Powering gearbest screen

[callumsmith1989]

Hi

I received my gearbest screen today and am wondering what the easiest way to test it is? I am hoping to test it first unmodded and then modded.

Thanks,
Cal

[Camble]

It's unlikely to run off 5v without adding a bridging wire from the +Vcc line to the third pin on the leftmost chip.

[callumsmith1989]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. I am aware of the mod to make it work on 5v but was wondering how to test it straight away (not on 5v) and then after with 5v. It comes with a rca cable that plugs into the board and has a white female, yellow female and red male plug?

I was thinking of plugging my Wiis scart cable into it but it's rca cable is all male.

[SidSilver]

To make 5V test, just cut the red RCA jack and solder and USB cable so you can plug it in a USB power supply.
then you can power with 5V and test with the yellow RCA on a camcorder or anything that can out on composite

[callumsmith1989]

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping to test that it's working before modding (and cutting red rca plug).

Any idea how I can easily do this? As I said, the cable provided has a female yellow plug, female white plug and male red plug.

[SidSilver]

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping to test that it's working before modding (and cutting red rca plug).

Any idea how I can easily do this? As I said, the cable provided has a female yellow plug, female white plug and male red plug.

you have to sacrifice the cable by cutting the male red plug to solder a usb cable

[callumsmith1989]

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping to test that it's working before modding (and cutting red rca plug).

Any idea how I can easily do this? As I said, the cable provided has a female yellow plug, female white plug and male red plug.

you have to sacrifice the cable by cutting the male red plug to solder a usb cable

What I don't understand is the screen should be able to be used out of the box with the cable, right? I don't mean for the Gbz but with its natural 12v. I'm keen to test it is operational before modding it for the gbz.

[Fleder]

There are male to male cables for this, which i have used to test my displays before touching them.
To make sure they were not DOA.

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Audio-Vi ... s=av+cable

[callumsmith1989]

There are male to male cables for this, which i have used to test my displays before touching them.
To make sure they were not DOA.

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Audio-Vi ... s=av+cable

Hi

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I can't see how the male red plug from the screen could plug into that cable?

It seems strange the screen comes with a rca cable that has two female and one male plug, it doesn't make sense to me and makes me think there is something obvious I am missing as the screen is shipped out that way, ready to be plugged in an used.

Regards,
Callum

[Fleder]

Hi

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I can't see how the male red plug from the screen could plug into that cable?

It seems strange the screen comes with a rca cable that has two female and one male plug, it doesn't make sense to me and makes me think there is something obvious I am missing as the screen is shipped out that way, ready to be plugged in an used.

Regards,
Callum

Those are for Video only (the ones i have wrote about before).

The one you are talking about is the cable for power.
All screens i bought came with another cable for this. Female AV/Composite/RCA to bare wires.
This should be used to connect your red V+ to a power source of some sort.