connecting a TV to a Raymarine E-Series

[stevo75]

did you figure it out?

[stevo75]

Wasabi,

My issue is with getting the feed from the e-series to display on my TV. Raymarine has the vertical refresh set at 56 hz, and standard TV's accept 60 hz. I purchased the 300 VGA cable from raymarine and when we connect it to the TV is says no signal. I conected it through a VGA/RCA converter and got a jumbled picture.

I haven't had an issue with pumping the camera feeds to the E-Series since that is getting installed this week. Don't see a problem there.

Just curious if anyone has or is having the same problem I am. Wonder if it is just my TV (brand new Sharp LCD) most other manufaturers only comply with 60 hz.

Thanks for the feedback.

57 hrtz should work with the 60hrtz, The native on your sharp is most likely xvga (1024x768) and the e120 spits out either vga 600x400 and/or svga (800x600), it should just work if it's on auto sense to correct resolution alignment. What kind of vga to rca converter are you using otherwise known as a scan converter, if there's a bunch of jumble then the resolution is not synced. (I would say not to use the converter because you will be bumping down the resolution from 800x600 to a very low composite signal. Same affect as analog signal to a digital TV) Looking at the specs for the e120 it looks like a standard 15pin HD connector and I'm assuming the sharp has the same 15 pin HD connection you could just use any VGA to VGA cable (radio shack). Let us know how you make out, Good Luck!

BTW make sure you have the right source or input selected.

[reel fishy]

48 Viking I fish on has an E-120 connected to the salon LCD and it works great. Using a VGA cable will get the job done if the run is not too long. Also the boat has one of the E-120s connected to a G-150 display and it works great. His previous boat had an E-120 connected to a M1500 monitor via the VGA cable also.