jameskap

Hi, Can anyone assist with the following problem. I have connected an av to vga converter to a computer screen to display security cameras, The problem is the LG monitor goes automatically into power saving mode when powering up the monitor and you have to press the source button to get it to see the picture from the cameras and switch on again, once the screen is on it will be fine but switch the monitoir off and then on again you have to press the source button to get the picture back (this can be quite iritating if you switch the monitor off every night and back on during the day), this may not seem like a big deal for us tech guys but for the end user who doesnt know anything i can see this will be a problem. Any suggestion and help would be appreciated

Hi Jerome thanks for feedback, i now begin to believe it is the VGA converter at fault and had seen the fault occuring whilst on site the other day, During any given time picture would just intermittently drop off the monitor not return and the screen would go into power save mode, you would then physically have to press the source button on the vga converter to get the monitor to see the picture again, I then started doing some fault finding and found that if the camera is connected next to the converter (eliminating the coax cabling run) that the monitor would work 100% and even switch the monitor off and on again, the picture would return, I suspect that the Vga converter is too sensitive to the fluctuating signal level sent down the line of the coax that the picture just drops out on the monitor and does funny things, If i connect the cabling run and camera to an av input monitor there are no problems at all, and works 100%, Therefore i suspect the converter to be "fussy" Can you possibly give me the make/s of vga converter that works best for you? Thanks

Hi Soundy the converter is an external converter. i think i will check a few different models and see what happens!

Hi, yes i can see that being very helpfull indeed. Sorry i should of mentioned that the source button is actually on the vga convertes and not on the monitoir itself. Cheers

HI Scorpion Thank for the reply, unfortunatley the monitor does not have IR, it is a computer monitor LG1719s -BN Stricltly d-sub and power in connections only with the vga connecter in line of the d sub cable. Thanks for the great solution, Mac controller 1 switch, i wasnt even aware such things existed!! I will definitley keep this in mind when next time using IR, as no doubt this is a life saver in a situation like that. Thanks once again cheers