[Joachim Wiese]

So, surprise, surprise, user error (I) stopped the VGA signal getting to the G1.

My laptop was in a dock, which disabled the side VGA port and drove the active signal out of the dock, not the laptop directly. That was the first blocking of the signal.

Next, my laptop is a Dell E4310 with Windows 7 that has a graphics setting control panel by Intel. Under General Settings/Scaling, the drop down also had to be set at Maintain Display Scaling.

Regarding the right frame sizes, I looked them up on their user manual, page 12: https://www.grassvalley.com/docs/Manuals/professional/advc/F2431103181-ADVC_G1_user_manual-E.pdf

Then it works like a charm! Thanks for your help on this. Much appreciated.

[Joachim Wiese]

Good thought, but I did change the video dial on the front to 6 (DVI-A) when connected to the PC. I also tried it on 5 (DVI-D) just to see if it would go, but that didn’t work either.

Sounds like you have the video dial on 6 (DVI-A) and that works for you. Is that right?

Additionally, what settings do you adjust on the laptop other than make sure it’s sending a VGA out to the device?

Thanks again for your help on this.

[Joachim Wiese]

Hi Shaun,

I bought one based on your posts and other mentions. Unfortunately, I’m not getting a signal into the converter. I’m using an VGA to DVI adapter. The light’s blinking (indicating the converter’s getting no signal) though Windows 7 VGA out is sending the signal.

I’ve gotten it to work using a DVI out of a Mac.

I was wondering what settings you had on the ADVC G1 and if you had to do anything different in your PC settings.

Thanks,

Joachim