trinitron) I can't bring myself to part with. I took it into work to store it because it is so huge. I bet it weighs around 80 lbs.

Hahaha yes, mines around 60lbs. But boy, what a picture!