http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/ Engadget Comments for How-To: Turn a standard Xbox 360 video cable into a VGA cable for make benefit your wallet http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Mar 4th 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Mar 4th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Mar 19th 2008 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
The text is very well written, but the images should be taken with a cheap 5MP camera and not with your 2MP iPhone camera. Also, having macro should help.

I was about to buying the 40$ cable since I was thinking MS was doing some strange thing inside the cable. But this guide shows is just cable!

Thanks!]]>Apr 1st 2008 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Works awesome.
The only prob is at 1080p my 360 won't do widescreen so i have to tweak the display setting to make it all fit(somewhat well).
The picture is stunning and i only paid $50 for the whole setup.
]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Oct 30th 2008 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
Keep it up!]]>Nov 12th 2008 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Nov 12th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/i wanted to keep the original cable and adapter usable
i opened up the connector and ran 2 wires from the av connector to the ends of the cable
i connected the 2 wires to the h & y sync
i took a vga monitor cable and hooked up the r-g-b and the h and v sync to 3 rca jacks and a 2 pin connector for the h and v sync
when my monitor is turned on it says no cable connected and when i plug it in it tells me no signal detected... :(
any help is apreciated]]>Nov 18th 2008 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
Remember you have to Ground the "USE VGA" (pin 20 on a/v connector) to a ground on the VGA connector (that tells the XBOX 360 you wanna use a VGA monitor) . I figured out that you must have at least 2 grounds wired. I hooked "USE VGA" to ground 5 on the VGA diagram, and I hooked grounds 6,7,8,9,and 10 to a random ground on the a/v connector. ground 5 (use VGA) cannot touch ground 6,7,8,9, or 10 (or the color is messed up.)

Also, Microsoft no longer includes all of the pins in the a/v connector. (they only include the cables needed for the specific purpose of your cable. So it might not have all the pins in the right places. Check your cable to make sure it has all the pins. If not, you'll have to take the pins out and re-arrange them to be VGA. I was lucky and had 2 cables, so I could turn one into a VGA cable , and still be able to use the XBOX 360 on a TV if I want with my spare cable.

Use the pictures of the a/v connector and the VGA connector in the original post as a reference.

I didn't see you mention the "use VGA" so I figure this should help...I also don't know how the RCA cables meet up with the pins on the A/V connector... But if its just RGB to the RGB on the A/V connector then your method should work after you ground "USE VGA". Let me know if I can help more.

Cheers]]>Nov 19th 2008 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/the only thing i did inside the connector was solder wired to pin 11 and 12 for the h and v sync
i have the selector switch set to hdtv and my 360 puts out video from the R-G-B rca plugs into a tv
but when i connect the rgb cables into my vga cable and hook up the sync cables my monitor just says no signal detected
instead of soldering the rgb and sync cables from the vga cable directly to the 360 av connector i got 3 rca jacks and soldered the vga's rgb cables to the rca plugs, connected all the grounds, and connect h and v sync. its the same connections that are in the guide but i wanted to be able to use the 360's rgb connectors to use on a tv if needed, not just composite and vga]]>Nov 19th 2008 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Nov 22nd 2008 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Secondly, again for people like me who have been given a dead xbox with the RROD and fixed it, and want to play in HD on a nice 42" LCD or Plasma this mod is awesome. Last of all, give the guy some credit for taking the time to suss this out and upload a great guide to spread the knowledge.

Took me about an hour to mod my existing stock 360 cable, didnt' spend any money as I already have a soldering iron,solder, and an old monitor cable from days gone by.

All in all an EXCELLENT guide, an EXCELLENT mod and saved me the cost of a new cable, or the cost of a cable off ebay.

Now do the math (start -> Run -> calc.exe)

Time to find the guide online - 5 mins
Time to do the mod - 1hr
Cost of the project - $0
Money saved by not buying a HD cable - $14-$52
= shitload of money saved, great time spent on a hobby, free HD on my 42"]]>Nov 29th 2008 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
http://www.aandcaudio.co.uk/vga-cables-b34

25m for under 20 quid! ]]>Jan 7th 2009 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
The soldering was a nightmare!

He's a happy camper - Thanks!

http://www.mccarthyplace.com/albums/xbox_cable/

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my cord doesnt have H-sync and V-sync

and doesnt have pins 9, 10,11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23 and 30

do you need H-sync or V-sync if you do can some one please tell me how i can make it without those pins]]>Jun 21st 2009 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Nov 7th 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.laptopbatteryclub.com/]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/1) Does it appear that an 360 HDMI cable is forthcoming?

2) Is there a VGA DVI/HDMI that I could use with this?

I have a 1080p TV and I am not buying the HD-DVD drive until I know that I will be seeing 1080p.

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1) Does it appear that an 360 TO HDMI cable is forthcoming?

2) Is there a VGA TO DVI/HDMI that I could use with this?]]>Nov 14th 2006 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
http://www.hdtvsupply.com/cotohdco.html]]>Nov 14th 2006 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
Possible, though I in my opinion unlikely. The HDMI requires an extra chip to do the encrypt. But from what I've seen, there's plenty of electronics inside the existing plug - there's nothing stopping MS from making a bulkier, heavier version of the existing HD cables that integrate the chip for HDMI out. If there is overwhelming demand, possibly.

"2) Is there a VGA DVI/HDMI that I could use with this?"

I don't understand. Do you mean if you can get 1080p out? The answer is yes, with the VGA cable (or, I suppose, this hack). If you mean if there's a way to get a *digital* 1080p signal out, the answer is no. That said, there *are* 6 unused pins, and I suspect 5 of them would come in very handy if MS ever wanted to do some form of digital output.

FWIW, you would need the following 5 pins: GND, +5V, RED, GREEN, BLUE. If you're really short on pins I *suppose* you could recycle the optical power source, but that's kind of a huge design/standards no-no.]]>Nov 14th 2006 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
Which if I'm not mistaken would require you to buy a new 360 seeing that most companies don't wire up these unused pins internally.]]>Nov 14th 2006 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Nov 14th 2006 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Feb 22nd 2007 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
Good shot at failing though. ]]>Sep 21st 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
Hope this hack is useful to people!]]>Nov 14th 2006 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/]]>Apr 13th 2007 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
I just don't get the reference.]]>Nov 14th 2006 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Nov 14th 2006 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Nov 14th 2006 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
But does the XBox 360? I thought it only did 1080p over VGA.]]>Nov 14th 2006 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Nov 14th 2006 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/
http://www.westinghousedigital.com/details.aspx?itemnum=44#VALUE ]]>Nov 20th 2006 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Mar 11th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Nov 14th 2006 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/how-to-turn-a-standard-xbox-360-video-cable-into-a-vga-cable-fo/Nov 14th 2006 2:01PM