Xenarc color problems

**z8man** · 06-24-2006, 08:05 AM

So I am fitting my Xenarc 700TSV screen into my stock gauge bezel and had to dissasemble the xenarc screen and solder wires inbetween a connections inside the housing to make it fit the stock bezel. Well in all that soldering I must have messed something up because now it looks like this:

Im thinking I messed up one of the color channels but im not sure which one. Also, provided thats the problem, what wires should I look at as the culprits? I unsoldered the smaller board from my xenarc screen and extended it and that could be where the problem is. Any suggestions on what wire or what to do???

**ric355** · 06-24-2006, 12:31 PM

To get magenta you mix red and blue. Since anything that should show white is showing magenta in your image, that means the green channel is off.

I would suggest re-soldering all of your connections. Maybe you have a dry joint somewhere (i.e. looks like it is soldered, but isn't really). Given it runs off 12V you can open it up while switched on and poke around.

My in-dash screen recently did something similar. The flexible ribbon cable that connects the screen to the board inside the fixed part of the unit was not properly located. I had only the blue channel at one point. Relocated the cable and that fixed it.

**z8man** · 06-24-2006, 03:21 PM

Anyone know what pin is the green channal?

**vinzer** · 07-04-2006, 02:03 AM

take a standart VGA 15 pin connector pinout, trace from there the G (Green) pin and you will find it

**z8man** · 07-08-2006, 07:23 PM

I found the wiring diagram, I traced the signal through the daughter board on the xenarc and it seemed fine to the point it goes to the main board. I decided to resolder my cable, so I removed it and did a much more thorough job of soldering it together. Still no green channel. Im thinking some sort of static discharge damaged the main board. I really dont know. Im at my wits end here and Im about to try purchasing another main board from xenarc cause I dont know where else the problem could be.

The screen still shows white in the menu and stuff, so it has to be something with the signal in, but I dont know what. I have a car show this weekend and was hoping to show off my carpc, but now it looks like ill have to wait a few weeks or months. damn it.