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midiwall · 06-15-2006, 02:02 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by BigTones

I have a 4 x 20 char LCD wired up to the parallel port and it works displaying the text of the title and artist, but it kind of goes out of sync after a while, and displays most of the characters in the artists name and the song title, but intersperses them with garbage characters. So after 10 minutes or so it's pretty much unreadable because of the garbage characters.

I'm curious... How long is the cable you're using, and is it shielded or a ribbon? It sounds like you might be getting noise on the wire more than anything else.

David... I got my displays last night, I'll wire up a cable tonight and start playing.

06-15-2006, 02:02 PM	#10
midiwall Maximum Bitrate Join Date: May 2006 Location: Seattleish, WA Posts: 823	Quote: Originally Posted by BigTones I have a 4 x 20 char LCD wired up to the parallel port and it works displaying the text of the title and artist, but it kind of goes out of sync after a while, and displays most of the characters in the artists name and the song title, but intersperses them with garbage characters. So after 10 minutes or so it's pretty much unreadable because of the garbage characters. I'm curious... How long is the cable you're using, and is it shielded or a ribbon? It sounds like you might be getting noise on the wire more than anything else. David... I got my displays last night, I'll wire up a cable tonight and start playing. __________________ :: Mark