Ok, I need a bit of help. I have two dead Mintek personal dvd players. Bad drives, bbut good screens. I'm planning on modding them for use in the side of a Shuttle SFF case, SB81P to be exact. Anyway, does anyone out there have any exp in converting LCD's from other devices to computer usage?
I have the whole player and power brick to test with, but my goal of course is to mount it in the side of the case and either run in via video out or dual head on my Radeon x800. The power leads are fairly easy. I just need to grab a multimeter andcheck the power output from the player, it's the video wiring that I have no idea on. The cable from teh player has 20 wires, I'm assuming some of it is LCD input as well as controls for brightness and whatnot. I've emailed Mintek, but no hopes on getting the specs out of them, they make it but I doubt they supply info to rebuild/hack it. Any idea's on how to go about getting this information?
Edit: The inverter is fully functional.
Here's the specs I was able to grab from Toshiba's OEM site.
Type Name -- LTA070B340A
Applications -- CAR Navigation, AV use
Screen Size -- 18.0cm (7.0inch)
Number of Pixels((W)x(H)) -- 480pixel x 234pixel
Pixel Pitch((W)x(H)) -- 0.321mm x 0.370mm
Aspct Ratio -- 16:9
Active Area((W)x(H)) -- 154.1mm x 86.6mm
Pixel Arrangement -- Stripe
Display Mode -- ACTIVE MATRIX TRANSMISSIVE
Device Type -- a-Si
Surface Treatment -- AG Wide viewing angle
Number of Colors -- Full-color
Luminance(typ) -- 400cd/m2
Supply Voltage(typ) -- 3.3V, 17V, -5V, -13V
Power Consumption(typ) -- 4.1W
Interface -- Specific Analog RGB for TFT
Dimensional Outline
((W)x(H)x(D))(typ) -- 166.0mm x 100.0mm x 7.0mm
Weight(typ) -- 185g
Backlight -- side light(L-shaped lamp)
I have the whole player and power brick to test with, but my goal of course is to mount it in the side of the case and either run in via video out or dual head on my Radeon x800. The power leads are fairly easy. I just need to grab a multimeter andcheck the power output from the player, it's the video wiring that I have no idea on. The cable from teh player has 20 wires, I'm assuming some of it is LCD input as well as controls for brightness and whatnot. I've emailed Mintek, but no hopes on getting the specs out of them, they make it but I doubt they supply info to rebuild/hack it. Any idea's on how to go about getting this information?
Edit: The inverter is fully functional.
Here's the specs I was able to grab from Toshiba's OEM site.
Type Name -- LTA070B340A
Applications -- CAR Navigation, AV use
Screen Size -- 18.0cm (7.0inch)
Number of Pixels((W)x(H)) -- 480pixel x 234pixel
Pixel Pitch((W)x(H)) -- 0.321mm x 0.370mm
Aspct Ratio -- 16:9
Active Area((W)x(H)) -- 154.1mm x 86.6mm
Pixel Arrangement -- Stripe
Display Mode -- ACTIVE MATRIX TRANSMISSIVE
Device Type -- a-Si
Surface Treatment -- AG Wide viewing angle
Number of Colors -- Full-color
Luminance(typ) -- 400cd/m2
Supply Voltage(typ) -- 3.3V, 17V, -5V, -13V
Power Consumption(typ) -- 4.1W
Interface -- Specific Analog RGB for TFT
Dimensional Outline
((W)x(H)x(D))(typ) -- 166.0mm x 100.0mm x 7.0mm
Weight(typ) -- 185g
Backlight -- side light(L-shaped lamp)