Megadrive to PC monitor

[Storm_Force]

So I have turfed my old mega drive and mega cd out of the loft I have been trying to connect it to my pc monitor but no luck.

The megadrive has the av lead which gives 3 phono plugs red/white for audio and yellow for video, when connected to my tv it works fine. However when I plug the video into the composite on my monitor nothing happens? am I missing something here or should it work fine?

 

[Addicted]

Should work fine, have you set it to the correct mode on your monitor?

 

[Storm_Force]

yes nothing happens at all vary strange!

 

[richy22]

Wont work I believe without a special convertor.

Could be wrong

 

[Jaff.]

I seem to remember having issues with my ps1 and some tv's back in the day.

May be a similar issue

 

[Matt Cup]

Does the monitor have a yellow connection? iirc composite is only red, blue and green so you won't be getting the video signal.

Could be completely wrong though :S

 

[SnapMonkey]

PAL converter? Rings a bell...

 

[DannyR]

Does the monitor have a yellow connection? iirc composite is only red, blue and green so you won't be getting the video signal.

Could be completely wrong though :S

Yes your completely wrong

Composite - yellow RCA (red and white for audio)

Component - Red, Green, Blue RCA (red and white for audio)

 

[Matt Cup]

Yes your completely wrong

Composite - yellow RCA (red and white for audio)

Component - Red, Green, Blue RCA (red and white for audio)

Thought as much. Doh.

 

[Storm_Force]

After doing some research it appears to be a problem due the sync rate of the megadrive which apparently is too low for modern pc monitors to pickup.

Found this vid on youtube, read the comments for more info.

 

[Storm_Force]

Oh and on a different note this guy has some serious skillz.

For those of you the remember the megadrive and megacd some may also remember the 32x add-on that slotted into the cartridge slot to give better graphics and sound. Anyhow this was hell of a size when connected up, required 3 plugs and a load of wires to work.

This guy has made the "Sega fusion" basically a stripped out and modded sega dreamcast with all of the above in one unit.