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Former Member over 11 years ago

Hey,

I have a raspberry pi and I bought this little monitor for it: http://www.amazon.com/3-5-Inch-TFT-Monitor-Automobile/dp/B0045IIZKU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395790355&sr=8-1&keywords=Mini+Lcd+Screen+Raspberry+Pi

It has the same "type" RCA port as the pi, so I wanted to take the port of the pi and monitor so I didn't have to drag around extra stuff and I thought it would be easy and a learning experience.

Unfortunately it is not working, the pi itself seems fine the area around the port may be damaged, but the rest if not all still works. As for the monitor, I have no idea if it is still working, it has to have a signal to work and the pi/monitor isn't responding to each other. I've attached some photos of what they currently "look like".

Red is Positive

Black is Ground

Yellow is Video

White is Sound

Red and black I have been connecting to the battery (to power the monitor).

Yellow I have been connecting to the pi.

And I have not been using the white.

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    0 Former Member over 11 years ago

    I have one of these monitors for my Raspberry Pi.  There is no sound input just Monitor A and Monitor B - the Yellow and White RCA plugs.  The red one is power. The centre pin of this plug should be positive and the outer negative. These monitors work only when there is some video input on either the Yellow or White plug.  To get sound you will need a seperate speaker to connect to the Raspberry Pi.

     

    So in summary get a power supply between 6v and 12v and plug it into the red socket.  Connect either the yellow or white socket to the Raspberry Pi using a standard 3 plug cable. Turn on the pi and monitor and you should see the bootup sequence on the screen.

     

    Good luck.................

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    0 Former Member over 11 years ago

    I have one of these monitors for my Raspberry Pi.  There is no sound input just Monitor A and Monitor B - the Yellow and White RCA plugs.  The red one is power. The centre pin of this plug should be positive and the outer negative. These monitors work only when there is some video input on either the Yellow or White plug.  To get sound you will need a seperate speaker to connect to the Raspberry Pi.

     

    So in summary get a power supply between 6v and 12v and plug it into the red socket.  Connect either the yellow or white socket to the Raspberry Pi using a standard 3 plug cable. Turn on the pi and monitor and you should see the bootup sequence on the screen.

     

    Good luck.................

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