Topic: Problems displaying GC games in Progressive Scan mode (Hitachi 42" Plasma)

[digdug]

Hey all,

I own a 42" Hitachi Plasma TV which supports VGA, DVI, and Component inputs.  I ordered the component cable thinking I'd have no problems displaying progressive scan games, but when I tried I get a blank screen and two errors: "No Sync Signal", and "Invalid Scan Freq".  I'd imagine these errors deal with the horizontal/vertical frequencies the TV is trying to display the signal at, but I can't change them manually unless I use a VGA cable (TV setting restriction).

Has anyone out there run across a similar issue?  Suggestions?

Thank in advance,

Dig

[jalman64]

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Originally posted by: digdug
Hey all,

I own a 42" Hitachi Plasma TV which supports VGA, DVI, and Component inputs.  I ordered the component cable thinking I'd have no problems displaying progressive scan games, but when I tried I get a blank screen and two errors: "No Sync Signal", and "Invalid Scan Freq".  I'd imagine these errors deal with the horizontal/vertical frequencies the TV is trying to display the signal at, but I can't change them manually unless I use a VGA cable (TV setting restriction).

Has anyone out there run across a similar issue?  Suggestions?

Thank in advance,

Dig

I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like to me that your plasma TV accepts a RGB component input, but the Gamecube is sending a Y-Pb-Pr component signal.  These signals are incompatible and the only solution for that is getting a transcoder.

[xeonexus]

My tv doesnt support pscan but when using the component cable i can select pscan and the image is split into tw0 vetical displays.Same problem on my monitor.Getting an x1 or benq pb6100 soon so not too worried about it.